A rewind of the key milestones in India's corporates and startups, through the lens of 13 years of Forbes India
From the Jaintia Hills district of Meghalaya to Jalandhar in Punjab, from Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh, to Rajkot, Gujarat, these brands have a rustic feel to them but when it comes to performance, they can hold a candle to any Indian or multinational conglomerate
Sharply earmarking geographies has helped regional brands become kings and queens in their respective kingdoms. And most don't aspire the emperor's throne
With six manufacturing units, 2,100 dealers and 12,000 retailers in its network, Star Cement is the largest player by sales and production in the region with 80 percent sales coming from the region. Now it wants to spread across India
Suresh Kaneriya of Kaneriya Oil Industries believes that everytime you take a queen, you have to take a cover. And they have got Gujarat covered. Next stop: rest of India
In the last two decades, Bhagwati Group scaled from Rs 42 crore to Rs 1,100 crore in revenue, thanks to their brands Gaay Chhap Besan and Uttam. Now the Patels betting big on export brands Kemchho and Uphaar
Gyan has marked the eastern region of India's most populous state as the geography of its dominance in the daily market but it didn't come without its challenges
In 1984, brothers B Soundararajan and GB Sundararajan set up a poultry farm in Udumalaipettai, about 72 km from Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, with an investment of Rs 5,000. 38 years later, it is a Goliath, clocking in a turnover of Rs 9,155 crore in FY21
It started from sweets, then came Lovely Professional University and real estate and an EV play—and they are far from done