Ideas for a new India

Updated : Dec 30, 2014

Administrative reforms must for nation's long-term growth

Administrative reforms have to be undertaken in mission mode. We must have evangelising missionaries leading them, writes Prajapati Trivedi, economic adviser to the govt.

Updated : Dec 30, 2014

Manoj Kohli suggests reforms for improving ease of doing business in India

Manoj Kohli, managing director of Bharti Enterprises writes on how India can change its image to a business-friendly economy for the rest of the world.

Updated : Dec 29, 2014

Six things India must do to be innovation leader for emerging markets

We have the potential to be a $10 tn economy in next 20 years if we encourage manufacturing and innovation in select sectors, writes D. Shivakumar, CEO of PepsiCo India.

Updated : Dec 26, 2014

India Inc must adopt 'go green' mantra to reap gains

Corporates that are proactively focused on sustainability will do better in future than those that are purely reactive both in terms of their social financial objectives.

Updated : Dec 26, 2014

What it takes to succeed as businessman in India

Shiv Nadar writes on how businessman can succeed in India -  the country where doing business, especially for small enterprises, is a challenging task.

Updated : Dec 23, 2014

India needs to focus on quality of education to accelerate long-term growth

India will get trapped in 'middle-income', if we do not act with urgency now to transform the quality of education delivered in our country.

Updated : Dec 23, 2014

Change in dynamics of land, labour needed for massive job creation

We have not made progress because of the transmission losses between the poetry rooted knowing "what" and the plumbing focused knowing "how", writes Manish Sabharwal.

Aroon Purie, chairman and editor-in-chief, India Today Group

Updated : Dec 19, 2014

The long view, really

With the new government now in place for the last six months, the country is impatiently waiting for the revival of the economy after several dismal years.

Updated : Dec 19, 2014

Services growth is poised to drive manufacturing in India

While manufacturing will add another dimension to our growth, the services sector will continue to be strong, writes banker KV Kamath.

Updated : Dec 18, 2014

India needs to embrace quality, look past jugaad in next stage of growth

India has to break out from its low-quality past and embrace quality in the next stage of its growth.

Updated : Dec 18, 2014

Disruptive innovation is a strategy, not just the technology

In a rare interview, Christensen tells Business Today the relevance of his theory of disruptive innovation and explains with real-life examples how it could play out in today's context.