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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

Back to the future

Machines, at the end of the day, are just tools, and tools need to be used by people

Future of work and harbingers of change

Most people are already rubbing shoulders with advanced technology at work. The future of work is enthralling, but it also brings some scares

Work it out: Jobs that will emerge over the next decade

Technology may take away some jobs, but will create a whole new suite as well

The zing thing: Gen Z redefining work and workplaces

Driven, hard-working and unafraid of failure, the youngest, social-media savvy generation, or Gen Z, is redefining work and workplaces

Back to the blackboard

India's halls of ivy need a serious overhaul to prepare graduates for the future of work

When I needed money, I chased it; now I don't need it: Ajay Ushakanth

The former businessman who teaches the Vedas to budding entrepreneurs in Bengaluru, out of a co-working hub, has become an unlikely member of the rapidly-burgeoning gig economy

Internet Saathi: Improving digital literacy among women

Google India and Tata Trusts' initiative has benefited 17 million women in rural India, bringing with it economic freedom. The workforce of the future will be more gender-balanced

The shape of jobs to come

Technology is both a disruptor and creator of employment. Freshly-minted careers in emerging sectors will more than offset jobs lost to automation

India's informal gig economy turns mainstream

The change is not just because of a startup culture and shared workspaces but also due to evolving mindsets

Delete forever: Will emails die a natural death?

As companies adopt enterprise collaboration platforms, experts feel the now-ubiquitous mode of communication will need to have a refined version

Future workplaces: Who moved my office?

Workplaces as we know them may well cease to exist in the future. But what are the alternatives?

Inclusion at the workplace

Technology, company policies can help enable gender parity

Okay Google, where is my secretary?

Human office assistants face a challenge with the advent of intelligent bots. But don't write them off just yet

As strange as fiction

Many of the gadgets and technologies that were earlier in the realm of fiction are now present in our workplaces

Turning the clock back

An illustrative depiction of how a traditional office looked a decade ago

Work in progress: The evolution of jobs

Rapid deployment of technology in the workplace has led to fears that some skills and professions will become redundant. However, history shows that the labour market has a way of adjusting to changes in demand

Book my screen

A number of tomes are being made into films and/or web series

The Ozmens' galactic gamble

Eren Ozmen and her husband spent the last quarter of a century carefully building Sierra Nevada from a tiny, 20-person defence firm into a multibillion-dollar aerospace concern. Now she's betting their fortunes on the billionaire space race

Thoughts on sovereignty

Streaming hot: Freedom to tell stories on OTT platforms

OTT platforms are a boon to filmmakers who can build narratives without fear or censorship

Weaving the India fashion story

A bunch of fashion designers is making the country's rich textile heritage its strongest selling point

Freedom of choice: To choose or not to choose

Today we have more choice than ever before. But is it really helping?

The sound of (India's) music

The music being made in the country today is more rooted to the soil than ever before