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Vikas Gopal at TCS on the imperatives facing global CFOs and how tech is changing the world of consulting
Our guest today is Vikas Gopal, global managing partner, finance and shared services consulting lead at Tata Consultancy Services. TCS, one of the world's biggest IT services companies, found that many finance leaders in companies around the world relied more on instinct than on data, in a survey of 750 such senior executives. In today's conversation, Vikas discusses some of these findings and the imperatives facing global CFOs
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Parag Agrawal's accession as full-time CEO may be a move to future-proof Twitter: Forrester's Mike Proulx
Our guest today is Mike Proulx, VP and Research Director at Forrester, which advises enterprises around the world on their business technology strategies. Mike offers his analysis of Jack Dorsey's somewhat abrupt departure from Twitter, and the choice of Parag Agrawal, the company's CTO, as the new CEO. Crypto, metaverse, and bringing GenZ to the platform are going to be some of the challenges Parag will have to solve. Parag represents Twitter's switch to a full-time dedicated CEO, at a time when the company faces both product and policy challenges, accord
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Vidit Aatrey and Sanjeev Barnwal, co-founders at Meesho, on the work ahead and paying it forward
Our guests today are Vidit Aatrey and Sanjeev Barnwal of Meesho. Their unicorn company is in the news for all the right reasons. They are taking social commerce to small-town India and in the process, are helping millions of women turn into micro-entrepreneurs. Investors love them and privately value their company at $5 billion. Today, Vidit and Sanjeev talk about the work ahead and how they are already paying it forward
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Inside Forbes India WPower Special
Our W-Power list strives to feature such superwomen—ladies who have taken charge, coped with crises and scripted their success. The list is by no means exhaustive, but it is representative of women from diverse fi elds like business and science, entertainment to social impact and sport. Varsha Meghani explains how an insatiable hunger, a strong work ethic, the ability to persist, their integrity and humble demeanour are the common factors that bind them together
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Tata Motors: The phoenix emerges in India's EV revolution
Cover story author Manu Balachandran explains why he calls Tata Motors the phoenix of India's automobile market. That and the carmaker's gambit in India's Electric Vehicle future, where it is building not only products but also an ecosystem that can support the clean vehicles revolution
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Forbes India Rich List: Key numbers you should know
The annual Forbes India Rich List 2021 issue is on stands now, and Ruchika Shah, who dissects the rich list data every year to bring you insights and trends from the 100 richest Indians' net worth, takes you through the key numbers that you must know. Like, which sector surprisingly didn't do too well this year; and which is the up & coming sector that could go neck and neck with IT and pharma by the next decade. Who's the richest (no surprises there!), and who are the youngest billionaires (one of them is a woman), and lots of other trivia
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Three reasons why Infra.Market is on the Forbes India cover
From value to revenue and disruption, cover story author Rajiv Singh unpacks why Infra.Market caught his eye and how its founder Aaditya Sharda and Souvik Sengupta are building up the startup to be the next infrastructure conglomerate
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A glimpse into our first South celebrity special
This year, instead of a celebrity special that focussed on Bollywood, we decided to do something different. We, at Forbes India, shifted the focus to the four Southern film industries and its superstars that are breaking their moulds, each in their own way. Divya J Shekhar, the anchor of the inaugural South celebs special issue gives you a taste of what you can find in there
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The making of Freshworks—from startup to US IPO
Freshworks has captured the imagination of India's startup entrepreneurs. Cover story author Harichandan Arakali gives you a glimpse into how the Saas company went from being a startup to a Nasdaq listed company
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Inside Rajesh Gopinathan's strategy for a new TCS
On CEO Rajesh Gopinathan's watch, Tata Consultancy Services, one of the world's top IT companies, is ready to shed the outsourcing legacy and embrace symbiotic transformational journeys with its biggest customers. Cover story author, technology editor Harichandan Arakali gives you a glimpse
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Inside our unicorn special
In April 2021, in the span of just four days, India spawned six unicorns. Compare that number with just eight unicorns in the entirety of the last year. 25 unicorns have emerged in the first eight months of this year. Why is it raining unicorns in India? Can they keep galloping? Cover story author Rajiv Singh explains how the glut of money, less cash burn by startups, and digital push during the pandemic has fuelled their run