Anil Ambani shocks rivals by
leading race
The civil aviation ministry's technical advisor has given top ranking to the consortia of Anil Ambani, and GMR group. This has raised eyebrows since Ambani's partner is Mexico Airport, which is ranked 119 in a survey of the world's best-managed airports. Incidentally, Mumbai itself was ranked 120 by the same agency last year. The ministry, under Praful Patel, has been unduly lenient with Ambani, having earlier allowed him to change partner mid-way...........MORE		  
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H Y Sharada Prasad
A Nieman Fellow at Harvard, he served as information Advisor to Prime Ministers Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi. He was formerly a trustee of IGNCA and chairman of NID.
Syeda S Hameed
is a Member of the Planning commission. She is the founder member of Muslim Women's forum and a founder trustee of the Women's initiative for Peace in South Asia.  
Cmde C Uday Bhaskar
 is Deputy director of the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi.