Maintaining the important Indian pedigree of the collection, the rough diamonds were cut and polished by master craftsmen in Indian cutting and polishing factories, while the design was brought to life by Indian jewelry manufacturer Uni-Design Jewellery Private Ltd. of Mumbai.

FORBES: Connect

Bhan refuses to name his distributor, fearing that some of its traditional retail customers will find out about his agreement and pressure the distributor to dump him. (It already happened to Medsite once.) To cut costs, Bhan and his partners -- all Indian expatriates -- created a sister company to design and update the software in Bangalore, where programmers work for one-fourth of U.S. wages.

FORBES: What the doctor ordered

To cut costs, Bhan and his partners, all Indian expatriates, created a sister company in Bangalore to design and update the software.

FORBES: What the doctor ordered

Abroad, they were hosted by Ardy2M Design Studio Private Limited (India), Comparte (Chile), the Indian National Trust For Art and Cultural Heritage (India) and the Red de Guardianes de Semillas (Ecuador).

UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

There is no way to design a product for the American mass market and then simply adapt it for the Chinese or Indian mass market.

FORBES: Innovation Needs To Start In China

He admitted Suzuki into the Indian car market, albeit under onerous conditions, thus demonstrating to a grateful India that the history of car design did not end with the Morris Oxford, on which the country's famous Ambassador car is based.

ECONOMIST: Economics focus