Successors work hard, and many of them succeed and stay for many years. 'But when they don't it is best to be civil and part ways than seek confrontation which might prove acrimonious and futile.'
A historic bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi was unveiled in London at the Parliament Square, standing adjacent to iconic leaders like Britain's war-time Prime Minister Winston Churchill and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela.
The combined networth of India's 100 wealthiest is $381 billion (nearly Rs 25.5 lakh crore), a rise of 10 per cent from $ 345 billion in 2015
His presence matters more than the money he brings.
Giants like Pepsi and Coke are fast losing shelf-space to healthier, functional options.
Maran's penchant for taking risks was visible last year again when he acquired Indian Premier League's Hyderabad cricket franchisee and named it Sun Risers.
RPG Enterprises Chairman Harsh Goenka thinks aloud about what Vijay Mallya could or should do to get out of the current mess.
Another negative surprise in HCL's numbers was the decline in the margin by 40 basis points to 21.4 per cent.
'Let us hope that with Nandan, like Cincinnatus back on his farm, taking over the reins, Infosys will not only regain its vigour and momentum, but vastly improve upon its achievements as a global player,' says B S Raghavan, the distinguished civil servant.
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He started a fund with Rs 800 crore and made several investments.
An HR person's job is all about talent management.
'The big thing is on the works on Zero Distance, the initiative to bring innovations in every project.'
Bengaluru dominates Karnataka's economy and its infrastructure mess compounds the problems, with policies lagging need and expectations.
Over the past year we have heard a lot about policy reforms to improve the ease of doing business in India.
Rajan tells RBI colleagues he will be returning to academics
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Recently, when TCS laid off a handful of employees, prominent trade unions rushed to offer their support to workers who had lost their jobs.
Amid Trump's expected action against employment visas, India's bellwether IT firms reveal they have been preparing for this eventuality for years.
'In his 2014 election campaign, Mr Modi had boasted that he would apply the Gujarat model to the rest of India. We just have to ensure he doesn't start with Parliament,' says Shashi Tharoor in this fascinating excerpt from his new book, The Paradoxical Prime Minister: Narendra Modi And His India.
More than 100 days as the chief executive of India's second-largest information technology (IT) services company Infosys, Vishal Sikka on Wednesday said he was upset at the sector. He added there was a "better direction" the industry must look to take.
India has been ranked at 142 among 189 countries in the latest World Bank's "Ease of Doing Business" report, a drop by two places from the last year's ranking.
Flipkart and Snapdeal take a cue from Amazon even as they differ on who is ahead in the race
'The cash part is the lower hanging fruit compared to the other sources.' 'To attack the cash part of black money, I can't think of anything else but demonetisation.'
The Board rued that its efforts to resolve the concerns of the founders - who together own about 12.75 per cent stake in Infosys - over the course of a year through a dialogue have not been successful.
Faces are important in India, because people connect with people, not concepts.
'If they are not ready for a 10 to 20 year journey, they should not become entrepreneurs.'
Internet entrepreneurs are the next big thing in India.
It is not that platforms and products are something that Infosys has not tried earlier.
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'Every educational institution should have incubating centres so that students will get exposed to entrepreneurship early.'
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Rohan Murty was speaking at the 50th anniversary symposium of the computer science department at Cornell University.
'Children should be brought up connected to our culture and should be introduced to characters from our mythologies. What is this Baa Baa Black Sheep?'
I was given two mandates -- to work on individual productivity and to drive automation, says N R Narayana Murthy's son.
'I am doing all this for the students of Kerala, and when they come and hit me, it is very frustrating.' 'My regret is that something that could set off for the future has been thwarted.' 'We have not changed the syllabus for decades, we have not accepted norms in education and technology is hardly used. Today's students are studying what I studied decades ago.'
'India's biggest loss is that we will not have anyone as principled and as courageous as Rajan.'
From mass layoffs to acquisitions, here's how the Indian start-up industry kept us on our toes.
C K Ranganathan, CMD of the $12.50 billion CavinKare, in an interview with Shobha Warrier/Rediff.com, says though he sees signs of improvement everywhere, the Modi government has a long way to go to make the country business friendly
A number of Xooglers are employing lessons and practices learnt during their stint at Google to branch out into innovative ventures.
When is the last time our government recognised a twenty something entrepreneur for introducing a break-out innovation?
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