What Makes It A Winner

Patanjali’s Acharya Balkrishna unravels the success formula of the home-grown brand.

IIMs To Soon Appoint Own Directors

Union HRD Minister, Prakash Javadekar, in an exclusive interview with Suman K. Jha and Sreerupa Sil, answers a range of questions and says that his priority is to improve education in government schools. He also categorically states that research seats at JNU are not being slashed, as is being widely speculated. They, in fact, will go up. Excerpts:

Benefits Of Strong Rupee

OVER THE PAST SIX months, the Indian rupee has appreciated by nearly seven per cent against the US dollar. According to conventional wisdom, exports should have fallen. In recent months, the opposite has happened. Exports had begun sliding from 2015 when the rupee was around 66-67 to the US dollar. Today, with the rupee having strengthened to 63-64 a dollar, exports have, against conventional wisdom, picked up.

The Night Is Not Yet Over...

...but the role of banks being the sole lenders in town is in its sunset days.

The Winner Takes All

It’s a cut above the rest; and HDFC Bank is repositioning itself for tomorrow

Striking It Big

SBI has set its sights higher – and it shows in its first podium finish

The Indus Swells

The bank is firmly in the top draw; and is at an inflection point

Say Yes To Growth

Yes Bank is growing at a scorching pace without compromising on asset quality

A Small Little Gem

DCB Bank continued to buck the trend; and is among the pack-leaders

Focusing On Technology Without Design Is One Of The Challenges In India

WHEN A BUSINESS embraces design as a management tool, it becomes a transformation engine helping write success stories. This column puts the spotlight on captains of industry who are design evangelists and have successfully employed strategic design thinking and design disciplines such as Branding, Packaging, Digital, Retail, Product, Textiles and more. They will talk about how they have profited from design in conversation with Preeti Vyas, Chairwoman of Vyas Giannetti Creative, a consultancy. A design veteran from NID, Vyas is also on the Governing Council of the National Institute of Design, Amaravati as well as Chief Mentor of Designomics, a knowledge platform helping foster the understanding of the value of design.

Some Pest Killers Have Stings

Spurious pesticides make up almost a quarter of the market, exposing farmers, their harvest and the environment to harmful side-effects. Does the law have the teeth it needs to fight the fakes?

Who Crippled Air India?

DURING THE INITIAL YEARS OF UPA 1, India’s GDP growth soared. Between 2004 and 2008, the economy grew at an average annual rate of over 7.5 percent.

The India Narrative

SIMPLY PUT, The Age of Awakening is the story of the Indian economy since independence.

Power And Responsibility

There is an urgent need for organisations in India to warm up to the idea of sustainability.

In Depth Aviation - Grounded

India’s largest private airline Jet Airways has halted operations for now leaving its more than 20,000 employees stranded. Will Jet fly again?

A Brand's Guide To Managing Social Media Crises

From tasteless tweets, to images shared on Facebook that never should have never even been created, much less posted on our favourite pages, social media crisis management has never been more important.

What Does Your Brand Sound Like

Leading financial brands are donning ‘sound ids’ to gear up for a world where voice is taking over search, commerce & a brand has mere seconds to leave a lasting impression