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  • Business Today holds Most Powerful Women in Business awards for 2023

    By A Correspondent

     

    Prabha Narasimhan, MD & CEO, Colgate-Palmolive India, Arundhati Bhattacharya, Chairperson & CEO, Salesforce India, Falguni Nayar, Founder & CEO, Nykaa, Nandini Piramal, Chairperson, Piramal Pharma Ltd, Vibha Padalkar, MD & CEO, HDFC Life Insurance, and Zoya Akhtar, Director & Co-Founder, Tiger Baby, were among the women achievers awarded by Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI) Chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch at the 20th edition of Business Today’s Most Powerful Women in Business event in Mumbai on Friday.

     

    Six women, who are seven-time winners entered Business Today’s MPW Hall of Fame, making way for new entrants to come in next year. The list of achievers has seven debutantes, four comebacks, and 40 repeat winners from last year. This year’s list also has five global winners – Indians who have made the country proud with their achievements on the world stage.

     

    A special issue of Business Today magazine was unveiled  at the event. Speaking on the occasion, Buch, the first woman chairperson of SEBI, said simply parachuting someone at the top and doing nothing at the bottom will not to work for India. “Don’t do tokenism by putting more women on the board. Let’s see the disclosure on what percentage of your manpower cost goes to women. It will take care of everything,” she said about Indian organisations.

     

    While delivering the vote of thanks, Kalli Purie, Vice-Chairperson, India Today Group, said: “The rise of women power is not just in urban centres and in gatherings such as this, but it has percolated down to rural areas. To me, this churn is the most exciting and interesting that these women are independent, fierce and ambitious. I am really excited at the juncture of history we are in at the moment. What better place to discuss this than at the 20th edition of Business Today’s Most Powerful Women in Business list which honours 56 leaders from across so many fields.”

     

    The evening started with a panel discussion titled ‘A View From The Corner Office’ comprising Ameera Shah, MD, Metropolis Healthcare, Upasana Taku, Co-Founder & COO, MobiKwik, Vinati Saraf Mutreja, MD & CEO, Vinati Organics Ltd, Prabha Narasimhan, MD & CEO, Colgate Palmolive India, and Devita Saraf, Chairperson & CEO, Vu Group. They discussed the challenges and opportunities for women in the world of work.

     

    It continued with  discussions with Ashima Goyal, Member, RBI’s Monetary Policy Committee, Padmaja Chunduru, MD & CEO, National Securities Depository Ltd, Rekha M. Menon, Former Chairperson & Senior Managing Director, Accenture in India, Arundhati Bhattacharya, Chairperson & CEO, Salesforce India, Zia Mody, Co–Founder & Managing Partner, AZB & Partners and Kalpana Morparia, Former Chairman, J. P. Morgan, South and Southeast Asia, and other senior business leaders. Nandini Piramal, Chairperson, Piramal Pharma, spoke on ‘Journey Through Leadership & Innovation’, and Zoya Akhtar, filmmaker & co-founder, Tiger Baby, spoke on ‘Creativity Through The Female Lens’.

     

     

  • The day-long conference will conclude with 'India's Best CEO Awards'

    BT Mindrush 2023 to be held today

    By Our Staff

     

    Business Today magazine is conducting BT Mindrush 2023 in Mumbai today.  This year’s discussions will feature a line-up of prominent leaders from the business world, including N Chandrasekaran, Chairman of Tata Sons; Nandan Nilekani, Chairman of Infosys and Ajay Piramal, Chairman of Piramal Group, among others. Jyotiraditya Scindia, Union Minister of Civil Aviation & Steel, Government of India, will represent the policymakers.

     

    The conference will begin with a session titled ‘The Entrepreneur’s Playbook: Managing Conflict. Grooming the Next-Gen. Innovation,’ by Sougata Ray, Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship (Practice); Chair Professor and Executive Director, Thomas Schmidheiny Centre for Family Enterprise, Indian School of Business.

     

    A deep dive conversation on ‘The World as India’s Oyster: The Reshaping of Global Supply Chains. China Plus One. India’s New Fortune. Or Missed Opportunity,’ will feature Praveer Sinha, CEO & MD of Tata Power, Shashi Kiran Shetty, Founder and Chairman, Allcargo Group, S. Suresh, MD of EID Parry, Sajjan Bhajanka, CMD of Century Plyboards, and Parmod Sagar, MD & CEO of RHI Magnesita.

     

    Ajay Piramal, Chairman of Piramal Group, will share his thoughts on “Animal Spirits: The Investment Drought. The Growth Binge. The Skill of the Entrepreneur.”

