Yes, India needs desperate measures to kick-start growth. But selling off its lungs to the highest bidder to hack away cannot be the way out, says Sumit Bhattacharya.
Private-equity funds made an average annual return of just 7 per cent between January 2007 and December 2013 while the Sensex was up 11 per cent.
The highest domestic package, however, fell 10 per cent
Marquee recruiters made premium offers, with consulting leading the pack by making 25.04% of the offers, followed by IT/ITeS (18.59%), e-commerce (10.55%) and BFSI (10.13%).
The Swedish fashion-retail brand cracks open the Indian market faster than its competitors, gaining from an aggressive pricing and retail policy.
Can Nestle go beyond Maggi? While recovery in the March quarter has been led by the popular noodle brand, the company hopes for a different revenue mix in five years.
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It is important for working professionals to not get attached to a designation or title or brand or a company name, asserts Aditya Malik, MD & CEO, Talentedge.
Of the three major Budget announcements related to the banking sector, privatisation of PSBs is the most audacious, says Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
IIM-A saw 36 per cent jump in maximum domestic salary in 2018 placements this year.
'One out of three phones sold in India is a Xiaomi phone.'
2019, however, will be a bigger test as the firm continues to deal with rising attrition and margin pressure.
It said while Indian IT services companies were the "disruptors" and had created the modern offshoring industry, they are now incumbents, challenged by a host of specialised and niche start-ups that have emerged in the new digital environment.
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'Mining jobs get created in the most backward districts of India's poorest states,' says Anil Agarwal.
Former head of McKinsey & Co,c, is not alone in writing a book on his life after serving a prison term.
The interest it has generated among designers who are helping create new styles and uses for the product is likely to leave a lasting imprint on the future of khadi.
As a tech services company, Ola has never been in hardcore manufacturing. And unlike in ride hailing, which is a two-player market (Uber is the only other competitor), in two-wheelers it faces many entrenched players. But most of all, rivals say Ola's targets are out of sync with most, even ambitious, projections.
Even as India goes green, lack of uniform standards for setting up charging stations is holding back companies. Alnoor Peermohamed reports.
Focus has to be a lot about self-learning, says Nasscom Senior VP Sangeeta Gupta.
PSG College of Technology has invited IT firms and external agencies to conduct training.
It has been clear for a while that India needs manufacturing - and it may be true that global manufacturing needs India as well. Time to strike while the iron is hot, say Rajat Dhawan, Anu Madgavkar and Sree Ramaswamy.
'The magic lies in you and the effort that you will put in.' You have to work hard and smart, says Gaurav Sood.
Despite Uber facing a ban across many states, including Karnataka and Maharashtra, for Lingaraju, a driver employed by the company in Bengaluru, it is business as usual.
Niti Aayog's plan to create a 'New India' in less than four years should invite scepticism, argues T N Ninan.
India has no idiosyncratic innovation ecosystem, distinctively its own. Our VCs will not rush to fund brilliant ideas, says R Gopalakrishnan.
During assembly in the morning students held up posters.
The second day of the placement season at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) - Madras on Tuesday saw e-commerce major Flipkart Internet Pvt Ltd recruiting 19 students - the highest offer so far this season.
The Gupta case is SEC v. Gupta, US District Court, Southern District of New York, No. 11-07566.
Global steel giant ArcelorMittal on Friday said its executive vice president, member of the management committee and head of strategy, Bill Scotting will be the new chief executive of ArcelorMittal Mining.
Bali Padda will head the second-largest toymaker in the world.
Mergers are not just about balance sheets or marketing synergies; they are also about those who make the synergies real.
His prison term is set to end on March 2016.
Siddharth Tata's Purple Chilli helps vegetable farmers earn an income 365 days a year.
If the government seriously keeps out of business, the business world will know about it at a lightning speed; there would be no need for rock show-like events.
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Some experts believe that building new cities may not be the answer to India's swelling urban population.
Modi had also said recently that there is a need to administer "bitter medicine" to revive the ailing economy.
Chef Aditi Handa, who is deeply invested in baking, makes the most delicious sourdough.
Husbands need to take equal share, parents can lend a hand. It is important for women to dispel any self-doubt they have.
SBI chairman Rajnish Kumar said Naresh Goyal would be eligible to bid for the airline when the lenders auction it next month.
The $12.1 billion Corus acquisition-the biggest global acquisition made by an Indian company-ended up as a millstone around Tata Steel's neck, points out Indrajit Gupta.
