India’s real estate sector is expected to reach US$ 1 trillion in market size by 2030, and contribute 13% to the country’s GDP by 2025. It is already the second-highest employment generator in the country, after the agriculture sector. In FY23, India’s residential property market witnessed the value of home sales reaching an all-time high … Read more
A 2022 survey by the Ministry of Culture revealed that 72 percent of Indian cultural performances now leverage digital platforms. Image: Shutterstock Imagine watching a Bharatanatyam performance through a VR headset or attending a live-streamed stand-up comedy show from halfway across the world. Technology has bridged tradition and modernity, transforming performing arts into a global … Read more
Rising pollution levels and the constant depletion of natural resources have become pressing concerns in India today, and the environmental instability they lead to has caused plenty of controversies. The country’s high dependence on fossil fuels and its adverse impact on nature have naturally increased the demand for cleaner and greener energy sources. It’s the … Read more
Rather than just an added cost, sustainability presents a chance to create value for society, customers and the business. Image: Shutterstock Is it really possible for a profit-driven organisation to be sustainable? This existential question may well be keeping leaders awake at night amid pressure from consumers, regulators and investors – and potentially their own … Read more
When Veena Solipuram stepped away from her IT career in 2004 to raise her children, she didn’t know she’d one day return to the workforce – let alone as a Director of Terminus, a real estate group, and one of the founders of Emerzhent, a property management company. Her story, marked by resilience, humility, and … Read more
As India’s Direct-to-Consumer (D2C) sector advances towards an anticipated $60 billion market valuation by 2027, the Forbes India D2C LevelUp Conclave, presented by DTDC on March 20, 2025 in New Delhi, convened some of the most influential voices shaping this dynamic landscape. The conclave offered compelling perspectives on critical growth drivers – intelligent logistics, rapid … Read more
Bhavish Aggarwal, Founder and CEO, Ola Image: Selvaprakash Lakshmanan for Forbes India Krutrim, Bhavish Aggarwal’s third venture after Ola Cabs and Ola Electric, is touted to be India’s answer to artificial intelligence (AI) giants such as America’s OpenAI and China’s DeepSeek. Ten months after its launch, the startup achieved unicorn status in January 2024, valuing … Read more
As business leaders approach the later stages of their careers, they may want to consider ways to stay active in the business world. Rather than retiring, they can “rewire” their careers for more purpose-driven work Image: Shutterstock Two years ago, when Anne Chow was CEO of AT&T Business, she decided she was done with her … Read more
Across India’s rich landscape of entrepreneurial brilliance, where ambition meets adversity, the webisode series on Building for Bharat: Empowering Sustainable and Inclusive Innovation, under Leap to Unicorn Season 3, presented by IDFC FIRST Bank, in association with Moneycontrol and CNBC-TV18 . The series unfurled like a tapestry, threaded through by stories of audacity and resilience. … Read more
Nicole Dezen, chief partner officer and CVP of Global Partner Solutions, Microsoft Software company MandelBulb has been automating fiber quality inspections for manufacturing giant Grasim Industries by leveraging Microsoft’s Azure AI services and Microsoft Fabric, its data analytics platform. The use of these has helped them reduce processing time from 4 hours to 1 minute … Read more