How AI Could Derail RIL-Disney India Merger
AI can enable independent content creators to monetise on their own terms, potentially reshaping the media and entertainment industry
Manish Maheshwari - April 27, 2024
The Next 100 Years
The success of the media and entertainment industry lies in becoming dream machines that redefine pop culture. And there are no shortcuts to it
Suchetana Ray - April 27, 2024
Dial M for Mukesh
The Reliance-Disney merger is Mukesh Ambani’s answer to Google and Meta in India. Here’s how…
Abdul Haleem Sherif - April 27, 2024
A. Balasubramanian: A Journey From Melattur to Mumbai
Work is worship and the office is like a temple, the Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund MD and CEO believes. He says he spends around 85% of his time on work and the rest on social engagements. Classical music plays in his office at the beginning of the workday to spread positive vibrations
Kundan Kishore - April 28, 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
It Is Too Early to Celebrate India’s New Growth Path, Says Raghuram Rajan
Former RBI governor and economist Raghuram Rajan has been vocal about his ideas on policy matters in India. His latest book Breaking the Mould, co-authored with economist Rohit Lamba, is a deep dive into finer issues of the economy, including welfare schemes, job crisis, misplaced priorities of the government and much more. In an interview, Rajan demystifies the current narrative of growth in the country and why manufacturing-led growth might not be the best solution at hand. Edited excerpts:
Abdul Haleem Sherif - December 29, 2023
Outlook Start-Up Outperformers 2023: City Leaders and Their Challengers
Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai and Gurgaon, the top five cities in the Outlook Start-Up Outperformers 2023 rankings, have an edge over others because of the presence of key drivers for growth for start-ups, like funding and investment, human capital, availability of necessary infrastructure, etc. But other cities are catching up in some of these categories
October 31, 2023
A Tale of 5 Cities
The lure of reigning start-up hubs, like Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi NCT, Chennai and Gurgaon, remains strong even as several Tier II and III cities vie for a larger share in the growth pie. A conducive environment, built by availability of wider talent pool, infrastructure incubators, mentors, investors, etc., lures new and aspiring founders to these cities
Vinita Bhatia - October 31, 2023
The Imbalances In India’s Growth Story
There is a serious lack of understanding regarding the connections between the real economy and the financial economy, says author Nikhil Gupta. This interconnectedness is what makes the economy a complex subject to understand. In his book, The Eight Per Cent Solution, Gupta harps on the need to make fundamental structural changes if the country wants to attain 8% economic growth rate
August 28, 2023
Central Bank Of India, Est. 1911
Central Bank of India was established in 1911 as the first commercial bank to be wholly owned and managed by an Indian. The bank was founded by Sorabji Pochkhanawala, a Parsi banker from Mumbai who was influenced by the swadeshi movement.
July 30, 2023