Best SMEs in India 2014

"Now that I have so much money, I have the freedom to invest in other people's ideas, too," says Lalit Patel, Co-founder, BASH Gaming. Photo by N ilotpal Baruah

Updated : Sep 25, 2014

Why global firms are acquiring Indian start-ups

Why global companies have begun acquiring Indian start-ups.

Updated : Sep 12, 2014

SMEs to play critical role in nation's economic growth: Aroon Purie

India Today Editor-in-chief Aroon Purie delivers keynote address in the Best SMEs 2013 award function and tells how small and medium enterprises are going to play a vital role in putting the nation's economic growth on a brighter side.

Updated : Sep 12, 2014

SMEs can help further IT penetration in India: Yes Bank

Pralay Mondal, Senior President, Retail and Business Banking, Yes Bank praises the new government efforts in economic growth and speaks on different economic aspects at the Best SMEs 2013 Award function.

Updated : Sep 12, 2014

Enterprise, entrepreneurship, facilitation make a country: Ravi Shankar Prasad

Ravi Shankar Prasad, union minister of Law and Justice and Communications and Information Technology shares his experience on changing Indian economy, working of new government and much more in his address at Best SMEs 2013 Award ceremony.

Updated : Sep 12, 2014

Josey Puliyenthuruthel, managing editor of Business Today on process through which best SMEs were selected

Josey Puliyenthuruthel, managing editor of Business Today tells about the long drawn process carried out by Yes Bank and Business Today to select the Best SMEs in the country and other organizations who were associated with this survey.

Updated : Sep 12, 2014

SMEs have lot of potential in agriculture sector, says CVC Commissioner JM Garg

J M Garg, Vigilance Commissioner of CVC addresses the gathering at Best SMEs 2013 award function where he throws light on the underutilized sector of the economy and how nation can reach the expected GDP growth rate and generate more employment.

Updated : Sep 12, 2014

India's Best SMEs 2013 award ceremony

India Today Editor-in-Chief Aroon Purie, Union Minister of Law and Justice Ravi Shankar Prasad and Senior President of Retail and Business Banking at Yes Bank Pralay Mondal present awards to the Best SMEs of 2013.

Devanand Balasubramanian, Managing Director, Sundev Appliances. Photo: Rachit Goswami.

Updated : Sep 11, 2014

Sundev Appliances' tie-up with Electrolux was a turning point for the firm

Sundev Appliances MD Devanand Balasubramanian says, the company's tie-up to distribute Electrolux' Kelvinator brand helped the company expand its market reach.

Updated : Sep 2, 2014

Tuareg Marketing aims at Rs 100 cr turnover by December

Tuareg Marketing CEO Jitendra Chauhan says the company uses technology and R&D facilities of Spanish company Taurus. The firm expects to clock turnover of Rs 100 crore in December 2014.

Raman Roy, founder and CEO of Quatrro Processing and Analytics Services. Photo: Shekhar Ghosh.

Updated : Aug 30, 2014

Raman Roy is a serial BPO entrepreneur

Quatrro's customers do not have to install or buy software from IT product companies like SAP and Oracles. They are bought by Raman Roy, and processes are created around it, which are then implemented for its customers.

Ajay Kumar Kalavaia, Managing Director of iConcept Software Services

Updated : Aug 26, 2014

How iConcept software services aims to increase understanding of agri-businesses

With its focus on agriculture, iConcept Software Services, says Managing Director Ajay Kumar Kalavaia, aims to create an enterprise level market in intelligent solutions and provide tailor-made solutions to agriculture enterprises.

Maharani Paints Chairman Baldev Raj Bhatia

Updated : Aug 26, 2014

Why Maharani Paints is the most innovative enterprise

The first company in world to convert paint sludge into usable paints and primers, Maharani Paints, says Chairman Baldev Raj Bhatia, aims to take the company's turnover in the range of Rs 225-250 crore over the next 3 years.

Krishnan Muthukumar, Director of Monarch Catalyst

Updated : Aug 26, 2014

How Monarch Catalyst fulfills its environmental responsibility

One of the foremost companies to turn waste into resourceful raw materials, Monarch Catalyst's most recent effort is that of environmental effectiveness. The company plans to optimise its electricity usage by bringign it down by at least 25 per cent, says Director Krishnan Muthukumar.

Updated : Aug 26, 2014

How New Delhi Centre for Sight is growing pan-India

The New Delhi Centre for Sight, which became a specialised eye care centre in 2001-02, aims to become the largest opthalmology centre in India and abroad by 2020. Chairman and Medical Director Dr Mahipal S Sachdev says the super-speciality eye care centre has close to 50 outlets in the country.

Updated : Aug 26, 2014

What makes Eskay Speciality Chemicals stand out

With its customer-centric approach, Eskay Speciality Chemicals, the family-run business of four generations has reached new heights. Ketan L Shah, the company's director aims to keep the legacy going with product innovation and focus on customers.

Updated : Aug 26, 2014

Quattro CMD Raman Roy on leveraging offshore investments

One of the major contributors in making Quattro Global Services' business worth $20 billion, CMD Raman Roy says Quattro wants to be the company which brings offshore capabilities, manage services alongwith platforms to the mid-market, which lacks the technology needed to leverage offshore components.