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	<img align="" alt="Ratan Tata, Chairman Emeritus, Tata Sons (left) and Salman Khan, Khan academy  at the Press Conference in Mumbai on December 6, 2015. Photo: KAMLESH PEDNEKAR" class="imgCont" height="464" src="http://bsmedia.business-standard.com/_media/bs/img/article/2015-12/06/full/1449393153-0863.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #DDD; margin-right: 10px; padding: 1px; float: left; z-index: 0;" title="Ratan Tata" width="620" />
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		Ratan Tata- Three years after his retirement from the Tata group, which he made a global conglomerate, the former head of India&rsquo;s largest corporate group lives a busy life as chairman of two main Tata trusts, and as an investor in start-ups. In 2015 alone, he invested in 15 start-ups<br />
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			<img align="" alt="A M Naik, group executive chairman of Larsen & Toubro, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Mumbai" class="imgCont" height="464" src="http://bsmedia.business-standard.com/_media/bs/img/article/2015-09/23/full/1443003898-1677.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #DDD; margin-right: 10px; padding: 1px; float: left; z-index: 0;" title="A M Naik, group executive chairman of Larsen & Toubro, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Mumbai" width="620" />
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				A M Naik- Larsen & Toubro&rsquo;s longest serving chairman transformed the engineering company into one of India&rsquo;s largest conglomerates, but lack of succession planning proved a big drawback<br />
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					<img align="" alt="Sunil Mittal" class="imgCont" height="464" src="http://bsmedia.business-standard.com/_media/bs/img/article/2015-11/01/full/1446377606-4455.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #DDD; margin-right: 10px; padding: 1px; float: left; z-index: 0;" title="Sunil Mittal" width="620" />
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						Sunil Mittal- Once denied a Maruti dealership, he became India&rsquo;s largest telecom operator and expanded into Africa, but couldn&rsquo;t replicate his success in retail and airport development<br />
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							<img align="" alt="IT professionals are well paid, they should give more to charity: Premji" class="imgCont" height="464" src="http://bsmedia.business-standard.com/_media/bs/img/article/2015-12/12/full/1449943246-4128.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #DDD; margin-right: 10px; padding: 1px; float: left; z-index: 0;" title="Azim Premji" width="620" />
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								Azim Premji- The Wipro chairman raised the bar on corporate philanthropy by signing &ldquo;The Giving Pledge&rdquo;, and has given away almost 40% of his stake in Wipro to charity<br />
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									<img align="" alt="N R Narayana Murthy- Infosys' co-founder stepped down as chairman in 2011, only to return in 2013 at the board's behest as Executive Chairman and Additional Director, a position he relinquished in 2014 to become Chairman Emeritus" class="imgCont" height="464" src="http://bsmedia.business-standard.com/_media/bs/img/article/2014-06/12/full/1402577793-1066.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #DDD; margin-right: 10px; padding: 1px; float: left; z-index: 0;" title="N R Narayana Murthy- Infosys' co-founder stepped down as chairman in 2011, only to return in 2013 at the board's behest as Executive Chairman and Additional Director, a position he relinquished in 2014 to become Chairman Emeritus" width="620" />
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										N R Narayana Murthy- Infosys&rsquo; co-founder stepped down as chairman in 2011, only to return in 2013 at the board&rsquo;s behest as Executive Chairman and Additional Director, a position he relinquished in 2014 to become Chairman Emeritus<br />
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											<img align="" alt="Jyoti Basu" class="imgCont" height="464" src="http://bsmedia.business-standard.com/_media/bs/img/article/2015-12/29/full/1451397879-6215.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #DDD; margin-right: 10px; padding: 1px; float: left; z-index: 0;" title="Jyoti Basu" width="620" />
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												Jyoti Basu- India&rsquo;s longest serving chief minister, his stewardship left Bengal in a state of decline that his successor struggled unsuccessfully to reverse<br />
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													<img align="" alt="Anji Reddy" class="imgCont" height="275" src="http://bsmedia.business-standard.com/_media/bs/img/article/2015-12/29/full/1451397958-317.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #DDD; margin-right: 10px; padding: 1px; float: left; z-index: 0;" title="Anji Reddy" width="370" />
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														Anji Reddy- Former IDPL employee, he was at the forefront of the Indian generics charge, dabbled unsuccessfully with new drug development and paid a heavy price for an expensive 2007 acquisition in Germany<br />
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															<img align="" alt="Verghese Kurien" class="imgCont" height="275" src="http://bsmedia.business-standard.com/_media/bs/img/article/2015-12/29/full/1451397909-192.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #DDD; margin-right: 10px; padding: 1px; float: left; z-index: 0;" title="Verghese Kurien" width="370" />
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																Verghese Kurien- When the father of Operation Flood, the world&rsquo;s largest agricultural development programme, died in 2012, milk-deficient India had become the world&rsquo;s largest producer<br />
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																	<img align="" alt="Brijmohan Lall Munjal" class="imgCont" height="275" src="http://bsmedia.business-standard.com/_media/bs/img/article/2015-12/29/full/1451397832-2074.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #DDD; margin-right: 10px; padding: 1px; float: left; z-index: 0;" title="Brijmohan Lall Munjal" width="370" />
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																		Brijmohan Lall Munjal- Cycle maker from Ludhiana, he partnered Honda to become India&rsquo;s largest motorcycle maker. Honda ran the show, Munjal focused on relationships &ndash; with dealers and vendors. Maintained leadership even after honda exited in 2010</div>
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Who gained, lost, made the front page, set new trends, departed- portraits from 1st decade and a half of 21st century

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