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The article explores the factors which lead the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore in India to return to the top slot in the 2011 "Business Today" (BT) and Nielsen Co. best business schools (B-schools) survey. Its rank is partly attributed to greater focus on research. It develops a new postgraduate executive education programme and revamps its doctoral programme. It also has information technology ecosystem that makes it easier to hire and retain teachers.

The article offers information on office stationery manufacturing companies, that are opening their retail stores in India. U.S.-based Staples Inc. has entered into a joint venture with Future Group and has opened its first retail store in Bangalore, India. It states that the venture called Staples Future will offer a complete range of office stationery, automation and furniture. It also mentions about the companies Offix and Luxor, that are also planning to open their stores in India.

The article features the National Bureau of Agriculturally Important Insects, a laboratory affiliated with the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) in Bangalore, India. It states that the laboratory offered assistance to farmers against crop pests. It highlights the distribution of Acerophagous papayae, a parasitoid, by the ICAR bureau to farmers at free cost through the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) to prevent the outbreak of Paracoccus marginatus, a papaya mealybug.

The article reports on the survival of Sasken Communication Technology from a shock in Bangalore, India. It notes that the company was among the Indian Information Technology's (IT) most promising companies. It tried to hang on to customers by selling them its significant stakes. It has reduced its growth estimates from 25 percent to just 10 percent annually. This seems to have caught the attention of several analysts.

The article focuses on the significance of the business model, Azim Premji Investments (API), of Wipro Ltd. chairman Azim Premji in India. Recently, API is accordingly being carried out by Prakash Parthasarathy, an award winning Master in Business (MBA) from IIM in Bangalore. Meanwhile, API's investment is claimed to have made evident how it effectively directs companies with a good business model in high-growth industries, especially in Subhiksha .

The article presents a corporate profile of bioinformatics firm Molecular Connections, which was established by Jignesh Bhate in Bangalore, India. From a four-person startup business in 2001, his firm has become a 250-person outfit with four product offerings and funding from Barings Private Equity Partners. According to Bhate, his company focuses on two aspects of the drug discovery value chain which include target identification and validation. INSET: Not Another Levy!.