A young and energetic bunch at Forbes India recently reckoned it was time to take stock of India's digital stars—a motley and sprightly mix of influencers and digital creators on social media. And this special issue is the result of that Forbes India-INCA project of epic proportions
India has been striving to become a manufacturing hub for the world for a long time now. And it looks like electronics may be India's best chance to hit the big time in manufacturing globally
Few sectors, like banking and payments, can replace the physical with the digital. But there are many sectors where digital is at best a supplement. Like education, where tech tools and platforms are excellent value-adds for personalised learning but probably not a replacement for classroom teaching
In this fortnight's special package on sports tech, we look at the various segments that make up this rapidly growing new-age sector: Casual gaming, Web3, NFT and blockchain-based gaming, esports, sports streaming, sports content and commerce, sporting, experiences platforms. And there's the biggest and perhaps most controversial piece of the pie: Fantasy sports
This fortnight's climate special takes a 360-degree view of the climate crisis, from manufacturers like GE that are adapting to the need for a decarbonised world, to startups working on tech innovations, and investors and philanthropists backing for-profit and not-for-profit models
Our special package this fortnight is on the post-Zoho effect: A flourishing SaaS sector with around 1,500 companies clocking over $2 billion in annual revenues
Many of the Indian billionaires who made it to the list—166, totally—have grown their wealth by building assets and providing services that benefit consumers and investors
As the pandemic gripped the world, nascent direct-to-consumer (D2C), or digital-first brands, hit the fast lane. The business case was made pre-pandemic for such labels that bypass traditional marketing and rely instead on online influencers to build a customer connect. It has worked, now can they sustain the growth momentum?
If you look back from this point, it's obvious who the winners and losers are—those who got in or increased their exposure in the early days of the pandemic, and those who attempted to ride the boom late last year, in that order. But there's another breed that has quietly reaped in more than modest gains
The Forbes India Leadership Awards (FILA) is a celebration of leaders who were able to redefine and, or transform their businesses during a crisis—a pandemic
The pandemic has evolved the HR lexicon to include empathy, compassion, human connection and care; the challenge of course is to ensure that this new engagement permeates through the entire organisation. And those organisations that succeeded make it to the annual Forbes India-Kincentric Best Employers in India study