The BT MindRush theme, Post-Pandemic Paradigm, brought out how businesses evolved in possibly their toughest year ever

Technology-enabled risk management has become indispensable to help banks mitigate the impact of the pandemic, in addition to the inherent systemic issues

\"Innovation must be at the forefront. Innovation not only when it comes to products but all around... And lastly, you need empathy,\" said Frederic Widell, VP and Head of South Asia & Managing Director India, Oriflame

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.Also Read: BT MindRush 2021: Here are the winners of 'India's Best CEOs'

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.Also Read: BT MindRush 2021: How AI will change work, workplace and workers

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.Also Read: MindRush 2021: How companies 'rebuilt' businesses amid Covid-19 crisis

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.Also Read: BT MindRush 2021: How AI will change work, workplace and workers

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.Also Read: MindRush 2021: 'After Covid-19, hybrid work culture is way forward but companies need to plan better'

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

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.Also Read: MindRush 2021: How companies 'rebuilt' businesses amid Covid-19 crisis

How different industries fared amid the pandemic? CEOs discuss 'rebuilding businesses' on Day 2 of Business Today MindRush 2021

Amid pandemic, hybrid mode of working has been accepted across industry. How companies are making sure they don't miss on coordination and what are challenges in keeping productivity high. Experts discuss on Day 2 of BT 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

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.Also Read: BT Mindrush 2021: Future of healthcare post-COVID

The new regulations call for a new approach to regulatory framework. The RBI has said that large NBFCs based on balance sheet size or business model (riskier business) would be put in an upper layer which will have a new regulatory supervisory framework

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.Also Read: MindRush 2021: '5G will open up endless probabilities, possibilities, opportunities'

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.Also Read: BT MindRush 2021: From compassion to sense-making, HUL's Sanjiv Mehta shares 7 mantras of effective leader

Discussing the future of healthcare post-COVID at the Business Today MindRush event on Friday, January 22 , a panel of distinguished experts shared their views on how the present crisis will shape the basics of healthcare in times to come

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