Enterprise
IPL media rights: Crucial SC verdict tomorrow
The Supreme Court will decide how IPL’s media rights should be given. If it favours e-auctions, BCCI will lose out on random high bids while media firms can expect a more sedate fight.
Enterprise
Sikka Exit: Worst not behind Infosys yet
Vishal Sikka’s exit is a consequence of many demands Narayana Murthy made of Infosys. Unless the remaining ones are swept away new troubles are bound to crop up.
Enterprise
Ambit stokes Panaya, puts Infosys and Sikka on watch
Research firm Ambit Capital joins Narayana Murthy in asking Infosys management to make Panaya report public. If more join the chorus, the stock will take a beating.
Enterprise
Climbing up the social ladder: Maruti Suzuki
Maruti Suzuki is making moves to become more visible to its new, affluent customers. Fashion and music, themes with an universal appeal, are its early picks.
Are you listening Mr Piyush Goyal?
Piyush Goyal has set lofty solar power targets. But with tariffs on a downward trajectory and dynamics of the sector changing, he needs to tweak policy to address these changes.
GST rejig spooks plans of German luxury car makers
Rahil Ansari of Audi India, Roland Folger of Mercedes-Benz India, and BMW Group India’s Vikram Pawah talk about implications of a hike in total tax incidence on luxury cars
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Ideas
Building blocks of a monopoly
NBCC has grown brick by brick, thanks to its unique business model for government infrastructure and housing projects.
Technology
Global teachers, local lessons
India-born CEOs of global software giants are showing the way ahead to the industry back home.
Ideas
Tata Motors gears up for a new ride
The company is identified with the cars and trucks it makes. But its defence strategy could change things. The Kestrel, an armoured carrier it built for the Indian army, is a sign of things to come.
People
To infinity and beyond
Space designer and entrepreneur Susmita Mohanty believes that space is not the final frontier. But even as she looks beyond the horizon, she’s working to make India’s space programme commercially profitable.
Enterprise
Sànnu. Ibaulachi. Bawo. Hello, Africa
Whatever the language, it’s the connection that matters. Meet Ramesh Awtaney, the man connecting Africa to the world. His story, from dealmaker to entrepreneur, is a lesson in old-fashioned networking.
People
NSE’s relationships have suffered: Limaye
It has been less than a month since Vikram Limaye took charge as MD and CEO of NSE and he is already putting in 17 hours a day. He has a long to-do list which he says is a good thing.
Trends from the Fortune India 500
The fifth edition of the Fortune India 500 shows that cautious optimism is the mood of the moment.
Seeds of change
Farming will go back to basics with the help of tomorrow’s technology.
Do not disrupt: The Oberoi fights back
At 87, P.R.S. ‘Biki’ Oberoi faces the most challenging period in his career. One threat comes from a familiar foe: big hotel chains, and the other from an upstart: technology. The hotelier’s response: He was to close one of his most profitable properties for two years to renovate. Will his bold move pay off?
Fuelling change from within
Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation tapped its lignite mining business and got into power generation around two decades ago. The results have been electrifying.