Palak Agarwal

palak.agarwal@aajtak.com

Palak brings over a decade of rich, multifaceted experience in journalism, spanning radio, digital platforms, and currently working across print and digital with Business Today. While she holds experience in education, health, and lifestyle reporting, her expertise shines in business journalism, particularly covering startups, tech, and MSMEs. Her storytelling extends beyond the written realm, with voice-over work for All India Radio, satellite channels, e-commerce platforms, and the creation of video series on Ind...

Platforms have expanded access to work in an economy where nearly 90% of jobs are informal.

‘Scale doesn’t excuse shifting all risk to workers’: Hidden power gap in India’s gig economy

by Palak Agarwal |Jan 5, 2026

Labour oversupply, fragmented workforces and algorithmic control allow gig platforms to absorb strikes quietly, exposing a widening power gap between app companies, workers and India’s evolving labour...

Rohit Kapoor, CEO, Swiggy Food Marketplace

Trying multiple ways to succeed: Swiggy Food Marketplace CEO Rohit Kapoor

by Palak Agarwal |Dec 31, 2025

Swiggy’s budget app ‘Toing’ signals a strategic pivot towards affordability to attract India’s price-sensitive middle class.

Why food delivery companies are targeting value-conscious consumers

by Palak Agarwal |Dec 30, 2025

As online growth slows, companies in the business are targeting value-conscious consumers, signalling a new phase of competition and innovation in a market hit by high prices and lengthening delivery ...

Sean Hyunil Sohn, CEO of KRAFTON India, said the global gaming industry has historically been driven by non-RMG formats.

Will 2025 be remembered as the year Indian gaming sector grew up or gave up?

by Palak Agarwal |Dec 29, 2025

A sweeping real-money gaming ban jolts India’s gaming industry, forcing painful exits but accelerating a shift towards sustainable models, original IP and global ambitions.

The store will be owned and operated by sellers — like dark stores — but will carry Instamart branding,

Why Instamart is testing offline retail amid the quick commerce war

by Palak Agarwal |Dec 22, 2025

The move reflects a seller-funded, high-capex attempt to strengthen neighbourhood-level visibility amid intensifying competition.

Women in Start-ups: How Women Founders are Reshaping India’s Start-Up Landscape

by Palak Agarwal |Dec 21, 2025

Women founders are reshaping India's start-up landscape, breaking biases, defying funding gaps, and proving that entrepreneurship is no longer a space they're expected to enter quietly or temporarily.

Sindhu Gangadharan’s agile leadership is driving SAP Labs India’s big AI push

by Palak Agarwal |Dec 19, 2025

As SAP Labs India becomes central to the firm's global AI engine, Sindhu Gangadharan leads with agility, purpose, and a focus on transforming India into a creator of deep tech.

Speciale Invest to launch Growth Fund II, a Rs 1,400 crore growth-stage fund

Speciale Invest bets on Rs 1,400 crore growth fund, targets Indian deep-tech's 'valley of death'

by Palak Agarwal |Dec 18, 2025

As Indian deep-tech startups move from lab to market, capital often dries up at the most critical stage, aka the 'valley of death'.

Even as debate continues around a potential AI bubble, investments in AI-led startups show little sign of slowing.

From frenzy to fundamentals, how AI is resetting startup funding in 2026

by Palak Agarwal |Dec 16, 2025

According to Vipul Patel, Partner, Seed Investing, IIMA Ventures, the startup funding landscape in 2026 will be shaped by a clear shift toward technology-led and capability-driven growth.