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The Rise Of The Future Ready CFO, Tech Leader

The role of CFOs now extends beyond number crunching and encompasses working with top management in strategising and designing growth opportunities

Always In The Fast Lane

Attention to the minutest details has made market leader Maruti Suzuki India one of the most successful auto firms financially

Sticking To The Basics

A focused approach of following simple business strategies has turned the company into a market leader

He Took All The Notes A Pitch Higher

Symphony’s financial parameters, like its revenue and market capitalisation, have exploded since 2009

Carving A Niche In A Man's World

She may have been outshouted in a male-dominated industry like cement, but outperforming her was never easy

Investing In People & Processes

At L&T, Raman has redefined the role of finance through processes & people management

Now Get Ready For Cheaper Elections

Eliminating Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes will have an impact on the assembly elections in Punjab and Uttar Pradesh.

The Education System Had A Bias Against Skills

WHEN PRIME MINISTER Narendra Modi decided to create a new ministry of skill development and entrepreneurship, he zeroed in on young BJP leader Rajiv Pratap Rudy to head it. Rudy, a doer, has led from the front, and helped craft a new language for skill development where none existed. In an interview with BW Businessworld’s Suman K. Jha, Rudy says skilling never had an aspirational value in the country, and that he’s determined to change the mindset.

The Men Every Man & Woman Need

Handymen are rare to find when you really need one. Not with Zimmber though.

Radical Restaurateurs

In an industry that sees many failures, startups need not just deep pockets and drive, but that unique selling proposition to stick it out as restaurateurs.

A Different Kind of Melting Pot

Many are opting for shared workplaces not just for low rentals but for the whole ecosytem that allows networking and knowledge sharing. Enabling all this is a breed of new startups.

Who Is Your Target Audience?

“Our culture often does portray women especially like objects. My mom would always point out everytime the cheerleaders would come on, [and say] “OK, so look, here's the story that gets told: the men get to be these heroic, skilled athletes. And the women just get to be pretty.” Just the concept of that, she wanted my brother and I to be aware of it. Because we see these images on TV, in movies and in the magazines, all the time and if we don’t just stop and think about it, it sort of seeps into your brain and becomes the way you perceive reality.” — Joseph Gordon-Levitt on ‘Ellen’ Jan 2014 (adapted).

Team Modi, In A Hurry To Build A Strong Foundation For Growth

Team Modi, after the initial hype, has been pilloried for its inability to govern well. But all is not lost. Three solid pillars have emerged, and they are in a hurry to build a strong foundation for growth.

Will The Dark Mysteries Of India’s Favourite Old Monk Fade Away?

The dark mysteries of India’s favourite rum will fade away unless Mohan Meakin wakes up.

Spark In The Dark

40 Ordnance factories make the bulk of India’s small arms

Cloud Transitions Are About People & Culture

In an exclusive interview with BW Businessworld, Adobe’s executive vicepresident and chief technology officer ABHAY PARASNIS talks to RUHAIL AMIN about how the company is betting on new age technologies to provide breakthrough services, its partnership with Microsoft and how India continues to be a strategic centre of innovation for the business

‘Momentum Of Our Business To Grow'

Axel P. Lehmann, Group Operating Officer and a member of the Group Executive Board of the UBS Group AG, and President of the Executive Board of UBS Business Solutions AG, was in India recently. Lehmann talks to Ashish Sinha on the importance of India. Edited Excerpts: 

‘Waiving Farm Loans Is Never the Right Step'

APOLLO HOSPITALS ENTERPRISE LIMITED Executive Vice Chairperson, Shobana Kamineni, who became the Confederation of Indian Industry’s (CII) new president on 4 May, believes that gender parity at all levels could give a shot in the arm to the gross domestic product (GDP). In an exclusive interview with Taniya Tikoo and Kshitiz Mohan, Kamineni shares her views on the GST, farm loans and what the CII is doing for the so-called Aam Admi of the country. 

The Tata-Mistry Battle Continuous

The Tata-Mistry battle has now percolated down to the boardrooms of group companies, portending mayhem.

The Patanjali Juggernaut Rolls On

In just a few years, Baba Ramdev has blown to smithereens the complacency of global giants. How far can he go?

Reality In A Morass?(New)

Sluggish sales, delays in new projects and a huge backlog have turned middle-class dreams of owning a home into a nightmare

We don't want to be all things to all comers

THE New-Delhi based Religare Enterprises (REL) is to simplify its corporate structure and set up a management committee to evaluate the proposed reorganisation of its three operating businesses — Religare Finvest, Religare Health Insurance and Religare Securities — into separate listed entities. SUNIL GODHWANI,  chairman and managing director, REL spoke to RAGHU MOHAN of BW Businessworld on the strategic thinking and the course correction behind the moves.

The Paradox Of Privacy!

IN 2004, a game-changing social network came into being and changed the way social interactions, privacy and networking worked forever.

'India Is The Biggest Whiskey Market'

STRUAN GRANT RALPH, Global Brand Ambassador for Glenfiddich speaks to SMITA TRIPATHI on the importance of India as a market and why the brand needs to launch new variants. Edited excerpts:

No Brown M&M's Please!

HAVE YOU HEARD of a rock band called Van Halen?

Will India Too Lose Its Lifeline?

The drought in Cape Town has set alarm bells ringing across the world, especially in India, where depletion of ground water is rampant. Are Indian cities in peril.

GST Has Been A Boon For Our Industry. The Formal Sector Has Received A Boost

Riding the wave of economic expansion of the fast-moving travel and travellers industry is India’s decades-old luggage brand VIP.

Globalisation Of Indian Schools Of Medicine Is Our Goal: Shripad Naik

Union Ayush Minister Shripad Naik had humble beginnings.

Decoding The Procurement Process

Clarity about the intricacies of the offset guidelines could benefit both buyers and sellers.

India Is Our Data Science Hub

Guillaume Bacuvier, chief executive officer (global), dunnhumby, the world’s largest customer science company, tells Ashish Sinha that the India office was a key enabler for its global business. Excerpts of the conversation: