Developers warming up to Retirement Homes
From Business Today: Retirement homes have always been a popular concept in the West. But they were relatively slow to take off in India where for the longest time they…
Why Indian Tech Startups are migrating to Singapore
“From an Entrepreneurs’ perspective, Singapore is a great place to operate from. If you are starting a (VC fundable) venture now, I would recommend having your headquarters/holding company in Singapore…
Profle of Strides Arcolab Founder Arun Kumar
In February 2013, the publicly listed Strides sold its injectable medicine business, Agila Specialties, to US drug giant Mylan Inc. From the Business Today profile: Son of a government official,…
Profile of Mystery Shopping Firm RedQuanta
From the Smart CEO: Through its network of mystery shoppers, Mumbai-based RedQuanta measures the quality of service, compliance to regulation and gathers specific information about products and services of its…
Akhil Gupta, Blackstone Group at APEX’13 Summit & Awards
Akhil Gupta, Blackstone Group “I have always told my international colleagues that India will not be a linear growth story – we will take three steps forward and two steps…
The Chakra Vyuh of Private Equity
As part of his speech at the Venture Intelligence APEX’13 Awards, Ashish Chauhan, CEO, Bombay Stock Exchange, described how PE/VC investors were like the mythological character Abhimanyu who knew “how…
The BSE CEO’s Entrepreneurial Journey
Special Guest at the Venture Intelligence APEX’13 Awards, Ashish Chauhan, CEO, Bombay Stock Exchange provided a witty account of his experiences as an entrepreneur including in founding two startup ventures:…
“We need a Credible India and not Incredible India.”
Sandeep Naik, General Atlantic at APEX’13 Summit & Awards “The sense of complacency – in terms of assuming foreign investors somehow have to invest in India – has cost us…
Dr.Subir Gokarn at APEX’13 Awards
Special Guest at the APEX’13 Awards, Dr.Subir Gokarn, Noted Economist & Former Deputy Governor, RBI, pointed out that the surge in productivity, thanks to dramatic rise in the telecom penetration…
Special Panel on Private Equity at APEX’13 Summit & Awards
K.P.Balaraj, WestBridge Capital; Vijay Pattabhiraman, JP Morgan; Akhil Gupta, Blackstone Group; Srivatsa Krishna, IAS; Sandeep Naik, General Atlantic; Ashish Dhawan, ChrysCapital; Neeraj Bharadwaj, Carlyle For the more detailed APEX’13 Summit…