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The article reports on career developments in the business sector in India. Neelam Dhawan has resigned as managing director at Microsoft India to head Hewlett-Packard. Arun Sarin will resign as chief executive officer of Vodafone. Rajan Anandan has resigned as country head for computer manufacturer, Dell India.

The article discusses how Indian companies prepare for a disaster. It says that Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (HUL) provides guidelines on the prohibition among top management and other ranks from traveling together for people safety. It states that Godrej Industries Ltd. and Mahindra Group of Cos. have made business continuity plan as well as safety and fire drills. Moreover, Infosys Technologies Ltd. has built a disaster recovery centre in Mauritius for data security supporting critical data.

The article reports on the results of the survey by "Business Today" (BT)-C fore regarding the business confidence index (BCI) in Indian industry in March 2011. It says that executives are confident that sales increase will be realized despite the persistent rise in prices and that inflation is not a problem as consumption demand is strong. However, BT-C fore shows that there are concerns on increasing interest rates and inflation in raw material costs.

The article focuses on the launching of independent firms offering specialized services by various human resource (HR) executives in India. Pradeep Mukherjee, former vice president HR at Citibank Corp., established Confluence Coaching and Consulting in 2008 and Visty Banaji, former HR executive at Godrej Industries Ltd. launched his own Banner Global Consultancy. It mentions about high demand of HR consultants due to their specialized services that are cheaper than in-house HR teams.

The article offers profiles of several executives from India. The performance of Sharad Chandra Govindrao Pawar as Agriculture Minister and Nationalist Congress Party chief is considered as hardly spectacular due to the high growth nor reforms seen in the agricultural sector. Sim Juek Wah, founder of the World Toilet Organization, has given up business to improve sanitation for the poor. Sandeep Goyal has launched Mobiwise to address the issue of media optimisation.

An interview with Praful Patel, the civil aviation minister in India, is presented. He states that the crisis in aviation is not just a domestic phenomenon but is linked to the global slowdown and the dramatic run on fuel prices. He adds that instead of the merger of two companies Air India and Indian Airlines, it has been akin to the merger of two government departments. He stresses on the plan to restructure Air India.

The article presents information on several Indian executives. It discusses Chief Election Commissioner of India Shahabuddin Yaqoob Quraishi and his clashes with Law and Minority Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid and Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma. It also discusses the achievements of investment banker Vikram Gandhi including induction into the governing council of the one billion U.S. dollars India Inclusive Innovation Fund.

The article offers information about various entrepreneurs and executives from India. It is reported that R. Sankar has resigned as head of Mercer in India to join PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) as Executive Director, People & Change Consulting. Atul Punj, who is the chairman of Punj Lloyd Group, has launched the group's Photographic Foundation and its first limited edition calendar for the year 2008.

The article offers top Indian executives news briefs. Gautam Singhania, chief managing director of Raymond was ready for Cannonball 8000 Rally. Martin Dlouchy, cash-n-carry giant of Metro has been dispatched to India where the firm has three outlets to show for a four-year presence. Shantanu Mukerji, new country manager of Italian men's fashion house Ermeneglido Zegna, will be responsible for selling the brand's storied suits to India.

The article highlights several business executives in India. Jangoo Dalal, the former county manager of Cisco India, has moved to D-Link as managing director and CEO. Anil Agarwal, chairman of Vedanta Resources PLC, has been nominated to the top 12 Power Givers in the world by the "Times" magazine. Brent Gosling has moved to India to take the post of chief strategy officer at Lowe India.

An interview with Michael Palmer, president of the Veritas Investment Research Corp., is presented. When asked about his contribution in the growth of the company, Palmer says that the company was established at the time of global financial crisis and now it has reached to top level. He states that the company will help to improve corporate governance in India. He further states that the company prepares accurate financial reports for other financial firms.

The article comments on the large number of business schools (B-schools) in India churning out several hundred managers each year. It points out that the large number of B-schools in the country, leading to a high pass out rate of students with a Master in Business Administration (MBA) degree is a good thing, but such pass-outs are hardly ready-to-use managers. It says, the students are not to be blamed for this as, the problem lies with the lack of quality faculty in majority of the B-schools.

The article offers information on the Promise Initiative by the Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC), India's largest public sector exploration and production (E&P) organization. The initiative is an effort to implement 21 information technology (IT) and telecommunication projects. According to M. Thyagraj, ONGC's executive director, the initiative was conceived in 2002 to fill the gap by leveraging IT on an enterprisewide basis.

The article profiles of Vijay Sankeshwar, former Member of Parliament and the media man who launched Vijaya Kamataka and Vijaya Times in India. Sankeshwar is also a chairman and managing director of Hubli-headquarter, an Rs 440-crore trucking company, which offers express service and passenger transport. He started with a single truck in 1976 and now had its total fleet of 2,400.