MindRush 2021: Experts agree that biggest impediment for all operators will be spectrum cost and all stakeholders need to work together towards addressing these challenges. The other challenge for telcos is to seamlessly deploy infrastructure support
<p>The COVID-19 pandemic did not leave any sector untouched this year. Business leaders have not remained unaffected. It was a trying time as their leadership skills were tested like never before. Business Today has chosen India Inc's Best CEOs rated on their past 3 years' performance from FY20. Find out who the winners were this year.</p><p>Also Read: <a mce_href="https://www.businesstoday.in/mindrush/mindrush-2021/bt-mindrush-2021-here-are-the-winners-of-indias-best-ceos/story/428875.html" target="_blank" href="https://www.businesstoday.in/mindrush/mindrush-2021/bt-mindrush-2021-here-are-the-winners-of-indias-best-ceos/story/428875.html">BT MindRush 2021: Here are the winners of 'India's Best CEOs'</a> </p>
<p>On day 2 of BTMindRush2021, Suresh Narayanan, CMD, Nestle, Ravinder Takkar, MD & CEO, Vodafone Idea and Patu Keswani, CMD, Lemon Tree Hotels discussed how their industries had been hit by the COVID-19 pandemic and how businesses could get back on their feet. Watch the video for more.</p><p>Also Read: <a mce_href="https://www.businesstoday.in/mindrush/mindrush-2021/bt-mindrush-2021-how-ai-will-change-work-workplace-and-workers/story/428881.html" target="_blank" href="https://www.businesstoday.in/mindrush/mindrush-2021/bt-mindrush-2021-how-ai-will-change-work-workplace-and-workers/story/428881.html">BT MindRush 2021: How AI will change work, workplace and workers</a> </p>
<p>The stock markets behave independently in the short term, but follow economic growth and corporate earnings during the long run. The world is going through an unprecedented time with the coronavirus pandemic impacting global economies. Nirmal Jain, Founder and Chairman, IIFL Group talks about what drives market performance, how it behaved during the first few days after lockdown and how it recovered.</p><p>Also Read: <a mce_href="https://www.businesstoday.in/mindrush/mindrush-2021/mindrush-2021-how-companies-rebuilt-businesses-amid-covid-19-crisis/story/428871.html" target="_blank" href="https://www.businesstoday.in/mindrush/mindrush-2021/mindrush-2021-how-companies-rebuilt-businesses-amid-covid-19-crisis/story/428871.html">MindRush 2021: How companies 'rebuilt' businesses amid Covid-19 crisis</a> </p>
<p>AI and robotics are gradually becoming critical in order to increase productivity at the workplace. India produces large amounts of data but the challenge is to mine it intelligently so as to be able to get the best insights. Penetration of robotics is at a very low level in India and has to be increased if India has to become more productive. Daisy Chittilapilly, MD, Digital Transformation Office, Cisco, Subram Natarajan, CTO, IBM India/South Asia, and Dr Rohini Srivathsa, National Technology Officer (CTO), Microsoft India discuss these issues at #BTMindRush2021. Watch the video for more.</p><p>Also Read: <a mce_href="https://www.businesstoday.in/mindrush/mindrush-2021/bt-mindrush-2021-how-ai-will-change-work-workplace-and-workers/story/428881.html" target="_blank" href="https://www.businesstoday.in/mindrush/mindrush-2021/bt-mindrush-2021-how-ai-will-change-work-workplace-and-workers/story/428881.html">BT MindRush 2021: How AI will change work, workplace and workers</a> </p>
In terms of industries, almost all sectors - banking, retail, government, communication - have leveraged AI across the board and used the technology to gain traction widely
