Tiger Tyagarajan: GenAI Is a Technology. Embrace It
Presenting Tiger Tyagarajan, president and outgoing CEO, Genpact, in a passionate defence of the Indian IT sector as it braces itself for an epoch-changing tech disruption. He compares GenAI innovations to the invention of steam engine. Edited excerpts:
Suchetana Ray - December 29, 2023
Britannia, Est. 1918
Britannia’s origin can be traced back to Kolkata where a group of British businessmen set up a biscuit-making company with an initial investment of Rs 295 in 1892. However, it was in 1918 that the Britannia Biscuit Company Ltd was formed
July 29, 2023
J.K. Organisation, Est. 1921
The origin of the group can be traced back to a cotton mill, Juggilal Kamlapat Cotton Spinning & Weaving Mills, that was started in 1921 by Lala Kamlapat Singhania
July 29, 2023
Crash Of The Titans
Just like elder brother Mukesh Ambani, Anil Ambani started off on the solid ground prepared by their father Dhirubhai. However, hardly has any other family business seen such sharply contrasted trajectories as theirs. How did Anil Ambani lose the advantage? Nandini Vijayaraghavan traces the journeys of four well-known entrepreneurs whose businesses took off energetically but failed to retain the momentum and ended up struggling for survival
Nandini Vijayaraghavan - February 27, 2023
The Cost Of Powering Your Rooftop
Despite abundant sunshine and terraces, rooftop solar power in India is yet to be harnessed to its full potential as owners weigh in on its financial viability, a factor that could negatively impact the country’s emission reduction goals
Shailaja Tripathi - January 30, 2023
Coal Killer
How it is Indians Vs Indians in the race for a green economy
Neeraj Thakur - August 27, 2022
On A mission To Save The Earth
Indian youth has the power to take forward India’s medical heritage to reclaim its rightful place as one of the world’s greatest healing systems. Agriculture is the key to harnessing the power of youth. Pragati Group’s commitment to promoting India’s medical heritage and agriculture can be retraced to its profound belief in promoting that the youth of India adopt agriculture as their top vocation.
August 26, 2022
‘As Soon As You Raise Money, You Get Into The Rat Race’
Nithin Kamath, founder and CEO of Zerodha, talks about why founders must first understand the business and market they are getting into, refrain from joining the rat race of growth, focus on profitability and stay away from overdependence on VCs
Pallavi Chakravorty - June 29, 2022
‘To Be An Authentic Leader, You Have To Embrace Who You Are’
Pune-born Laxman Narasimhan’s journey to become the CEO of multinational Reckitt is filled with life lessons. With Outlook Business, for the first time, he opens up about his childhood, the hustle and the struggles after he lost his father at 22
Suchetana Ray - May 28, 2022
A Trailblazer In Nutraceutical Industry
A man of many interests and diverse business portfolio, Narendra Ram Nambula’s greatest achievement has been in the field of education and health, the two backbones of the country
December 18, 2021