Special Report
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Rajendra Chamaria: Daring entrepreneur who built a cement empire in the Northeast
Over two decades ago, Rajendra Chamaria took a flurry of concrete steps to build a cement empire in the Northeast. The audacious gambit is now paying off for the regional Goliath—vice chairman and MD of Star Cement
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FILA 2023: Are Indian startups losing focus in the pursuit of valuations?
At the Forbes India Leadership Awards 2023, Sudhakar Adapa, founder and CEO of Commerzify; Vinod Murali, MD & co-founder of Alteria Capital, and Anand Shah head, PMS and AIF investments, ICICI Prudential AMC participated in the conversation moderated by Forbes India's Nasrin Sultana to shed light on if investors are inclined to chase risk at this stage given an uncertain economic outlook and risk of a slowdown ahead? In pursuit of chasing valuations, are companies losing focus?
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Tata Communications' new avatar: Stronger, independent, profitable
In just three years, Tata Communications has shed the heavy cloak of a government-backed, loss-making telco. It is now a financially stronger and profitable commtech, selling holistic digital solutions globally
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How to unlock giving potential of India's billionaires, ft. Amit Chandra, Zarina Screwvala, Luis Miranda, Upasana Kamineni Konidela
It's a good time for philanthropy in India, with increased wealth creation and economic activity. But the richest in the country continue to give just one percent of their wealth towards philanthropy. At the Forbes India Leadership Awards 2023, Amit Chandra of ATE Chandra Foundation, Zarina Screwvala of Swades Foundation, Luis Miranda of Indian School of Public Policy, and Upasana Kamineni Konidela of Apollo Hospitals spoke with Neera Nundy of Dasra about the ways to get the rich to participate more, trends in Indian philanthropy, and their personal experiences
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India can be one of richest countries by 2047; this growth can be inclusive: Dr Rajiv Shah says how
Dr Rajiv J Shah, president of The Rockefeller Foundation has a unique perspective and experience in addressing global challenges such as the refugee crisis, food insecurity, pandemics, and climate change. At the Forbes India Leadership Awards 2023, Dr Shah delivered the keynote address of the evening on 'The Importance of Leadership and Collaboration for a Green Recovery'
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Make some Noise for the profitably bootstrapped
The Khatri brothers, cousins, have built Noise by remaining bootstrapped for over eight years. But now, India's biggest wearable brand needs to build a war chest to sustain its high decibel growth
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Forbes India Debate: Is India insulated from the global storm brewing in markets and economy?
At the recently held Forbes India Leadership Awards 2023, we organised a power-packed Oxford-style debate. The topic: Is India insulated from the global storm brewing in markets and economy? Saugata Bhattacharya, Chief Economist, Axis Bank argued for the topic and Rajeev Thakkar, CIO and director, PPFAS MF, argued against the motion. Here's your chance to listen to two experts in their field determining whether the Indian economy is insulated from the global storm brewing in markets and the banking sector—and what the FILA 2023 house believed. Do you agree or disagree with the house
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Inside Zetwerk's ambition of becoming a global manufacturer
Over the last five years, manufacturing services firm Zetwerk has leveraged niche opportunities to grow its revenues 310 times. Now it is finetuning its business model to look beyond India
