Inspiring personalities

Shashi Tharoor: Why nations should pursue "soft" power

2009-12-02T08:49:00.000-08:00

Shashi Tharoor: Why nations should pursue "soft" power

Helping poor Indians crack toughest test

2008-08-13T14:24:00.000-07:00

Santosh Kumar, son of a landless farmer from the dirt-poor Indian state of Bihar, has got through the entrance exam of the country's most prestigious engineering school, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT).

A 'clothes bank' that helps millions

2008-08-13T14:16:00.000-07:00

It is a bank with a difference as it does not deal in money, but in clothes, one of the basic human needs after food and shelter.

A fighter from Godavari to Google

2008-08-07T08:51:00.000-07:00

Naga Naresh Karutura has just passed out of IIT Madras in Computer Science and has joined Google in Bangalore. You may ask, what's so special about this 21-year-old when there are hundreds of students passing out from various IITs and joining big companies like Google?

A crorepati who lives in a hut!

2008-05-06T12:45:00.000-07:00

His story is an inspiration for millions. A self-made entrepreneur, his mission is to help the poor through job creation. E Sarathbabu hit the headlines after he rejected several high profile job offers from various MNCs after he passed out of IIM, Ahmedabad two years ago.

Heroes of Medicine

2008-01-07T16:56:00.000-08:00

Shortly after 5 a.m., Teri Majewski marches purposefully into Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center in Chicago. Strongly built and fit looking, the 34-year-old mother of two young children seems too healthy to be in a hospital.

A girl's pioneering vision for rural BPOs

2007-12-21T15:30:00.002-08:00

It was just one of those speeches that Prof Ashok Jhunjhunwala of Indian Institute of Technology, Madras made in Delhi to 'inspire' India's youth. He was speaking about the big employment opportunities that the business process outsourcing industry has created in urban India. His poser: Why not have such BPOs in rural India, too?

The inspiring story of Suresh Kamath.

2007-12-21T15:30:00.001-08:00

Suresh Kamath, the managing director of Chennai based Laser Soft Infosystems Ltd is an unusual man. Unlike most other entrepreneurs, he does not aspire to create a business empire; his sole ambition is to provide employment to 10,000 people. He also plans to reserve 40 per cent of the jobs for the disabled.

Amazing story of how Munjal built Hero Honda

2007-12-21T14:36:00.000-08:00

The forties were turbulent times, but in the midst of all the uncertainty, four young restless brothers in undivided Punjab were marking time for an opportunity to explode upon the Indian corporate scenario. They were the Munjal brothers: Dayanand, Satyanand, Brij and Om.

The amazing Infosys story

2007-12-21T14:28:00.000-08:00

Infosys Technologies is one of the few Indian companies that has changed the way the world looks at India.

The success story of Sashi Chimala

2007-12-21T14:27:00.000-08:00

Sashi Chimala is no ordinary entrepreneur. He is not only the 'Jack of all trades,' but -- strangely enough -- even master of all. Even as a young boy Chimala dreamt of becoming an entrepreneur. And become he did. Chimala founded not one, not two, but many companies, and they are in diverse fields like software to coffee to cricket to gaming.

The incredible story of Lijjat Papad!

2007-12-21T14:23:00.000-08:00

Everyone enjoys 'rags to riches' stories and everyone likes tales of stupendous success achieved through sheer determination. The story of Shri Mahila Griha Udyog Lijjat Papad is all that and much more.

The inspiring rags-to-riches tale of Sarathbabu

2007-12-21T13:50:00.000-08:00

When 27-year old Sarathbabu graduated from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, he created quite a stir by refusing a job that offered him a huge salary. He preferred to start his own enterprise -- Foodking Catering Service -- in Ahmedabad.

The amazing success story of K B Chandrasekhar

2007-12-21T13:49:00.000-08:00

The story of K B Chandrasekhar, founder-CEO, Jamcracker Inc, is highly inspirational. Especially, for all the enterprising young Indian men who desire to be successful entrepreneurs.