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President Donald Trump signed a landmark tax reform on Christmas Eve to replace a 30 year old, complex U.S. tax system. The 429 page law, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act 2017, reflects his resolve to fulfil an election promise, impacting citizens as well as do

Leadership research to identify what is common among successful leaders has been taking place for over a century now. And much of the leadership research has focussed on successful (and unsuccessful) corporate leaders and CEOs, possibly because i

There was a time when digital advertising in India meant advertising on Google. And only after a substantial portion of the advertising budget was spent on the search engine would advertisers consider 'experimenting' on social media. But the times ar

What separates the best CEOs from their merely good peers? It is a question that is being asked by researchers across the world as disruptions both digital and policy become increasingly frequent and upend entire sectors and markets. The Business

Even as the sword of 'liquidation' is hanging over the heads of banks for dozen large corporates under bankruptcy proceedings, the banks have been directed to file for bankruptcy in over two dozen new stressed accounts. These include consumer durable

1) Founder: Started by Y.V. Ratna Kumar in February 2016. While running his Vijayawada based business consulting firm APIMS India, Kumar realised that rural India needed a huge boost in terms of entertainment, information and services. 2) Big Idea: T

Researchers at the University of Washington have come up with something seemingly impossible. They have found a way to print objects in 3D and then connect them to the Internet and other objects without their own Wi Fi or batteries, creating, in effe

CUT THE CRAP AND JARGON, is a take by Shradha Sharma and T. N. Hari aimed at providing lessons from the start up trenches to young entrepreneurs. It recognises the uniqueness of start ups relative to more mature companies, in terms of uncertainties a

With dim hope of any revival in private investments, all eyes are on Budget 2018 for the much needed push to the economy. The Budget is coming at the time when the economy is going through a slowdown because of structural reforms such as demonetisati

Huawei may not be launching its flagship Mate 10 in India, but is offering the same AI experience in the Honor View 10 that boasts a 5.99 inch display with 2,160x1,080p resolution. The device is comfortable to hold, and the screen offers bright colou

Each year during pre Budget time, the Indian healthcare industry points to the one statistic that refuses to change: government spending on healthcare stays put at around one per cent of the GDP. The other pain point is that hospitals are treated on

Being blessed rather unfairly with the ability to see into what we think the future may be gives humans the ability to worry beyond the limits of reasonability where anxiety is no longer helpful or constructive. There are degrees of generalised anxie

The government needs to seriously re think on the ways to promote research and innovation in the country, especially within the Indian pharmaceutical industry. This seems to be coming across as a clear message from the various stakeholders in the Ind

The last month of 2017 saw some of the finest brains of India Inc. and the academic world brainstorm on challenges facing HR managers. The Business Today Knowledge Forum in Human Resources, held on December 14 in Hyderabad, saw HR practitioners from

Anil Manibhai Naik's life revolves around L&T. He has always been willing to talk passionately about the company and its future. A hard taskmaster, Naik set high standards for his staff while at the helm and is the man behind L&Ts success story. Naik

Last year, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning were the buzzwords in the tech world. This year, technology companies are expected to take it a notch higher. We will witness the implementation of AI in the form of virtual companions, voi

More than two decades ago, Y.C. Deveshwar had just taken charge as the managing director at ITC when a senior executive came up to him to inform him about his resignation as ITC had decided to sell the international commodities trading business that

Wheels of Fancy Lamborghini revealed its first 'super SUV', the Urus, in early December. Promptly after its global debut, the Italian marque will launch the SUV in India, priced at `3.5 crore, in January. The name Urus comes from aurochs the ancest

As a member of one of India's oldest and most prosperous business families the JK Group, 64 year old Yadupati Singhania is averse to any ostentatious show of wealth. Still operating out of the 90 year old Kamla Towers in Kanpurs busy Jareeb Chowki

When foreign banker Romesh Sobti took charge at the midsized IndusInd Bank a decade ago, there were not many who would have believed in his vision to transform the private bank. The new generation private bank had legacy issues (Ashok Leyland Finan

At a time when stock prices of most big players in the pharmaceutical industry have plummeted sharply on the bourses, Hyderabad based Natco Pharma stands out the `2,078 crore company has stood its ground despite ups and downs. Consider this: in the

About a decade ago, London listed Vedanta Resources first tried to simplify its corporate structure. But barely two weeks after announcing what it called a mega restructuring plan, the metals and mining giant had scrapped the proposal as the swap rat

If you are under 30 and aspire to make board level decisions, Britannia Industries may be just the place for you. The `10,000 crore biscuit maker has a young management team that takes crucial decisions related to new product launches as well as cate

A round two and a half years ago, 56 year old Mahesh Kumar Jain, then executive director of Indian Bank, found himself all alone at the helm as two of his senior colleagues left the South based bank. T.M. Bhasin, then managing director and Chief Exec

Recent economic turbulence has made steel magnate Sajjan Jindal resilient and wiser. In 2015/16, when demand was picking up in India, he shifted JSW Steels focus to the domestic market, widening its footprint in the south and developing new markets i

This is Business Today's sixth ranking of Best CEOs in India. We published our first such ranking in 2012 in partnership with INSEAD and Harvard Business Review. In 2013, Business Today teamed up with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) to work out a new me

When Kenichi Ayukawa was appointed Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Maruti Suzuki India Ltd in April 2013, the company was not in the best of shape. Following two years of labour unrest at its Manesar factory, its market share had sli

When Kapil Wadhawan came to India after getting a management degree in finance from Australia, his father Rajesh Kumar Wadhawan, who had founded Dewan Housing Finance Ltd (DHFL) in the early 1980s, gave him the task of inspecting expense vouchers. Th

Indu Shekhar Jha possesses a special ability to take people along with him. It is one that has stood him in good stead in his current position as chairman and managing director of Power Grid Corporation of India the centrally owned public sector un

Ashok, who was appointed Chairman and Managing Director of Ratnagiri Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (RRPL) in November last year, had an outstanding record during his three year stint at Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) in the same capacity. But th