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  • Disruption edition Forbes India turns sweet sixteen with giant strides

    Disruption edition Forbes India turns sweet sixteen with giant strides

    MUMBAI: Who says turning sixteen can’t come with serious swagger? Forbes India has marked its 16th anniversary not with cake and candles, but with a hard-hitting, forward-looking special edition titled Giant Strides, a tribute to the power of disruption as the engine of transformation. Themed around seismic shifts shaping the country’s economy, society and culture, the commemorative issue brings together some of India’s sharpest minds and boldest voices.

    From boardrooms to Olympic podiums, this edition rounds up a powerhouse lineup: Mercedes-Benz India CEO Santosh Iyer, Tata Power Praveer Sinha, Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani, Info Edge Sanjeev Bikhchandani, Mahindra Rajesh Jejurikar, Zydus Group Sharvil Patel, and even Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra, who steps in to talk about mental health and elite sport.

    The essays span everything from clean energy to AI, manufacturing to healthcare, charting India’s reinvention across sectors. These aren’t just nostalgic reflections; they’re bold blueprints for the road ahead, a call to embrace reinvention with urgency, clarity and intent.

    Ditching its usual cover design, the issue features a striking new visual identity, a bold aesthetic shift that mirrors the theme of transformation itself. It’s disruption, by design.

    In keeping with Forbes India’s mission since its 2009 debut, this edition doubles down on future-forward storytelling, shining a light on the entrepreneurs, thinkers and leaders driving the next chapter of India’s growth. Because in the age of disruption, standing still isn’t an option, it’s a liability.

    You can grab a copy at your nearest newsstand or digitally. But don’t expect a nostalgia fest. This is not a rear-view mirror moment, it’s a periscope into possibility.

    Sixteen years in, and Forbes India is still writing tomorrow’s headlines today.

  • Ecloset joins ONDC Network

    Ecloset joins ONDC Network

    Mumbai: Ecloset, the premier destination for personalized styling services, is proud to announce its integration with the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC). This strategic partnership marks a significant milestone in Ecloset’s mission to democratize fashion styling and empower individuals across India.

    ONDC, an initiative by the visionary Nandan Nilekani, creator of India’s Aadhaar system, is a revolutionary open network designed to connect buyers, sellers, and payment providers in the digital commerce ecosystem. It serves as a digital trade facilitator, providing a level playing field for all participants.

    Through this integration, Ecloset’s tech-enabled, personalized styling-advisory service will become easily discoverable to millions more customers nationwide. By leveraging the ONDC network, individuals from all corners of India will soon have seamless access to Ecloset’s team of highly experienced fashion stylists, who specialize in creating custom looks tailored to each client’s individuality, comfort, aspirations, and preferences.

    “We are thrilled to join the ONDC network and expand our reach to a broader audience across India,” said Ecloset founder & managing director Rashmi Chopra. “This integration aligns perfectly with our mission to bring out the best in individuals through their personal fashion and style. By harnessing the power of ONDC, we will be able to enhance our catalogue, provide a wider choice of products, and deliver greater value to our customers.”

    In addition to making Ecloset’s personalised styling services more accessible, the integration with ONDC will enable customers to seamlessly find and purchase products recommended by Ecloset stylists through any app integrated with the ONDC network. This streamlined shopping experience will empower individuals to express themselves confidently, whether at the workplace, social gatherings, or family occasions.

    As Ecloset continues to innovate and expand its offerings, the collaboration with ONDC reaffirms its commitment to revolutionising the fashion industry and empowering individuals to embrace their unique style with confidence.

  • Govindraj Ethiraj quits Bloomberg UTV

    Govindraj Ethiraj quits Bloomberg UTV

    MUMBAI: Bloomberg UTV Editor-in-Chief Govindraj Ethiraj has put in his papers at the business news channel. He will remain with the channel till the end of September,working with the business leadership team to ensure a smooth transition.

    Ethiraj will be joining Nandan Nilekani to be a part of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) project being undertaken by the Government of India.

    Ethiraj was one of the founding members of Bloomberg UTV (then UTVi) and has played a crucial role in establishing Bloomberg UTV’s operations in the country and growing it from the pilot stage in 2006.

    UTV Group chairman and CEO Ronnie Screwvala said, “Since Bloomberg UTV’s inception, Govind has been one of the key catalysts in ensuring the genesis and birth of a new business entity and successfully navigating it though it’s pilot stage. His departure will be a loss for us, but we fully understand and support his decision to answer to a higher call of duty in being of service to our country. The strong leadership team that Govind has built on the editorial side will ensure that Bloomberg UTV is well set for its next stage of growth across television, internet and mobile.”

    Ethiraj added, “I have always wanted to work on a project that reflected ambition and scale and, at the same time, helped understand my country and its real issues better. The UIDAI project gives me the opportunity to do that and work with an exciting and committed team led by Nilekani.”

  • CNBC-TV18 launches new series with Nandan Nilekani

    CNBC-TV18 launches new series with Nandan Nilekani

    MUMBAI: CNBC TV18 is launching a special weekly series Imagining India & Nandan Nilekani from 13 June. The show will air every Saturday at 10 pm and on Sundays at 7 pm.

