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India's First Luxury Hotel: Goes Where Indians Do

Incorporated in 1899 by the founder of the Tata Group Jamsetji Tata, IHCL opened its first hotel, The Taj Mahal Palace, in Mumbai—then Bombay— in 1903. Dubbed as the best hotel east of Suez, it transformed the face of Bombay and introduced authentic Indian hospitality to the world while bringing global luxuries to the country. Jamsetji Tata’s efforts were always to show India what lies beyond the seas, making India’s dreams his own.

BOTH CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES ABOUND: Outlook ESGBHARAT: SURVEY 2023

The speakers at the survey release deliberate on how the ESG agenda is moving up the corporate agenda, the challenges it faces and the way forward

ZUBIN SAXENA: MANAGING DIRECTOR AND SENIOR AREA VICE PRESIDENT, SOUTH ASIA, RADISSON HOTEL GROUP

An Interview with Zubin Saxena

FOLLOWING THE CULTURE TRAIL

Amitabh Dube, country president of Novartis India, has travelled extensively, but it is his stay in Vietnam that he most fondly remembers, not just for its food, people and landscape but also for the footprints of Indian culture in the southeast Asian country

CRISIS IN THE COURTROOM

The Supreme Court's jurisdiction extends to a population of over 1.4 billion. Does the court make access for the disadvantaged a priority? To what extent is it responsible for the adage 'justice delayed is justice denied'? Are some lawyers more influential than the others? Authors Aparna Chandra, Sital Kalantry and William H.J. Hubbard discuss these and several other topics concerning the country's highest court in their book Court on Trial

Local Business Leader Falls Short OF GLOBAL STANDARDS

The landscape of leadership in Indian corporates has evolved over the years, mirroring the dynamic shifts in politics, business, technology, customer expectations, societal demands and globalised markets.

When a Corporation Traverses 100 YEARS SANS A FORMULA

Centennial companies have weathered the storms of time, evolving their ownership structures to adapt to the changing dynamics at the macro, meso and micro levels and at socio-economicpolitical-institutional, business, society and family levels. A few factors include the institutional framework of the country, industry-specific dynamics, profitability and earnings trends, corporate governance practices, family, state or foreign multinational company ownership and mergers and acquisitions.

The Company that Catches PATRON'S EYE FOR 100 YEARS

My definition of a brand is simple. The brand is a thought that lives in a person’s mind. As many people, those many different thoughts of this one brand in question. And that is brand complexity, something that brand-custodians within companies grapple with all the time.

FROM TEXTILES TO REALTY: Raymond Grew with the Nation

The year 2022 was a momentous one for India as it surpassed the UK as the fifth-largest economy in the world.

GIVING BACK TO SOCIETY IS WHAT KEEPS HAMDARD RELEVANT: HAMID AHMED

Hamdard, meaning a companion in pain, made a humble beginning in 1906 as a small affordable Unani clinic. Less than half a century later, it was converted into a trust, with a pledge to use profits for charitable purposes. Hamid Ahmed, who is the great-grandson of founder Hakeem Abdul Majeed, and CEO and trustee of Hamdard Laboratories India (Food Division), tells Rajat Mishra about the company's expansion plans, strategies and hopes for newly launched and upcoming products

BRITANNIA IS LOOKING AT THE FUTURE OF FOOD: VARUN BERRY

Since inception, Britannia has changed hands several times. Amid the challenges that come with changes in ownership, the brand remains steadfast in its focus on consumer preferences and is currently a leading FMCG brand in India. Varun Berry, managing director and vice chairman of Britannia, talks to Suchetana Ray and Rajat Mishra about the company's thrust areas, strategies and plans to add more food categories to its portfolio in the coming years

'ORGANISATIONS THAT CAN QUICKLY ADAPT TO CHANGE WILL FLOURISH'

Sayajirao Gaekwad III, the king of the erstwhile princely state of Baroda, set up several institutions to modernise the state. One of them was Bank of Baroda, which completed 115 years of operations last month. It is India's second largest public-sector bank as per total business as of March 31, 2023. In an interview with Rajat Mishra, its MD and CEO Debadatta Chand talks about its glorious past and the transformational changes that continue to keep it relevant

ITC NEXT IS OUR ANSWER TO GLOBAL UNCERTAINTIES: SANJIV PURI

From making tobacco products to becoming a multi-sector corporation, ITC has come a long way since its inception in 1910. This year, it became the seventh listed company in India to cross Rs 6 trillion market cap. It is now deploying sustainable solutions and Industry 4.0 measures to create seamless networks with retailers and customers. Sanjiv Puri, company MD and chairman, tells Suchetana Ray and Rajat Mishra about ITC's planned growth trajectory

