Riding the wind - Naveen Jindal ; Do not go by Naveen Jindal's detached demeanour; he has transformed a tiny, ailing factory into a Rs 47,000-crore empire.

Naveen Jindal's mother, Savitri, keeps telling him to be seriousand pay more attention to his work. He, part of the business groupfounded by her husband Om Prakash, who died in a helicopter crashseven years ago. Executives of the group remain close to thematriarch, who is ranked among the richest in the country and knowsmany things happening in the companies.

She should calm down now. Jindal, 41, has topped the list of thecountry's best chief executives over the last decade and a half in astudy byBusiness Today, INSEAD Business School and Harvard BusinessReview. In the last five financial years alone, as global economicfortunes have swung violently, JSPL's …