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Fortune India
STANDING STRONG
THE U.S. HAS IMPOSED 50% TARIFFS ON INDIAN EXPORTS AND NEGOTIATIONS HAVE BROKEN DOWN. WHAT LIES AHEAD?
7 min |
September 2025
Fortune India
THE GREAT MARKET SHIFT: EVEN AS FOREIGN PORTFOLIO INVESTORS TURN NET SELLERS, DOMESTIC INVESTORS ARE TAKING CHARGE ON D-STREET.
FOR YEARS, foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) were the pacesetters for Indian equities. A single sell order from Singapore or New York would send shivers down D-Street. But the balance of power is shifting. Today, even as FPIs withdraw billions, the stock market is holding its ground, courtesy of an army of domestic investors who are rewriting the rules of the game with steady inflows.
2 min |
September 2025
Fortune India
Defence: Growth Fully Priced In?
The sector sees surging exports and rising capex, but investors need to be careful because of the steep valuations.
3 min |
September 2025
Fortune India
AN UNBREAKABLE BOND: WARREN HARRIS, CEO & MD OF TATA TECHNOLOGIES AND A TATA VETERAN, FEELS HIS FIRST MEETING WITH RATAN TATA SET THE TONE FOR THE FUTURE.
ON A CRISP November afternoon in 2005, Warren Harris walked into the opulent Four Seasons Hotel George V in Paris to meet Ratan Tata for the first time. The French capital was slipping into winter—the air sharp, Christmas markets luring early buyers with their festive warmth. Harris, then head of engineering services firm INCAT—which had been taken over by Tata Technologies just three months ago—had spoken with Tata only over the phone. “We had a couple of conversations about the opportunity to converge INCAT with the Tata company,” Harris recalls.
6 min |
September 2025
Fortune India
THE GREAT INDIAN EV RACE
THESE DAYS, animated discussions in corporate circles are often dominated—Trump tariffs apart—by the latest car launches from the major automakers. And discussion also centres around how the auto companies are now aggressively fighting for a share of the electric vehicles (EV) pie. Never has this trend of EV launches been more pronounced than in 2025. Whether it is Tata Motors or JSW MG Motor or Mahindra, the auto market has rarely seen such action as it is doing this year, where all major players are betting big on EVs, bolstered in large measure by the government's push towards clean mobility.
2 min |
September 2025
Fortune India
A Trusted Brand and Market Leader Shaping India's Protein Industry
The protein industry in India stands at a transformative crossroads, driven by evolving consumer preferences, technological advancements, and an increasing focus on nutritional security. At the forefront of this revolution stands ABIS Group, under the umbrella of IB Group, which has emerged as India's largest protein-centric agribusiness conglomerate with an impressive turnover of INR 13,000 Cr as of 2025. This remarkable journey from humble beginnings to market leadership exemplifies how visionary leadership and unwavering commitment to quality can reshape an entire industry.
4 min |
September 2025
Fortune India
Providing More Heft to India's Bid for Energy Self-Reliance
The burgeoning speed at which India is tackling the need to become more self-reliant in the energy space has witnessed a compelling scenario unfold in corporate India.
2 min |
September 2025
Fortune India
Scripting a narrative of trust, reliability and humane endeavour
The Ankita Group of Companies' burgeoning global success and rising fortunes hinge on its trustworthiness, ethical ethos and philanthropic trajectories. What has propelled the Ankita Group's performance has been the enabling prowess of CEO and Chairman Dr. Anil Kumar, self-made billionaire tycoon, future-forward leader and philanthropist.
4 min |
September 2025
Fortune India
Leading with Vision in Health Management Research
The global challenges brought forth by the COVID-19 pandemic have permanently reshaped the way the world approaches healthcare and health management research. At the forefront of this transformation in India stands IIHMR University, Jaipur, a pioneering institution that has consistently combined academic excellence, research-driven learning, and a strong sense of social responsibility. Recognized as the No. 1 Health Management University in India, IIHMR's reputation is powered by the visionary leadership of its President, Prof. P.R. Sodani.
2 min |
September 2025
Fortune India
Driven by Passion and Humanism
He has been quietly scripting a unique narrative in the state of Uttarakhand's educational landscape. For years its rural expanses have been plagued with the migration of its youth to the big cites for lack of better educational and job opportunities.
2 min |
September 2025
Fortune India
THE ROAD TO DECARBONISATION WON'T BE STRAIGHT
Why India's path to automotive decarbonisation requires technological diversity as BEVs continue to spearhead the transition.
3 min |
September 2025
Fortune India
Rewiring for a Giant Leap
WHEN N. CHANDRASEKARAN took charge as chairman of Tata Sons in 2017, the passenger vehicles (PV) business of Tata Motors was staring into the abyss. Losses had ballooned to nearly ₹4,000 crore annually, market share had slipped below 5% and bankers whispered a single piece of advice: shut it down.