     

    A session titled Leverage Play: Appetite for Growth, Lure of Easy Debt, Managing Leverage Risks: How India’s Best Corporations Strike the Right Balance will focus on the balance between growth and debt management, featuring insights from Suresh Narayanan, CMD of Nestlé India, T.V. Narendran, CEO and MD of Tata Steel, Suneeta Reddy, MD, Apollo Hospitals Enterprise and Sanjeev Krishan, Chairman of PwC India.

     

    The Business Today Mindrush 2023 will also host Nandan Nilekani, the Chairman of Infosys, who will speak on “The Transformer: National Identity Creator. E-commerce Evangelist. India’s Tech Conscience.” Later in the evening, N. Chandrasekaran, Chairman of Tata Sons, will share his perspective on “Reinventing Tata: Redirecting the Colossus. Connecting with the Consumer. Successes and Failures.” The session will delve into how Tata Sons navigate the rapidly changing business landscape and build a stronger connection with consumers.

     

    The “The Path to the Trophies” session at the Business Today Mindrush 2023 will explore India’s journey to becoming a global economic power. Vivek Prasad, Leader-Markets at PwC India, will provide insights into the economic factors contributing to India’s growth with a talk on ‘The Path to the Trophies.’

     

    Minister Scindia will speak on the platform to provide a policymaker’s perspective.

     

    The conference will conclude with a special address from Aroon Purie, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of India Today Group, followed by the ‘India’s Best CEO Awards’ that is presented in partnership with PwC India.

     

  • Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman unveils logo and anniversary issue

    Business Today turns 30

    By Our Staff

     

    Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman along with India Today group Chairperson Aroon Purie unveiled Business Today’s 30th Anniversary Special Edition on Tuesday.

     

    Noted a communique: “One of the biggest editions ever of the magazine, the 30th anniversary issue has seven covers, 162 pages of editorial content, and 75 pages of advertisements from across categories like BFSI, IT, Luxury, Education and real estate among others, which include several innovations. On the circulation front, Business Today’s distribution reach has extended to new-age platforms such as Milkbasket, Fresh to Home, Amazon, Flipkart, and non-conventional outlets for magazine sales such as Spencers Retail, Patanjali Mega Mart, milk booths, grocery stores, and super markets. This has not only enabled the magazine sales to revive in the post-pandemic world but also accelerated growth in circulation. As a result, Business Today has already surpassed the pre Covid numbers in terms of circulation by end of January, and with the Anniversary jump of 33 per cent, it has scaled an all-time high.”

     

  • Alok Nair takes charge as Chief Revenue Officer. Also onboarded are Alokesh Bhattacharyya and Aayush Ailawadi

    Business Today further beefs up top deck

    By Our Staff

     

    In line with its aggressive expansion into business and economic news and also working towards the rumoured launch of an aggressive video/television play, the India Today Group (ITG) has tapped more top industry talent for its Business Today team.

     

    Alok Nair
    Alok Nair
    Alokesh Bhattacharyya
    Alokesh Bhattacharyya
    Aayush Ailawadi
    Aayush Ailawadi

    The ITG has appointed Alok Nair as Chief Revenue Officer, and senior journalists Alokesh Bhattacharyya as Managing Editor and content strategist Aayush Ailawadi as Tech Editor of Business Today.

     

    In June this year, the group announced the appointment of Udayan Mukherjee as its Global Business Editor and host of a daily business show. Later, it appointed Sourav Majumdar as the new Editor of Business Today magazine, and Siddharth Zarabi, as Managing Editor of Business Today TV. Also, Anirban Roy, formerly with The Wall Street Journal and Reuters, was appointed Business Today’s Online Editor and Aabha Bakaya as co-host of the Business Today TV show.

     

  • Anirban Roy is Business Today’s Online Editor and Aabha Bakaya will be co-host of its upcoming Business Today TV show

    Business Today beefs up top deck

    By Our Staff

     

    The India Today group’s business magazine, Business Today, is all set for a digital revamp – in text and video.

     

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    Aabha Bakaya
    Anirban Roy
    Anirban Roy

    As part of its plans, it has announced the appointment of Anirban Roy, formerly with The Wall Street Journal and Reuters, as Business Today’s Online Editor. It has also announced that financial journalist and anchor Aabha Bakaya as co-host of its upcoming Business Today TV show. Bakya was until very recently consultant anchor at ET Now, hosting its flagship ‘The Market’ and ‘Closing Trades’ shows.

     

    Notes a communique: “Ever since its inception in 1992, it [Business Today] has set new benchmarks in business reporting. Last month, the India Today Group announced the appointment of Udayan Mukherjee, the country’s biggest and undisputed icon in business journalism, as its Global Business Editor and host of a daily business show premiering on India Today from August 1. Earlier in July, the network named one of India’s most prominent magazine editors, Sourav Majumdar, as the new Editor of the Business Today Magazine, and Siddharth Zarabi, an award-winning journalist and former editor of Bloomberg TV, as the Managing Editor of Business Today TV.”

