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November 18, 2009
'Pick a career for interest, not scope'
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar awardee Prof Amitabh Joshi, followed his passion for science 'despite' the Indian education system.

November 17, 2009
"India's youth, educated but unemployable"
Aroon Purie, Editor-in-Chief, India Today, talks about his career and the various issues that concern today's youth.

November 13, 2009
'My profession is my passion': Somdev Devvarman
This 24-year-old tennis champ broke the Davis Cup jinx for India, and now he's raring to go!

October 20, 2009
This man saves lives, one click at a time
For over ten years now, Khushroo Poacha has stood by the sole belief that to do good work you don't need money. Poacha runs indianblooddonors.com (IBD), a site that lets blood donors and patients in need of blood connect with each other almost instantaneously. Here is his story.

October 08, 2009
She dreams of a cleaner, greener planet
Saumita Bannerjee, biotechnologist and winner of the Green Talents competition, speaks about her research and career.

September 14, 2009
'An MBA is not a passport to career success'
Chanda Kochhar, CEO and managing director of ICICI Bank, spells out ICICI's work culture and employee philosophy.

September 03, 2009
Deepti Gupta, 22, wins prestigious US teaching fellowship
She's one of 35 would-be teachers selected for the Knowles Science Teaching Foundation fellowship, and the only Indian in the list.

August 31, 2009
Meet Dr Tathaghar Avtar Tulsi, he is 21
It's not very often that you attach the title 'Dr' to the name of a 21-year-old youngster. Meet Dr Tathaghar Avtar Tulsi, who is on top of the world today after joining an exclusive club of scientists with a doctorate at the age of 21.

August 13, 2009
'Never give up on your dream'
Simanta Sharma, MD and CEO of bolohealth.com, shares his success mantras.

June 29, 2009
'I want to leave the corporate world and take up scuba diving'
The Marketing and Leasing Director of Plaza Centres, India, Shashank Pathak talks to <I>rediff.com</I> about his life, career, success and how he plans someday to become a scuba diving instructor.

June 19, 2009
'People are tempted by careers that are immediately rewarding'
Get Ahead presents an interview with six Indian-origin youngsters who won prestigious fellowships in the United States. Here, first year JD candidate at Harvard Law School and DPhil candidate at Oxford Tarun Chhabra, 28, discusses how he came to win the prestigious grant and what he intends to do with the money.

June 17, 2009
'I don't believe that something is better than nothing'
Get Ahead presents an interview with six Indian-origin youngsters who won prestigious fellowships in the United States. Here, third-year Harvard medical student Chitra Akileswaran, 26, discusses how she came to win the prestigious grant and what she intends to do with the money.

June 15, 2009
A wife, mother and COO at 38
Rahat Beri has been the COO of Percept Profile, a leading PR agency, for six years now. Here, she talks about how she did it, despite all the challenges she faced.

May 18, 2009
'My message is one of empowerment and independence'
Get Ahead presents an interview with six Indian-origin youngsters who won prestigious fellowships in the United States. Here, first-year Harvard medical student Shantanu Gaur, 22, discusses how he came to win the prestigious grant and what he intends to do with the money.

May 13, 2009
'I've been laid off in the past': A CEO speaks
In an interview with rediff.com, the CEO of media, entertainment and communication company Percept Talent Management fills us in on his career, his success mantras and his advice to youngsters looking to make it big.

May 07, 2009
'I want to educate and empower the public'
Get Ahead presents an interview with six Indian-origin youngsters who won prestigious fellowships in the United States. Here, Harvard graduate and first-year medical student Ashish Agrawal, 22, discusses how he came to win the prestigious grant and what he intends to do with the money.

May 06, 2009
'Don't be impatient, especially with your employees'
A decade ago, Rahul Sharma and his friend launched e-commerce company Micromax. Today, it specialises in mobile phone solutions and wireless technologies and boasts of a Rs 400 crore turnover.

