Women leaders, succession planners and lawyers say doors in family businesses are opening but a stronger push is needed.
The charges against the diamond merchant centre around his firms Diamonds R Us, Solar Exports and Stellar Diamonds making fraudulent use of a credit facility offered by the Punjab National Bank, known as 'letters of undertaking'.
'Banning Bollywood films will mean a paucity of content to keep the multiplexes and theatres running profitably.'
One should appreciate the sagacity and audacity of JRD and Nani Palkhivala in founding TCS on April 1, 1968. At that time there was no Microsoft or Intel, SAP or Accenture, much less Google.
They needed a person who could build and execute their vision: A frontiersman; a problem solver and an institution builder. It was their and India's good fortune that Faqir Chand Kohli more than measured up to their requirements and indeed laid the foundation to take TCS to unimaginable heights and to the giant success that it is today. Shivanand Kanavi salutes the incomparable F C Kohli, who passed into the ages last week.
Did you know that the Government of India has granted certain tax exemptions to start-ups for a prescribed period?
The country's ranking had jumped from 142nd spot last year.
Faqir Chand Kohli, Padma Bhushan, will be 90 on March 19, 2014. It is a day to celebrate for many Indians whose life he has touched directly or indirectly, says Shivanand Kanavi, the well-known technology journalist who as vice-president, TCS, has known Mr Kohli for two decades.
India needs a 1,000 more Ashoka universities, Naukri.com Founder Sanjeev Bikhchandani tells Anjuli Bhargava.
'James Crabtree ignores the emergence of a nexus between business and politics going back to the 1920s and talks of it as a new child of 21st century India,' says Shivanand Kanavi.
To date, no comprehensive analysis has been done on the impact of intellectual property on India's economy, according to US Consul General Jennifer A McIntyre.
Ranks 132 among 185 countries; position for 2013 unchanged from 2012.
The largest market for Indian seafood to close door on failed quarantine inspection
"I am certain that now that the growth is returning back to the world, the future holds an important direction as far as India is concerned. The sheer size of the country and economy would offer huge opportunity for investment in India in the next few years," the finance minister said in Washington, DC.
Flipkart eyes another $500 mn from eBay, which seeks to merge India ops with it and exit business
China and Mexico seem to be the target of Donald Trump's campaign and his response to get jobs back to America
The world awaits a creative breakthrough for mobile phone ads, says Ajit Balakrishnan.
The UK voted to leave the European Union after 43 years.
India is a major driver for our global growth. And, we expect the country to play a larger role in our global operations in the future.
S Ramadorai, Tata Consultancy Services CEO, been selected the Business India Businessman of the Year 2004.
Leading public sector lender Bank of Baroda has been awarded the best bank of 2010, instituted by a business magazine.
Asserting that foreign funds are very bullish on investment opportunities in India, a senior government official said on Friday the country was a profitable place to do business and would soon become an easier place for business.
In India, manufacturing has failed to take off.
The number of Indian passengers has jumped more than 20 per cent in the past year
According to the quarterly report, hiring sentiment saw a marginal improvement with the employment outlook index for the January to March quarter standing at 47 index points, one per cent higher than the previous quarter.
LG Electronics is planning to introduce new products and also make India a "pilot market" for its home appliances business.
India's services sector income is on the rise, but what of the quality of people, asks Sanjaya Baru.
Bad loans continue to originate mainly from state-owned banks, where the top management's responsibility is not linked to career prospects nor has legal consequences, says Debashis Basu.
Business India has selected Aditya Birla Group chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla as the 'Businessman of the Year'
Describing the nuclear deal as a "landmark" in Indo-US relations, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said the two countries are finalising details to make the pact fully operational, a step that will remove restriction on the flow of nuclear technology and open a large area of commercial opportunity for American businesses.
India does not feature in the top 100 countries on eight of the 10 indicators of the World Bank study.
'We have seen a host of businesses across sectors generate economic value and wealth for investors.'
Not too many surprises, but India's richest man is ranked 19th.
50 years ago, on April 1, 1968, Tata Consultancy Services -- now India's leading IT company -- was born. The foundation for TCS was laid by Faqir Chand Kohli whose life touched directly or indirectly many, many, Indians, says Shivanand Kanavi.
Chinese companies are building $7bn of power plant equipment for customers in India, in a business that is underpinning growing trade between Asia's second and third largest economies.
Pending final approvals, Huawei would become the first big-name Chinese phone maker to manufacture hardware in India's growing market.
The award was given to Oberoi for his 'daring to be different', Mahindra said at the ceremony on Friday, adding the 79-year-old had built a culture where nothing short of perfection was tolerated. Accepting the award, Oberoi said, "Our biggest asset is our people. The award is a recognition that we have the best employees in the hospitality industry."
India ranks 130 in ease of doing biz report; jumps 12 spots
Just to clear the air, the first ball of the game, each game, should just be a bouncer, reckons Merv Hughes.
Eyeing $9 billion business opportunity in booming e-commerce business, India Post, which has the biggest network and serves the last mile, is boosting its infrastructure for real-time tracking of parcels through satellites using a new technology.
After Harvard Business School and Tuck School of Business, India's developing corporate scenario has now attracted France-based ESCP-EAP European School of Management to hold executive education programmes for corporates in India.
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