<p>COVID-19 has made sure that workplaces post-pandemic would be different. The work-from-home models have been tried and tested in most companies during the last year and many will continue with this model in some form or the other. But this also means that the Human Resource departments have had to adapt and innovate at a rapid speed. Anuradha Razdan, ED, HR, Hindustan Unilever, Rajnarayan, CHRO, The Titan Company, Rajesh Uppal, Sr Executive Director, (HR &IT) Maruti Suzuki India, Rajkamal Vempati, CHRO, Axis Bank, and Mahalakshmi R, HR Head India, Mondelez International share what the new office would look like and how they are meeting the challenges.</p><p>Also Read: <a mce_href="https://www.businesstoday.in/mindrush/mindrush-2021/mindrush-2021-after-covid-19-hybrid-work-culture-is-way-forward-but-companies-need-to-plan-better/story/428870.html" target="_blank" href="https://www.businesstoday.in/mindrush/mindrush-2021/mindrush-2021-after-covid-19-hybrid-work-culture-is-way-forward-but-companies-need-to-plan-better/story/428870.html">MindRush 2021: 'After Covid-19, hybrid work culture is way forward but companies need to plan better'</a> </p>
BT Mindrush 2021: In 2020, Ambani built three sector-dominating businesses under RIL and cleaned off the conglomerate's debts by raising Rs 2.89 lakh crore
<p>The understanding of carrying out businesses has evolved over the years. Many of them faced tough challenges amid the pandemic during the last one year. Watch as Dr Sangita Reddy, Joint Managing Director, Apollo Hospitals and Ashish Shah, COO and Co-Founder, Pepperfry discuss how coronavirus pandemic impacted businesses, their relationship with consumers and define the new normal.</p><p>Also Read: <a mce_href="https://www.businesstoday.in/mindrush/mindrush-2021/mindrush-2021-how-companies-rebuilt-businesses-amid-covid-19-crisis/story/428871.html" target="_blank" href="https://www.businesstoday.in/mindrush/mindrush-2021/mindrush-2021-how-companies-rebuilt-businesses-amid-covid-19-crisis/story/428871.html">MindRush 2021: How companies 'rebuilt' businesses amid Covid-19 crisis</a> </p>
How different industries fared amid the pandemic? CEOs discuss 'rebuilding businesses' on Day 2 of Business Today MindRush 2021
BT MindRush 2021: India received "disproportionately large" amount of foreign portfolio flow in 2020 and this has continued till now in 2021 as well. Besides, he said, most of the emerging markets, except China, reported outflow during the period
BT MindRush 2021: According to Dr Sangita Reddy, one of the drastic changes that she saw during the COVID-19 outbreak was the low footfall of patients in the hospitals because many people were scared that they would get infected by the virus
<p>In these tough times during the pandemic, stress at the workplace has become quite common and managing it in a healthy manner is the need of the hour. Vikram Patel, Professor of Global Health at Harvard Medical School, addresses this pressing issue at #BTMindrush2021. Watch the video for more.</p><p>Also Read: <a mce_href="https://www.businesstoday.in/mindrush/mindrush-2021/bt-mindrush-2021-future-of-healthcare-post-covid/story/428795.html" target="_blank" href="https://www.businesstoday.in/mindrush/mindrush-2021/bt-mindrush-2021-future-of-healthcare-post-covid/story/428795.html">BT Mindrush 2021: Future of healthcare post-COVID</a> </p>
<p>The COVID-19 pandemic has been a huge challenge especially for start-ups. The last 9 months have been a learning experience for all of them. Hear it from Sagar Daryani, Co-Founder, Wow! Momo Foods, Nikhil Kamath, Founder & CIO, Zerodha and Vikram Chopra, Co-Founder & CEO, Cars 24 how they navigated these tough times.</p><p>Also Read: <a mce_href="https://www.businesstoday.in/mindrush/mindrush-2021/bt-mindrush-2021-from-compassion-to-sense-making-hul-sanjiv-mehta-shares-7-mantras-of-effective-leader/story/428782.html" target="_blank" href="https://www.businesstoday.in/mindrush/mindrush-2021/bt-mindrush-2021-from-compassion-to-sense-making-hul-sanjiv-mehta-shares-7-mantras-of-effective-leader/story/428782.html">BT MindRush 2021: From compassion to sense-making, HUL's Sanjiv Mehta shares 7 mantras of effective leader</a> </p>
