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Podcast: The 100 Richest Indians 2020
In a year that threw most projections out for a toss, some Indians managed to turn the tide. Many others didn't. Listen to Forbes India's Samar Srivastava detail the most interesting wins, losses and trends among India's billionaires from the Forbes India Rich List issue, which is now on stands
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Podcast: Inside SpiceJet's turnaround plan in turbulent times
Ajay Singh, chairman & managing director, SpiceJet, has proved before that he can rewrite SpiceJet's trajectory. He's now looking to tap into existing revenue streams beyond passenger flights to keep the airline afloat—but the pandemic may not be the only headwind blowing its way
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Podcast: Why is Dr Reddy's Laboratories bringing the Russian vaccine to India?
While the Russian Sputnik V vaccine follows a similar path as the Oxford-Astrazeneca vaccine of being based on the human adenovirus, a common cold virus fused with the spike protein of Sars-Cov-2 to stimulate an immune response, its approval and registration without the crucial Phase III trial and consequent tie-up with Dr Reddy's Laboratories has made headlines. Manu Balachandran, author of this fortnight's cover story delves into GV Prasad and Dr Reddy's long-standing relationship with Russia, the country's apparent transparency with the pharma company, and why it bet on
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Podcast: Inside Ronnie Screwvala's plans for upGrad
Build. Scale. Repeat: Ronnie Screwvala, who transformed UTV from a production company to a multimedia conglomerate, is now dipping into his entrepreneurial genius to build edtech startup upGrad into a venture of scale and impact. Can it compete with the likes of Byju's and Unacademy?
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Podcast: How Infosys CEO Salil Parekh outperformed peers
By building new capabilities in digital, cloud, automation and AI, Infosys has won ever larger contracts. And the share of revenues from digital technology services as a proportion of the total has almost doubled in the last two years, to 45 percent.. Cover story author Harichandan Arakali speaks about the 'Salil Parekh flavour', the impact of H-1B visa restrictions on Infosys, and takes stock of the CEO and MD's biggest challenge yet: Ensuring the company stays on course
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How Britannia took on Parle's markets, saw record lockdown success
In the April-June quarter, Britannia posted revenue of ₹3,384 crore, a spike of 26 percent over a year ago. Operating profit surged to ₹669 crore, a jump of 91 percent and profit after tax (PAT) zoomed by 118 percent to ₹546 crore. A lot happened behind the scenes to make it a cracking quarter, says Britannia MD Varun Berry. On this episode, cover story author Rajiv Singh delves into the details
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Podcast: Inside Hero Motocorp's lockdown success
Before Covid-19, the two-wheeler industry had declined for five straight quarters. Here's how Hero rebounded with solid performance, bumped up by rural revival. But will Covid-19 spread through the hinterland, and play the villain in Hero's story?
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Podcast: How these 100 cr+ digital-first brands are challenging traditional FMCG
Innovative products, a strong value proposition and a new cut-throat advantage for the Covid-19 world—this week's cover story looks at clutch of online-first brands disrupting traditional markets, including Rebel Foods, Beardo and Mamaearth
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Gender Mender: Can WFH fix the 'work at home' imbalance?
Until now, the discourse around gender equality has largely been limited to the workplace. As both men and women are now working from home, this is a great opportunity for household chores and childcare to be more equally divided. Forbes India meets several power couples in this issue's cover story, who are renegotiating gender stereotypes and finding new balance of labour during the lockdown, hoping to make a lasting change
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Podcast: Inside Harindarpal 'Harry' Banga's Second Act
Amritsar-born Harindarpal 'Harry' Banga's second act, as founder of the Hong Kong-headquartered Caravel Group, has the makings of surpassing his three-decade-long success as a shipping and commodities tycoon. Samar Srivastava takes us behind the scenes of the billionaires' story
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Podcast: How these startups successfully pivoted during Covid-19
How companies like Delhivery, Clovia, Cars24 and JetSetGo have moved away from their core in the pandemic, or added to it