Bhupesh Bhandari And Amit Ranjan Rai

Stories by Bhupesh Bhandari And Amit Ranjan Rai

GM's damage control strategy

GM's damage control strategy

Rediff.com   16 Jun 2009

How President and Managing Director Karl Slym is steering General Motors India after its US parent filed for bankruptcy.

Malvinder Singh's Ranbaxy report card

Malvinder Singh's Ranbaxy report card

Rediff.com   5 Jun 2009

One reform that Malvinder couldn't do was that of the company's board of directors. For long, doctors and scientists have been inadequately represented on the Ranbaxy board. The new owner will have to address this problem.

Stove & lantern: The next big thing for Philips

Stove & lantern: The next big thing for Philips

Rediff.com   28 Apr 2009

The quest for fortune at the bottom of the value pyramid has driven Philips to markets no multinational lifestyle company has seriously served so far.

Consultants reel as M&A advisory biz disappear

Consultants reel as M&A advisory biz disappear

Rediff.com   8 Dec 2008

The economic slowdown, which has come like an avalanche in the last few months, has changed the way the country's top management consultants do business.

'Unbundled' handsets a lucrative business

'Unbundled' handsets a lucrative business

Rediff.com   20 Sep 2008

Mobile telecom service providers are up against a new problem -- unidentified operators have been found to take out subsidised handsets from their 'bundled' connections and ship them to overseas markets at significantly higher prices.

Imports from China hit auto part makers

Imports from China hit auto part makers

Rediff.com   14 Jul 2008

Cheap imports from China threaten to punch a huge hole in the business of local automobile component makers.

For Bhai Mohan, Ranbaxy was an estranged son

For Bhai Mohan, Ranbaxy was an estranged son

Rediff.com   12 Jun 2008

Bhai Mohan Singh came to Delhi from Rawalpindi after the partition, having made big money in road contracts in the northeast region during the Second World War. He was soon in business, lending money to companies based in Delhi. It would be difficult to tell if he would have shared the elation of his grandson, Malvinder Mohan Singh at the family's exit from the company today.

Boeing logs ambitious business plan for India

Boeing logs ambitious business plan for India

Rediff.com   24 Mar 2008

Boeing is eyeing commercial aircraft orders worth over $40 billion in the next 20 years and defence sales of another $15 billion over the next ten years from India and has drawn up ambitious plans to source products and services from India to stay competitive globally. In a little over one year, Boeing has inked five agreements with top IT and engineering companies, which will result in key components for its civilian and military aircraft being manufactured in India.

India feels the heat of the dragon in Uganda

India feels the heat of the dragon in Uganda

Rediff.com   26 Nov 2007

Indian businessmen in Uganda are waking up to a new threat: China. As the new age Great Game unfolds in natural resources-rich Africa, they have started to feel the heat of the dragon.

Subhash Chandra's risky gamble

Subhash Chandra's risky gamble

Rediff.com   22 Sep 2007

Subhash Chandra making headlines is no longer news. For some years now it has been for his no-holds-barred feud with the Board for Control of Cricket in India.

Interview with Maruti MD Jagdish Khattar

Interview with Maruti MD Jagdish Khattar

Rediff.com   9 Jul 2007

Maruti Udyog Ltd, the country's largest car maker, reported a growth of over 25 per cent in sales, up from 9.9 per cent in May. Jagdish Khattar, the company's managing director, spoke to Business Standard on survival strategies in a tough market.

The man behind GE's India success

The man behind GE's India success

Rediff.com   29 May 2007

GE's India head reflects on his hits and misses and shares his plans to return soon.

Indian CEOs' breathtaking salaries

Indian CEOs' breathtaking salaries

Rediff.com   30 Apr 2007

Professional CEOs are taking home fat cheques and humungous stock options the size of small company turnovers

Perfetti plays with generic themes

Perfetti plays with generic themes

Rediff.com   20 Mar 2007

After the success of Lagey Raho for Alpenliebe, Perfetti is looking to play with generic themes and sticky tag-lines for Center Fresh as well.

Kapil Dev not quite over yet

Kapil Dev not quite over yet

Rediff.com   28 Feb 2007

My biggest contribution was that I brought small town India into the cricketing landscape of the country, says Kapil Dev.

E&Y: Seeing the deal through

E&Y: Seeing the deal through

Rediff.com   15 Jan 2007

When Ernst & Young got the mandate from Vodafone late last week to carry out a due diligence on Hutchison-Essar Ltd, it was another feather in the cap for Rajiv Memani.

Airbus flying high on Indian skies

Airbus flying high on Indian skies

Rediff.com   2 Jan 2007

Airbus executive vice-president clears the air on the company's India operations and the rivalry with Boeing.

Art of managing global buyouts

Art of managing global buyouts

Rediff.com   6 Nov 2006

The man most CEOs call in a crisis

The man most CEOs call in a crisis

Rediff.com   18 Oct 2006

How Ajay Shriram built an empire

How Ajay Shriram built an empire

Rediff.com   5 Oct 2006