Mitu Jayashankar
I'm a Delhi girl who managed to embrace the quirks of the South Indian way of life after moving to Bangalore. A sceptic but not a cynic, I'm lucky to have been a part of the Garden City’s journey from a sleepy paradise to a bustling high-tech metropolis. I'm interested in technology and business, education, social entrepreneurship and philanthropy. I began my journalistic career at A&M and passed through the portals of Businessworld and The Economic Times before coming to Forbes India.
There is an awakening today amongst people, especially the young that they need to participate more actively in the environment around them.
Founders coming back to run companies is not unusual. But few of them came back with their sons or daughters
World over women, unlike men, do not follow a linear career progression. A woman’s career has a far more scenic route, which includes taking time out, working part-time, reduced hours or flex- time for a number of years.
It is fashionable today to talk about a double bottom-line, about shared value. But it was Dr Kurien who first taught us that a business could make profits and also benefit the society.
70 percent of the executives Mckinsey surveyed in Asia said greater gender diversity was not a strategic priority for their companies – that is, it was not among their top ten priorities
Since I write on IT, people often ask me what is the secret of Cognizant’s success. There are many, but I think their deadliest weapon is Francisco’s age and energy. In the past I have written about how the IT business is all about energy and momentum. Francisco has that in bucket loads.
The corporate reorganisation at Infosys is highly unusual. The company has been a stickler for tradition and routine and has almost never done job rotations of this kind.
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