Kumar Gaurav, VP Engineering and country head for India, ThoughtSpot. Image: Selvaprakash Lakshmanan for Forbes India ThoughtSpot, a search/AI-based data analytics provider, is the youngest company in this series. It’s also an example of how a new generation of software companies is looking at India, tapping the talent in the country for much of their … Read more
US President Trump warned drugmakers in a private meeting that companies should move overseas manufacturing to the US or else face tariffs. Image: Tierney L. Cross/Getty Images Last week, US President Donald Trump said that he plans to impose tariffs on auto, semiconductors and pharmaceutical imports, “in the neighbourhood of 25 percent”. This move is … Read more
Divanshu Kumar, CEO and co-founder, Solinas Integrity. Image: Selvaprakash Lakshmanan for Forbes India; Directed by Kapil Kashyap, Background image by Shutterstock For Divanshu Kumar, being an entrepreneur was serendipitous. A college project incubated at IIT-Madras turned into a large business for the enthusiastic boy from Gaya, Bihar. Kumar developed robots to clean septic tanks and … Read more
Gold, in India, holds a special place in the hearts of consumers, symbolising both tradition and wealth. Did you know that Indian women collectively hold over 24,000 tonnes of gold? That’s 11 percent of the world’s reserves. Whether for weddings, festivals, or long-term investments, gold has remained a preferred asset for generations. However, with changing … Read more
L-R: Neha Bothra, Associate Editor, Forbes India, moderated a thought-provoking panel discussion with Nitin Seth, Co-Founder & CEO of Incedo, Srikanth Velamakanni, Co-Founder & Group CEO of Fractal Analytics, and Senthil Ramani, Global Lead – Data and AI at Accenture, at the NASSCOM Technology & Leadership Forum 2025. As artificial intelligence (AI) opens new frontiers, … Read more
Ajay Singh, Chairman, and Managing director of SpiceJet Image: Madhu Kapparath It’s fun when a maverick entrepreneur starts quizzing you. Reason? The interviewer gets a God-sent opportunity to start a free-wheeling conversation with the interviewee. It’s exciting when a founder puts you on the hot seat and checks your knowledge. Why? Simple. One gets a … Read more
In the quest to keep their products relevant, companies must look beyond product offerings. Image: Shutterstock Your customer of tomorrow may be rather unlike your customer today. And if you are not connecting with them, there is a lot of catching up to do. Wedged between heritage and changing customer behaviours, the world of luxury … Read more
The GCC workforce is expedcted to reach 2.8 million in 2030, as per a Zinnov report Image: Madhu Kapparath In her Budget speech, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman included a proposal to develop a ‘national framework’ to support the growth of global capability centres (GCCs) in the country, with emphasis on encouraging them to expand … Read more
A combination of improving infrastructure such as better connectivity—both physical and digital—and encouraging government policies at both the central and state government level is also helping to slowly drive investments into the smaller cities. Illustration: Chaitanya Dinesh Surpur In November 2024, Infinx Healthcare, which provides software solutions for patient access and revenue cycle management (RCM), … Read more
The Indian Premier League (IPL) is a cricket spectacle that brings excitement and passion to billions of fans not just in India but worldwide. Ever since the IPL tournament began in 2008, we’ve seen how teams gave their best winning performances. With top international and domestic cricketers in action, every IPL match delivers ‘moments’ that … Read more