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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

'We are seeing Isro employees quit and start ventures': Narayan Prasad

The co-founder of Satsearch, a marketplace for the space industry that is supported by the European Space Agency, says there is more investor interest in space ventures today, even as some startup founders come from non-space backgrounds

Space-tech startups in India are gaining ground

India's space programme has, so far, been a government backed effort with Isro. With new technology and falling costs, a clutch of space technology startups are garnering domestic and global clients

Music streaming apps bet on original content

As the landscape, featuring homegrown JioSaavn, Gaana and Wynk, becomes more competitive with the influx of international players such as Spotify, Amazon and YouTube Music, apps are creating and curating content to suit regional tastes

Hosachiguru: The managers for India's farmers

Bengaluru-based Hosachiguru, an agricultural asset management startup, manages about 900 acres of farmland for its clients and looks to raise yield through sustainable practices

Can MyGate replace the calling bell?

Bengaluru-based MyGate makes security management at gated communities easier and more efficient

The dessert market is no longer about cake—it's getting savoury too

Spurred by millennials who flaunt their love for sweet innovation on social media, a bunch of businesspeople are pushing the envelope for what constitutes dessert

Bank Mergers: A flawed move to boost growth?

Sitharaman's decision to merge 10 banks into four may be riddled with leadership and decision-making challenges

63% of corporate India is overweight

Retail sector employees eat the fattiest food, financial services workers are least active. Across sectors, evening snacks are the unhealthiest

'Modi will create more efficiency in economy': Mark Mobius

Mark Mobius, founder of Mobius Capital Partners, on why emerging markets will do well

'We'll Keep Investing In India': UCWeb's Huaiyuan Yang

The vice president of UCWeb Global Business speaks to Forbes India about philanthropy and OTT platforms

'Our phones have a longer life-cycle for Indian users': OnePlus Founder & CEO Pete Lau

While OnePlus intends to grow its recently inaugurated Hyderabad facility into its biggest R&D centre globally, Lau talks about ensuring a 'burdenless' product for users and the brand's focus on quality

I have always taken risks: Virat Kohli

Excerpts from an exclusive interaction with Kohli, who explains One8's rapid growth

Virat Kohli and the Power of One8

Virat Kohli has built a Rs 100 crore-plus celebrity brand in quick time. Can he emulate his new-found success as India's most successful Test cricket captain in entrepreneurship?

Personalising cancer

Eric Lefkofsky made it big with five startups—most famously Groupon—by harnessing data. Will it work for diseases?

Making REITs work

Real estate investors Thomas Bohjalian and Jason Yablon find bargains in luxury shopping centres and other unappreciated properties across America

The unlikeliest power couple

Overcoming a slew of life's liabilities, Mark and Robyn Jones built a $1.8 billion insurance empire on territory dominated by mom-and-pop shops

David Stickler: The 'Steve Jobs of steel'

After his partner dropped dead in his hotel room, globe-trotting financier David Stickler found himself at the helm of a steel mill startup in rural Arkansas. Now he runs the best little high-tech, highly leveraged steelmaker in the nation

Why this former JP Morgan exec is chasing old money

While the braying pack of fintech startups chase millennial money, Rhian Horgan has her eyes on her parents' cash

Star Citizen: The most expensive video game ever made

Chris Roberts has spent seven years and raised nearly $300 million—most of it from average gamers—building Star Citizen. It's on pace to be the costliest video game ever made and—outside of cryptocurrency—the world's largest crowdfunded project. It's still not ready. It may never be

Eddie Brown: One of Wall Street's greatest untold stories

Eddie Brown grew up as a labourer in the Jim Crow South. What he's accomplished since has left quite a legacy

Off his own bat

Virat Kohli is trying to emulate his cricketing feats as an entrepreneur

Hope from the hinterland

Forbes India looks beyond the dark clouds amid consumption slowdown

What's eating rural India?

With low crop prices and wages, cash transfers can only provide short-term relief to the rural economy

How to beat Bharat's blues

With rural consumers tightening their purse strings even for daily-use products, FMCG companies are trying to tide over the slowdown with a slew of strategies

Home a loan: Taking stock of 'Housing for All'

Beneficiaries of the government scheme feel pride but also the pinch of construction expenses

Selco Foundation: Using solar energy to foster entrepreneurship

The Selco Foundation has been using solar energy to empower lives and foster entrepreneurship among rural communities across India

Credit where due: Startups solving the rural banking problem

Despite the strides made by Jan Dhan Yojana, last mile connectivity continues to pose a problem for rural banking; new ventures are trying to solve that by leveraging technology and partnerships

Meet Ultrarunner Ashish Kasodekar, only Indian to run the 555-km

Kasodekar talks about what it takes to run 555 km, at 17,582 feet above sea level, and doing so at your own pace

Thoughts on foods

How green is your building?

With Odisha's Krushi Bhavan being shortlisted for a global architecture award, we look at how architects bring sustainability to what they build

How the Indian craft of indigo dyeing travelled to Germany

Small, traditional workshops in Lower Saxony are keeping the tradition alive

Thoughts on cricket