A Company Cannot Grow Without Supporting Women: Neerja Birla
Having women on board and promoting gender equality at workplaces is not only the right thing to do, but also leads to better business outcomes and a stronger economy. In an interview with Shailaja Tripathi, entrepreneur and mental health champion Neerja Birla, founder-cum-chairperson of the Aditya Birla Education Trust, which runs the MPower mental health awareness initiative, outlines the need to implement policies that encourage diversity and women’s employment in the workplace and talks about how the corporate sector can promote the culture of inclusivity. Edited excerpts:
Shailaja Tripathi - February 27, 2023
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
Privatise, Compete, Manufacture To Make India Per-Capita Positive
India must open up services to foreign investment. Let the world bring in foreign direct investment to set up best educational, financial, digital, health and legal firms in the country
Subhash Chandra Garg - October 31, 2022
The Poverty & Politics Of Data In India
Before India can eradicate poverty, it needs to count the poor. But, its data collection machine is old, gives inconsistent results and sometimes disagrees with the government
Neeraj Thakur - June 29, 2022
The Winning Club
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Sneha Kanchan - May 28, 2022
‘We Consider Private Companies Important Stakeholders On One Health’
As part of the One Health initiative, we are looking to reduce the incidence of diseases that can be prevented and are organising vaccination drives in critical areas, says Union minister Parshottam Rupala
Rajiv Tikoo - January 28, 2022
One Health Cure For Multiple Ills
An integrated approach to tackle health threats emerging due to human-animal environment interface can help save millions of lives and billions of dollars lost to diseases of animal origin
Rajiv Tikoo - January 28, 2022
Budget 2022: Dealing With India’s Achilles’ Heel
Reforms in the health and education space have been a cause for concern for successive governments for decades now. Two years into the pandemic, will the Budget come bearing good news for the two sectors?
Kamalika Ghosh - December 31, 2021
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
Serial Healthcare Entrepreneur Driven By Vision Of Providing Affordable, Accessible & Quality Healthcare
Over last three decades Dr GSK Velu has been true to his vision to make world class healthcare services and technologies affordable and accessible to developed, developing and underdeveloped sections of the society through organic and inorganic business models.
December 17, 2021
