It’s grand, it’s genomic December 2011 | Philip Chacko The Rallis-Metahelix combine is concentrating on where it all begins — the seed — to make the most of its biotechnology play

More mileage, more value August 2011 | Philip Chacko Jaguar Land Rover has re-hauled its supply chain to secure cost savings as well as a sustainability equation that gives the company a green edge

A plus for pulses August 2011 | Philip Chacko Increasing the production of pulses, that essential staple of Indian food, was the task Rallis and its fellow innovators set themselves, and are now on the road to achieving

Purity is the key August 2011 | Philip Chacko Getting a less tainted version of soda ash was the motivation for a team from Tata Chemicals — and their efforts are likely to yield a rich and clean dividend

Food for healthy thought August 2011 | Philip Chacko A team from Tata Chemicals has found a method to produce a high-purity carbohydrate that is at the core of an emerging class of health food

iON in the business soul August 2011 | Philip Chacko An innovative platform crafted by Tata Consultancy Services promises to help small and medium businesses extract maximum juice from the information technology fruit

Sold on the solid August 2011 | Philip Chacko Tata Steel Europe has fashioned an appropriately named roofing solution for buildings, Absorb, which scores over what preceded it while having plenty of potential for future growth

Something precious in the bag August 2011 | Philip Chacko Titan's automated diamond-bagging machine eliminates errors, saves on labour and time, and ensures a much smoother process than its manual predecessor, not to mention a business opportunity that in theory should rake in $1 billion

Structured to succeed August 2011 | Philip Chacko Voltas's air-conditioning division was in hot water before an ingenious transformation of its business structure began paying off in spades

A binding breakthrough August 2011 | Philip Chacko Tata Chemicals Innovation Centre is focused on reducing the cost of producing a wonder polymer that can be used in agriculture, cosmetics, healthcare and more

Into the box August 2011 | Philip Chacko Tata Communications has fashioned a versatile 'box' that enables users to access the internet and multimedia functions without any of that conventional tech paraphernalia

A safe kind of corn job August 2011 | Philip Chacko Tata Motors is working on a radical idea in which a material made of cornstarch, light of weight and with flexible properties, could lead to improving the safety of cars

One for the heart August 2011 | Philip Chacko The portable cardiac device pioneered by Tata Consultancy Services has not found traction in the go-to-market stage, but that does not diminish its potential

Jelly for the belly August 2011 | Philip Chacko Sukk is the drink and the Clever Jelly Company the creator — there's the beginning of why Tata Global Beverages' new health drink stands out from the crowd

Water for all January 2011 | Cynthia Rodrigues The runaway success of the Tata Swach water purifier shows that the product is an excellent fit for rural and urban households that need affordable and safe drinking water

Where ideas take hi-tech wings April 2007 | Cynthia Rodrigues The innovation labs of TCS demonstrate to customers the miracles achievable by technology

Chemicals and creativity March 2007 | Sujata Agrawal Tata Chemicals is stepping up gear. Last year it set up an Innovation Centre in Pune headed by chief scientist Dr Murali Sastry, ex-IITian and formerly with the International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste

Creating intellectual assets January 2007 | Cynthia Rodrigues Completing 25 years of R&D, TRDDC is now poised to take an innovation-led leap into the future

Flavoured to please June 2005 | P Jose David P Jose David details Tata Tea's endeavours to successfully develop flavoured tea bags

The age of the idea September 2004 | Christabelle Noronha B Bowonder, director of the Tata Management Training Centre in Pune, on innovation, its methodologies and how to make the hard yards in the business of being original