Vikram Akula is back where he belongs

In 2012, Akula quit as chairman of Bharat Financial Inclusion (formerly SKS Microfinance), which he’d founded and led to a successful initial public offering Hyderabad-based Vaya Finserv is......

After Bandhan, another micro lender in Bengal eyes the big league

IMAGE: An Arohan Compulsory Group Training (CGT) session in progress in Bihar. Photograph: Kind courtesy, Arohan What is it about Arohan that puts it in the top league of microfinance institutions......

'Bandhan should not fall for corporate banking'

IMAGE: Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley lights the ceremonial lamp as Reserve Bank of India Deputy Governor H R Khan (extreme left), Chandra Shekhar Ghosh (middle) and West Bengal Finance......

The rise, fall & return of Vikram Akula

It might be difficult to repeat the SKS success with VAYA Finserv, say analysts Vikram Akula, once the poster boy of India’s microfinance industry, is scripting a comeback with VAYA Finserv,......