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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

Going back to the roots

Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar had famously said, "an India on the move is an India of churn". Those who have reached their hinterland homes are unlikely to come back in a hurry. What lies in store for them, and generations after them? One maverick tech entrepreneur may have an answer

If we don't have politics, we will have war: Sridhar Vembu

In a freewheeling interview with Forbes India through the Zoho Meeting app, Sridhar Vembu shares his views on a wide range of subjects, from the significance of Swadeshi and the imperative of politics, to changes in migration trends to leadership in a crisis. Edited excerpts:

World Environment Day: India's green conundrum

The government wants to fast-track environment clearances to promote ease of doing business, but this might cause irreversible damage to biodiversity

Carmakers launch new models amid lockdown

Companies including Mercedes, BMW and Skoda stick to pre-Covid-19 plans; hope to revive market sentiment

Adar Poonawalla's vaccine: No shot in the dark

Poonawalla is betting big on a Covid-19 vaccine, and preparing for the next possible pandemic

'We don't want to diminish the guest experience': Vikram Oberoi

Vikram Oberoi, MD and CEO, The Oberoi Group, on creating the same warmth from behind a face mask, and their new sanitation guidelines in a post-Covid-19 world

Covid-19: Meet those who are lending a helping hand

A look at some teams going out of their way to ensure the smooth functioning of banking, IT and health services during the pandemic

How India's restaurants are staying alive

With no government stimulus yet, F&B players are struggling to find viable revenue streams through food delivery, new product lines, online classes and even supplying essentials—from staples to condoms

How will India's informal sector emerge from the pandemic?

The Covid-19 pandemic and lockdowns have upended India's informal job market. But are there positives from the crisis?

Investors, ride out the storm

With no clarity on how the next few months will pan out, investors should hunker down and take stock

IBM: A walk in the cloud

IBM is becoming more of a cloud and cognitive enterprise by moving towards as-a-service software and related services

Banks and NBFCs have to become solution providers: Ramesh Iyer

Iyer, the VC and MD of Mahindra Finance, says that small-ticket loans is an emerging area and could see potential demand through the pandemic

RateGain: Thriving in chaos

Can a healthy bottomline and a frugal fiscal DNA help travel-tech firm RateGain survive the severe Covid-19 turbulence? Well, the fight, and flight, are on

Sony cuts to big(ger) screen

Sony is betting big on the OTT explosion to push its large-sized TVs into living rooms. Can it find takers for an 85-inch smart box?

Royal Enfield: On a digital ride

The motorcycle company is going the online route to engage its community of riders during the lockdown

Congrats, You Are Hired!

As the economy stagnates and companies lay off employees, some startups that see opportunities during the pandemic are charting out aggressive hiring and expansion strategies

Going, going, gone (online)

Digital events by art auction houses are doing better than before, but are hardly enough to compensate for cancelled physical ones

Thoughts on Villages

Cover story: Sridhar Vembu's vision from the village

Why the Zoho founder moved from San Francisco to a hamlet 650 km from Chennai: The lessons this holds for an economy that wants to be self-reliant; for corporations headquartered in big cities; and a country with a high density of urban and migrant workers coming to grips with a pandemic