Cover Story
- India's largest FMCG firm's cigarette and hotel businesses continue to weigh on valuations, making investors restless. Can a demerger help it attract investor attention?
- ITC's FMCG business has been at the centre of the company’s transformation journey. But the market is not impressed, and investors believe a demerger is the only way to bring the stock out of the woods. Chairman and MD Sanjiv Puri is, however, non-committal. In a conversation with Ajita Shashidhar and Rajeev Dubey, Puri shares his strategy for the company’s next level of growth. Edited excerpts:
The People's Person
Tapan Singhel, CEO and Managing Director, Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Kulmeet Bawa, President and MD, SAP, Indian Subcontinent Ameera Shah, Promoter and Managing Director of Metropolis Healthcare
India's Hydrogen Dreams
Reliance Industries’ big-bang entry into hydrogen is likely to accelerate development of the nascent industry, and play a critical role in India’s fight against climate changeIndian Pharma on a Profit Trip(S)
Whether WTO approves India-South Africa proposal for TRIPS waiver or not, Indian industry will remain pivotal to global plans to tackle pandemics Armed with disposable income and a willingness to splurge, this consumer cohort comprises over 10 per cent of the population. No wonder marketers are beginning to target this segment with specialised productsSoaring Start-up Valuations, Rising Questions
Indian start-ups are flush with funds. In fact, 2021 has seen the fastest-ever addition of 15 start-ups to the billion-dollar club, some at eyebrow-raising valuations. But will the hype sustain?
Making the Most of the Cloud
The hybrid cloud model provides security, greater flexibility and optimises costs for organisations
Sanjiv Puri's Classic Tussle
ITC Chairman Sanjiv Puri is in the midst of one of those tussles with the restless stock market. Four years into the job, his new businesses haven't matured enough to start firing up topline and bottomline, or delight the shareholders
Return to Office? No, Thanks!
Many white-collar workers are ready to spruce up resumes and look for a job change if asked to return to office
Shaping India's Bad Bank
Government and RBI are working to make the National Asset Reconstruction Company a reality. Here’s why we must learn from global experience
Southbound
After a minor jump in the previous quarter, business confidence stays on a downward slope as the second wave of the pandemic hits businesses, finds the latest Business Today's Business Confidence Index