April 30, 2009
'I've always been compelled by a career in public service'
Get Ahead presents an interview with six Indian-origin youngsters who won prestigious fellowships in the United States. Here, Previn Warren, a 26-year-old Harvard Law undergraduate, discusses how he came to win the prestigious grant and what he intends to do with the money.

April 27, 2009
Competing for the 'Best Job in the World'!
Meet RJ Anjaan, the only Indian shortlisted for the 'Best Job in the World.'

April 22, 2009
At 26, he heads two successful businesses
Meet 26-year-old entrepreneur Aadil Bandukwala. At the age of 26, he is the CEO and owner of not one, but two companies -- a web consultancy firm called Leading Minds and the quirkily-named recruitment agency Talent Onions. In an interview with rediff.com's Insiyah Vahanvaty, Aadil discusses his career, his passion for entrepreneurship and what it's like to run two organisations of his very own on a day-to-day basis.

April 21, 2009
Honour for an inspirational leader
As part of a week-long achiever series, Get Ahead presents an interview with each of six Indian-origin youngsters who won prestigious fellowships in the United States.

April 16, 2009
'Hire smart people, even if they are smarter than you'
COO of Zapak Digital Entertainment, Rohit Sharma talks about his career success, how he balances work and family and doles out advice to young professionals.

April 10, 2009
'My father thought I was crazy to start a business during the recession'
In this time of recession, two twenty-somethings decided to drop out of the rat race and enter the big league by starting a PR agency on their own. Here's their story.

From selling tees to owning an eatery: Karma
Mansi Hemdev is an entrepreneur -- and a very young one, at that. At the age of 21, she already owns her own cafe in Chennai. rediff.com's Ganesh Nadar caught up with this enterprising young lady to learn more about her business and career success.

January 27, 2009
'Passion, commitment and a positive attitude always gets noticed at the workplace'
In an interview with rediff.com Kamal Mansharamani of AlmaMate advices graduates on their career growth, what it takes to be a leader and how to cope with job lay offs.

October 14, 2008
'Fashion can be a murky business'
30-year-old Samir Singh, fashion entrepreneur and shoe designer shares his success mantras.

September 24, 2008
'At 22, I am neither tired of life nor medicine!'
What really sets this 22-year-old apart from any other British youngster is the fact that she is the country's youngest doctor.

September 23, 2008
'We are more friends than teachers'
It was the desire to be an entrepreneur that made Anand Kannan, the managing director of GREedge.com, start something along these lines.

September 17, 2008
'Failure helps you keep your feet on the ground'
Meet Anuja Chauhan, 37, mother of three, author of a recently published book and a successful career woman in the advertising industry.

September 15, 2008
One step closer to a healthier planet
Meet the team of four engineering students who created a project that enables companies to effectively utilise electricity and thus reduce their environmental footprint and in turn global warming.

August 05, 2008
Meet India's youngest MTech from IIT Madras
When most students his age study in colleges S Chandrasekar has won a gold medal in Computer Science at IIT Madras. At 17, he is the youngest Indian to have aced Masters in Technology, MTech with a CGPA (Cumulative Grade Point Average) of 9.85 on a scale of 10.

July 28, 2008
'Listen to your heart and never fear failure'
Patu Keswani, the owner of Lemon Tree Hotels and Red Fox Hotels discusses his success mantra, his life as an entrepreneur and fun he had in starting his own hotel chain.

March 26, 2008
'In business, the name of the game is innovation'
In an email interview with rediff.com's Shifra Menezes, entrepreneur Avirat Sonpal talks about how he started off as an entrepreneur and what it takes to make it big.

March 24, 2008
'To be successful, you need a compelling vision'
Meet Shirish Nadkarni, co-founder and CEO of Livemocha.com.

March 03, 2008
'Why can't Indians build a great product in India?'
Three Indian entrepreneurs build a software product that promises to give a tough fight to the world's best in the space of domain storage.

February 28, 2008
'It's a huge risk to under-utilise your innate talent'
An IIT and IIM alumni, Balu Nayar, the managing director of IMG India discusses his career and what he learned in his career.

