Few would expect a doctor to become a police officer, let alone handle investigations related to stock market manipulation. But that&rsquo;s precisely what Pradnya Saravade, an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of the 1989 batch, has done &mdash; she joined Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) last year, as an officer on special duty after Sebi decided to separate its investigation and adjudication departments.

Backstage: Chipping away at the pyramid

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Ajit came to Berkshire in 1986. Very quickly, I realised that we had acquired an extraordinary talent. So I did the logical thing: I wrote to his parents in New Delhi and asked if they had another one like him at home. Of course, I knew the answer before writing. There isn&rsquo;t anyone like Ajit.

Newsmaker: Ajit Jain

It&rsquo;s a top job that no neighbour will ever envy. In fact, when the low-profile insider AS Murty was appointed chief executive officer (CEO) of the scam-tainted Satyam Computer Services, ending almost a month of suspense surrounding the appointment, there were mixed reactions from both the industry and stock market.

NEWSMAKER: AS Murty

Some weeks ago, when Congress President Sonia Gandhi asked&nbsp; Jairam Ramesh to head the core team for the Congress campaign in the 2009 general elections, he readily agreed to give up his ministerial responsibilities as Union Minister of State for Commerce &amp; Power in Shram Shakti Bhavan and Udyog Bhavan, and move with a suitcase to his new home on Gurudwara Rakabganj Road.

NEWSMAKER: Jairam Ramesh

When Omar Abdullah took his first plunge into Kashmir politics in 1998, the odds were stacked heavily against him. Separatists were at their peak and the National Conference, founded by his grandfather, Sheikh Abdullah, almost 50 years ago, was seen as a stooge of New Delhi.

NEWSMAKER: Omar Abdullah

Dilip Shanghvi, the chairman and managing director of Sun Pharma, is readying for a long-drawn legal battle to get hold of Israeli drug major Taro Pharmaceuticals.

NEWSMAKER: Dilip Shanghvi

Anil Manibhai Naik, chairman and managing director of Larsen &amp; Toubro, sees himself as a dynamic workaholic. Ever since he took over as CEO and managing director in 1999 and thereafter assumed the chairmanship in 2003, he&rsquo;s seen his role as &ldquo;more than half a public servant&rdquo;.

NEWSMAKER: Anil Manibhai Naik

Almost three decades ago, India&rsquo;s third-largest IT services provider, Wipro Ltd, successfully diversified from vegetable oils into the IT sector.

NEWSMAKER: B Ramalinga Raju

He continues to avoid the media but AdityaChopra&rsquo;s work seems to do all the talking.

NEWSMAKER: Aditya Chopra

It may just be sheer coincidence or plain design that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh chose to appoint Raghuram Rajan as his honorary economic adviser earlier this week, less than two weeks before India

NEWSMAKER: Raghuram Rajan

It could take two years for a turnaround, but since Temasek India is in the black, its head is currently focussed on an impending birthday bash and a holiday to Cambodia.

LUNCH WITH BS: Manish Kejriwal

There is something about Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

NEWSMAKER: Mahendra Singh Dhoni

It&rsquo;s a move that Yahoo! shareholders like Carl Icahn ardently desired. &ldquo;In my opinion, you might have to get rid of Jerry and part of the board to bring back Microsoft...

NEWSMAKER: JERRY YANG

Infosys' chief sees his public role as a force multiplier for philanthropy - his book, he says, is a framework of ideas to help India meet the challenges ahead.

LUNCH WITH BS: Nandan Nilekani

When Jagdish Khattar joined the Indian Administrative Service in 1965, he became the first in his family to take up a job. Everyone else was self-employed.

NEWSMAKER: Jagdish Khattar

I am a free market Republican,&rdquo; Neel Kashkari is believed to have said at an American Enterprise Institute Conference some time back.

Neel Kashkari The $700 bn man

The man who sparked the multiplex revolution merely wanted to avoid being an embarrassment to his family.

LUNCH WITH BS: Ajay Bijli

Just one day made the difference. It was January this year and Sanjay Chandra was on his way back to India having sewn up a deal to raise a billion dollars from private equity players.

NEWSMAKER: Sanjay Chandra

When Duvvuri Subbarao, governor-designate of the Reserve Bank of India, takes charge of his new office on Friday, there is a good chance that the surroundings may not appear too unfamiliar to him

NEWSMAKER: Duvvuri Subbarao

When Shivshankar Menon was appointed Foreign Secretary superseding 12 other Foreign Service officers, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh took a calculated risk but stood steadfast, ignoring the

NEWSMAKER: ShivShankar Menon

Everybody got up and took notice of Maytas Infra when it bagged the Hyderabad Metro Rail Project on the back of a unique proposition &mdash; instead of receiving payments to execute the project it

NEWSMAKER: B Teja Raju

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