2 RASHESH SHAH, Chairman, Edelweiss Financial Services
3 ROMESH SOBTI, Former MD & CEO, IndusInd Bank
4 SANJAY JALONA, CEO and Managing Director, Larsen & Toubro Infotech
5 AMIT HARLALKA, Deputy CFO, ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India Limited
ANAND SINHA & ROMESH SOBTI PHOTOGRAPHS BY RACHIT GOSWAMI; RASHESH SHAH PHOTOGRAPH BY VIVAN MEHRA
AFTER ALMOST two years of the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdowns, the banking industry is finally showing some resilience. Most banks are wellstocked with capital and liquidity, and profitability and asset quality numbers are improving. The big challenge is credit growth. In addition, the real picture of non-performing assets (NPAs) will come out only after the end of several regulatory forbearances. This was the backdrop against which Business Today and KPMG commenced its annual exercise. The task was to analyse banks’ balance sheets and reach out to them for their initiatives on innovation, fintech engagement, talent and workforce management and enterprise resilience.
The innovation category received 80-plus nominations. Under talent and workforce, banks responded to the future of workplace parameters with innovative practices like work from home, hot seat concept, gig, and contract manpower. Post-Covid-19, enterprise resilience, especially technology and risk resilience, has taken centre stage, and the banks responded with such initiatives.
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MAKING A BOLD BET
Schauna Chauhan is making a big bet on dairy, a difficult space in India, while also diversifying Parle's portfolio.
Growing Under Pressure
Nisaba Godrej has ensured that GCPL's growth stays on track even during tough times
WINDS OF CHANGE
IT'S STILL NOT EASY TO BE A WORKING WOMAN IN THE COUNTRY AND MAKE IT TO THE TOP. BUT COMPANIES ARE WORKING TO INCENTIVISE AND RETAIN WOMEN EMPLOYEES IN THE WORKFORCE BY OFFERING A RANGE OF BENEFITS.
QUEENS OF THE MARKET
THE NUMBER OF WOMEN FUND MANAGERS HAS MORE THAN DOUBLED FROM 18 IN 2017 TO 42 IN 2023. HOWEVER, WOMEN FUND MANAGERS STILL MAKE UP ONLY 8.88% OF THE TOTAL FUND MANAGERS PRESENT IN INDIA.
"India presents tremendous growth opportunities for IHH"
Singapore-based IHH Healthcare, which reported revenues of $4.55 billion in 2023, owns hospital chains Fortis Healthcare and Gleneagles in India.
APERFECT SCRIPT?
Adar Poonawalla’s decision to invest `1,000 crore in Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions is certainly intriguing.
"Viksit Bharat in reach if female workers increase"
Franziska Ohnsorge, the World Bank's Chief Economist for South Asia, on trends in female labour force participation rate, policy measures, and more
Ambuja Checks into Orient
The Adani Group-owned company has made five buyouts in less than two years and is hungry for more
The EV Craze
The country’s growing luxury car market is seeing a shift with environmentally-conscious consumers betting on electric vehicles as a sustainable travel option. Though just 6%, the share of EVs in the luxury segment is rising rapidly
The Storage Boom
Data centres are being built at a frenetic pace in india as companies scramble to meet the ballooning demand from mobile phone users and firms adopting al. Can the country’s energy infrastructure keep up?
