Men Of Steel profiles some of the best known names in Indian business.
Summary Of The Book
The author is a leading journalist in India. He wrote these profiles of 11 of the most recognized names representing big businesses in India. These profiles were written for the Mumbai edition of the Hindustan Times as part of the HT Leadership series.
Men Of Steel contains sketches of 11 highly successful businessmen such as Ratan Tata, Nusli Wadia, Subhash Chandra, Uday Kotak, Vijay Mallya, Bikki Oberoi, Nandan Nilekani, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Kumar Mangalam Birla, Sunil Bharati Mittal, and Azim Premji.
These men represent some of the biggest business groups in India. These include the Tata Group, the Kotak Group, the Birla Group, Kingfisher, East India Hotels, Bombay Dyeing, Infosys, Wipro, and Airtel.These people are part of the reason behind India's emerging status as a fast growing economy.
It is the spirit of entrepreneurship that will drive India's future growth and these profiles were meant to serve as inspiration to young people. These profiles teach lessons in business acumen, leadership, planning, foresight, and other attributes that an aspiring entrepreneur needs to possess.
The profiles of each of the business leaders in Men Of Steel runs to about 2000 words. The author, an experienced journalist, collected information from various sources and also conducted personal interviews with these men before writing these short sketches of their lives and achievements.
Men Of Steel was launched in 2007 and is available in ten different languages. The book has garnered a good response and is a best-seller.
About Vir Sanghvi
Vir Sanghvi is an Indian journalist and author.
Some of the other books written by Sanghvi are Rude Food, 26/11: The Attack on Mumbai, Madhavrao Scindia: A Life, and India Then and Now.
Vir Sanghvi was born in London in 1956. He graduated from Brasenose College, Oxford. He had been contributing articles to the magazine India Today. When India Today had the idea of starting India's first city focused magazine, Bombay, it picked Vir Sanghvi to run it. At the young age of 22, Vir Sanghvi became the editor of the new magazine and soon made it a success. His career spans print and the visual media and he has been highly successful in all. He has worked for Business Press, Sunday magazine, and The Hindustan Times. He has also anchored shows on Doordarshan and NDTV like Custom Made for Vir Sanghvi, Star Talk, and A Question of Answers.
