The Rise Of The Machines

The Debate Around Artificial Intelligence Being Good Or Bad For Humanity Is Endless. The Solution Is To Find A Middle Path To Manage It Well For Human Prosperity

No Surprises Here

While India Inc.’s Q4FY23 results were mixed to muted, the global macroeconomic environment is weighing on some export-oriented sectors

Not Just Engine Trouble

While the problem with the Pratt & Whitney engine may be the primary reason for the trouble at Go First, the crisis was long brewing and its impact may last a while

A Double-edged Sword

With India’s population overtaking that of China, the country needs to find solutions to perennial problems like low job growth and holistic social support

Brewing Battle

Pret A Manger, which has forayed into the Indian market, will have to contend with larger rival Starbucks and Indians’ affinity for tea

Shared Riches

With the ongoing tussle between digital and TV broadcasters of IPL, brands’ ad choices are getting split between the two mediums

Running Short

Data clearly shows that filling up vacancies at the Securities Appellate Tribunal has not always been high on the government’s priority list; currently it is one member short

Unstoppable

RAPIDO HAS MADE THE BIKE-TAXI MARKET ITS OWN EVEN AS GOVERNMENTS AND UNIONS TRY TO BRING IT DOWN, AND AS COMPETITION INTENSIFIES. BUT SUSTAINING GROWTH WON’T BE EASY IN THE FUTURE

'If you don't invest in R&D, you won't have long-term growth'

Sridhar Vembu, CEO and Co-founder of Zoho Corp., explains why the company will stay private and why he thinks valuations are not important

PREMIUM PAIN

WITH INCOMES FALLING AND HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUM RATES RISING SHARPLY, SENIOR CITIZENS ARE STRUGGLING TO COPE. HERE ARE SOME WAYS TO MANAGE HEALTH INSURANCE COSTS

'Stay ahead by appointing the right talent'

RAKESH JAIN | CEO | RELIANCE GENERAL INSURANCE | Reliance General Insurance, a part of Reliance Capital, offers a bouquet of customised insurance products

Dream Theatre

Designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee’s Mumbai store is a manifestation of his maximalist vision of Indian history, art and culture

Opportunities And Challenges In India

CEOs in India are focussed on overcoming near-term obstacles while reinventing businesses for the future

A COLLECTOR'S DREAM

Abhishek Poddar, MD of Matheson Bosanquet, started his love affair with art as a teenager

A SUCCESSFUL BRUSH STROKE

Hardika Shah, Founder and CEO of Kinara Capital, would like to spend more time painting portraits

A FAIRY TAIL HOLIDAY

Check into a castle and get transported back to medieval Europe with its moats, turrets towers and dungeons- but with modern-day luxury

Picking the Winners

The methodology behind the BT-PwC India’s Best CEOs ranking

Navigator Supreme

An ardent but measured risk-taker, Allcargo’s captain Shashi Kiran Shetty has set his sights on becoming one of the Top 10 integrated cargo logistics players in the world

THE GOSSAMER GIANT

Second-generation businessman S.P. Oswal has built the vertically integrated billion-dollar Vardhman Textiles into the country’s largest yarn spinner

The Power Man

Praveer Sinha has overhauled and charged up the 108-year-old Tata Power to make it future-ready. Here is how the electrical engineer did it

LEADING WITH HEART

Aiming to touch a billion lives, Suneeta Reddy is focussed on investing and expanding Apollo Hospitals' footprint across the group's many verticals

The Green Warrior

A people person, GAIL (India)'s Sandeep Kumar Gupta is committed to ensuring that the country's largest gas distributor plays a leadership role in India's energy transition

Advocate of Unity

CEO Sandeep Kalra aims to turn Persistent Systems into a $2-billion IT services firm in the next four years by bringing people together

TURNING THINGS AROUND

After successfully steering the FMCG major through the Maggi crisis, Narayanan has put Nestlé onto a steady new growth path in the past few years

RED HOT CHAMP

Having grown RHI Magnesita India's share to 30 per cent in the country's refractory market, its leader Parmod Sagar is now focussed on building synergies with the acquired firms

A Solid Player

Chairman Sajjan Bhajanka steered Kolkata-headquartered Century Plyboards into a ₹3,000-crore giant through calculated expansions. Next stop: a ₹5,000-crore top line

The White Knight

Havells India, led by Anil Rai Gupta, is transitioning from a B2B electricals giant to a consumer-centric company by developing Lloyd into a full-range white goods player

THE MAN WITH THE MAGIC FORMULA

Deepak C. Mehta has helped Deepak Nitrite become the fifth-largest listed chemicals player in terms of m-cap from the 24th spot a decade earlier

ADDING UP THE PENNIES

Puneet Dalmia, who is steering growth for Dalmia Bharat primarily through buyouts, says cement is a pennies business that has to be earned every day

Captain Cool

Building on the legacy of some illustrious leaders, Dinesh Kumar Khara has taken State Bank of India, India’s biggest lender, to new heights