Ruia, a chartered accountant whose business ranged from sugar to textiles and heavy engineering to tyres, refused to comment on queries about his interest in Air India.
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, chairman and managing director of Biocon, Chanda Kochar, executive director of ICICI Bank and Vidya Chhabria, chairman of Jumbo Group
The Pawan Ruia group has finally come out with an open offer for Dunlop India and Falcon Tyres following its indirect acquisition of these two outfits from the Jumbo group in December 2005.
Vidya Chhabria and Naina Lal Kidwai are the two Indians picked by Fortune magazine in its World's top 50 corporate women.
Jumbo Group company, Shaw Wallace & Co has requisitioned Wipro Ltd to evolve an IT roadmap aimed at incorporating cutting business applications and business intelligence tools.
Getting the first tyres out from the Sahaganj plant will still require a lot of effort, but with the state government on its side, the hopes are high.