Only 11 antibiotics in clinical trials have received qualified infectious disease product status from the US FDA, of which five are Wockhardt's drugs.
At times of slow growth, India has seen number of graduates doubling since 2008 to almost 25 million in 2016
Over the past year we have heard a lot about policy reforms to improve the ease of doing business in India.
'What has gained prominence are 'human' skills like creativity, originality and initiative, critical thinking, persuasion, and negotiation, as well as attention to detail, resilience, flexibility and complex problem-solving.'
From linking innovation with supply of inputs to providing contract farming, the private sector can help agriculture move to the next stage of development.
Under Neemuchwala's digital-first vision, Wipro has accelerated investments in automation, analytics, cloud and cognitive technologies over the past three years, says Ayan Pramanik.
Nokia is one of the leading telecom equipment manufacturing companies in India
'India has the potential to reduce its trade deficit with China by $8.4 billion in FY21.'
Bombay Dyeing is betting on creating a range of unique, customised textile products, a route that is largely unexplored by the home textiles players although several industry reports and consumer behavior studies have talked about the potential for personalisation.
'One out of three phones sold in India is a Xiaomi phone.'
'Our technology is going to help Indian agriculture the way the White Revolution helped milk production.'
The commercial vehicle business is one of the mainstays for the Tata group, highlighting the importance of Girish Wagh's appointment.
Intrapreneurs are more diverse in their skill sets and backgrounds, more digitally native, more networked and connected, and more ambitious to do bigger things. A fascinating excerpt from Simone Ahuja's Jugaad 3.0: Hacking The Corporation To Make It Fast, Fluid And Frugal.
With scrutiny that comes with a public listing, Deepinder Goyal's leadership could face its sternest test yet.
'What volumes will we have with a Rs 1 lakh product?' 'As a company, we will not restrict it to a segment.'
US to fix the immigration system that keeps American firms from hiring the top world talent they need.
The RBI panel has also recommended a government-sponsored 'fund of funds' of Rs 10,000 crore to support the venture capital and private equity firms investing in the MSME sector.
Brokers like Vasudevan are struggling to keep themselves in tune with this super-informed, new-generation retail investor.
A single format and simpler, uniform rules would have kept the service going. In other parts of the world including in the US, managing demand and capacities along with ensuring preventive measures were an issue, but there was hardly any administrative hurdle anywhere.
TCS, Infosys and others are banking on automation to protect their turf in the US, but building a successful revenue model around it may prove difficult
'He was intelligent beyond belief and some of you can barely read.' 'And you know what? He didn't care about all of you or your dumb opinions then.' 'He won't care any less now.' 'But I do.' 'Protecting his legacy is important to me.'
Advantages are not being leveraged fully mainly because of lack of funds, say experts.
N Sundaresha Subramanian digs deeper into what Catalyst, an Indo-US project, brings to the payments ecosystem.
Internet users in India is attracting cyber criminals, as these are first-timers, who can be duped easily
The catchwords today are digital, analytics, robotics.
Why spend so much moolah on pursuing an MBA degree, when you can advance your career with these career options.
In his first interview after taking over as Philips India's vice-chairman and managing director, Krishna Kumar speaks to Business Standard on how the company is readying itself for the next few decades and the increasing importance of India to Philips' global operations.
Compared to a 64 per cent penetration in Brazil (130 million users total) and 53 per cent in China (total 733 million users), India has barely 28 per cent penetration. Of the digital reach, almost 80 per cent are from affluent segments in urban areas. How can this change?
Chandrayaan-3's success is a must for India's space ambitions; we can't afford to lose out. And for realising our space dreams, the Indian private sector must be encouraged because if we lose this race, the moon, Mars, and mineral-rich asteroids will already be crowded before we reach there.
'Considering that an Internet company's market value is largely determined by its direct access to consumers for digital services, and largely served outside a sovereign country's control, it would appear reasonable in trade terms to discuss fees for a seat at the proverbial 'table' of opportunities in the largest open consumer market,' argues Venki Nishtala.
With the launch of GSLV-MK III, slated for April, it will be able to cater to bigger satellites as well.
'There are different kinds of risk.' 'It is a very powerful value. Your ability to de-risk the risk is also as important for risk taking.'
Of the 600 young change makers who made the cut this year '1:6 are immigrants from 44 countries' -- an important ratio in the age of growing protectionism.
'Artificial intelligence works best on unstructured data. And no other country has the amount of unstructured data like India has.'
Two Americans, Diana Jue and Jackie Stenson, are living their dreams in India's rural heartlands...
Starting up an independent business? Virender Kapoor has these words of advice for you.
If successful, this would increase capacity to hurl small satellites into space, meeting both local demand and serving global customers.
'India is the number one IT destination in the world as we have the largest number of IT professionals in the world.'
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