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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:

Initiatives Taken Four Years Ago Bearing Fruit

ON THE EVE of its results, BSE’s Ashishkumar Chauhan (49) took time out to speak to Clifford Alvares on how the exchange business is being reshaped globally and how India’s oldest exchange is gearing up for the future. 

The Red Alert?

Despite the Doklam border standoff, both India and China are on the same side in their intention to boost trade relations.

‘We Want To Emulate India In Venture Funding'

Khalid Al Rumaihi, Chief Executive, EDB spoke to Roy Varghese on the sidelines of the recently concluded GCC Financial Forum 2017, Manama, Bahrain about the 10 year-old quasi agency and its way forward. Excerpts:

A New Era Is Upon Us

The world is undergoing a great transformational change, and so is India. But India is ready for it.

Hello Alexa!

Amazon has taken time to bring its AI-powered Echo series of smart speakers to India but the wait has been worth it.

Newest Kid On The Block

OnePlus has released the swanky new 5T variant to help keep the brand up with the Joneses.

Beyond The Thunder

The launch of the new Thums Up flavour says many things about the brand. 

‘Print Media Not Ready To Quit The Race Yet'

CALL THEM OLD SCHOOL, or simply a stubborn streak, but there is a section of media industry captains who believe that the narrative of a print-past or a digital-future is as misplaced as the Kindle taking over print copies. Dainik Bhaskar, among the largest print groups in India, is putting its money where its mouth is and has set aside an investment of Rs 200 crore to augment its print play which included a massive brand relaunch, entering new markets and increasing its printing facilities. Girish Agarwaal, Promoter Director, Dainik Bhaskar Group, says, “In the metros, the English newspapers are not growing as much but due to that, it has become fashionable to say that print in India is going the same way that it has in the US. There is a misconception around print and it is only our fault that we have not presented the facts and corrected it.” In this interview with Noor Fathima Warsia, Agarwaal details the expansion plans that Bhaskar Group has earmarked for itself including going all aggressive in Bihar – one of the largest print markets in India. Edited Excerpts:

A Culture Cross

RECENTLY CAME ACROSS two interesting articles that were both informative and analytical in their respective areas. One was on how to tackle under-performing cultures, and the other was a worldwide indexing of countries by their capacity to provide education for the future. The digestion of these two pieces side by side brought up some intersecting concepts in my mind. Let me elaborate.

Social VR: The Next Gamechanger?

Until recently, Virtual Reality (VR) was a thing of sci-fimovies. The launch of VR headsets in the last few years, however, changed everything. At Facebook’s F8 conference in April , the company launched its VR social media platform, Facebook Spaces, giving opportunities beyond gaming and entertainment for this technology.With VR becoming mainstream, it may be time for marketers to leverage Spaces and social VR as a platform to connect with consumers.

On Top Of The Global Map

Indian markets are tuning in to a future never seen before, and the world is listening.

Empire Of Babus

Empire Of Babus

Resurrecting Brand Maggi

Has brand Maggi been successfully revived? Nestlé India is on an overdrive to expand its products around health and wellness.

It's Decision Time

Rs. 28,500cr is what the Government has infused in Air India

Farmers' Fury & Politics

11 demands of formers accepted by the Madhya Pradesh government