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Mercurial Transformer
MUKESH AMBANI BUILT THREE SECTORDOMINATING BUSINESSES UNDER RIL AND CLEANED OFF THE CONGLOMERATE’S DEBTS BY RAISING ₹2.89 LAKH CRORE
Universal Reinventor
UNDER RAJESH GOPINATHAN, TCS HAS INTEGRATED A WIDE CROSS-SECTION OF AUTOMATION PRODUCTS TO CREATE THE 'MACHINE FIRST' DELIVERY MODEL
“THE CHOICES YOU MAKE DETERMINE HOW FAR YOU WILL GO”
ANAND KRIPALU, MD AND CEO, DIAGEO INDIA
The Empowerer
SANJIV MEHTA DELEGATED RESPONSIBILITY AND RELIED ON QUICK MARKET FEEDBACK AND COST CONTROL IN ORDER TO THRIVE IN THE MARKETPLACE
Staying On Top
HOW INDIA'S BEST CEOS ARE STEERING THEIR COMPANIES THROUGH CRISIS AND CHAOS
Quantum Leaper
RAJEEV JAIN FOCUSSED ON PRODUCT CREATION IN RETAIL AND SME LENDING AT BAJAJ FINANCE, WHILE ENGAGING MORE WITH CUSTOMERS USING DATA ANALYTICS
Kataria's Sporting Adventures
Getting one’s business to stay afloat and inspiring team members to be resilient during a black swan event such as the Covid pandemic can become extremely stressful, especially for the CEO of the business.
Institution Builder
AFTER USING TECHNOLOGY TO TRANSFORM INDIAN BANKING AND STEERING INFOSYS PAST ITS BIGGEST CRISIS, K.V. KAMATH, FORMER CHAIRMAN, ICICI BANK, HELPED MULTILATERAL LENDER NEW DEVELOPMENT BANK SCALE UP MASSIVELY DURING HIS FIVE-YEAR STINT
Go Beyond Life, Health Policies
Product innovation will gain traction as the industry gets set to go on a digital overdrive
Eye On The Future
Gurdeep Singh has proved his mettle as cmd of ntpc by steering the company from coal-based generation to green energy
TIME FOR MODI-BIDEN TANGO
Having deliberately opted out of the world’s largest trade bloc, RCEP, India can now push for the limited trade deal with the US
“ALWAYS HAVE A SENSE OF OWNERSHIP IN YOUR JOB”
ANUJ JAIN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, KANSAI NEROLAC PAINTS
PUSH FOR A REBOUND
Companies garner record profits in July-September after four quarters of decline as cost reductions and revival in economic activity boost balance sheets; manufacturing firms steal the show
Tapping Gig Talent
HOW COMPANIES ARE REORIENTING THEIR SYSTEMS TO INTEGRATE SHORT-TERM WORKERS
PhonePe: Life Beyond UPI
In less than four years, PhonePe has emerged as the leader in UPI transactions, neck-and-neck with Google Pay, leaving behind Paytm and others. But where is the revenue model?
Network
Agrawal’s Elephant Safari
Making Medicines in India
CENTRE HAS ANNOUNCED TWO SCHEMES TO REDUCE IMPORT DEPENDENCE IN MEDICINE MANUFACTURING. WILL THEY WORK THIS TIME?
Hungry For Stressed Assets
Private equity and stressed asset funds continue to show interest in acquiring value assets undergoing insolvency proceedings despite delays and litigation
Data Centre BOOM
With the rise in Cloud adoption, data generation and emergence of data-as-a-service model, data centre business in India is not just growing big, but also emerging as the new real estate asset class
The Battle For Indian Retail
How Mukesh Ambani, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and Walmart’s Doug McMillon are fighting to get a bigger slice of India’s $850 billion retail market
Valuing LIC
HOW THE 64-YEAR-OLD LIFE INSURANCE CORPORATION SHOULD BE VALUED FOR STOCK MARKET LISTING
Saving Taxes
YOU CAN SAVE TAXES EITHER BY INVESTING IN GOVERNMENT-NOTIFIED PRODUCTS OR BY CLAIMING EXEMPTIONS ON CERTAIN TYPE OF EXPENSES. THE LOWDOWN
REFORM PANGS
State laws may delay progress of Centre’s agri-marketing reforms, but won’t be able to halt them
Network
AGARWAL’S NATURE THERAPY
LOOKING FOR THE THUMP
ROYAL ENFIELD IS INCHING TOWARDS THE END OF ITS PURPLE PATCH AT A TIME RIVALS HAVE LINED UP NEW LAUNCHES TO TAKE IT HEAD ON. CAN ITS NEW BIKE, METEOR350, HERALD THE START OF ANOTHER BULL RUN?
Best Advice I Ever Got
“HAVE THE HUMILITY TO PAUSE AND LISTEN, REFLECT, TALK AND SEEK ADVICE” GEETU VERMA, GLOBAL VICE PRESIDENT, NUTRITION & NATURAL PLATFORMS, UNILEVER
'WE ARE BUILDING A STRATEGIC DISINVESTMENT PIPELINE'
The pandemic had put the brakes on the government’s ambitious disinvestment plans for the fiscal. However, things have started picking up as businesses go back to normal and markets regain their appetite for buying assets. The Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM), entrusted with disinvestment of central public sector enterprises (CPSEs), has an uphill task ahead given that it is racing against time to meet the annual disinvestment target. DIPAM Secretary Tuhin Kanta Pandey, in a conversation with Dipak Mondal, lays down the road ahead for the department.
The Net-Working Effect
How women-only platforms can bridge the gender gap at the workplace
Inside India's Vaccine Ecosystem
A blow-by-blow account of how indian vaccines are being readied
Riding The Vaccine Wave
The world of vaccine and drug development is being reset. Here's how indian pharma must reinvent to lead the new era of drug discovery and research