Krishna Kumar G, MD, Harman India, and senior vice president, automotive R&D country lead Image: Selvaprakash Lakshmanan for Forbes India More than 12 years ago, a project named Saras at what was then Harman International became the subject of a report on ‘reverse innovation’ in the ‘Globe’ section of the Harvard Business Review. Saras was … Read more
Tesla is almost here in India. Unlike a few years ago, when it raised false alarms, this time around, the plan by the Austin-based automaker seems well laid out. By April this year, the American automobile giant with a market capitalization of $1.1 trillion is set to launch operations in the country. It is already … Read more
Currency symbols are more than mere symbols—they are the gateways to understanding the global financial landscape. As world citizens, we encounter currency symbols daily, whether planning a trip abroad, engaging in international business transactions, or simply trying to expand our general knowledge. Understanding these symbols and their significance is key to navigating the fascinating complexities … Read more
AI-led automation is rewriting the rules of how companies—be they large software enterprises or scrappy startups—are seeing their market. And this is opening up new vistas where the next generation of ‘AI native’ software will be designed by default to replace not just legacy software but humans as well. Software entrepreneur-turned-VC investor Manav Garg, founding … Read more
Aditya Jami, CTO, Meltwater Image: Kris Lori / Meltwater Meltwater’s brand-new R&D centre in Hyderabad, which opened just weeks before, as we went to print, is probably an example of a company that one wouldn’t immediately associate with the idea of setting up a GCC in India. The company was founded in Norway in … Read more
Cricket in India is more than a sport; it’s a passion that unites millions. According to Statista, cricket is the most preferred sport in the country – not that you need Statista to verify that in this cricket-crazy nation. With Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 around the corner, the excitement around the sport is at … Read more
John Dawber, Corporate VP and MD, GBS, Novo Nordisk Image: Selvaprakash Lakshmanan for Forbes India An Englishman running an Indian GCC for a Danish multinational drug company is probably a great example of how far some of these centres have come, courtesy globalisation. John Dawber will tell you, if you ask him, he’s only … Read more
Muhi S Majzoub, EVP, Security Products, Opentext Image: Nishant Ratnakar for Forbes India OpenText is into its 15th year in India, employing some 6,000 people in the country, who constitute about 25 percent of the company’s global workforce, with Bengaluru and Hyderabad as its main centres. The Canada-headquartered company, which started out as a … Read more
Digital systems over the cloud, IoT improves business KPI efficiency, customer experience, investor ROI, productivity, and cost efficiency, it also significantly amplifies the cyber threat space for cybersecurity professionals to cope with. Image: Shutterstock Critical infrastructure serves as the backbone supporting the essential daily services of (to name a few) energy, healthcare, finance, transportation, and … Read more
1) A survivor Ajay Singh, Chairman and Managing Director of SpiceJet Image: Madhu Kapparath Ajay Singh bought the defunct ModiLuft, a private airline based in Delhi, in 2005. He renamed it SpiceJet a year later and made it one of the most recognisable budget airlines in India. He left it in 2010 when Kalanithi Maran, … Read more