If the Indian corporate sector has to be led by educated and innovative businessmen, we need more people like Dr Sushil Shah, the founder of a chain of pathology labs called Metropolis. Started in 1981, Metropolis now has 50 labs across the country. It also has 17 laboratories abroad – South Africa, Sri Lanka, Dubai, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi, Bahrain. It is also starting some facilities in Thailand...

Shantanu Rooj knows a thing or two about educational aspirations and achievements. He was an all-India topper in CBSE, got his engineering degree from the Benares Hindu University specialising in mining engineering (where he was again a topper and a gold medalist), and later completed his MBA from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management, Mumbai. It is not unnatural for him to be drawn to do...

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) represent innovation and potential for growth into tomorrow’s successful businesses. Venture capitalist funds, angel investors and private equity funds scout for promising SMEs for investment. For investors of such funds, it is an indirect avenue for investing into SMEs, like investing in equity through mutual funds. Investors would examine the merits and...