Wrighton and his colleagues shepherded us around (and carted us back to Mumbai by chopper).

FORBES: A Stop in India's Lavasa

"We're trying to serve as a launching pad to get inventions into the hands of those who can develop them, " says Washington University Chancellor Mark Wrighton, who spent 23 years in the chemistry department at MIT and has a few patents in his name.

FORBES: Yes, there is a pulse