Added Value-the life stories of Indian business leaders

This inspirational book combines invaluable advice with remarkable and candid inside stories of thirty Indian business leaders. Uncompromising vision, a willingness to take risks and exceptional business acumen enabled these leaders to add value to the fabric of India. Through a series of interviews Peter Church details the paths they travelled, the obstacles they overcame and the important lessons they learnt along the way. Not only do these stories provide guidance to young entrepreneurs trying to decide whether and how to embark upon a business career, but they also provide valuable insights to those looking for tie-ups and investment in India. Enlightening and fascinating, Added Value celebrates larger-than-life ambition, inspired leadership, hard work and the twists and turns of fate. The book profiles the lives of: Raghav Bahl - Network18 Rahul Bajaj - Bajaj Group Kishore Biyani - Future Group Subhash Chandra - Essel Group/Zee TV Anand Deshpande - Persistent Systems Ranji Dua - Dua Associates Arun Firodia - Kinetic Group of Companies R Gopinath - Air Deccan/Kingfisher Y K Hamied - Cipla Shahnaz Husain - Shahnaz Husain Group B N Kalyani - Bharat Forge Limited Habil Khorakiwala - Wockhardt Uday Kotak - Kotak Mahindra Harsh Mariwala - Marico Limited Subash Menon - Subex Narayana Murthy - Infosys CP Krishnan Nair - The Leela Palaces/Resorts Deepak Parekh - HDFC Bank Deepak Puri - Moser Baer India Limited A V S Raju - Nagarjuna Construction Company Ltd C K Ranganathan - CavinKare Arun Bharat Ram - SRF Limited G M Rao - GMR Group K Ravindranath - Global Hospitals Anji Reddy - Dr Reddy's Laboratories G V K Reddy - GVK Group Kiran Mazumdar Shaw - Biocon Ltd Shashi Kiran Shetty - Allcargo Global Logistics Limited Vijaypat Singhania - Raymond Limited Monkombu Sambasivam Swaminathan - The MS Swaminathan Research Foundation