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What’s holding up Gautam Adani’s takeover of NDTV?
·Business & Strategy

What’s holding up Gautam Adani’s takeover of NDTV?

More than two-and-a-half months have passed since Adani announced its intent. And yet there is no sign of a quick closure, as it was widely anticipated

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Indrajit Gupta

Indrajit Gupta

Co-founder and Director, Founding Fuel

#metoo: Searching for a silver lining
·Leadership & Organisation

#metoo: Searching for a silver lining

Three years after her sexual harassment allegations against then Indian Hotels CEO Rakesh Sarna, Anjuli Pandit has made her horror story public, signalling a complete breakdown of internal processes to prevent sexual harassment. Yet, Pandit shows the new Tata management a way to make amends

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Indrajit Gupta

Indrajit Gupta

Co-founder and Director, Founding Fuel

Fixing India’s jobs machine
·Economy, Policy & Society

Fixing India’s jobs machine

Employment patterns are changing due to technology, emergence of new forms of enterprises, demand for social security, need for new skills, and the way enterprises are regulated

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Arun Maira

Arun Maira

Former Chairman, BCG India, Member, Planning Commission

The power of Option B
·Work, Careers & Personal Mastery

The power of Option B

These three stories illustrate the power of keeping options open, cultivating a learner's mindset, and putting up your hand to go a little out of your comfort zone. Extracted from Radhika Gupta’s book, ‘Limitless: The Power of Unlocking Your True Potential’

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Paving the road for world-beating software products from India
·Economy, Policy & Society

Paving the road for world-beating software products from India

India’s new software products policy marks a watershed moment in its economic history. Can the nation make it count?

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Amit Ranjan

Amit Ranjan

Architect for the National Digital Locker Project, Ministry of Electronics and IT

A civic tech approach to Swachh Bharat
·Economy, Policy & Society

A civic tech approach to Swachh Bharat

Monitoring performance and impact is key to the success of the Swachh Bharat Mission. And that’s where technology can make a big difference

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Amrita Chowdhury

Amrita Chowdhury

Director, Gaia Smart Cities

Work Smart. Not Hard
·Work, Careers & Personal Mastery

Work Smart. Not Hard

Hard work is the base, but doing the same thing many times over will not help you solve a problem or master a new skill

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Kavi Arasu

Kavi Arasu

Leadership and Talent Development Professional

The importance of being Team Indus
·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation

The importance of being Team Indus

If Team Indus succeeds in soft landing a spacecraft on the moon and wins the Lunar X Prize, it could set the stage for the company and India to be a big player in space engineering

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Rishikesha T Krishnan

Rishikesha T Krishnan

Former Director, IIMB, Professor of Strategy

Into the mind of the Indian politician
·Economy, Policy & Society

Into the mind of the Indian politician

Corruption is a clichéd narrative to woo voters. What alternative narrative can politicians sell to the world’s largest democracy?

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Charles Assisi

Charles Assisi

Co-founder and Director, Founding Fuel

How will the Mindtree-L&T takeover battle pan out? Nine questions answered
·Business & Strategy

How will the Mindtree-L&T takeover battle pan out? Nine questions answered

The Mindtree founders want to retain their firm’s unique culture. And have chosen to strongly rebuff L&T’s takeover attempt. But as things stand, the odds seem stacked against the founders as they try to block the $18 billion megacorp from taking control. A prognosis of what could happen next

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Indrajit Gupta

Indrajit Gupta

Co-founder and Director, Founding Fuel