India Inc gambled with big-ticket deals
31 Dec 2013 12:46 AM GMT
If Narayana Murthy made a comeback to revive the sagging fortunes of Infosys, neo rich Jignesh Shah found himself in the cross hairs of brewing Rs 5,600 crore payment fiasco at the National Spot Exchange Ltd (NSEL).
Heads of regulatory and investigative agencies - Raghuram Rajan and Ranjit Sinha - to name a few, symbolised the no-nonsense approach towards pressing work on their plates.
If the former is key to chiselling monetary policies for sustainable economic growth as the RBI governor, the latter is leading CBI fearlessly in cases such as coal allocation scam that have significant political ramifications.
Modi, BJP's prime ministerial candidate, is seen as a business-friendly person while Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi's words and actions too are being closely watched by the corporate community amid persisting economic sluggishness. Moving away from political and business links, a few big ticket deals in the highly competitive aviation space too put the limelight on certain business leaders.
In a culmination of a long-nursed dream, Tata group chairman emeritus Ratan Tata and his successor Cyrus Mistry saw the conglomerate clinching joint ventures with Singapore Airlines and AirAsia.
Again the founder of AirAsia, the Malaysian budget carrier, Tony Fernandes made headlines with his dexterous move to enter the Indian market.
Staying with aviation, Naresh Goyal seems to be tackling tough times with his Jet Airways' Rs 2,056 crore stake sale deal with Etihad still facing regulatory as well as legal hurdles.
Meanwhile, under the stewardship of Cyrus Mistry, Tatas made many key decisions including group firm Indian Hotels Company abandoning the $1.86 billion bid to acquire Orient Express Hotels.
Heads of regulatory and investigative agencies - Raghuram Rajan and Ranjit Sinha - to name a few, symbolised the no-nonsense approach towards pressing work on their plates.
If the former is key to chiselling monetary policies for sustainable economic growth as the RBI governor, the latter is leading CBI fearlessly in cases such as coal allocation scam that have significant political ramifications.
Modi, BJP's prime ministerial candidate, is seen as a business-friendly person while Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi's words and actions too are being closely watched by the corporate community amid persisting economic sluggishness. Moving away from political and business links, a few big ticket deals in the highly competitive aviation space too put the limelight on certain business leaders.
In a culmination of a long-nursed dream, Tata group chairman emeritus Ratan Tata and his successor Cyrus Mistry saw the conglomerate clinching joint ventures with Singapore Airlines and AirAsia.
Again the founder of AirAsia, the Malaysian budget carrier, Tony Fernandes made headlines with his dexterous move to enter the Indian market.
Staying with aviation, Naresh Goyal seems to be tackling tough times with his Jet Airways' Rs 2,056 crore stake sale deal with Etihad still facing regulatory as well as legal hurdles.
Meanwhile, under the stewardship of Cyrus Mistry, Tatas made many key decisions including group firm Indian Hotels Company abandoning the $1.86 billion bid to acquire Orient Express Hotels.
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