India's Best CEOs 2017

Updated : Sep 13, 2018

The Top 100 CEOs

Despite disruptions of the past few years, many corporate leaders showed remarkable performance over the period under review. Presenting the BT-PWC list of India's top 100 CEOs from non-BFSI sectors, based on quantitative performance only. (Final winners were based on the quantitative performance and qualitative evaluation by the jury.)

Updated : Sep 10, 2018

India's Best CEOs 2017-18

A.M. NAIK, Chairman, L&T (Photo: Rachit Goswami)

Updated : Aug 29, 2018

Mr. Infrastructure

A.M. Naik transformed the company into a global engineering & technology powerhouse.

Updated : Jan 17, 2018

Perfect Drive

Kenichi Ayukawas tenure has seen Maruti stem the slide in marketshare and further consolidate its hold on the Indian market.

B. ASHOK , Chairman, Ratnagiri Refinery and Petrochemicals (Photo: Rachit Goswami)

Updated : Jan 14, 2018

Oiling New Wheels

After his success at Indian Oil, B. Ashok takes on the challenge of building a mega refinery.

KAPIL WADHAWAN, Chairman and Managing Director, DHFL (Photo: Rachit Goswami)

Updated : Jan 14, 2018

Bringing in New Energy

Kapil Wadhawan has built a large financial services empire by serving people at the bottom of the pyramid.

Updated : Jan 14, 2018

Showing the Way

Navin Agarwal spearheaded the consolidation, debt reduction and capacity expansions plans of Vedanta group companies. He has more on his plate.

Updated : Jan 14, 2018

Pushing the Boundaries

Taking calculated risks and thinking long term separated the best CEOs from the good ones.

INDU SHEKHAR JHA, CMD, Power Grid (Photo: Reuben Singh)

Updated : Jan 13, 2018

Power-packed Performance

As head of Power Grid, Indu Shekhar Jha's role is crucial to achieving the government's ambitious energy objectives.

Updated : Jan 13, 2018

How We Did It

This is Business Today's sixth ranking of Best CEOs in India.

M.K. JAIN, Former MD & CEO, Indian Bank (Photo: Rachit Goswami)

Updated : Jan 13, 2018

Trusted Banker

M.K. Jain led a successful transformation of South-based Indian Bank. He is now heading the much bigger IDBI Bank with multiple challenges.

SAJJAN JINDAL, Chairman and Managing Director, JSW Steel (Photo: Rachit Goswami)

Updated : Jan 13, 2018

Steely Resolve

Steel baron Sajjan Jindal beefed up capacities and turned around sick steel mills during the commodity downturn.

ROMESH SOBTI, MD & CEO, IndusInd Bank Ltd (Photo: Rachit Goswami)

Updated : Jan 13, 2018

Double the Bank

Romesh Sobti, who has turned around the mid-sized private sector bank over the past 10 years, is now working on doubling the size in the next three years.

YADUPATI SINGHANIA, Chairman and Managing Director, JK Cement (Photo: Reuben Singh)

Updated : Jan 13, 2018

King of Cawnpore

The 64-year-old chairman and managing director of JK Cement is a self-effacing mix of legacy and modernity who remains rooted to Kanpur.

Y.C. DEVESHWAR, Chairman, ITC (Photo: Shekhar Ghosh)

Updated : Jan 13, 2018

Beyond Tobacco

Y.C. Deveshwar has been hugely successful in using cash flows from the tobacco business to build multiple drivers of growth.

Updated : Jan 13, 2018

The Top 30 BFSI CEOs

The financial sector continues to face huge challenges such as poor credit growth and huge bank NPAs. Some players crossed these hurdles with aplomb. Here is the list of Top 30 CEOs from the BFSI sector.