From Oyo's Ritesh Agarwal to Mahindra Group’s Chairman Anand Mahindra and Biocon Limited’s Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, check out updates on X (Twitter) from the leaders of Indian Inc
Zerodha co-founder Nithin Kamath shared a post about the initiative ‘Rainmatter’ started by him in 2016. He wrote on X (Twitter), “We started @Rainmatterin in 2016 to support fintech startups working on helping people do better with their money. So far, we have invested ~ Rs 400 crores in 80 startups. In this journey, we realized that having patient Indian investors backing Indian founders is helpful. We're now allocating Rs 1000 crores more to back entrepreneurs building for India.”
Sunny Deol and Ameesha Patel-starrer Gadar 2 has hit the theatres today. Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra had earlier shared a special ad film by the Mahindra Truck and Bus team on the lines of the character Tara Singh, who is a truck driver in the film. He responded to Sunny Deol’s reaction to the ad while tweeting, “How could we forget the character of #TaraSingh? Courage & Conviction defined him & these are attributes that @MahindraTrukBus fosters. Our best wishes for the sequel Sunny Deol.”
Harsh Goenka shared an eye-opening short film which showed some children glued to the screens of mobile phones and tablets. This video seemed to be directed at a seemingly dark future where the children are exposed to unfiltered internet and long hours in front of screens impacting both mental and physical health. He wrote, “Scenes of what is soon going to happen to our kids…”
Tech Mahindra MD & CEO CP Gurnani shared India Today’s article on how Tech Mahindra is training 8,000 employees with AI skills and wrote on X (Twitter), “I’m excited that we’ll soon have an 8,000-strong force with unbeatable skills in AI and quantum computing.. The promise of these two technologies is immense and @Tech_Mahindra is going to lead the way forward in 2024 and beyond!”
Executive Chairperson of Biocon Limited, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw celebrated the achievement by Reshma Kewalramani, who is a Mumbai-born doctor and has become the first female to lead Vertex, an American biopharmaceutical company
Zomato Founder and CEO Deepinder Goyal shared a post on X (Twitter), to inform that the online food delivery app has, "160+ differently-abled delivery partners strong who have delivered approx 39,000 orders." He further wrote, "Each of these special delivery vehicles are customised as per the needs of the delivery partner. This ensures high comfort, mobility and manoeuvrability for the partner. Also, the vehicles are electric and hence environment friendly."
HDFC Bank MD Sashidhar Jagdishan watched an early morning show of Rajnikanth-starrer Jailer in Mumbai. He was spotted with Sridhar Sivaram, Investment Director, Enam Holdings Ltd, in a picture being circulated on X (Twitter)
Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma shared a screenshot, where a Jaipur-based seller expressed joy at selling his/her first unit of AC via Paytm on the ONDC app. VSS wrote, “A small sale for a large e-commerce company, a giant leap for @ONDC_Official kinds.”
Ritesh Agarwal, Founder and Group CEO, Oyo Rooms, shared a video from an interaction and said, “As an entrepreneur, you should never gate keep any information from your team. Instead, foster an inclusive environment that encourages open communication and collaboration.”