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GLARING DISPARITY BETWEEN INDIA & BHARAT
While urban India may have made significant strides towards inclusivity and diversity, Bharat struggles to keep up, mired in age-old customs and patriarchal norms
Start with Respect: Nurturing Nari Shakti
Economically, women constitute a formidable force, making substantial and silent contributions to India's economic dynamism and progress. Yet, their representation in the workforce is poor as is their presence in leadership roles
THE GENDER GAMES
Efforts towards equity and inclusion have come a long way and there is a long way to go, but it is essential to take a more holistic approach while striking the balance
Cuisines, Countries, and Cultures
CITIES IN INDIA are seeing a flood of new restaurants offering very diverse cuisines, including global food. This new globalisation is not limited to the metros, but is visible even in smaller cities across the country.
INDIA'S DEFENCE PROCUREMENT DILEMMA
THE STRATEGIC contours of international defence procurement shape national security policies and geopolitical alliances. India, in this global narrative, confronts a critical juncture: choosing between proprietary and open standards in its defence procurement.
Understanding Leadership Failures from Businesses
BYJU’S, A PROMINENT edtech firm, and Paytm, a leading player in the fintech sector, are currently confronting significant challenges.
China's Ghost Towns
CHONGQING IS CHINA’S biggest township with a population of 31 million – larger than either Delhi or Mumbai. It is a sprawling municipality with stunning technology, from bullet trains to solar-powered towers.
Audi's Baby Q Ticks Most Right Boxes
The new Audi Q3's sleek design, comfortable interior, and advanced technology makes it a suitable compact luxury SUV for your daily drive
FOCUS ON SUSTAINABILITY
Daikin India Chairman and Managing Director K. J. Jawa emphasises the significance of the new manufacturing plant in fostering long-term partnerships that drive mutual success
"OUR INDIAN BUSINESS IS THE FASTEST GROWING ACROSS MARKETS"
Headquartered in the United States, NYSElisted Belden Inc. is a leading global provider of network infrastructure and digitisation solutions.
GLOBAL LEADERS PITCH FOR BUILDING TRUST
India's positioning for global investors has been taken to a new level at Davos. At the national level and regional state level, India's capabilities in a range of sectors were displayed in an experiential format. Invest India set up an experience centre where visitors could view demos by domain experts and entrepreneurs
BEYOND BREAKING
Booming construction sector is helping drive the demand and capacity for glass manufacturers like Saint-Gobain India that is now investing over Rs 6,000 crore in capacity augmentation
Individual Culture Should Be "Safeguarded" In A Collective
ADITYA KANTHY, the CEO of the recently formed Omnicom Advertising Services (OAS) in India discusses how individual brand ethos will be invested in and nurtured for BBDO India, DDB Mudra and TBWA\India despite the formation of an umbrella OAS framework
Books and Reading
BOOKS ARE DEAD” seemed as prophetic at the turn of the millennium as Nietzsche’s “God is dead” about a century earlier. Yet, both are very much alive, continuing to be as popular and influential as they ever were.
Pushing Buttons in New York!
ONE OF MY ABIDING MEMORIES of New York city is of crossing the streets there. I was quite fascinated with what I saw when I first visited New York.
DON'T LET OLD DAMS BE DAMNED
BEFORE WRITING this column, a little bit of Google search about dams in India and around the world, produced interesting snippets. India’s oldest (and the world’s fourth oldest) dam ‘Kalanai’ aka ‘Grand Anicut’, on the Kaveri in Tamil Nadu, with a storage capacity of just over 15 metres cube (3,650 cubic metres) built by the Cholas in 150 CE is still in use! Our largest dam now – Indira Sagar on the Narmada in Madhya Pradesh (MP) has a capacity of 12.22 billion cubic metres.
The Present is the Canvas to Paint the Future
Srinath Sridharan & Steve Correa
Navigating Change: Angel One's Transition from Legacy to Digital
It is hard to find the best people to manage your wealth when your savings are 1, 2 or 5 lakhs. A reliable super app like ours with diverse offerings acts as a one-stop space for this large younger cohort to enter the markets, writes PRATEEK MEHTA, Chief Business Officer, Angel One
RESOLUTION FOR A NEW INDIA: Reinvigorating the Fight Against Poverty and Inequality
THE IDEA OF INDIA is an amalgamation of many struggles, contestations, quandaries and paradoxes that have, since time immemorial, shaped its principles, emboldened its political communities and empowered its people.
1992, India's Original Fintech Moment
IN CHALLENGING the prevailing notion, one should acknowledge that the genesis of startups, particularly within the technology domain, transcends contemporary narratives and traces its roots back many decades. While the term “startup” may commonly evoke images synonymous with Silicon Valley or Bengaluru and the current digital era, it is essential to recognise that entrepreneurial enterprises have been integral to human ingenuity throughout successive eras.
NAVIGATING THE CROSSROADS THE EVOLUTION OF MIDDLE MANAGEMENT
THE PROFOUND transformations brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic have hastened the trend toward flatter, and more decentralised, more distributed organisational structures.
2024: India's Breakout Year
BY THE END OF 2024, the Indian economy will cross an important milestone: a GDP of $4 trillion. India’s GDP is currently $3.70 trillion. Nominal GDP is estimated to grow 11 per cent in calendar 2024 (real 6.5 per cent plus 4.5 per cent inflation deflator) to $4.10 trillion.
"The scope of our presentation was at the highest level"
In an exclusive conversation with BW Businessworld, India Art Fair Director Jaya Asokan gives a tour of the 15th edition of the fair
"TAKING CHINA HEAD-ON ISN'T THE BEST STRATEGY"
\"The substantial investments China is making in chip manufacturing poses a risk of overcapacity, making it difficult technologically to profit from less advanced nodes\"
BOLD GREEN AMBITIONS
Alpex Solar seeks to capitalise on the PM Suryoday Yojana and intends to use the proceeds from its IPO towards expanding its solar capacity and backward integration of aluminium frames
OPENING NEW DOORS
Graphisads' leaders share that being listed on the NSE has attracted shareholders and investors \"eager to collaborate\" with the advertising and outdoor company
INCREASING TRANSPARENCY
Bright Outdoor Media's Chairman & Managing Director, Yogesh Lakhani says that post being listed, the outdoor advertising company has increased its focus to grow in the sector and intends to look at experiential space in the future
CRAYONS FUELLING GROWTH
Kunal Lalani, Chairman and Managing Director of Crayons Advertising envisions the company's future by investing in technology-enabled experiential solutions across diverse verticals
"WE SMOOTHLY OVERCAME ALL THE CHALLENGES"
Established in 2010, today Goyal Salt shares are on a high especially post IPO. PRAMESH GOYAL, Managing Director, Goyal Salt talks about the IPO-journey, the learnings in a chat with ASHISH SINHA of BW Businessworld. Excerpts:
"IPO HAS POSITIVELY IMPACTED US"
Since listing, Bondada Engineering stock prices have been on a high. B.R. RAO, Chairman and MD, Bondada Engineering and his CFO, B. SATYANARAYANA talks to ASHISH SINHA about the gains, learnings post the IPO. Excerpts: