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Finance Leaders Shine at BW CFO Awards 2025
BW CFO Awards 2025 honours finance leaders for strategic foresight, resilience, and their role in shaping business growth
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August 09, 2025
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THE QUIET GRIEF OF GOODBYES: When A Star Performer Resigns
Star performer exits are more than procedural—they trigger emotional ripples, cultural shifts, and leadership tests shaping organisational resilience and values
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August 09, 2025
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How Agentic AI Is Shaping The Future Of Marketing
AI is revolutionising marketing by enabling autonomous, real-time decision-making and hyper-personalisation at scale, while also challenging marketers to build trust, transparency and human-AI synergy
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August 09, 2025
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The Challenge of Uncertainty
TEN YEARS AGO, RESEARCHERS at University College London conducted an experiment that sent shockwaves across the campus. Literally. As a part of the study, participants were split into two groups. One group was told there was a chance that they might receive an electric shock - some time over the next hour. The other group was told they would definitely get a shock. In exactly ten minutes time. Which group do you reckon felt more stressed, more anxious?
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August 09, 2025
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Time To Start Part 2 Of Our Campaign
MY FIRST COLUMN in BW Businessworld of 19 November 2022, was titled India Continues to March Ahead.
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August 09, 2025
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THE MARKET'S FACADE: BEYOND THE BULLISH GLOW
IN THE SHIMMERING haze of India’s financial markets, the Nifty and Sensex soar to dizzying heights, painting a portrait of unbridled prosperity. Headlines trumpet record-breaking indices, and investors revel in the bullish fervour. Indeed, this rally has instilled significant investor confidence and facilitated capital formation for many corporations, seemingly signalling a robust economic environment. But this gleaming facade masks a deeper truth: the stock market's exuberance is a poor barometer of India’s economic health.
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August 09, 2025
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STAYING RESILIENT
INDALCO INDUSTRIES, the metals flagship of the Aditya Birla Group and one of the world's largest aluminium companies, delivered a resilient performance in FY24, navigating global headwinds with a steady operational hand and strategic capital discipline.
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July 26, 2025
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BANKING WITH TRUST
BANK OF BARODA (BoB), one of India's leading public sector banks, delivered a strong and well-rounded financial performance in FY24, marked by record profitability, solid credit growth, and improved asset quality.
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July 26, 2025
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STANDOUT PERFORMANCE
CANARA BANK delivered a standout performance in FY24, reporting its highest-ever net profit and demonstrating robust growth across all key parameters. The public sector lender’s standalone net profit jumped 37.2 per cent year over year to Rs 14,554 crore in FY24, compared to Rs 10,604 crore in FY23. This marks the bank's third consecutive year of record-breaking profitability, supported by a strong operational foundation and disciplined execution.
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July 26, 2025
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SURGING AHEAD
BPCL delivered a strong FY24 performance, driven by robust refining margins, retail expansion, and bold strides in energy transformation
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July 26, 2025
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POWERING PROGRESS
IN ITS FIRST full year after the landmark merger with HDFC, HDFC Bank delivered a strong financial performance in FY24, underscoring its dominance in the Indian banking landscape. The bank’s consolidated net profit surged 37.6 per cent year over year to Rs 72,011 crore, driven by a sharp rise in interest income, steady loan growth, and improved efficiencies.
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July 26, 2025
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BOOSTING DELIVERY
ICICI BANK reported yet another stellar financial performance in FY24, bolstered by strong growth in core operating income, improved asset quality, and a robust balance sheet.
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July 26, 2025
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GENERATING STRONG PREMIUM
LIC advanced its transformation in FY24, focusing on profitability, innovation, and growth, reinforcing its role as India's financial guardian
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July 26, 2025
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TRANSFORMING FOR TOMORROW
TATA STEEL stayed strong in FY24, sharpened its strategic focus on India's growth, capacity expansion, and the transition to green steel
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July 26, 2025
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TRANSFORMING BANKING
THE CURRENT chairman of the State Bank of India (SBI) is Challa Sreenivasulu Setty, who assumed charge on August 28, 2024. However, during FY24—the period under review for the bank's financial performance—it was Dinesh Kumar Khara who helmed the institution.
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July 26, 2025
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Jane Street's $5 BILLION SCANDAL
The story of Jane Street's origin is nothing short of a screenplay about a heist.
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July 26, 2025
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GROWING RESPONSIBLY
TATA MOTORS delivered record-breaking FY24 results, with CV, PV, and JLR divisions excelling amid electrification, innovation, and sustainability momentum
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July 26, 2025
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POWERING AHEAD
NTPC, INDIA'S largest integrated power utility, reported a robust performance in FY24, driven by record generation, capacity additions, and a strategic pivot toward renewable energy.
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July 26, 2025
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INDIA INC. A STORY OF RESILIENCE AND SUSTAINABLE LEADERSHIP
As the global economy navigates uncertainty, India Inc. stands out as a symbol of endurance and forwardlooking enterprise. The country's top 500 companies are contributing not just to economic strength but to a new narrative of sustainable leadership
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July 26, 2025
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POWERING FORWARD
ENGINEERING AND infrastructure giant Larsen & Toubro (L&T) delivered a strong performance in FY24, marked by robust order inflows, execution excellence, and a sharper focus on emerging areas such as green hydrogen, data centres, and semiconductors.
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July 26, 2025
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BUILDING CAPABILITIES
RAJESH EXPORTS saw stable operations in FY24, despite profit pressure from global volatility and softer demand in bullion markets
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July 26, 2025
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SCALING HEIGHTS
JSW STEEL, India's leading private-sector steelmaker and part of the JSW Group, reported a robust performance in FY24, marked by record production, growing global footprint, and continued investment in green and digital steelmaking.
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July 26, 2025
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AGENTIC AI: HYPE VS REALITY
Agentic AI is emerging as the next big frontier in enterprise automation. While it promises massive productivity gains, growing scrutiny over hype, ROI and real-world impact are apparent
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July 26, 2025
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BETTING ON GREEN
Oil major ONGC posted a strong and resilient performance in FY24, generating steady profits, with green ambitions reinforcing its energy leadership vision
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July 26, 2025
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STRONG EXECUTION
Reliance Industries posted record revenue, profit, and free cash flow in FY24, driven by strong consumer, upstream, digital, and green energy growth
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July 26, 2025
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ON A HIGH NOTE
iNDIAN OIL Corporation (IOC), the country's largest oil refiner and fuel retailer, wrapped up FY24 on a high note, reporting its best-ever financial performance despite global headwinds and volatile crude prices.
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July 26, 2025
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What the Planets Say About Your Funding Timeline
VEDIC ASTROLOGY is a time-honoured system that has guided personal and societal decisions in India for thousands of years.
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July 26, 2025
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Why So Many Institutional Leaders Just Won't Let Go
ACROSS INDIA'S social institutions – trusts, foundations, cultural bodies, academic societies, cooperatives, and mission-driven boards – there is a question that rarely surfaces in formal meetings, yet echoes quietly in corridors: What happens after the leader?
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July 26, 2025
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STREAMING THE FUTURE
India's 5G revolution is underway—unmatched deployment, rising AI powered innovation and major Ericsson announcements in antenna manufacture, R&D and managed services. Are we ready to capitalise on these developments?
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July 26, 2025
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The Syrup Moments in Leadership
JULIA STEWART WAS ONLY SIXTEEN when she landed her first job. As a waitress at IHOP - a restaurant serving pancakes. It was just the kind of job young people take for the pocket money, or the free pancakes. And maybe to get some useful work experience and learn how the world works.
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