The Vedanta Group is aiming to invest $20 billion across all its businesses in India over the next four years, its chairman Anil Agarwal said on Wednesday. The group will sell the steel business only at the right price, and is committed to continue running it if it does not get the right price, Agarwal told PTI on the sidelines of a company event. "At the moment, we have a plan to invest $20 billion across sectors in four years time," Agarwal said.
Chowdhary holds forth on the entrepreneurial activity in India, what TiE is doing to promote entrepreneurship and advises aspiring entrepreneurs.
The court has 'only decided on the issue of proof and not faith', a single bench of Justice Gautam Patel said and dismissed the suit initially filed by Khuzaima Qutbuddin soon after his brother and the then Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin passed away in January 2014 at the age of 102.
There are no shortcuts to success. The entrepreneurial journey is extremely difficult and challenging but if pursued with a plan, it enhances your chances of success.
The Indian Institute of Management-Kozhikode invites would-be entrepreneurs, start-ups and incubators to showcase their business ideas at IDEA 2006 and win Rs 2,00,000.
Meet women entrepreneurs who scripted success stories in the technology domain.
The co-founders of Innoz Tech, which deals in rich mobile and web applications, have decided to take the less-trodden path.
Kunal Gandhi and Gunjan Agrawal, co-founders at SchoolCountry.com, an education start-up tell us why it is crucial for entrepreneurs to focus on selling their products and services.
Speculation over his role was sparked off when senior BJP leader Subramanian Swamy tweeted earlier in the day, Modi should take Cinema star Sharuk Khan to Qatar with him since after MEA and NSA had failed to persuade the Shiekhs of Qatar, Modi pleaded with Khan to intervene , and thus got an expensive settlement from the Qatar Shiekhs to free our Naval officers.
British Council announces young arts entrepreneur contest. Applications must be in by July 26, 2008, for a chance to win Rs 6.5 lakhs!
Samiksha is a carbon copy of her sister, actor Bhumi Pednekar.
Hyderabad-based Indian School of Business says it plans to provide graduates from other B-schools guidance and financial support for interesting entrepreneurial ideas as part of its strategy of finding and grooming entrepreneurs.
Buys team in electric powerboat series.
The Congress on Thursday accused the Modi government of aiding 'drain of wealth' from ordinary Indians to crony corporates, and said it will end this practice if it comes to power at the Centre.
How do you avoid being laid off? If you have been let go, what should you do next? Ask rediff Career Gurus to find out.
British Council invites applications from young Indian entrepreneurs working in the music industry to compete for the 2008 Young Music Entrepreneur award.
Twenty-eight year old Archana Achuthan is mildly affected by cerebral palsy, but that has not deterred her from studying and becoming a social entrepreneur.
TiE-ISB Connect 2009 plans to bring together both the first-time and seasoned entrepreneurs with the investment community so that they can explore the opportunities and challenges in the current economic times.
GEM Global Report is an annual survey of early-stage entrepreneurship worldwide.
As part of its focus on developing startups across the world, Goldman Sachs is looking at training and development of around 29 select women entrepreneurs in India.
The Kauffman Foundation study released on Wednesday indicates that lessening the number of foreign national students in US jobs may be detrimental to the economic health of the country by accelerating the return of talented immigrant students to their home countries.
'The expeditious enactment of labour codes and strategic measures to bridge the skills jobs gap are critical.'
'When I was toying with 10 different ideas, my father was diagnosed with lung fibrosis and his condition deteriorated so badly that we lost him in six months. He was very unsatisfied with the lack of proper diagnosis.' 'It made me think will anyone do a biopsy if there is no symptom? Why is it that we do not have any non-invasive diagnostic method?' 'This idea was the strongest out of the ten, and with Snahlata Singh with her cancer biology background joining me, the idea got a real boost.'
Startup founders need to sit up and think about how not to take stardom for granted and how not to disappoint their fans who have stood in long queues for those precious selfies with popular entrepreneurs, notes Nivedita Mookerji.
Indian-American multimillionaire biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy's popularity rating and online fundraising have surged, a day after his impressive performance at the first Republican presidential primary debate.
Is India headed there again? questions Ajit Balakrishnan
The worldwide interest in business process re-engineering, the economic imperatives in developed countries of outsourcing, cost-efficient maintenance of existing mainframe systems and continuous development of new software for PCs have played significant roles in the creation of enterprises which could provide such services to the world market.
Yoga improves the flow of oxygen to the brain and thus keeps depression at bay.
Indian family-run business houses have in recent years seen ugly public spats between owners over control. But metals-to-ports conglomerate Essar's Ruia family seems to be an exception. Three generations of the Ruia family - founder brother Shashi and Ravi Ruia, their children and grandchildren - continue to live under one roof and jointly run the business empire.
The Nand & Jeet Khemka Foundation and The Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, in collaboration with United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), have opened nominations for India's 'Social Entrepren
Three reasons why you must feel proud about your unconventional start-up.
Vivek Ramaswamy, who dropped out of the race to win the Republican nomination for this November's US presidential election after polling a pathetic 8% in the Iowa caucus, has already begun schmoozing the famously amenable to flattery Donald J Trump.
Meet the youngsters who rule India's social media.
India is not reaping the benefits of demographic dividends, former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan said on Tuesday, emphasising that there is a need to focus on improving the human capital and enhancing their skill sets. "I think we are in the midst of it (demographic dividend), but the problem is we are not reaping the benefits," Rajan said at a conference on "Making India an Advanced Economy by 2047: What Will it Take" at the George Washington University in Washington DC. "That's why I said 6 per cent growth.
The modern heroes find themselves in the illustrious company of Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Henry Ford, Benjamin Franklin, John D Rockefeller, Thomas Edison and Michael Dell.
India needs to get back to economic growth of seven to 10 per cent growth.
'We want to prove to the world that they will get the best code written from a small place like Wayanad.'
Entrepreneur and motivational speaker Vivek Bindra has been booked for allegedly assaulting his wife in Noida, police officials said.
India and the US have signed an agreement to promote innovation through increasing cooperation among startups, address regulatory hurdles and share best practices on fundraising by entrepreneurs, an official statement said on Wednesday. The memorandum of understanding (MoU) on enhancing innovation ecosystems through an innovation handshake under the framework of India-US Commercial Dialogue was signed on November 14 in San Francisco. Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal is in San Francisco.