     

  • The objective is to bolster the group’s coverage of business news in the post-pandemic economic order

    Sourav Majumdar joins Business Today as Editor, Siddharth Zarabi to lead TV wing

    By Our Staff

     

    Close on the heels of Udayan Mukherjee joining as its Global Business Editor, the India Today group has announced two more senior appointments as part of its plans to bolster its coverage of business news in the post-pandemic economic order.

     

    Sourav Majumdar
    Sourav Majumdar
    Siddharth Zarabi
    Siddharth Zarabi

    Sourav Majumdar is the new Editor of the Business Today Magazine, and Siddharth Zarabi will be Managing Editor of Business Today TV. Majumdar has led the Indian editions of Fortune and Forbes and earlier Entrepreneur magazine.

    Zarabi, who was Editor of BTVI (earlier Bloomberg TV India) until recently, has been with CNBC TV18 in the past as well as Business Standard and The Indian Express.

     

    Speaking on the appointments, Kalli Purie, Vice Chairperson of the India Today Group, said, “Every once in a while, the business arena goes through an irreversible change. In the midst of this disruptive flutter, the real journalists and real ideas reshape the world. We are happy to be on the leading edge of this transformational journey with the most credible journalists, an enviable legacy and a truly Omni platform multimedia Business Today Experience”

     

     

  • The one-day conference will take place on 13th January 2018 at The St Regis, Mumbai

    Business Today announces the 5th Edition of BT MindRush

    By A Correspondent

     

    Business Today will host the fifth edition of MindRush, the India Today group’s annual flagship business event. The one-day conference will take place on January 13 in Mumbai.

     

    This year’s edition will include masterclasses by domain experts like Eduardo Briceño – Mindset Master, Growth Mindset and Improvement Expert; Lisa Gill – Learning Disrupter and Mark Inglis – Mountain Ranger among others.

     

    The day-long event will have sessions targeting contemporary business problems like workforce management through discussions on How to Make Baby Boomers, Gen-Xers, Millennials Work in One Frame by invited panellists including S.V. Nathan, Group HR Head, Deloitte; Rajkamal Vempatti, CHRO, Axis Bank; Sunil Lulla, Chairman & MD, Grey Group; Abhinav Chopra, CHRO, Viacom 18.

     

    The second half of the event starts with a session on Life Post Demonetisation & GST by invited panellists Ajit Ranade, Chief Economist,  Aditya Birla Group; R S Sodhi, MD & CEO, Amul; Nimesh Shah, MD & CEO, ICICI  Prudential AMC; Saugata Gupta, CEO, Marico; Soumya Kanti Ghosh, Chief Economist, SBI.

     

     

  • The award was presented by Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Saturday, December 17

    Punit Goenka awarded ‘Best CEO’ by Business Today

     

     

    Punit Goenka, Managing Director and CEO of Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL) received the coveted Business Today ‘Best CEO Award’ in the Media and Entertainment category for 2016. The award was presented by Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Saturday, December 17.

     

    Acknowledging the award,  Goenka said, “My immense gratitude goes out to the eminent jury and to Prosenjit Datta and his team at Business Today for bestowing me with the prestigious BT Best CEO Award in the Media & Entertainment category. My heartiest congratulations to all the other deserving winners whose passion, focus and drive have steered their respective companies to success.”

     

    “I accept this award with pride on behalf of our visionary Chairman, Dr. Subhash Chandra, and my team at ZEE whose dedication, hard work and support have enabled the organisation to reach newer and greater heights. We have consistently grown ahead of market, expanded our network viewership share and experienced growth of our product bouquet, both in India and internationally. As we approach our Silver Jubilee, I am confident that driven by innovation and creativity, we will move one step closer towards achieving our ambition of becoming the world’s leading media company from the emerging markets,” Goenka  added.

     

    The methodology of Business Today’s Best CEO Awards focused on the operational performance of companies and their shareholders returns which was conducted by BT’s Knowledge support partner for the process PwC India.

     

    Other recipients of the BT Best CEO Awards 2016 include Sunil Bharti Mittal, C P Gurnani (Tech Mahindra) and Sunil Duggal (Dabur India).

     

     

  • It is an exclusive invitational event for CEOs and corporate heads across India

    Lloyd partners Business Today Pro-Am of Champions for golf

    By A Correspondent

     

    Teeing off their foray into golf, LLOYD Electric & Engineering Limited has signed up a 5-Year term with Business Today Pro-Am of Champions as principal sponsor.

     

    Business Today Pro-Am of Champions is one of India’s prestigious corporate golf tournaments. It is an exclusive invitational event for CEOs and corporate heads across India.

