Business and Economy

Last week, I had the honour of being invited as a keynote speaker and moderator at the 10th Annual NutriThink Conference 2025, hosted in Mumbai by Informa Markets. The event brought together an extraordinary convergence of industry leaders, regulatory authorities, scientists, entrepreneurs, and thinkers from across India’s thriving nutrition and nutraceutical ecosystem. Held at the […]

There’s something unsettling about many of today’s smartest, most creatively packaged advertising campaigns. They are beautifully shot, sharply scripted, and frequently award- winning. They sell useful products – things we genuinely need in our lives. But look closer, and a pattern emerges: they’re selling these good products by embedding bad assumptions about our society. From

Last week, during an orientation lecture at the Kirloskar Institute of Management, a student asked me a deceptively simple yet profound question: "How important is luck in creating our success?" It was the kind of question that forces you to pause. After all, we spend years learning strategies, frameworks, and theories about how to build

Yesterday evening, I had the privilege of attending the launch of "Viksit India", a unique book authored by my friend Dr. Ganesh Natarajan and the talented young poet and educator Urmi Rumi. The book is a lyrical exploration of India’s development journey – not just through statistics and policies, but through aspirations, dreams, and stories

It’s not often that a guest lecture feels like a homecoming. But my recent session at IIeBM, Pune, on the occasion of their 26th anniversary, was exactly that. A beautiful confluence of familiar faces, thoughtful conversations, and the joy of shared purpose. I have been associated with IIeBM for many years now, and every visit

Outrage is a powerful spark. But what we do after the fire flares up – that’s where transformation lies. When Prada’s ₹1.2 lakh leather sandals debuted on the Milan Fashion Week runway, India’s social media lit up. The design bore an uncanny resemblance to Kolhapuri chappals, the handcrafted leather footwear from Maharashtra that traces its

A recent move by a state government requiring hotels and restaurants to clearly label whether the paneer they serve is “real” or “synthetic” may seem like a small regulatory shift. But in reality, it shines a spotlight on a deeper structural issue in India’s dairy sector. At the centre of this is paneer – one

As the July 9 deadline for tariff revisions looms, India and the United States appear to be inching toward an interim trade agreement. This moment is not just a policy checkpoint – it is a turning point. What was once the domain of diplomatic white papers and trade theory has become an urgent national concern.

India’s dairy sector stands at a pivotal moment. With trade pressure rising and global markets beckoning, we must balance protection today with preparedness for tomorrow. India’s Dairy Sector: Strong Foundations, Smarter Future By Rajiv Mitra Earlier this month, I had the pleasure of joining Govindraj Ethiraj on his podcast, The Core Report. Govindraj is a

As I was reading Melody Wilding’s recent Harvard Business Review article titled “Navigating the Jump from Manager to Executive,” I found myself pausing more than once. Not because the material was unfamiliar, but because it struck a personal chord. Over the past fifteen years, I have been advocating the principles of Jim Collins’ Level 5