Unless Naresh Goyal pulls the proverbial rabbit out of his hat or reveals an unexpected ace of spades, the airline he built from scratch - many refer to it as "his baby" - may slip out of his grasp, says Anjuli Bhargava.
'We are not yet out of the woods.' 'If India sees the South African or Brazilian type of mutations, our numbers will rapidly rise.'
Reaching is one thing, surviving another. The camp has no Wi-Fi, almost no phone signal and no electricity.
The letter was sent as an early warning of what was then widely being perceived as a plunder of national resources.
Making woollen garments empowers women in two Uttarakhand villages.
The Adhyayan Quality Standard engages schools in self-review to improve education standards, says Anjuli Bhargava.
The reforms proposed for the monster examinations, JEE and NEET, which take several students' lives every year don't go far enough.
'By August 2018, it was evident that Jet was heading into serious financial trouble.' 'Why didn't the DGCA stop all advance bookings right there and then?' asks Anjuli Bhargava.
Anant National University in Ahmedabad aims to design a new future for India.
'An entrepreneur should always remain under pressure or he will die,' Vineet Rai tells Anjuli Bhargava.
A group of high-powered individuals led by Anand Mahindra have come together to set up Krea university. The campus is expected to be ready by 2019 and the first batch of 100 to 125 students will commence classes in August next year.
They are trying to better the country's education system.
First person account: To say the entire stretch is ripe for a stampede is putting it mildly.
Not only will the move help keep out stray, disinterested walk-ins, but also help maintain our heritage better.
Gaurav Mehta, one of 100 'Young Global Leaders', is tapping entrepreneurs inside rural Indians.
Anjuli Bhargava discovers how the Buddha Fellowship is attracting India's brightest minds to solve its problems.
'Many who have experimented with online education will adopt a blended model once things return to normal,' edX CEO and founder Anant Agrawal tells Anjuli Bhargava.
A public blacklist that bars you from flying for a certain period -- based on the severity of your offence -- could in fact deter others from behaving badly, says Anjuli Bhargava.
His father spent Rs 5 lakh on his studies. He works with a chartered accountant in Delhi for Rs 8,000 a month. He's excited at the thought of landing a job at Rs 17,000 -- even if it is as a sweeper.
With a debt of several thousand crore rupees, there's no chance the government can attract any buyer unless it cleans up the balance sheet, says Anjuli Bhargava.
Top universities should stop taking students from UP and Bihar to make these states act against the rampant mass cheating in school exams, suggests Anjuli Bhargava/Business Standard.
When the move was first thought of it was at the behest of Jet Airways, IndiGo, SpiceJet and Air India. Only Vistara and AirAsia were opposing it as they were doing the poaching, says Anjuli Bhargava.
Anjuli Bhargava's musings on why the national carrier is well beyond a turnaround.
Anjuli Bhargava finds out that an astonishing number of relatives of DGCA officials over the years are and have been employed in the airline industry.
"No problem is insurmountable," Shaheen Mistri tells Anjuli Bhargava.
Hours to kill and 'nothingness' to contend are driving many urban, affluent women to depression, finds Anjuli Bhargava.
Private sector to their mind is primarily needed to pump in more capital.
The hurdle that remains with every government announcement is implementation. We don't lack ideas; we lack either the will or the competence to implement them, says Anjuli Bhargava
Venture capitalists Adam Wolfensohn and Ameya Bijoor tell Anjuli Bhargava about the kind of investments and companies they are looking to invest in.
Old-timers say Jet boss Naresh Goyal, although still razor sharp, doesn't have the same energy he once did and this reflects in his 'baby'.
Some airlines, says Anjuli Bhargava, are convinced there's a conspiracy to malign them.
Vistara has entered a country that has been sobered down to reality.
Why are students being forced to go abroad to study?
Besides providing a new source of employment, services like Uber are changing our mindset.
In a fast evolving health care industry, expect some pain before real gains.
An alien monster to begin with, the Kochi art biennale has slowly wormed its way into citizens's hearts, says Anjuli Bhargava.
Delhi Metro has eased lives of Delhiites.
There is nothing India-like about Sikkim and nothing Sikkimese about, well, large parts of India.
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