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- Expect a 'rally in stocks', not a 'rally in the markets'; IT, pharma could be the best bet
Panag's Shooting Escapades
Skeet has taught Sherbir Panag not to make excuses for last-minute changes or for factors outside ones control, but focus on delivering In 2015, at the EIRS, Jitu Virwani, Chairman and MD of Embassy Group, gave the go ahead for the first breeding programme in India to produce top-quality sport horses for young aspirants "My diving experiences have taught me to trust my instincts even at work. It has taught me to take decisions at the spur of the moment", says Sandeep Kataria
Best Yet to Come
The 70-year-old Aditya Puri, who spent over two-and-a-half decades as CEO & MD, banked on risk mitigation, technology and retail/rural outreach to create India's second-largest bank from scratch Alluri Indra Kumar ensured that prawn farmers were not impacted during the lockdown Anil Rai Gupta of Havells is reaping the fruits of relying on own resources and an acquisition that is starting to pay off Ashish Bharat Ram is putting the pedal to the metal at SRF as focus on chemicals and exports pays off C Vijayakumar transformed HCL Tech with focus on products and digital services How the pandemic has changed CEO's agenda for the future Backed by aggressive product-expansion strategies and big investments, D.C. Mehta-led Deepak Nitrite is taking the global chemical industry by storm Gurdeep Singh has proved his mettle as CMD of NTPC by steering the company from coal-based generation to green energy H.M Bangur keeps costs and debt under check to deliver a winner Providing direction in uncertain times After using technology to transform Indian banking and steering Infosys past its biggest crisis, K.V. Kamath, former Chairman, ICICI Bank, helped multilateral lender New Development Bank scale up massively during his five-year stint In a tough year, with the odds stacked against him, Kenichi Ayukawa ensured Maruti Suzuki stayed on course and ahead of its peers Mukesh Ambani built three sector-dominating businesses under RIL and cleaned off the conglomerate's debts by raising Rs 2.89 lakh crore From facing a potential collapse to becoming one of the best performing automotive firms in the country, Nikhil Nanda has scripted a remarkable turnaround story at Escorts Premchand Godha's strategy for IPCA has not changed, it's about being integrated and focusSING on profitability Rajeev Jain focussed on product creation in retail and SME lending at Bajaj Finance, while engaging more with customers using data analytics Under Rajesh Gopinathan, TCS has integrated a wide cross-section of automation products to create the machine first delivery model State PSU Gujarat Gas made the most out of pipeline network in its home state and rising demand from industrial consumers Sanjiv Mehta delegated responsibility and relied on quick market feedback and cost control in order to thrive in the marketplace From a fuddy-duddy, old fashioned multinational to a young, agile and innovative food major - Suresh Narayanan has ensured a turnaround for Nestle India
Good Time to Buy Real Estate
Affordable housing to see more demand; peripheral markets to perform better
Stay Invested, Rebalance Your Portfolio
Innovations in debt funds and rise of international investments will continue to attract investors
Go Beyond Life, Health Policies
Product innovation will gain traction as the industry Gets set to go on a digital overdrive
Lower Rates, More Tech
Complete digitisation of loan disbursal and repayment processes to become reality soon Every dip will be an opportunity to add more of the yellow metal to your portfolio
