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

Puneet Chhatwal Writes: India's First Luxury Hotel Goes Where Indians Do

Incorporated in 1899 by the founder of the Tata Group Jamsetji Tata, IHCL opened its first hotel, The Taj Mahal Palace, in Mumbai—then Bombay— in 1903. Dubbed as the best hotel east of Suez, it transformed the face of Bombay and introduced authentic Indian hospitality to the world while bringing global luxuries to the country

Puneet Chhatwal - July 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

Hinduja Group, Est. 1914

The journey of the multinational conglomerate began when Parmanand Deepchand Hinduja arrived in Mumbai. He started out with the trading business. Five years later, he set up his company’s first overseas office in Iran

July 29, 2023

New India Assurance, Est. 1919

Founded by Dorabji Tata in Mumbai, New India Assurance is currently India’s largest non-life insurer with the largest market insurance share in the industry at 13.42%

July 29, 2023

Saturation, Fear Or Opportunity: How The Indian Founder Became A Globe-Trotter

Indian founders are there everywhere. one can meet more of them in a month in Dubai than in a year in Mumbai

Mahesh Murthy - October 31, 2022

Infra.Market has managed to ‘Marie Kondo’ the messy business of construction

The Mumbai-based start-up is a full-service infra-tech company, running a marketplace, and even supplying its own brand of quality-assured material

Anishaa Kumar - February 12, 2021

The Whole Truth raises the ‘bar’ in healthy eating

Honest labelling is an active ingredient in this Mumbai-based start-up’s success

Anishaa Kumar - January 09, 2021