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Updated : Dec 14, 2019

Management guru Radhakrishna Pillai's tips for corporates

Leaders of today's organisations should learn from epics such as Mahabharata, Ramayana and ancient management expert Chanakya's Arthshasthra to bring in changes, said Radhakrishna Pillai, management expert and author of the book, Corporate Chanakya. Speaking at a session on Corporate Chanakya at Business Today Mindrush, he said ideal leaders require certain traits, as Chanakya had elaborated in his book. One of them is ability to gather and dissect information, by either directly pursuing or indirectly pursuing or through perceived or inferred collection of information.

Updated : Dec 13, 2019

BT Mindrush2019: Author Ashwin Sanghi compares mythology and modern business

With numerous popular titles to his name, including The Rozabal Line, Chanakya's Chant, The Krishna Key, Private India (co-written with James Patterson) and The Sialkot Saga, Ashwin Sanghi explains the lifecycle of an enterprise, comparing the two trinities of Gods Brahma, Vishnu and Shiv and Goddesses Saraswati, Lakshmi and Durga. He shares the importance of Chanakya's Arthashastra, Mahabharat and Ramayan for enterprises and how they can draw references from them. Watch the video for more.

Updated : Dec 13, 2019

BT Mindrush2019: Fitness experts stress on small exercise breaks

Addressing the 'time' challenge, holistic fitness trainer and accomplished pilates teacher Vesna Pericevic Jacob said you don't have to slot a special hour in a day for exercise; take out time for small pockets of movement through the course of the day and you'll be good. Whereas, echoing the thoughts, fitness and wellness expert Nawaz Modi Singhania said there are exercises that give you high impact in less time. Jacob and Singhania were speaking at the seventh edition of Business Today MindRush. They also showed some easy moves to the power-packed gathering that one can perform sitting on the chair or standing across the desk. Watch the video for more.

Updated : Dec 13, 2019

BT Mindrush 2019: Bringing in professionalism in family businesses

Kavil Ramachandran, Professor and Executive Director, Thomas Schmidheiny Centre for Family Enterprise, Indian School of Business, Hyderabad spoke at the BT Mindrush 2019 event about strengthening family businesses. Speaking at the seventh edition of Business Today MindRush event on the subject 'How to fortify family business', Ramachandran says family businesses should do a PEST (political, economical, socio-cultural and technology) analysis and scenario building, find opportunities in disruption, balance portfolio of products, quick but balanced response, sustain owner passion and bring in a board for constant monitoring and advice. Watch the video for more.

Updated : Dec 13, 2019

BT Mindrush 2019: Experts on how to have more unicorns in India

At the end of 2017, India had about eight unicorns. Today, there are 30. Yet another nuance of the ecosystem is the fact that the time to becoming a unicorn is shrinking - while it took well over five years for Flipkart, Udaan, a business-to-business e-commerce firm, did it in two. Why is this time span shrinking? At Business Today's annual conclave MindRush in Mumbai, four venture capitalists got together to explain. Anjali Bansal of Avaana Capital, Karthik Reddy, Co-founder of Blume Ventures, Rehan Yar Khan, Managing Partner of Orios Venture Partners, and Tej Kapoor, Managing Director and Head of Fosun RZ Capital India, pointed to a confluence of factors. Watch the video for more.

Updated : Dec 13, 2019

Indian businesses must give importance to mental health, says Neerja Birla

Birla urged corporate India to have a framework which promotes acceptance of mental health. If a company's most talented employees begin to underperform for a prolonged time, if they are unable to cope with their daily deadlines or have suddenly turned quiet or overtly aggressive, then it's a red flag and employees' mental well-being has to be at once looked into. Birla launched Mpower four years ago. Watch the video for more.

Updated : Dec 13, 2019

Why is India's co-working industry growing this fast?

Co-working or flexible workspaces are growing at a scorching pace in India. There are over 300 operators and a recent report stated that flexible space operators were shifting focus towards leasing medium to large-sized spaces. The millennial employee is at the heart of the trend. Millennials want to work out of places that are closer to their homes. Most Indian cities are congested and people are placing a high priority on time. Watch as Harsh Lambah, Country Manager, Regus, Karan Virwani, CWEO, WeWork India, Ritesh Malik, Founder, Innova8, Dr Sandeep Sancheti, VC, SRM University discuss this mindset shift with Rajeev Dubey, Editor, Business Today at BT Mindrush 2019.

Updated : Dec 13, 2019

BT MindRush: India growth story is alive, say India Inc CEOs

India may be going through a slowdown, but it's certainly not doomsday, say CEOs of India Inc at the Business Today Mindrush event. Despite the automobile sector being the worst impacted in the current economic slowdown, Maruti Suzuki India, CEO, Kenichi Ayukawa, said that he looks at India as the most progressive market in the world. "We are investing and preparing for the future." Suresh Narayanan, Chairman and MD, Nestle India said that consumption may have dropped from 11-12 per cent to 7 per cent, but the roof hasn't fallen. "I am optimistic about the Indian economy. It may not be a quick fix, but it's certainly not doomsday."

Updated : Dec 13, 2019

BT MindRush: Experts discuss ways to disrupt the downturn

The worst is not behind us in terms of falling GDP, said members of a panel that discussed 'Disrupting The Slowdown' in BT Mind Rush. "We are not seeing a bottoming out of GDP. There is a need to stop denying that there is a slowdown. This government takes too long to accept that there is a problem. This denial is causing the problem and also causing confusion," said Mahesh Vyas, CEO, CMIE. Samiran Chakraborty, Chief Economist, Citibank India, Ashima Goyal, a member of the PMEAC, Jay Panda, a politician were also a part of the panel. Watch the video for more.

Updated : Dec 13, 2019

India will become a developed nation in coming years, says Dharmendra Pradhan

The Indian industry is going through disruptions but that does not mean that you will die if you don't disrupt, said Pradhan, noting that data is the new oil and the government is formulating a new data policy. Dharmendra Pradhan, Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas and Steel was speaking at BT Mindrush 2019. Listing achievements of the Modi government, he said electricity has reached rural houses, cooking gas has been provided to the poor and toilets have been built to make India open-defecation free. Watch the video for his keynote address.

Updated : Feb 15, 2019

MindRush 2019: There's need to restore data credibility, say economists

Whose data to trust? This seems to be the biggest economic debate in the country right now. Four economists of repute - one of them being part of the government and another part of the previous government - sat together for a Fireside Chat during Business Today's Mindrush 2019. Montek Singh Ahluwalia, the former deputy chairman of the Planning Commission, Ajay Shah, professor, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP), Sanjeev Sanyal, the principal economic advisor to the government of India and Rajat Kathuria, Director and Chief Executive at the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) discussed the issue at length. Watch the video for the full session.

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BT Mindrush2019: Author Ashwin Sanghi compares mythology and modern business

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BT Mindrush 2019: Bringing in professionalism in family businesses

BT Mindrush 2019: Experts on how to have more unicorns in India

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Indian businesses must give importance to mental health, says Neerja Birla

Why is India's co-working industry growing this fast?

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BT MindRush: India growth story is alive, say India Inc CEOs

BT MindRush: Experts discuss ways to disrupt the downturn

India will become a developed nation in coming years, says Dharmendra Pradhan

MindRush 2019: There's need to restore data credibility, say economists

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