Features

THE GROWTH SUTRA 2015

PR Ramesh and Ullekh NP

On the Road to Recovery with Arun Jaitley

THE ANATOMY OF LAYOFFS

James Joseph

The TCS pink slip controversy is an occasion to reflect on corporate terminations of employment. Plus, a survival guide for those at the receiving end

A Son of the Soil & A Gentleman

Gunjeet Sra

Why Ajay Vir Jakhar is the coolest farmer, brimming with ideas for an agricultural revolution

CHANGE: A BIOGRAPHY

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S Prasannarajan • PR Ramesh • Ullekh NP • Madhavankutty Pillai • V Shoba • Lhendup G Bhutia • Chinki Sinha • Gunjeet Sra • Rajni George • Divya Unny

Why He Still Matters

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MJ Akar • Pratap Bhanu Mehta • Swapan Dasgupta • Sunanda K Datta-Ray •Tunku Varadarajan • Priyamvada Gopal • Madhav Khosla • Yusuf Ahmad Ansari • Sumantra Bose • Sunil Raman

THE STATE BANKER OF INDIA

V Shoba

It began as a slip of a girl in a blue sari. In a male bastion, the queen of Indian banking who took the helm of SBI at a time of financial gloom wears her crown well

SHE WHO BROKE TWO GLASS CEILINGS

Madhavankutty Pillai

A Dalit entrepreneur who earned Rs 2 per day once upon a time and survived a suicide attempt is recognised as someone who saved one of Mumbai’s illustrious companies

THE DAY OF THE UNDERDOG

Chinki Sinha

A man who once worked as an unskilled labourer in Saudi Arabia and became a voice of Dalit assertion in Punjab is now a member of the Union Council of Ministers

REACHING FOR THE STARS

Lhendup G Bhutia

A political reporter from Patna today runs India’s top TV network

THE JEWEL IN THE CROWN

V Shoba

Zen and the art of being the emperor of a jewellery business in India. The man from Thrissur in Kerala has set the gold standard for transparency in the industry