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Modi's Aam Aadmi Ministers

The latest round of Narendra Modi government’s Cabinet expansion-cum-reshuffle threw up interesting details. While the exercise ensured elaborate efforts to zero in on right candidates, personal integrity and accessibility to the common people too played a major role in the latest round of reshuffle. As someone rightfully put it — it was an expansion which saw aam aadmi ministers taking charge of important portfolios. Of course electoral compulsions, regional balance, and caste dynamics were kept in mind, but whether it’s Manoj Sinha, or Santosh Gangwar, or Hansraj Ahir or Arjun Ram Meghwal (the ministers that BW Businessworld’s Suman K. Jha talks to, in the following pages) all are known for their aam aadmi credentials. Unlike some others, they don’t sit in their ivory towers, but spend most of their time amidst the common people. While some of them like Sinha and Ahir have already proved their mettle, the PM would also like the Cabinet reshuffle to positively impact the coming elections.

The Aam Aadmi Connect Is Strengthened

Santosh Kumar Gangwar is a popular BJP leader from Uttar Pradesh. He believes his induction in the finance ministry as minister of state marks the democratisation of the ministry.

Rooms With Few Visitors

New hotels are on the rise, but occupany isn’t. Oversupply of rooms, and consequent sluggish room rents are forcing hotels to fetch more MICE

The Hospitable Indian

Indian hotel chains are looking to take their unique brand of customer service to a wider global audience By Bikramjit Ray

The Rise Of An Unicorn, Or Many

One in every five fundings in India is in the edtech sector that is pegged at over $100 billion. Indeed, the sector is fast growing and so are the chances of unicorns

Trim Away The Unwanted

BRANDS IN INDIA — both domestic and international — are constantly trying new ways to capture the attention of the large youth population in the country.

Standpoint - Top Tech Trends That Can Work Here Too

The tech on offer at the consumer electronics show 2017, which took place in Las Vegas in January ’17, was severely criticised for being very west-centric. But Steve Blakeman does not agree. He believes all of the key trends witnessed in Las Vegas can work just as well in markets such as India. Here are the reasons why he feels so.

Instagram Trends To Watch Out For In 2018

Social media today is an incredibly important tool in a marketer’s arsenal.

Engage With The Community

AS THE NATION celebrated its 69 th Republic Day, an unseemly spectacle was playing out in various states — an outfit called Karni Sena was holding the state and people to ransom over the film Padmaavat.

'India Is A Key Centre For Us'

Miki Migdal, president of the NICE Enterprise Product Group, a big data firm listed on Nasdaq, talks to BW Businessworld’s Ashish Sinha about the growing importance of its India Global Talent Center at Pune, NICE’s largest site outside its Israel headquarters.

Why And How To Build A Respected Brand?

Respect in the market and among your customers is vital to brand longevity. Respect means trust, which in turn translates into business for you.

The Younger Generations Are Driven By A Sense Of Purpose Rather Than Monetary Rewards

INDIA IS ONE of the world’s fastest growing economies. With fast-paced economic progress, there is also an underlying need to have corporate leaders consciously implement best work practices and business ethics as a core part of a company’s growth strategy. Only this will result in creating ‘highly effective global leaders for future generations’.Brand Tata has always been synonymous with ‘trust’. Even today, each employee of the Tata Group is proud to be part of a truly ‘global’ and yet ‘humble and socially responsible’ company. Munnish Puri meets with Mukund Rajan to discuss his role as the Tata Group’s chief sustainability and chief ethics officer.

A Big Stepping Stone

The Success of Google Globally Is Primarily Dependent on Its Large User Base, and With 1.2 Bn People in India, the Country Is Surely a Very Important Market for It 

The Great Credit Card Rip-Off

Exorbitant interest rates along with loads of other charges should be a deterrent to individuals rolling over credit card dues. Disastrously, it’s not

Last Straw On A Camel's Back?

Last Straw On A Camel's Back?

‘Cyber Security Breaches On The Rise'

Robert Le Busque, regional MD for Australia, New Zealand and India at Verizon Enterprise Solutions, told BW Businessworld’s Monica Behura that cyber security breach had risen by 500 per cent in India post demonetisation. 

Time For Greater Collaboration

In an exclusive interview with BW Businesssworld’s RUHAIL AMIN, Oracle Marketing Cloud’s marketing transformation & strategy director WENDY HOGAN spoke about the need to build complementary relationships between customer data and the potential challenges facing future marketers and more.

Taking Stock Advisory To Another Level

BW businessworld’s brij pahwa in conversation with kaushlendra singh sengar, founder and ceo.

No Second Guessing Here

The Central Banker’s tough stance on inflation lays to rest the questions on its autonomy, writes Clifford Alvares.

Big Push To Infrastructure

Money begets money. Will the Rs 4 trillion budgetary push to infrastructure attract global investors?

Since Growth Begets Growth

GMR Group is all set to begin the $2.5-billion renovation-cumcapacity expansion of Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport, starting with Terminal 1 

Flexibility Is The Key Strategy

IT IS, PERHAPS, only human tendency to frame the times that one lives in as exceptional in the flow of history.

The Future Of Fintech

The nascent fintech industry in India is set for a boom and investments are expected to double to $2.4 billion by 2020

‘What I Inherited Is Today 12 Per Cent Of L&T; The Other 88 Per Cent I Have Created'

FOR A.M. NAIK, Larsen & Toubro is his temple and work, indeed, is worship. It’s his relentless passion and commitment to L&T that has led him to spot new opportunities in new businesses. The executive group chairman has transformed L&T from a mere engineering and EPC player to a mammoth conglomerate that’s into defence, water, technology and hydrocarbons, and heavy engineering. In a free-wheeling conversation with Clifford Alvares, Naik dwells at length on what drives him, on the importance of succession planning and the growth of L&T. Edited excerpts:

An Arab Tightrope For India

THE BLOCKADE OF Qatar by a group of Arab countries led by Saudi Arabia puts India in a piquant situation.

Betting Big On India

India’s sheer scale and geography have for decades attracted countries such as Japan and Korea to boost trade and nurture business relations. China too has plans to follow suit

Smoking Out Its FMCG Ounterparts

Is ITC’s ambition of achieving Rs 1 lakh crore turnover by 2030 in the FMCG business a realistic target?

Turnaround Or Propaganda?

Haters will hate. But the truth is, the Indian economy under Modi’s regime isn’t flagging. In fact, numbers suggest the opposite, putting the era of economic paralysis and stagnation behind us.

Giving Them Wings To Fly

Global defence contractors and local manufacturers are enthused by the business opportunities provided by the Make in India campaign. The enthusiasm has begun to translate into making India a hub for defence manufacturing.

Chance to Join the Big Party

A massive opportunity stares at startups in the defence sector and the right kind of support from the government and private investors could give them the impetus they need.