    The show marks Nilekani, following on his bestselling book ‘Imagining India,’ as guest anchor with CNBC TV18 executive editor Shereen Bhan.

    The pair will be joined by guests from a gamut of fields including business leaders, venture capitalists, economists, writers, sociologists and thought leaders to discuss issues ranging from Indian infrastructure to globalisation and India, the Indian demographic dividend to primary education and more.

    Some of the guests are Godrej Group chairman Adi Godrej, author Sanjeev Sanyal, Feedback Ventures chairman Vinayak Chaterjee, HT Media chairperson Shobhana Bhartia, scriptwriter Jaideep Sahni (Chak De India and Khosla Ka Ghosla), Future Group chief economist and strategist Roopa Purshottam and sociologist and author Dipankar Gupta.

    CNBC TV18 and CNBC Awaaz VP marketing Neel Chowdhury said, “Nilekani is clearly a visionary leader, as was evident from the success of his book. We’re happy that India’s sharpest minds chose CNBC TV18 as a platform to debate the most powerful ideas that can change the course of the nation. We hope that this series will be an important reference point for policy makers and all stakeholders in the journey to collectively realise India’s dream of a successful and stable future.”

  • Times Now to feature the vision of ‘Bangalore Tomorrow’

    Times Now to feature the vision of ‘Bangalore Tomorrow’

    MUMBAI: Starting 21 August, Times Now has launched a series Bangalore Tomorrow showcasing icons like Nandan Nilekani, Dr Devi Shetty, Vani Ganapathy, Arundhati Nag, U R Anantha Murthy and Kiran Mazumdar Shaw providing an account on their vision for the series.

    Bangalore Tomorrow, Action Today, For Tomorrow is the new focus on urban trends on the channel. According to an official release, the series has started with ‘I report from Bangalore’, a series of vignettes, where the regular news faces have taken a backseat and the prominent, concerned Bangaloreans are playing the roles of reporters for the city.

    As part of its regular news programs, this initiative will present vision, insights and information on the cities infrastructure, environment, crime and emerging industries thereby shaping a vision for Bangalore’s Tomorrow.

    Commenting on the special series on Bangalore, Times Now CEO Sunil Lulla said, “As an urbane channel, Times Now regularly focuses on cities and their issues. Bangalore is at crossroads today, with the citizens looking at a lot of action towards making the city look different Tomorrow. It is this essence of Bangalore Tomorrow that we are capturing on the channel.”

    With an approach to enthuse participation on presenting viewer’s point of view, the channel has launched an on-ground campaign, wherein the viewers will get a chance to voice their opinion to the camera crews in the city. This is also supported by an aggressive SMS contest to weave in greater interactivity and encourage Bangaloreans to speak up for their city.

  • Business Luminary Nandan Nilekani shares his experiences with CNN’s Todd Benjamin in ‘The Boardroom’

    Business Luminary Nandan Nilekani shares his experiences with CNN’s Todd Benjamin in ‘The Boardroom’

    Airtimes: Indian Standard Times
    Tuesday, June 6 at 1830 hrs during World News Asia
    Saturday, June 10 at 1100am during World Business this Week and
    1830 hrs during World News
    Sunday, June 11 at 1930 hrs during World News

     

    THE BOARDROOM is CNN’s new weekly interview segment offering insights into the minds of the world’s top business leaders. The interview segment airs across primetime evening news on WORLD NEWS ASIA and business programming including WORLD BUSINESS TODAY AND BUSINESS INTERNATIONAL. This week, CNN’s Financial Editor, Todd Benjamin interviews Nandan Nilekani, the President and CEO of Indian software giant, Infosys Technologies, on THE BOARDROOM.

     

    Nilekani speaks to Todd Benjamin about his childhood, family and his education and shares his experiences while building the first Indian company to be listed on the NASDAQ.

     

    He also talks about his expeditious journey, with his six partners, which led to the foundation of one of India’s biggest software companies. He proudly attributes his present stature to his middle class upbringing, which enabled him to dream and create a company with the highest standard of ethics, corporate governance and transparency.

     

    While pondering over the prevailing corruption in India, Nilekani talks to THE BOARDROOM about India’s boom, the drive behind his Company’s success and also why he believes India is ‘a good role model for emulation.’

     

    Next up is Brett Yormark, the 39 year old CEO of the Nets Sports and Entertainment, before Chairman of Esquel Group Marjorie Yang speaks to Andrew Stevens in Hong Kong. Finally Todd Benjamin rounds off June in an interview with Dell CEO Kevin Rollins.

     

    THE BOARDROOM goes beyond quarterly earnings and trading updates and focuses instead on what motivates these cognoscente CEOs, their leadership styles and strategies. Todd Benjamin in Europe, Maggie Lake in the U.S. and Andrew Stevens in Asia bring priceless face time with the biggest names in business and the top leaders of the world’s most powerful and influential companies.