Beyond Business
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The Vessel of Bounty
A small beginning nine years ago has helped a million school children kill hunger. Can it be the breakthrough India’s malnourished and illiterate children are waiting for?
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The Accidental Businessman
When N.K Chaudhary set up his first carpet weaving loom, it was almost on a lark. But then he discovered a passion for the art and today, his Rs. 67.75 crore company, Jaipur Rugs, employs a huge network of weavers
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Knock, knock. Who's there? The Car Salesman
Plumbers, cousins, in-laws, tuition teachers, Bollywood superstars — everyone is a potential customer for these guys. We look at four auto chiefs who double up as salesmen for their products
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The Magic Carpet
The social enterprise model that Nand Kishore Chaudhary has created for his company, Jaipur Rugs, has changed the lives of 40,000-odd weavers in villages across 10 states in India
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Nandan Nilekani:'This is a Sales Job'
Nandan Nilekani is getting ready to manage the most technologically challenging and largest scale project he has ever handled: the national identity project. Here, he tells Forbes India how the skills he learnt at Infosys will help him in the new assignment
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Of the people, by the people , For the People
The Right to Information Act is all very well. Provided citizens can penetrate the red tape
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Nilekani's New Identity
The new champion for the national identity card project must learn from the mistakes of his predecessors and script a flawless agenda
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Spin-offs from the Devi Shetty Model
After the hugely successful cardiac care facility, Devi Shetty set up a few other initiatives as well. Some of these are listed below:
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CK Prahalad: A unique combination of strategic vision and financial acumen
CK Prahalad believed that the Devi Shetty model held immense promise from the very beginning
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"As people became more affluent, the cost of healthcare also kept going up"
But there’s also a smart way to reverse the equation
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The World's Largest Heart Factory
Devi Shetty's doctors perform the most heart surgeries in India. He is using that scale to cut the cost of treatment