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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

Gourish Singla: The 26-year-old who wants to make India disease free in five years

With an ambitious aim, Singla's Shivom provides genetic data to pharma companies, while ensuring the individual remains anonymous and is incentivised

Gegadyne Energy: Taking charge of the electric revolution

Gegadyne Energy has developed a proprietary non-lithium battery technology that can charge a car battery from 0 to 100 percent in under 15 minutes

The new school

More edtech subscribers are willing to move from brick-and-mortar classrooms to online

The huge investment opportunity in Edtech

Particularly in India, education has been a segment steeped in a traditional brick-and-mortar delivery mechanism. The industry is different from food tech or fintech, but the big similarity is in its potential for returns

Venture capital's next focus: India's edtech ecosystem

Venture capital funds are pouring in for edtech startups that are looking to bridge the learning gap for the next half billion

Why YouTube still rules the edtech roost

YouTube has emerged as a preferred platform for educational content in India

Aakash Educational Services sets global goals

The company has diversified from a classroom test prep provider to an edtech company with a digital focus and global aspirations

Beyond books: India's age of edu-tainment

Edutainment startups are coming up with engaging ways of learning that go beyond books

'Entrepreneurship is a State of Mind': Sunil Shukla

Sunil Shukla, director general of Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India, on what makes good business

Startups to make your kids app makers before they turn 10

Startups such as Code Vidya, WhiteHat Jr and Hackberry are teaching kids to programme and use technology to solve problems

An education startup with a clear philosophy: Grades Don't Matter

The only education Varun Agarwal had was in engineering after which he went on to become a filmmaker, entrepreneur, author, YouTuber, and public speaker. Now he's set to relaunch his education venture based on his belief that marks aren't everything

Skilling: The key to better jobs

Companies working on skilling have grown and evolved, but integrating skills with education is an imperative to deal with underemployment

When the blind lead the blind, to success

Visually impaired entrepreneurs are helping make science subjects more accessible to students like themselves

When TikTok becomes your teacher

Students are using apps like TikTok, Telegram and Bigo Live to learn through snappy videos and interactive quizzes. But what is fun might not always be functional

These 'Job-centred universities' guarantee placements

Apart from sharpening their soft skills and offering technical know-how, startups like Scaler Academy and Masai School are helping graduates land that coveted job after completing their course

Can Kavin Bharti Mittal save Hike?

Mittal's messaging app, Hike, had a turbulent ride over the past few years, but is now focusing on two verticals to infuse new life into the company

How Singapore's Shopmatic is riding India's entrepreneurship wave

In four years, the ecommerce enabler has covered a lot of ground. From posting a modest revenue of Rs1.5 crore in 2017, Shopmatic is clocking a run-rate of Rs27 crore for March 2020

China's king of beverages Zong Qinghou aims to revitalise Wahaha

The tycoon, who was China's richest man in 2010, 2012 and 2013, saw Wahaha's sales slide from 78 billion yuan ($11 billion) in 2013 to 46 billion yuan in 2017 before rebounding slightly to 47 billion yuan last year

Roku is now betting on a model that's as old as TV: Advertising

More than a decade after being beaten by TiVo, Anthony Wood became a billionaire with cheap streaming gadgets. That business has never turned a profit. Roku is now betting its future on advertising

Why Solar Industries India is seeing explosive growth

Satyanarayan Nuwal's Solar Industries' shares have been a strong performer on the Bombay Stock Exchange for the last five years, up fivefold to a recent price around Rs1,000

Travel: Vienna is reinventing itself

Vienna, judged the most liveable city in the world, is remoulding its historic identity with the help of technology and creativity

Fashion for Good: Taking sustainable ideas mainstream

By connecting innovators with large-scale manufacturers, Fashion for Good is working on making the industry greener

How the Good Fashion Fund works: Q&A with director Bob Assenberg

The investment fund focuses on implementing innovative solutions for sustainable fashion, connecting promising technology to industry

Surfing is gaining ground in India—just not among Indians

India's coasts are attracting professional surfers from countries as far as Norway and Switzerland, but locals are yet to embrace the waves

How Pioneering Ventures is silently solving for India's food crisis

For almost 15 years, Pioneering Ventures, an incubator-cum-investment firm, has been working through the challenges in India's food and agriculture system with bold bets and patient capital

Thoughts on education