     

    Now into its 19th year, the tournament will be played in Mumbai and Bangalore culminating with the national finals in Delhi on 7th-8th March ’15.

     

    The regional rounds will have the top corporate decision-makers compete with one another at India’s finest golf courses. In the Delhi Pro Am, some of the finest professional women golfers and corporate golfers will team up to vie for this prestigious title.

     

    Commenting on the partnership, Nipun Singhal, Director – LLOYD Electric & Engineering Limited said, “We are delighted to partner with the BT Pro-Am Golf as the Principal Sponsor. At LLOYD, we are looking at avenues to create greater value for our brand and customers. This marquee initiative will help the brand at an aspiration and business level. At Lloyd, we believe in creating long-term partnerships that work as valuable assets for the brand, in a similar way that a customer or a partner of LLOYD looks at building a long term partnership with us through our products and services. We thank Creatigies Communications for bringing to LLOYD this opportunity and wish to see this partnership and the event grow bigger and better each year.”

     

    Navroze D. Dhondy, Founder & MD, Creatigies Communications, the Marketing partner of the Event, said, “It was wonderful to see LLOYD grab such an opportunity immediately, finding great value in the proposal we shared. We are confident that this will be a great partnership keeping in mind the similar vibes and energies both the brands have. Creatigies is delighted to be working with LLOYD to find innovative ways of leveraging this opportunity, further enhancing the value of this association.”

     

  • The conclave introduces Thinktent, a platform for aspiring professionals and students to interact with speakers. Live budget analysis roundtable managed by Business Today editors

    IndiaToday Conclave 2012: Securing the global promise

    By A Correspondent

     

    The India Today Conclave, India’s largest thought festival for the finest minds from across the country and the world, is scheduled to take place in the capital on March 16-17. The theme this year is The Asian Century: Securing the Global Promise. The focus, as usual, is on contemporary concerns as well as on innovations. But the Conclave will have a wider reach this year. Because India Today firmly believes that the more ideas are shared the bigger they become.

     

    The India Today Conclave goes free with ThinkTent, a brand new innovation this year, to increase the reach of the Conclave and to engage theIndiaof tomorrow-young executives and management students. Conceived as an outdoor event in a massive and comfortable tent, ThinkTent will beam proceedings live, via giant screens, concurrently with the Conclave.

     

    Not just that, the audience will get the opportunity to interact with Conclave speakers, who will also be available for photo ops and autograph sessions. One can register for ThinkTent at the Conclave website and, if selected, can be a part of ThinkTent for free.

     

    The Conclave is also proud to present a debriefing session from the Union Finance Minister, Pranab Mukherjee, a day after he presents the Budget to the nation. March 17 will open with the Finance Minister’s keynote address, explaining his budget. Delegates will get the rare opportunity of interacting with him over a Q&A session.

     

    On March 17, Akhilesh Yadav, the young Samajwadi Party leader, who has pedaled his party to sweeping electoral success, will address the Conclave. But he will not be the only one. There will be the opportunity to listen to a range of new heirs of political dynasties from acrossIndiaand its neighbours-from Namal Rajapaksa, MP,Sri Lanka, to Sajeeb Wazed, Special Adviser toAwami League,Bangladesh, Omar Abdullah, the Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir and Shehrbano Taseer, Journalist,Pakistan.

     

    With India Today’s culture of being in step with news, this year there will be a concurrent session, The Business Today Budget Studio@India Today Conclave, on March 16. The live budget coverage will be accompanied by senior editors from Business Today, India’s premier-most business magazine, and experts from the world of finance explaining the implications of the budget and answering queries.

     

    As usual, the Conclave promises to be a star-studded affair. Beginning with an inaugural keynote address by social activist Anna Hazare on ‘Yeh Dil Maange No More Corruption’, the two-day conference will reflect the full range of contemporary interests, passions and concerns: India’s favourite cricketers Virender Sehwag and Harbhajan Singh on the zigzagging fortunes of Indian cricket; superstar Kareena Kapoor on the rise of the New Heroine in Bollywood; His Excellency Anwar Bin Ibrahim, Leader of Opposition and Former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia, on arguments for democracy and a keynote address by Henry Kissinger, Former Secretary of State of the United States of America and Nobel Laureate.

     

    The conclave will close with  Imran Khan,  Pakistan’s legendary cricket captain and chairman of the political outfit, Tehreek-e-Insaf, delivering the Dinner Keynote address. The event will be followed by a gala dinner, specially created by British gourmet chef, Rob Rees.

     

    With some of the finest minds from around the world assembling inNew Delhi, The India Today Conclave will once again provide the perfect platform for a free and frank exchange of ideas.