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The second innings in the corporate world are celebrated, especially if the individual has had a stellar track record in the first run. One such success is Francisco D'Souza, who after the successful stint of over 25 years with Cognizant, has already moved on to yet another challenge. Harichandan Arakali talks about this cover story.

The 11th edition of Forbes India Leadership Awards is here. FILA 2022 is honouring the best entrepreneurs and business leaders from India who navigated the gradual opening of the economy, reshaped their ventures, and innovated along the way. From the burgeoning Indian startup ecosystem to the traditional behemoths of legacy or private businesses, FILA picked the best. How did the jury take on this...

In the third annual Best Employer issue of Forbes India, the spotlight was put on how companies are engaging with their employees after the Covid-19 pandemic changed the 'normal' ways of working. Monica Bathija talks about how the best were picked from the Kincentric survey, how the featured organisations are different from the rest and the process of putting the issue together

Rajiv Singh gets into the details of the issue that profiles chief financial officers across some marquee organisations in the new-age Indian startup ecosystem. These CFOs do not necessarily come from a finance background. But they are finding solutions to the peculiar set of demands in a unique fashion. The role of a CFO has moved from behind the scenes to the leading fronts. And in this podcast,...

The 2022 Class of Forbes India 30 Under 30 is the epitome of diversity, excellence, and the spirit to make the most of the odds that life throws at us. Forbes India's Ruchika Shah gives you a quick low-down in the list. Best heard while browsing through the full list

A look into the Forbes India #Budget2022 special where we analyse what you can expect from the upcoming Union Budget and what India needs to put its economy back on the growth path. Listen to Neha Bothra and Salil Panchal as they give you a peek into divestment, the fiscal gap, jobs, and a lot more in this package

Entering 2022 with the Omicron virus gripping India, the future looks uncertain once again. We bring together experts from diverse fields such as immunology and innovation; healthcare and fintech; cryptocurrency and entertainment, and more, to crystal gaze into how 2022 will shape up. Listen to Forbes India's Anubhuti Matta as she gives you a glimpse into this collector's edition

Placing bets on the outperformers of today—first-gen, second-gen entrepreneurs, sportspersons, and actors—who will go on to be the Tycoons of Tomorrow. Forbes India's Naini Thaker takes you behind the scenes of how the editorial team huddled over a period of two months to create this definitive list

Forbes India's Naini Thaker—the author of the cover story this fortnight—and Rajiv Singh—anchor of the 'Roaring 50s' special—unpack the latest edition on stands which analyses, recognises, and celebrates founders who started up in their late 40s or 50s, and how a clutch of former professionals, like Nykaa's Falguni Nayar and Digit Insurance's Kamesh Goyal, have found success after taking the plung...

Our W-Power list strives to feature such superwomen—ladies who have taken charge, coped with crises and scripted their success.  The list is by no means exhaustive, but it is representative of women from diverse fields like business and science, entertainment to social impact and sport. Varsha Meghani explains how an insatiable hunger, a strong work ethic, the ability to persist, their integr...

Cover story author Manu Balachandran explains why he calls Tata Motors the phoenix of India's automobile market. That and the carmaker's gambit in India's Electric Vehicle future, where it is building not only products but also an ecosystem that can support the clean vehicles revolution

The annual Forbes India Rich List 2021 issue is on stands now, and Ruchika Shah, who dissects the rich list data every year to bring you insights and trends from the 100 richest Indians' net worth, takes you through the key numbers that you must know. Like, which sector surprisingly didn't do too well this year; and which is the up & coming sector that could go neck and neck with IT and pharma...

From value to revenue and disruption, cover story author Rajiv Singh unpacks why Infra. Market caught his eye and how its founder Aaditya Sharda and Souvik Sengupta are building up the startup to be the next infrastructure conglomerate

This year, instead of a celebrity special that focussed on Bollywood, we decided to do something different. We, at Forbes India, shifted the focus to the four Southern film industries and its superstars that are breaking their moulds, each in their own way. Divya J Shekhar, the anchor of the inaugural South celebs special issue gives you a taste of what you can find in there

Freshworks has captured the imagination of India's startup entrepreneurs. Cover story author Harichandan Arakali gives you a glimpse into how the Saas company went from being a startup to a Nasdaq listed company

On CEO Rajesh Gopinathan’s watch, Tata Consultancy Services, one of the world’s top IT companies, is ready to shed the outsourcing legacy and embrace symbiotic transformational journeys with its biggest customers. Cover story author, technology editor Harichandan Arakali gives you a glimpse

In April 2021, in the span of just four days, India spawned six unicorns. Compare that number with just eight unicorns in the entirety of the last year. 25 unicorns have emerged in the first eight months of this year. Why is it raining unicorns in India? Can they keep galloping? Cover story author Rajiv Singh explains how the glut of money, less cash burn by startups, and digital push during the p...

Bikhchandani started small with founding an internet startup whose aim was never to become an unicorn, but profitable. Today, the billionaire is an entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist, who believes in hardwork and learning from failure. Cover story author, Naini Thaker, tells us more

It's been a decade since SoftBank first invested in India. Their portfolio, which boasts unicorns such as Paytm, Swiggy, Oyo, and InMobi, is $14 billion strong. Pooja Sarkar, the co-author of the cover story with Rajiv Singh, walks us through the functioning of SoftBank's India team, how their knowledge-sharing meetings helped desi startups, and the future of SoftBank Vision Fund in India

With Rs 75,000 capex play, Reliance Industries is planning to give green energy its Jio moment—the move has the potential to make RIL the largest green energy business in India, Samar Srivastava, cover story author gives a peek into the cover story

Global MD & CEO TV Narendran's Herculean task has been to bring Tata Steel back from the brink, aided doubtless by a steady and visibly sustainable upcycle in steel prices. Cover story author Samar Srivastava gives a glimpse behind the scenes

Pooja Sarkar joins this fortnight's Inside Forbes India podcast to give you a sneak peek into the cover story that encapsulates the journey of the India business of Canada-based Brookfield Asset Management from its founding in the post 26/11 Mumbai to deploying $20 billion here since then. Here's the kicker—over 50 percent of it, or $11.3 billion— was invested into the pandemic-ravaged economy

It's raining unicorns in India thus far in 2021 but Moglix is not your usual glam billion-dollar business—it is a B2B ecommerce platform for industrial goods filling a crucial gap for enterprises. Cover story author Manu Balachandran takes you behind the scenes of how Moglix became a unicorn in 6 years, and throws light on third-time unicorn maker Rahul Garg

As India's inoculation drive slows down, Russia's Sputnik V is the third vaccine in the country's kitty. With the necessary approvals in place, at least six manufacturers in India, including the Hetero Group of Companies, will be making a total of 900 million doses of the contentious vaccine. Divya Shekhar and Manu Balachandran give you a peek into the big gambit to ramp up production of the Sputn...

For Forbes India's 12th anniversary, the team came up with 12 pertinent topics or sectors and challenges that India faces today, and invited experts like CEOs, investors, entrepreneurs, economists, philanthropers, to write about their vision for the future of that idea. The topics range from mobility to healthcare, food to luxury, entertainment and sports, jobs and inequality, philanthropy, and mo...