Getting Her Priorities Right
Smita Jatia, vice chairperson of Westlife Foodworld, has donned many a hat—she is a wife, mother, grandmother, businesswoman, mentor and philosopher. While she feels there is no work-life balance for women, she believes it is important to set priorities and say no when necessary
Chitra Nair - March 01, 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
Building a COPing Strategy
India has offered to host the 33rd edition of the UN’s Conference of the Parties in 2028. To drive global agenda on climate action as the COP host, it will have to prepare itself to go beyond climate justice advocacy and come up with viable solutions where the interests of developing nations can be balanced with those of the planet
Ankita Mookherjee - December 29, 2023
Ritesh Agarwal Discusses Entrepreneur’s Balance
Founders can now decide how to balance various aspects, accounting for some trade-offs, allowing them to grow sustainably in resource-constrained times
Ritesh Agarwal - October 31, 2023
The Start-Up World between IITs and IIMs: Prateek Maheshwari
Start-ups excel when they have doers, but businesses need to balance that with enablers who can play a synchronised symphony of talents
Prateek Maheshwari - October 31, 2023
The Peril of Prioritising Start-Up Expansion over Positive Cash Flow
While initial growth and user acquisition are essential, they must be balanced with a clear vision for achieving positive cash flow
Bhagwan Chowdhry - 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
‘Work-Life Balance Will Impact The Way We Work’
As the world slowly limps back to normalcy, Ashwin Yardi, CEO-India, Capgemini, lists five ways how the way we work will be redefined in the future
July 29, 2022
Weary At Work
The knowledge worker is tired in office and searching for the elusive work-life balance. The government and corporates want to take better care of the employee to build a robust knowledge economy and avoid losing talent to developed countries. Can they succeed?
Sneha Kanchan - May 28, 2022
Acoustic Therapy
Satin Creditcare Network’s CMD HP Singh knows how to balance the beats of profession and passion
Deepika Agrawal - September 01, 2021