Startup Leaders Envision A Fairer & Sustainable Future For App Stores At Phonepe’s Indus Appstore Launch Event
At the launch of PhonePe's Indus Appstore, a compelling panel discussion delved into the critical issue of sustainable business models for app stores.
March 04, 2024
Digitisation Pushing Growth in Lending Segment: Naveen Kukreja
Over the past five to seven years, the digital-payments sector has grown stupendously, transcending economic and geographical barriers. Naveen Kukreja, co-founder and chief executive officer of Paisabazaar, a digital-lending platform, talks about five drivers of growth in the lending segment in the country
March 01, 2024
That Tumbling Feeling for FMCG Companies
India’s FMCG giants are struggling with sluggish growth. Declining sales and tough competition from local brands have dampened the sentiments around many popular legacy brands. Can the marquee names rev up a new growth engine?
Ayaan Kartik - February 29, 2024
India No Country for Women Founders
While India is third in the pecking order globally in the start-up ecosystem, women founders struggle to even get a start. Investors see them as less capable and hesitate to fund their ideas
Mahima Sinha - February 29, 2024
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
Tapan Singhel on Transforming Insurance in the Era of Digital Revolution
Digitisation has touched all industries, and the insurance sector is not far behind. There have been many changes post-Covid, but it is time to understand the next step in this journey. Digitisation has touched all industries, and the insurance sector is not far behind. There have been many changes post-Covid, but it is time to understand the next step in this journey. Tapan Singhel, MD and CEO of Bajaj Allianz General Insurance, speaks about how digitisation can enable the interchange of data to develop capabilities that can benefit customers and save millions of lives. Edited excerpts:
Nidhi Sinha - February 29, 2024
Market Forces Alone Not Enough To End East’s Poverty
Without converting its rich human resource to high quality human capital, the eastern region could see the large population becoming a liability rather than an asset
Rajiv Kumar - February 01, 2024
Collaborative Efforts Key to Eastern India’s Development: Shaurya Doval
The transformative journey of eastern India is not just a regional narrative but a crucial chapter in the country’s quest for inclusive and sustainable development
Shaurya Doval - 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