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global supply chains, said MP and former union minister Anurag Thakur. This, in turn, propelled India from being a part of the 'Fragile Five' to one of the world's top five economies, he added. Crediting the youth for building enterprises-160,000 startups and 117 unicorns-that compete on the global stage, Thakur said, «Over the past decade, India has risen from the 'Fragile Five' to one of the world's top five economies; and in the next three years, we are set to become the third-largest economy.» Thakur was delivering the keynote address on the theme 'Empowering India's MSMEs for Global Leadership' at IDFC First Bank presents ET NOW Leaders of Tomorrow Awards Season 12. Arguing that Indian MSMEs must leverage capital markets to increase credibility, secure funding and scale up their businesses, Ashishkumar Chauhan, chief executive of NSE, said, «India's thriving capital market is an anomaly, as traditionally, only wealthy nations develop strong investment ecosystems.

Waaree Renewable Technologies Ltd (WAAREERTL) on Tuesday said a consortium of three firms including the company has secured an order worth Rs 740.06 crore for EPC work of a 125 MWAC solar project. The project is scheduled to be completed within 18 months from the date of signing of contract, a regulatory filing said.

Rachin Ravindra's video during the award ceremony from Champions Trophy has gone viral as it claims that he is truly an Indian at heart. During the runner-up prize distribution, a social media user observes that only Ravindra checked what was inside the box, while his team mates were least concerned about it after losing the Champions Trophy 2025 final against India. The video now has over a million likes and people have hilarious comments on the post.

Rachin Ravindra had an unforgettable ICC Champions Trophy 2025, finishing as the tournament’s highest run-scorer. But while the world applauded his on-field heroics, it was a subtle moment during the award ceremony that had cricket fans buzzing. As the Kiwis received their runners-up medals after a thrilling final against India, fans noticed something peculiar—Ravindra, unlike his teammates, stepped off the podium, immediately opened his medal box, and inspected the prize. And just like that, social media erupted, calling it “the most Indian thing ever.”

Nirmala Sitharaman, said Romal Shetty, CEO of Deloitte South Asia. «Our domestic consumption-driven economy, which makes up 62% of our GDP, shields us from external fluctuations. And our favourable geopolitical alignment opens doors where others see barriers,» Shetty said at the ET Awards for Corporate Excellence in Mumbai on Saturday.

Ashwini Vaishnaw, union minister for railways, IT and electronics, and information and broadcasting. He was speaking at The Economic Times Awards for Corporate Excellence on Saturday, where he received the Business Reformer of the Year award.

N Chandrasekaran, who joined the Tata Group in 1986 as an intern about four decades ago, with the dream of shaking hands with Ratan Tata. Chandrasekaran ended up succeeding him as chairman of Tata Sons in 2017. In his tribute to the late Tata Group patriarch, Chandrasekaran said, «For him, the small things mattered more. He paid close attention not only to people with the big ideas but what also mattered was his attention to the small things. He cared for the people who could not defend themselves and what set him apart was that he was a defender of the defenceless. I have seen it on so many occasions that he never said anything just for the sake of it and never acted upon anything for the sake of it.»

Meera Jain, founder of Times Evoke, urged business leaders to consider distributing their resources to projects and endeavours that safeguard the planet. Delivering her special address at ET Awards for Corporate Excellence, she underlined the importance of mitigating the loss of many species that are vanishing due to human action. «Our success depends on how we gather and disseminate information,» she said. «Ironically, in the age of science and truth, we are veering towards an information avalanche of untruth, glorifying trivialities and stepping over the salient.» The moving address, which followed an expansive dance performance, began with Jain highlighting the urgency of the situation that humanity is facing.

Vishakha Mulye, CEO of Aditya Birla Capital and ET's Businesswoman of the Year for 2024 expressed her strong belief in India's growth potential and her company's ability to seize and leverage these opportunities. She emphasised that her organisation's mission was to simplify finance and align with the vision of a 'Viksit Bharat'. «At Aditya Birla Capital, our goal is to make finance as simple as ABCD, which is also the name of our newly launched platform this year,» Mulye said after receiving the award. «We are excited about the vast opportunities in the Indian market and firmly believe that we have the right foundations in place to capitalise on them.»

Zomato's rise as a public company has been rapid as it has expanded into businesses beyond food delivery over the past few years. Adding quick commerce through its Blinkit acquisition and later buying out Paytm Insider to bulk up its going-out business, Zomato's success has emanated from combining profitability with the growth potential of its quick commerce unit and other new businesses which drove its market capitalisation to an all-time high of ₹2.75 lakh crore ($32 billion) by December 2024.

India has a unique opportunity to become a pivotal player on the global stage, according to Fareed Zakaria, India-born American journalist, political commentator and author. Speaking to the audience at the ET Awards for Corporate Excellence in Mumbai on Saturday, Zakaria said as a rising economic power, India is critical to the West for strategic reasons while remaining well-regarded and connected with the Global South.

