ADF Foods: Stomach for Success
Bimal Thakkar looks more like the gym-frequenting sort than the foodie that he is. That is because the trim Thakkar, 45, does not indulge himself but instead thinks about new recipes and concoctions all the time for his company, ADF Foods.BuzzFactory.net: Social secretary to businesses
Traditional public relations or PR management is pass for those who know Punebased BuzzFactory.net: the fledgling company creates a buzz online for its clients using social media.Best Roses Biotech: Roses are forever
Navsari, 37 km off Surat, is home to scores of nonresident Indians, or NRIs, with their eye-catching bungalows and lavish lifestyles. But if you bump into Kumar Patel, you will not be able to guess that he has spent seven years in California as a student.Gridlogics Technologies: Great automatic idea hunter
With nearly half-a-million patent applications filed globally in 2009, how do you know that the product your company's research team is developing has not already been patented somewhere?Mission Vivacare: Packed with supplements
This global Indian eats, drinks and sleeps nutraceuticals, dietary supplements that are a fad nowadays. "I have turned a marathon runner," says Akkshay Mehta, Managing Director of health products company Mission Vivacare.Aura Herbal Textiles: Dyeing for life
Just a mile away from the Aura Herbal Textiles factory at Lambha near Ahmedabad, ask for Arun Baid and his wife Sonal or their business, and you get blank stares.Cars are being bought like there won't be any left and manufacturers are storming the market with launches to ensure that won't be the case.Ever since the liberalisation of 1991, and especially over the past decade, many big Indian groups have made big-ticket acquisitions abroad in diverse sectors.Ad 2Pro: Around the world in 30 minutes
Ad2Pro, which has revenues of close to $10 million, today has 500 employees serving 25 customers.DQ Entertainment: Living Life in 3D
Mowgli in three dimensions could well become the game changer for DQ Entertainment (International). At a time when everyone was outsourcing animation work to India, Tilak Shetty and Munjal Shroff decided to create some intellectual property.Realty stocks: Not going through the roof
The pick-up in demand for commercial space is good news for the estate market and realty stocks. Indian investors are developing a nose for vintage wine, which can fetch returns that outstrip gold, equities and property."B-School curricula big on India, China"
Sir Andrew Likierman, Dean of the London Business School, was in India recently to promote the institute's new executive programme being offered in Dubai."Consolidation is imminent in life insurance"
Gerry Grimstone, Chairman of Standard Life plc, is confident that the British company's life insurance JV with HDFC will be profitable.In the latest Rajinikanth flick Robot, the Tamil superstar plays an Android robot called Chitti which looks, walks and talks like a human being.