Morality Tale
From poster boys of heady success in the start-up valley, Vijay Shekhar Sharma, Ashneer Grover and Byju Raveendran are the pinup boys of what disproportionate ambition could do to otherwise seemingly good men
Suchetana Ray - February 29, 2024
A Nation Stuck Between Missing Jobs and Growth Ambitions
India grapples with a job crisis fuelled by factors including high youth unemployment, educational and skill imbalance and low female participation, among others. In their book, The Elephant Moves: India’s New Place in the World, Amitabh Kant and Amit Kapoor explore India’s economic evolution through the lens of competitiveness, stressing the need for, and challenges to, policy changes in its run to becoming a developed economy by 2047
March 01, 2024
Ashwini Vaishnaw: A Place for the Chip
Union electronics and information technology minister Ashwini Vaishnaw’s entry into the Narendra Modi cabinet within two years of joining politics was seen with scepticism. However, with his background in civil service and business, the tech-savvy minister has emerged as Modi’s Man Friday when it comes to working for India’s semiconductor ambitions
Abdul Haleem Sherif - December 01, 2023
Fintech Ambitions
The fintech market in India is among the fastest growing ones in the world. The second most funded start-up sector in the country in 2022, fintech’s market size is estimated to reach approximately $150 billion by 2025, up from $50 billion in 2021, according to investment promotion agency Invest India. Its major sub-sectors are digital lending, payments, insurtech and wealthtech.
October 31, 2023
Cornered in the ESG Arena
Struggling with ever-widening ESG compliance standards, and unable to push back beyond a point, corporate India is feeling the pressure from global powerhouses to match their compliance levels or lose out on trade opportunities. But this demand is not practical, feasible or even equitable for the growing economy with ambitions
Neeraj Thakur - June 30, 2023
Who Cares for Workers Inside Dark Indian Factories?
Small and medium manufacturing establishments offer little physical or social security to their teeming workforce. They rarely followed the welfare provisions of old laws. With new labour codes in place, there is a mismatch between the government’s ambition to make India a manufacturing hub and the material condition of its workers
Rajat Mishra - May 30, 2023
Preserving Data Sanctity In The Era of Surveillance
Amid rising concerns over threat to privacy due to its surveillance approach, the government must up its game with more stringent and clear data protection laws if it wants to realise its ambition of a digital India
Chitra Nair - January 01, 2023
Aam Aadmi Party: Back To Chasing National Ambition
The party, riding on its populist ideology, wants to be seen as the best alternative to the BJP
Shonakshi Chakravarty - November 29, 2022
Diverse Ambitions In The Family
Despite founding disparate enterprises, Shruti Shibulal and her father, Infosys co-founder S.D. Shibulal, share similar entrepreneurial styles, driven by their passion for building value-driven organisations
Vinita Bhatia - July 29, 2022
What Moves Gautam Adani
A phenomenal run on the Dalal Street has propelled Gautam Adani to the position of the fourth richest on the planet. With projects around new energy, green hydrogen, telecom and a mega cement deal, is there a limit to Adani’s ambitions?
Bhavesh Shah - July 29, 2022