Fortune India’s most coveted issue is out! It has been six years since the first Fortune India 500 and 60 years since the first Fortune 500 was released. From 2010, while the total revenue of the Fortune India 500 companies has nearly doubled from Rs 38,16,000 crore in 2010 to Rs 71,27,000 crore in 2015, the same can’t be said of profits, which went up by a meager 3.6% over the period. While the scene overall doesn’t seem too promising, individual companies are swimming against the tide to deliver value to customers and shareholders. On pg. 112 we speak to the refreshingly frank bosses of Shoppers Stop and spell out their plans for the reinvention of this 25-year-old brand. Meanwhile, we also covered Suresh Narayanan, the chairman of Nestle India, who spoke about the impact of the Maggi crisis and his plans to rebuild the century-old consumer goods major. Catch this story on pg. 104 Pg. 130 There’s also the story of how Indian companies are trying to explore opportunities in Russia, a country that has been through turmoil but is now settling down. Russia, which accounts for a mere four companies in the BRIC 75 list (India has five, Brazil six, and China makes up the bulk), is trying to decouple politics and trade to attract Indian business.