6 min |
September 2025
Fortune India
Pioneering a Vision of Caring and Trustworthiness
Dr. Unmesh Vidyadhar Takalkar has never taken half measures when it comes to redefining healthcare in India. From his formative years at Tata Hospital, where he first experienced the profound impact of compassionate medicine, he has relentlessly pursued excellence in patient care. That pursuit reached a defining milestone in 2007, with the founding of CIIGMA Hospital—a bold step rooted in his unwavering belief that world-class medical care should be accessible and affordable within the local community.
1 min |
September 2025
Fortune India
PLUG WARS
THE LACK OF A COMMON STANDARD IN CHARGING PLUGS IN THE TWO-WHEELER SEGMENT COULD HIT INDIA'S AMBITIOUS TARGET OF INCREASING EV PENETRATION TO 30% BY 2030.
6 min |
September 2025
Fortune India
ELECTRIC YEAR
THE FUTURE IS HERE—on four wheels and it is electric. 2025 is shaping up to be the year electric car sales hit the accelerator in India with a flurry of launches. While Tata Motors is the leader of the pack by volume, JSW MG Motor India—JSW Group's joint venture with China’s SAIC Motor—is closing in. A reignited Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) is not far behind.
9 min |
September 2025
Fortune India
Lighting the Flame of Global Excellence
Slowly but steadily, Karnataka is emerging as one of South India's most significant educational hubs. Adding strength to this transformation is the Mysore-based JSS Academy of Higher Education & Research (JSS AHER), a proud constituent unit of JSS Mahavidyapeetha.
2 min |
September 2025
Fortune India
Is this man a Google killer?
Perplexity and founder Aravind Srinivas are using AI to reshape how people find information online. They're forcing giants like Google and Apple to figure out how to beat them—or buy them.
10+ min |
September 2025
Fortune India
ASHOK LEYLAND SHIFTS GEARS
INDIA'S SECOND-LARGEST MAKER OF COMMERCIAL VEHICLES IS READYING TO COUNTER THE DISRUPTION WITH NEW PLATFORMS, PRODUCTS, AND EVs.
7 min |
September 2025
Fortune India
BUILDING RESILIENCE
Stories of risk, reward, and resolve aplenty at Fortune India's 40 Under 40 awards.
4 min |
September 2025
Fortune India
AMBITIOUS, BUT NOT INSURMOUNTABLE
Can India replicate its ICE two-wheeler success in the electric space to conquer the global markets?
3 min |
September 2025
Fortune India
A RARE REPORT CARD
How automakers manoeuvred a quarter of disrupted supply after China decided to tighten control of the rare-earth supply chain.
6 min |
September 2025
Fortune India
Kasstech Aerospace: A new Impetus to Indian Aviation
Every great journey begins with a vision-and the will to turn it into reality
3 min |
September 2025
Fortune India
VISIONARIES & TRENDSETTERS SHAPING THE FUTURE
From commanding ships across the world’s oceans to steering multinational enterprises, Captain Pradeep Singh's journey is the story of a global business icon. A Master Mariner who went on to complete advanced degrees at leading UK institutions—Manchester, Northumbria, and Northampton Universities—he built a rare academic foundation in business, finance, and law that has shaped his multifaceted leadership style. His pursuit of continuous excellence was further enriched at Harvard Business School through the prestigious OPM Program.
2 min |
September 2025
Fortune India
Reinventing Cultural Values in the Workplace
If discord, disruption and dissent are all around we see, the imperatives of the 'trust factor' in leadership gather even more relevance today.
2 min |
September 2025
Fortune India
Igniting young minds to change lives
Soil, water, sunlight and shadows—just as these bring together their strengths to nurture a plant, JIS Group Educational Initiatives' Founder-Chairman Sardar Jodh Singh's entrepreneurial drive has left behind a legacy, ably nurtured by Sardar Taranjit Singh his son, now the Group's Managing Director.
4 min |
September 2025
Fortune India
A Journey of a Visionary Enterprise
The story of Mumbai is inseparable from the story of Jeena & Company.
2 min |
September 2025
Fortune India
BYD BEAT TESLA. NOW IT'S IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT.
China's champion electric-vehicle manufacturer is outselling Tesla and Volkswagen in the global EV race-and a spate of new factories could help it dominate markets outside China. How BYD and its globe-trotting No. 2, Stella Li, are spending billions and flexing their soft power.
8 min |
September 2025
Fortune India
AI-POWERED CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE: Redefining engagement and support
Sandeep Panchal - India Consulting Leader, CognizantAarthi Arunachalam - Principal, Automotive Consulting, Cognizant
4 min |
September 2025
Fortune India
COVID'S HEALTHCARE SHIFT
TECHNOLOGY GOES MAINSTREAM, BRICK-AND-MORTAR EXPANDS, AND AMBITIOUS GOVERNMENT PROGRAMMES BENEFIT MEDICAL INFRASTRUCTURE.
9 min |
September 2025
Fortune India
Pivoting the Logistics Game for Sustainable Progress and Prosperity
High-calibre business acuity and strategic planning have raised the level of performance witnessed by Paradeep Parivahan Ltd (PPL) under the steadfast steerage of CMD and CEO, Dr. Khalid Khan.
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