February 13, 2008
Change your signature, change your life
Graphotherapist Chandraprabha Pupala talks to Shifra Menezes about the relatively unknown field of handwriting analysis.

February 12, 2008
Dharti Desai: From French teacher to CEO
In a telephone interview with rediff.com's Shifra Menezes, this go-getter shares her success story and a few words of advice for budding businessmen and women.

February 05, 2008
An eco-friendly way to make Rs 80 crore
Chandrashekhar Hariharan changed career midway when he started building eco-friendly green houses. Today his company BCIL, is worth Rs 80 crore and he is happy that he took a gamble by leaving his cushy job as a journalist.

January 23, 2008
'Great companies are always built on aspirations'
Investment banking star Rashesh Shah discusses his career and the lessons it has taught him.

December 31, 2007
A Rs 450 cr success story from a mere Rs 40K
K S Kohli of Frankfinn is confident that Air Frankfinn will give the likes of Kingfisher Airways and Jet Airways a run for their money in 2009.

December 20, 2007
Careers: Are you ready for the 21st century?
'Our education system keeps churning out graduates who remain unemployed whereas we have an unprecedented and robust job market which is crying out for skills. I think this is the fundamental problem. In my view, the remedy is to redesign education and its delivery to overcome skills shortages. We need to prepare our education system for the 21st century.'

December 12, 2007
At 18, he runs an anti-hacking company
Vineet Kumar was the naughtiest kid in school -- and that was only three years ago! Today, at the age of 18, he is the CEO of the National Anti-Hacking Group, advising the Indian Army and corporates on how to safeguard their Internet interests.

December 03, 2007
'I became a successful CEO at 30'
Right Horizons' CEO Anil Rego manages assets worth Rs 75 crore for his clients.

November 27, 2007
'Fashion models are real people, too!'
Lakme fashion model Smita Lasrado on modelling in both India and Paris.

November 21, 2007
CEO at 27
Paramount Airways's M Thiagarajan straddles across the aviation sector.

November 19, 2007
Combining art with science
Sujatha Keshavan Guha, the first woman in India to obtain a postgraduate degree in graphic design, is co-founder and managing director of one of India's top design firms, Ray+Keshavan.

November 15, 2007
A $250,000 business, aged 25
Meet Atul Khekade, founder, Innovation Trip.

October 31, 2007
'Profit-making runs in my genes'
Vikas Kedia, founder of the mobile gaming company MobiTrail, on the spirit of entrepreneurship.

October 29, 2007
You must react to news as it breaks
One of the most recognised faces on Indian television, CNBC India's Shereen Bhan gets candid.

October 25, 2007
'We could hire 500 good people today'
Bhavin and Divyank Turakhia, co-founders of the $300 million company Directi, on how they succeeded.

October 23, 2007
A million-dollar company built on a failure
Vishal Sampat, CEO, Convonix.com, on how failure is a stepping stone to success.

October 08, 2007
A designer's success mantras
Arjun Agarwal on the fashion business.

October 03, 2007
'How I founded a company at 26'
Murugavel Janakiraman, founder CEO, BharatMatrimony.com, on how he made his web site a big success.

September 25, 2007
At 25, he's one of India's hottest designers
A D Singh's insights for youngsters hoping to make their mark in fashion.

September 20, 2007
Making it through movies
Debu Bhattacharyya, CEO, Theme Entertainment, on how he made it big.

September 20, 2007
An amazing story!
Sujata Burla met with a serious accident that left her a paraplegic. Not one to be cowed down, she now earns Rs 200,000 trading on the stock markets. This is her remarkable story.

September 19, 2007
CEO at 30
Sandeep Murthy, CEO, Cleartrip.com, shares the story of his achievements.

September 14, 2007
A published author at 15
Ronen Chatterjee on what drove him to write his first novel.

September 11, 2007
From obscurity to Bollywood
At 24, model and actress Nauheed Cyrusi already has a decade of work in showbiz behind her.

September 10, 2007
Success story: From college dropout to MBA
Vivek Pehlajani on how he went from college dud to media dude.

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