Way back in 1978, a spirited young man from Ponnani, Kerala accompanied a few friends to the city of hope then called Bombay (Mumbai). It was during a time when there were ships that would sail out of the Bombay harbour to the city of Dubai. He identified a crisis and was determined to find a solution. The young man was K.V Abdul Nazar. The crisis was the limited airline/travel services in then Bombay to Dubai. The solution was a 350-square-foot office in Janjikar Street, Bombay (now Mumbai) that was named Akbar Travels. Forty-six years hence, the same Akbar Travels stands as a giant in the travel and tourism industry, with branches in different parts of the world, including the US, Canada, the UK, Italy, the GCC region, Malaysia and lately ventured into Tanzania and Kenya. Akbar Group expands, exploring markets in Bangladesh, Philippines, and Australia ambitiously. Despite the humble beginning, Mr. KV Abdul Nazar today leads the Akbar Group empire, with an annual turnover of more than 2.4 billion USD which employees over 5000 people globally.
To give you a little glimpse of his incredible journey, we'll need to rewind to the 1970s.
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William Dalrymple goes further back
Indian readers have long known William Dalrymple as the chronicler nonpareil of India in the early years of the British raj. His latest book, The Golden Road, is a striking departure, since it takes him to a period from about the third century BC to the 12th-13th centuries CE.
The bleat from the street
What with all the apps delivering straight to one’s doorstep, the supermarkets, the food halls and even the occasional (super-expensive) pop-up thela (cart) offering the woke from field-to-fork option, the good old veggie-market/mandi has fallen off my regular beat.
Courage and conviction
Justice A.M. Ahmadi's biography by his granddaughter brings out behind-the-scenes tension in the Supreme Court as it dealt with the Babri Masjid demolition case
EPIC ENTERPRISE
Gowri Ramnarayan's translation of Ponniyin Selvan brings a fresh perspective to her grandfather's magnum opus
Upgrade your jeans
If you don’t live in the top four-five northern states of India, winter means little else than a pair of jeans. I live in Mumbai, where only mad people wear jeans throughout the year. High temperatures and extreme levels of humidity ensure we go to work in mulmul salwars, cotton pants, or, if you are lucky like me, wear shorts every day.
Garden by the sea
When Kozhikode beach became a fertile ground for ideas with Manorama Hortus
RECRUITERS SPEAK
Industry requirements and selection criteria of management graduates
MORAL COMPASS
The need to infuse ethics into India's MBA landscape
B-SCHOOLS SHOULD UNDERSTAND THAT INDIAN ECONOMY IS GOING TO WITNESS A TREMENDOUS GROWTH
INTERVIEW - Prof DEBASHIS CHATTERJEE, director, Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode
COURSE CORRECTION
India's best b-schools are navigating tumultuous times. Hurdles include lower salaries offered to their graduates and students misusing AI
