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Who was Shah Bano and why was her alimony pertinent to India’s Secularism? Does the fundamental right to life include the right to livelihood and shelter? Where there is the right to live, is there also the right to die? How did Bhanwari Devi’s Rape help define sexual harassment at the workplace? Here are the Supreme Court's ten pivotal judgements that have transformed Indian democracy and redefined our daily, lives. Exploring vital themes such as custodial deaths, reservations and environmental jurisprudence, this book contextualizes the judgements, explains key concepts and maps their impacts. Written by one of India's most respected lawyers, Ten Judgements That Changed India is an authoritative yet accessible read for anyone keen to understand India's legal system and the foundations of our democracy.
Conversations with some of the country's biggest industrialists like K.M. Birla and Sunil Mittal prove that it is not just urban myth that Zia Mody is on the speed-dial of India Inc. for every multimillion-dollar deal. It is believed that her clients trust her to offer the right opinions and not ones to simply please them. Is that the magic of Zia Mody? Being a female lawyer in the male-dominated, cut-throat world of corporate law would have been a journey that's far from easy. Which is why, seeing her journey and meteoric rise is even more inspiring. In this electrifying profile, Gunjan Jain tries to unravel the enigma of Zia Mody and what it is about her that makes corporate India tick so well.
The Captainship is a collection of first-person narratives of nine first-generation Indian entrepreneurs, among India’s most respected for their value-based approach to organization building. The purpose of this collection is to share the journeys of the entrepreneurs as ordinary youths, with all the normal joys and insecurities of childhood and adolescence. The title The Captainship is inspired by the famous line from William Ernest Henley’s poem ‘Invictus’: ‘I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul.’ Illustrated by Anitha Balachandran. Edited by Anya Gupta. The Captains include Ashish Gupta (Junglee/Helion), Sanjeev Aggarwal (Daksh/Helion), Sanjeev Bikhchandani (Naukri), Subroto Bagchi (Mindtree), Zia Mody (AZB), Ashish Dhawan (ChrysCapital), Vijay Sharma (One97), Satya Narayanan (CareerLauncher), and Girish Batra (NetAmbit).
On the life and achievements of businesswomen of India; collective biographical sketches.
Success Stories of India’s Leading Business Women Includes stories of: SHAHEEN MISTRI, VANDANA LUTHRA, RENUKA RAMNATH ZIA MODY, KIRAN MAZUMDAR-SHAW and others The stories of ordinary women who went on to become extraordinary BREAKING BARRIERS is a book chronicling the lives of some prominent Indian women entrepreneurs, who have followed their dreams and fulfilled their ambitions. They refused to succumb to the pressures and established norms that society insists on imposing on women. This book has been written to encourage girls and women (and indeed anyone who aspires to do anything out of the ordinary) to know that they are the sole arbiters of their lives. They have the Power.
A never-ending desire to strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield. It is this indomitable human spirit that two young authors give expression to through their creative endeavours in The Voyage to Excellence . In this bold venture, Debashish Ghosh and Nischinta Amarnath give an insight into the dynamics of different business models spearheaded by exceptional human beings.
Adi Godrej • Shashi Tharoor • Rajdeep Sardesai K.P. Singh • Zia Mody • Dimple Kapadia • Jay Panda P. Chidambaram • Kalpana Morparia • Sadhguru Sandeep Khosla • Uday Shankar • Vikram Talwar What do you dream about when you envisage your future? In When I Was 25, Shaili Chopra traces the youth of eminent personalities like Adi Godrej, K.P. Singh, P. Chidambaram and Dimple Kapadia. These successful people open up about the challenges they faced and the choices they made to reach where they are today. They also part with invaluable advice to the young, based on what they have learned in their careers. Honest and refreshing, this book will inspire you and point you to the path of greater glory.
These are the 2011 Fordham papers, the fifth annual volume of papers on international arbitration and mediation taken from the conference held at the Fordham Law School in New York City. The papers focus on both practical considerations and scholarly analyses.
This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the impact of globalization on the legal profession in India.
• Nita Ambani launched the Indian Super League, on the lines of FIFA, to boost football in India • Sudha Murty gave her savings to her husband, Narayana Murthy, to help start Infosys • Naina Lal Kidwai was the first Indian woman to graduate from Harvard Business School • Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw started Biocon with a seed capital of Rs10,000 • At the age of sixteen, Sania Mirza became the youngest and the first Indian woman to win a Grand Slam These are some snippets from She Walks, She Leads which profiles twenty-six iconic women in modern India. These leaders tell their stories, up close and personal. Their relentless ambition to shatter the glass ceiling, their pursuit for excellence and the challenges that came their way – all of this is captured vividly in this exclusive anthology. Each chapter is based on extensive research and has never-seen-before photographs of these luminaries. The chapters are followed by interviews with their companions and close confidants who have seen them grow over the years. The women leaders profiled in the book come from different fields like banking, media, cinema, sports, fashion, philanthropy and industry.