Grasim Industries has positively impacted the lives of more than 1.2 million people through its corporate social activities, managing director HK Agarwal said, receiving the ET Conscious Corporate of the Year award. The flagship company of the Aditya Birla Group is aiming to be net-zero on emissions by 2050, with a long-term view as «responsible custodians» of the planet, Agarwal said.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Investors in Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) stock are tracking whether it will meet its FY25 order inflow guidance of ₹25,000 crore. Last week, the public sector defence company said it secured additional orders worth ₹577 crore, bringing the total order inflows in FY25 so far to nearly ₹14,000 crore.

Lenskart cofounder and CEO Peyush Bansal has stood out for building an omni-channel retail business in a competitive eyewear sector. The Gurgaon-based company managed to balance rapid scale with operational performance, growing to more than 2,500 stores in India and Southeast Asia, while keeping losses in check. “Businesses need to be built around a purpose and a mission, and sitting with India Inc’s top bosses, my belief has been further reinstated today,” said Bansal, who was adjudged the Entrepreneur of the Year at the ET Awards. “We are driven by the purpose of giving vision to people and I believe if you stay close to those values, rest everything will fall in place,” Bansal said, adding that the recognition takes the expectations from the company higher.

Indian students to apply for the Vice-Chancellor’s Awards, which offer a £10,000 (approximately ₹11.26 lakh) fee waiver for postgraduate studies aimed at creating a broader societal impact. Vice-Chancellor Professor Shitij Kapur highlighted the awards’ significance, particularly for Indian students, as he himself had left Delhi for higher studies abroad. He also emphasized the university’s long-standing Indian connection, mentioning freedom fighter Sarojini Naidu as one of its early female alumni. “We were one of the earliest universities in the UK to teach Sanskrit and Bengali, and Sarojini Naidu was one of our remarkable students in the very early days when King's started admitting female students,” Kapur told PTI.

Ashwini Vaishnaw. India will emerge as one of the key players — not only in providing services but also a major technology creator in the age of artificial intelligence, he said at the 25th ET Awards for Corporate Excellence, where he was conferred the Reformer of the Year honour. “India will emerge very powerful, very strong (and) will come out with substantially better conditions,” he said. “The reason for that is the pragmatism with which we are approaching this entire thing.”

Nirmala Sitharaman said India is close to taking a final call on reducing goods and services tax (GST) rates further and reviewing the levy’s slabs. The revenue neutral rate had dropped from 15.8% when GST was introduced in 2017, to 11.4% by 2023, she said at the 25th ET Awards for Corporate Excellence on Saturday. “Let me dispel any (notion) that GST has made life costlier. Item by item, I would challenge anyone to tell me if there is any one item for which tax rate has gone up after introduction of GST… So, the clue is, it will come down even further,” she told an audience that represented the best of India Inc at the stately National Centre for the Performing Arts in Mumbai. A group of ministers on GST rationalisation has been set up under Bihar deputy CM Samrat Chaudhary.

international women's day, the ET Awards for Corporate Excellence 2024 honoured the exceptional leadership of Vishakha Mulye, CEO of Aditya Birla Capital, with the award for Businesswoman of the Year. «Behind every successful man, there is a woman, but for a woman to be successful, I think, lots of things has to fall in place, right from family she is born in to she marries, the institutions she works and the ecosystem she operates in, said Vishakha Mulye, CEO of Aditya Birla Capital after receiving the ET's 'Businesswoman of the Year' award. Vishakha Mulye has redefined leadership at Aditya Birla Capital by transitioning its portfolio from large lumpy wholesale clients toward smaller and better yielding retail clients — driving consolidated growth.

Nirmala Sitharaman said at a fireside chat at the ET Awards event on March 8. Both sides should have an ambition for a good treaty, and for the sake of Viksit Bharat, India needs to have good traction on that front, the FM said, adding that it still needs to do a lot more to strengthen exports across the board. Each one of the problems that the world in general — and some countries in particular — are facing, such as deflation, tariff or lack of demand, is in fact an opportunity for India — the kind of opportunity the country was waiting for, Sitharaman said.

Ashwini Vaishnaw stated that India is poised to navigate global challenges effectively, even as tensions rise over tariff impositions by US President Donald Trump. Out of al the geopolitical shifts, India will come out in better conditions. The reason is the pragmatism with which we are approaching this. We are looking by seeing what is good for the country," said Ashwini Vaishnaw. «In the first 60 years of independence we did about 20,000 kms of railway tracks and in the last 10 years we have done 45,000 kms. In the last 11 years, we have constructed 34,000km of new railway tracks. That’s more than the entire network of Germany. That’s the pace at which we are working,» added Vaishnaw during the fireside chat.