<p>5G has been rolled out in several countries but its use cases are still being questioned. The technology can have applications across different sectors but how viable are they commercially? What are the global examples of successful use cases? Watch Dr P D Vaghela, chairman, TRAI, Akhil Gupta, Vice- Chairman, Bharti Enterprises, Shyam Mardikar, President, Reliance Jio and Prashant Singhal, Emerging Markets TMT Sector Leader, EY as they discuss the future of 5G and its viability.</p><p>Also Read: <a mce_href="https://www.businesstoday.in/mindrush/mindrush-2021/mindrush-2021-5g-will-open-up-endless-probabilities-possibilities-opportunities/story/428788.html" target="_blank" href="https://www.businesstoday.in/mindrush/mindrush-2021/mindrush-2021-5g-will-open-up-endless-probabilities-possibilities-opportunities/story/428788.html">MindRush 2021: '5G will open up endless probabilities, possibilities, opportunities'</a> </p>
She emphasised on the importance of global collaboration and understanding in dealing with a pandemic
BT MindRush 2021: Vikram Patel, during his address, explained what corporates can do and what they should be doing to combat mental health-related problems at the workplace
<p>The world has been going through a healthcare crisis of an unprecedented nature. As we stare at a possible solution to the crisis in the form of vaccines, the big question is whether we are ready to face any future pandemics. How prepared is India to deal with the ongoing crisis and any that arise in the future? Dr. Krishna Ella, CMD, Bharat Biotech, Dr. K Srinath Reddy, President, Public Health Foundation of India and Dr. A Velumani, MD, Thyrocare discuss the challenges at #BTMindrush2021.</p><p>Also Read: <a mce_href="https://www.businesstoday.in/mindrush/mindrush-2021/mindrush-2021-ai-impact-on-economy-to-be--rapid-in-3-5-years-says-softbank-rajeev-misra/story/428754.html" target="_blank" href="https://www.businesstoday.in/mindrush/mindrush-2021/mindrush-2021-ai-impact-on-economy-to-be--rapid-in-3-5-years-says-softbank-rajeev-misra/story/428754.html">MindRush 2021: AI impact on economy to be rapid in 3-5 years, says SoftBank's Rajeev Misra</a> </p>
<p>India's economy is going through turbulent times and innovative ways are needed to steer businesses out of this chaos. Arvind Panagariya, Professor of Economics, Columbia University, Rajeev Misra, CEO, SoftBank Vision Fund, Sanjiv Mehta, CMD, Hindustan Unilever, Dr Soumya Swaminathan, Chief Scientist, WHO deliver keynote addresses to the audience of #BTMindrush2021 on these key issues.</p><p>Also Read: <a mce_href="https://www.businesstoday.in/mindrush/mindrush-2021/india-will-return-to-pre-covid-growth-at-a-higher-rate-will-grow-at-8-says-arvind-panagariya/story/428762.html" target="_blank" href="https://www.businesstoday.in/mindrush/mindrush-2021/india-will-return-to-pre-covid-growth-at-a-higher-rate-will-grow-at-8-says-arvind-panagariya/story/428762.html">BT MindRush: India to return to pre-COVID growth at higher rate, will grow at 8%, says Arvind Panagariya</a> </p>
Business Today MindRush 2021 startups: Zerodha CIO and founder Nikhil Kamath, Wow Momos' Co-founder Sagar Daryani and Cars24 Co-fonder and CEO Vikram Chopra expound on the challenges and opportunities for the startup world during COVID-19
Speaking at the Business Today MindRush event on Friday, January 22, Arvind Panagariya, Professor of Economic, Columbia University and Former VC, NITI Aayog said that the economic recovery hinges upon how fast the government can bring the coronavirus under control
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