Vikram Akula: An accidental tycoon

One of India's most successful bottom-of-the-pyramid entrepreneurs parries questions on several issues that have arisen around his venture, Kanika Datta. Vikram Akula would be hard to pick out......

Can Vikram Akula do a Jobs with SKS?

His former colleagues might have succeeded in pushing him out of microfinance, but it is difficult to push microfinance out of him. SKS Microfinance Ltd, the company Vikram Akula conceived, built......

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,......

Nandan Nilekani, Vikram Akula in Time list

Infosys president Nandan Nilekani and New York-based NRI entrepreneur Vikram Akula have figured in Time magazine's list of 100 most influential people who shaped the world.The list also included......