Ola on Full Charge for Its IPO Ride
The electric two-wheeler manufacturer is betting big on its proposed IPO, with nearly half the shares on offer for sale coming from founder Bhavish Aggarwal’s account. While its position as a market leader is a huge confidence booster, Aggarwal’s past failures, unfavourable reports around regulation violations and battery mishaps might dent its prospects
Vinita Bhatia - February 01, 2024
Meltdown in the Power Corridors
After years of dominating the power trading market, the Indian Energy Exchange stares at loss of leadership position and relevance as the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission gears up to implement market coupling of power exchanges. Seen as the first step towards a centralised power distribution, this move could pose an existential threat to IEX
Ayaan Kartik - February 01, 2024
The Unique Factors That Can Make India A Digital Economy Powerhouse
India has many sunshine sectors—like ecommerce, autotech, vernacular content, healthtech, fintech, edtech, creator economy, supply chain, space, defense and electric vehicles—on which its growth trajectory rests
Sandeep Aggarwal - October 31, 2022
Revving Into A Saasy Future
Carmakers stare at a tussle between their SaaS-based subscription business model for additional revenue and a reluctant customer. Who will win this round?
August 27, 2022
Compete
The strategies of global dominance from corporates now come laced with climate consciousness. So when Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani, two of the world’s richest men, compete for a bigger share of the hydrogen ecosystem, competition looks good
Suchetana Ray - May 28, 2022
Defused Spark
In 2015, Modi visited Tesla plant in the US, invited Elon Musk to make in India and created an EV policy. Musk chose China, but now wants India to facilitate imports. India disagrees
Neeraj Thakur - January 28, 2022
‘The Legacy Players Should Collaborate To Maintain Lead’
In an interview with Outlook Business, Shashank Srivastava, Senior Executive Director—Marketing & Sales, Maruti Suzuki India, talks about the challenges the industry faces and the way to deal with it over the next decade
December 31, 2021
Entertainer, Not Influencer
Bhuvan Bam is one of India’s most popular content creators on social media. But it’s his ‘regular boy from Delhi’ image that makes audiences and brands swoon over him
Shruti Sonal - October 30, 2021
An Electrical Engineer Who Brighten The Lives Of Poor
A decision that changes not just an individual’s life but helps transform many others is the ultimate desire of every human. Some can do it.
October 24, 2021
E-Mobility Races Ahead As Investment In Cleantech Booms
Investments in India’s cleantech space have been on the rise, helped by a favourable policy push and flow of international funds. However, with electric mobility taking the lion’s share of the pie, is the space shrinking for the other subsegments?
Shruti Sonal - October 01, 2021