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Forbes India 13th Anniversary: Rewind of Key Milestones of India's Corporates and Startups

A rewind of the key milestones in India's corporates and startups, through the lens of 13 years of Forbes India

Modern gurukul: Why management schools need an upgrade

Outdated curricula and mediocre B-schools have made the MBA degree less coveted than before. Only those that invest in prepping millennials for a new-age workplace will thrive

The life in tech

The biggest challenge for healthtech ideas is funding to scale up beyond proof-of-concept

A relationship economy: Are we prepared?

It's built on trust between service providers, their consumers and partners. With the technological advancements we're seeing, it's a reality of tomorrow

Govt must focus on reforms in direct tax, job creation: Shobana Kamineni

The Budget must take steps to make the Indian corporate sector competitive and send across a message that the country is a haven for investors

Air India: Flying high with FDI

Just how attractive is Air India for foreign investors?

Winds of change with reverse auctions

New auction-based regime for wind projects has led to lower tariffs the earlier situation

Celebrating TeamIndus for dreaming big

India's first private effort to land a rover on the moon seems to have gone awry, but here's why it is no cause for disappointment

Life after debt: Insolvency in motion

Private equity firms, asset reconstruction companies and the promoters themselves are the ones likely to play a leading role in the insolvency resolution process

Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House - An entertaining read

The Indian GDP turns 69: A robust growth story

Aladdin: BlackRock's potent weapon

How do you stay on top when your core business is a commodity and you measure profits in hundredths of a percentage point? You build the best risk-management software on Wall Street

Moovit: Big data for big cities

Moovit has created the Waze of public transit. Is this the app that can beat urban congestion?

Chris Cline: The last coal tycoon

Dark days ahead for coal? Don't tell that to billionaire Chris Cline, who's convinced the dirtiest fuel still has a bright future and is building what he believes will be the last mine standing

Indra Nooyi, Chanda Kochhar, Priyanka Chopra among world's 100 most powerful women

A cohort that governs or directly influences more than 3 billion people and has a personal net worth of over $97 billion

I see a different confidence in luxury: Ermenegildo Zegna

Zegna CEO Ermenegildo Zegna on the Indian market, personalisation in the age of casualisation, and balancing luxury and digital

US FDA approval puts India on the global map of biosimilars: Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

Biocon has embarked on developing a pipeline of interesting novel biologics which it will look at as a global opportunity, says CMD Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

Thoughts on budget

Air Deccan: Back in the skies

With smaller aircraft and strategic tie-ups, Air Deccan's Captain GR Gopinath is having another go at commercial aviation. Will he be second time lucky?

SoftBank: Big cheques and balances in India

By betting big money on big businesses, SoftBank is bringing its India strategy in line with its founder Masayoshi Son's global vision

Like in cricket, you need the right partnership in business too: Mahela Jayawardene and chef Dharshan Munidasa

Ex-cricketer Mahela Jayawardene and chef Dharshan Munidasa, two-thirds of Colombo's Ministry Of Crab, discuss their first foreign outpost in Mumbai

Dotcom: Luxury's new address

Long having shunned online sales, luxury brands are now finding their way around digitally engaging tech-savvy, ethics-conscious customers

Mallorca: A paradise for food lovers

Eating our way through Mallorca's hearty island cuisine

The idea that you have to sacrifice your well-being to succeed is delusional: Arianna Huffington

With Thrive Global, the former media entrepreneur is on a mission to upend the global stress and burnout "epidemic" by offering micro-solutions

Titan's wedding party

Riding on Tanishq, Titan is today the third most valuable jewel in the Tata crown. Can it get better from here?

Budget 2018: Prudence or populism?

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will be walking a tightrope as the government is expected to offer relief to the middle class and rural economies, while managing fiscal deficit and boosting investments

Budget 2018: High on hope

From banking to aerospace, every sector is buoyant with expectations from the upcoming Budget. As February 1 looms, hope springs eternal

We cannot rely on old industries alone: Suresh Prabhu

Commerce Minister Suresh Prabhu is zeroing in on a host of new sectors to boost manufacturing over the next decade

Maintain fiscal discipline, control inflation: Sumant Sinha

It is imperative for the finance minister to stick to fiscal deficit targets, revive the rural economy and fuel fast-paced growth with green energy sources

The second act: Cinestars-turned-politicos

Superstar Rajinikanth is one in a long line of actors to join the electoral fray. We glean some patterns

Raise the bar and flaunt your watch

A pick of the best, the latest, the greenest, the quirkiest, the most luxurious... that money can buy

New lease of lifetech

From drug research and biotech to portable medical devices and environmentally-sustainable solutions, innovation is coming to the fore in multiple areas of deep science. What these ventures need now are funders to back them all the way