Capital Ideas

Capital Ideas: Haigreve Khaitan explains why Atmanirbhar Bharat will boost foreign investments

The senior partner at Khaitan & Co, a dealmaker, and institution builder, talks about his journey from Kolkata to building Khaitan & Co into one of the largest law firms in India, the changes that the Covid-19 pandemic brought about to corporate India, the art of deal-making, and the future of the legal industry

Capital Ideas: Haigreve Khaitan on how a self reliant India will only boost foreign investments

The senior partner at Khaitan & Co, a dealmaker, and institution builder talks about how leaders of corporate India never had to step out of their homes to do big deals, his journey from Kolkata to building Khaitan & Co into one of the largest law firms in India, the changes that the Covid-19 pandemic brought about to corporate India, the art of deal making, and the future of the legal industry

Watch: Diageo's Anand Kripalu on why it's important to live within one's means and dealing with self-doubt

Anand Kripalu, the managing director and CEO of Diageo India, the makers of Johnnie Walker, Smirnoff and McDowell's, talks about how his middle-class values taught him to spend every penny carefully, never taking a loan in his life, why the Royal Challengers Bangalore team (RCB) is a fascinating part of Diageo's business, being of average intellect, and the negative perception around the alcohol industry.

Capital Ideas: Diageo's Anand Kripalu on why home delivery of alcohol should become a norm

Anand Kripalu, the managing director and CEO of Diageo India, the makers of Johnnie Walker, Smirnoff and McDowell's, talks about how his middle-class values taught him to spend every penny carefully, never taking a loan in his life, why the Royal Challengers Bangalore team (RCB) is a fascinating part of Diageo's business, and the negative perception around the alcohol industry

Why I don't hire know-it-alls: Genpact's "Tiger" Tyagarajan

In this episode of Capital Ideas, Tiger" Tyagarajan, explains why staying curious helps one become more humble and inclusive, drive diversity, and build a great career. The CEO of Genpact also talks about his unusual nickname, hiring people who don't know it all, cultivating leadership, building a culture of learning, the changing workplace and cognitive diversity

Why you must not become a know-it-all: "Tiger" Tyagarajan, CEO of the $7.4 billion Genpact

"Tiger" Tyagarajan explains why staying curious helps one become more humble and inclusive, in addition to driving diversity, building big teams, and a great career. The CEO of Genpact also talks about his unusual nickname, hiring people who don't know it all, cultivating leadership, building a culture of learning, the changing workplace and cognitive diversity

Capital Ideas: Ronnie Screwvala on what it takes to build mental muscle and why Plan Bs never work

Capital Ideas: Ronnie Screwvala explains why Plan Bs are only for business schools, and not for entrepreneurs

In this episode of Capital Ideas, Ronnie Screwvala, the chairman and co-founder of upGrad, and the former CEO and founder of UTV Group, talks about coming from a lower-middle-class family, failing in college, his unusual surname, and why an entrepreneur must never have a Plan B. The 58-year-old talks to Manu Balachandran about starting with low capital, his transition from a toothbrush business to building one of India's multimedia conglomerate, self-conviction, and breaking glass ceilings.

Capital Ideas: The rags to riches journey of A.Velumani in building the Rs 4,000 crore Thyrocare

Born to landless farmers, Velumani studied on subsidized education, before working with Bhabha Atomic Research Centre as a scientific assistant and starting Thyrocare. The 61-year-old talks about running a business without borrowing, and managing with low resources, in addition to preserving cash.

Capital Ideas with Velumani: Building the Rs 4000-crore Thyrocare from Rs 1 lakh PF savings

Arokiaswamy Velumani, chairman and managing director of Thyrocare, talks about India's failure in handling Covid-19 and traces his journey and struggles along the way, in setting up one of India's largest diagnostic chains. Born to landless farmers, Velumani studied on subsidised education, before working with Bhabha Atomic Research Centre as a scientific assistant, and starting Thyrocare. The 61-year-old talks to Manu Balachandran about running a business without borrowing, and managing with low resources, in addition to preserving cash

Kiss the Ground: Is this the answer to fixing climate change?

On this week's episode, directors of the Netflix documentary 'Kiss the Ground', Josh Tickell and Rebecca Harrell Tickell, join us to turn the spotlight on soil regeneration, which may hold the key to solving the climate crisis