ISB ELP project

In a path breaking survey, The Smart Manager teams up with the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, to discover India's truly world class managers. An unique framework, using a specially developed methodology, is used here for the first time to identify 25 of India's smartest managers. The in-depth profiles look at their strategies and leadership styles to understand the secrets of their success.

* Mukesh D Ambani, Reliance Industries Limited
* Rajivnayan R Bajaj, Bajaj Auto Limited
* M S 'Vindi' Banga, Hnidustan Lever Limited
* Kumar Managalam Birla, Hindalco Industries Limited, Aditya V Birla Group
* Davinder Singh Brar, Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited
* Ashwin S Dani, Asian Paints (India) Limited
* Yogesh C Deveshwar, I T C Limited
* Carlo M V Donati, Nestle India Limited
* Yusuf K Hamied, Cipla Limited
* S Jayaraman, Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited
* Baba N Kalyani, Bharat Forge Limited
*Kundapur Vaman Kamath, I C I C I Bank Limited
* Harsh C Mariwal, Marico Industries Limited
* Gulu L Mirchandani, Mirc Electronics Limited
* Nandan M Nilekani, Infosys Technologies Limited
* Madhukar B Parekh, Pidilite Industries Limited
* Azim H Premji, Wipro Limited
* Aditya Puri, H D F C Bank Limited
* Arun Kumar Purwar, State Bank Of India
* Subir Raha, Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Limited
* B Ramalinga Raju, Satyam Computer Services Limited
* Jeurgen Schubert, Siemens Limited
* Narotam S Sekhsaria, Gujarat Ambuja Cements Limited
* Venu Srinivasan, Sundaram-Clayton Limited
* Ratan N Tata, Tata Motors Limited, Tata Group