We sift through a crowd of new companies to bring you the ones we think you need to look out for next year
1 Metahelix
Founders: K.K. Narayanan and Gautam Nadig
USP: First Indian company to develop its unique GM technology from scratch
Eight years ago, a few Ph.D-wielding Indian scientists quit their well-paying jobs in order to develop seeds, crops and farm technologies “from India, for India”. As 2010 begins, this profitable company is getting ready to challenge the multinational might in the genetically engineered seeds market.
(This story appears in the 08 January, 2010 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)