TATA STEEL IS ORIGINAL MAKE IN INDIA STORY, SAYS GLOBAL CEO

Tata Steel has become one of the leading steel manufacturers across the globe in the last 116 years. The company is hopeful of lasting another 100 years on the back of its multi-generational employees and a people-centric work culture. With clear focus and targets in sight, T.V. Narendran, chief executive officer and managing director of Tata Steel, tells Suchetana Ray and Rajat Mishra how a large part of its future growth will take place in India due to the infra push of the government and its investment in future and sustainable technology

A CENTURY & Counting

Building a company is difficult anywhere in the world. Nurturing it for 100 years takes a combination of philosophy of growth, astute understanding of headwinds and the determination to survive the deadliest of down cycles. What makes this survival story in India more interesting is the cross-currents of everyday politics and ideology Rajat Mishra

THE SPOTLIGHT ON NATURE

Natural capital underpins the wellbeing of humans and deserves a central place in our economic framework, author Siddarth Shrikanth argues. The current system has improved living standards but gone far in the direction of environmental destruction. Having made this point, The Case for Nature attempts to show ways of shifting to a 'nature-positive' economy

Only Corporate India Can Defuse ESG Attack

33% of the business leaders in India surveyed in the Outlook ESGBharat Survey 2023 say their companies are equipped to build a long-term strategy through the identification of best ESG practices

The Tech Push To ESG Data Management

Data management platforms are helping businesses make informed decisions to optimise their environmental, social and governance regime by collecting and standardising data. Together with ESG experts, they hold the key to a strong compliance ecosystem

MASTERING THE CHIP SHOT

As developed nations around the world eye supremacy in global semiconductor supply, will India manage to make a space for itself? Or will geopolitics and historical challenges prevent the country from building the hitherto elusive chip ecosystem?

PEAK XV WITHOUT SEQUOIA'S HEFT

Raising fresh funds from LPs will be challenging for Sequoia India and SEA, now Peak XV Partners, unless it presents strong returns to the $2.85 billion fund it raised last year. This will be tough amidst a funding winter coupled with a brand spinoff that underplays Sequoia’s well-entrenched global heritage

SECURING THE FUTURE: REDINENT INNOVATIONS' JOURNEY IN IOT SECURITY AND AWARD-WINNING INNOVATIONS

Thanks, it is our privilege and honour to win the “Innovative Security Product Company of the Year Award”

INNOVATION AND THINKING BEYOND BOUNDARIES CAN BRING POSITIVE CHANGE TO THE INDUSTRY

Explorex is dedicated to providing cutting-edge technology solutions that distinguish them from competitors

A TENACITY FOR PEOPLE-DRIVEN SUCCESS

Empowering People, Driving Growth: The Inspiring Vision of Dr. Bina Modi

Building A Case For ESG

Compliance with environmental, social and governance (ESG) guidelines can be tedious but rewarding. By voluntarily joining the compliance bandwagon, Indian companies can reap the benefits of an increasingly ESG-conscious global business ecosystem

CORNERED IN THE ESG ARENA

Struggling with ever-widening ESG compliance standards, and unable to push back beyond a point, corporate India is feeling the pressure from global powerhouses to match their compliance levels or lose out on trade opportunities. But this demand is not practical, feasible or even equitable for the growing economy with ambitions

'IN INDIA'S FRAGMENTED ESG SPACE, BUSINESSES NEED EXPERT ADVICE'

Snowflake, the US-headquartered cloud data platform, has emerged as a binding glue in the fragmented data ecosystem of environmental, social and governance (ESG) frameworks

INDIA'S GLOBAL MOMENT ON WOMEN AND CLIMATE

LiFE, or Lifestyle for Environment, is a concept which was first articulated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at COP26, the Conference of the Parties on climate change, in Glasgow in 2021

A SUSTAINABILITY QUERY FOR THE ZETTABYTE ERA

The convergence between the top two trends shaping the world today presents tremendous opportunities that can foster rapid progress towards business goals of sustainability and digitalisation

INTEGRATE CLIMATE IN CORPORATE STRATEGIES

Back in 2015, when the United Nations sustainable development goals (SDGs) were first outlined, India was the pioneer in taking an aggressive role in their implementation

ESG NOTION GOES BEYOND STAKEHOLDER CAPITALISM

Business meetings without the environmental, social and governance (ESG) aspect getting its share of attention are rare these days