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“Entrepreneurship Can Be Taught”

The Entrepreneur Development Institute (EDI), Ahmedabad, is at the forefront of providing education, training and research facilities for aspiring entrepreneurs. Here, Dinesh Awasthi, Director of …

Breaking the Steel Barrier

As a 7-year-old, Sminu Jindal dreamed of a career making submerged welded pipes. Today, she handles various aspects of the family business, be it waste …

“We Are Trying to Replicate the U.S. Way”

Upon joining Intel as an engineer, Vinod Dham co-invented the flash drive, co-founded the Pentium chip processor and went on to become Intel’s vice president. …

When the Devil Wears Prada

What it means to be a woman entrepreneur…

Why is it necessary to qualify the word ‘entrepreneur’ in gender terms? Does the fact that men are …

Change is needed

Pune-based angel investor and mentor Shrikant Patil talks about why India is actually a Dharavi to the world, and why the government needs to step …

Learning To Fly

New Generation is taking charge at HCL Corp. CNBC-TV 18’s weekly show India Inc Gen Next caught up with HCL Corp chairman Shiv Nadar and …

The Rs. 17,000 crore support for SMEs

E: What policy decisions can be taken to spur further growth in the MSME sector?
DP: To generate employment opportunities by setting up micro enterprises, the …

The Taste of Success

Shereen Bhan (SB): Your father and the other founders of Infosys have been regarded as poster boys for middle-class entrepreneurial aspirations. How did that impact …

The Real McCoy

He is the man who drove Infosys’ revenue growth from $2 million-$700 million in 10 years. A pioneer of unique offshore outsourcing models, Phaneesh Murthy …

“We see this as the time to consolidate”

Started with just one school 32 years back, the Ryan International Group of Institutions today boasts of 115 educational institutions, teaching over 200,000 students across …