Birla was the chairman of Century Textiles and Industries and had been active in business since the age of 15. He was instrumental in a slew of business initiatives, starting with his stint as the chairman of Kesoram Industries.
Vishwakant Ankireddy, an Indian working for Infosys was one of the many who had been rescued by the Australian police force after an armed intervention in the 17-hour hostage scenario at a cafe in central Sydney.
FM he did not come down hard on Rajan to cut rates
Wadhwani joined the billion-dollar club in 1999, when he sold a venture for $9.3 bn to i2 Technologies.
Start-up Belong.co uses an unconventional way of hiring that trusts more on data available on social media or tweets than the resume.
'After toiling in the field and selling vegetables in the local market, we don't make more than Rs 1,500 a week.' 'That is just enough for the five of us to survive.' 'My family cannot afford to pay for private coaching for IIT-JEE.'
Three Indian-American researchers have shown that the fingerprint-based security systems used in smartphones and other gadgets are way more vulnerable to hacking than we imagined.
It has forced some institutes to slash their tuition fees by up to 25 per cent.
Neha Manglik, the only female CAT topper this year tells us how she did it.
The Vedica Scholars Programme for Women has helped many girls move up the ladder with a business education and liberal arts and find what they really want or are suited to do.
Talented students in small towns often don't get into national-level colleges simply because they don't get proper training to write entrance exams. Ignus is working to change that.
She had got 849th rank in the 2014 civil services exam and was allotted the Indian Revenue Service (Customs and Central Excise).
'Younger children don't really distinguish based on class, gender, income and so on.'
The OrcaPod is a prototype of what comes after boats, cars, trains and planes. It's India's foray into what Tesla founder Elon Musk calls the 'fifth form of transportation' and India's only entry at the ongoing Hyperloop competition by Elon Musk's SpaceX.
Overseas consultant NNS Chandra shares crucial advice for students aspiring to study abroad.
In an online chat with readers overseas education consultant NNS Chandra addressed queries related to US admissions.
Meet 28 year-old Dusyant Sridhar who is a techie by day and an Upanyasakar after work, giving discourses on ancient scriptures.
Swiggy, a Bengaluru-based food ordering and delivery start-up, says it aims to revolutionise this segment.
'If you yourself don't believe in the product, you will never be able to sell it.' 'If you have got the basics right, if you have understood the consumer needs well, success will always follow.'
It's important that you plan in advance and practice giving mock tests or test series.
LocalOye is a Bengaluru-based marketplace for local household and personal service providers.
'Every educational institution should have incubating centres so that students will get exposed to entrepreneurship early.'
Vinod Kumar, Tata Communication CEO has amazing business strategies to enhance topline.
Parth Gupta quit a good corporate job to work for the welfare of farmers in rural Madhya Pradesh.
Prince William and Princess Catherine, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, collected quite a few Mumbai hearts on a hot two days in April.
Besides a great idea, it takes pluck, and some luck, to get going.
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