Once, during an interview with Business Today, Vanitha Narayanan, the Chairman of IBM India Private Ltd, segregated her career into three decades. She joined the company in 1987. Her first decade was about building domain expertise in the telecom industry in the US; the second was about building ... (Publication: Business Today)
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IBM and Beyond
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Cleaning Up Crossholdings
Tata Sons' move to disentangle crossholdings across group companies and consolidate its ownership is gathering steam. It has announced it will buy Tata Chemicals' 43.1 million shares - a 6.84 per cent stake - in Tata Global Beverages and conversely, Tata Global Beverages' 11.1 million shares - 4.39 ... (Publication: Business Today)
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Dignity of Labour
A million Indians enter the workforce every month. Lacking skills, most struggle to earn a living wage. At the same time, skilled handymen, such as plumbers, electricians or painters, are hard to find. Though India has 13,000 Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs), they barely make a dent, as they ... (Publication: Business Today)
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Courage on Call
Sonam from Bihar and Ritu from Rothak have been visiting Delhi every 6-8 months over the past three years. They are undergoing a series of reconstruction surgeries for injuries caused by acid attacks. Delhi-based NGO Chhanv Foundation, which helps acid attack survivors and doubles up as a home away ... (Publication: Business Today)
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Trust Factor
A month ago, Kaku Nakhate went to the US for a 14-city trip to discuss with clients the key changes that happened in India, including demonetisation, digitisation and the introduction of Goods and Services Tax (GST). "These meetings help our clients get a first-hand view of India and you engage a ... (Publication: Business Today)
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Devoted to Sewa
Many women have said to me that earlier we were afraid, but now we are not," says Renana Jhabvala. "I think that is the most worthwhile thing about what we do." Jhabvala, 64, a Padma Shri awardee, is President of SEWA Bharat, the federation of SEWA units across India. SEWA is, of course, the ... (Publication: Business Today)
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Action-Packed
Zarin Daruwala, 52, is single-mindedly focused on getting things done. "I have a bias for action and persistence," says Daruwala, who moved from ICICI Bank to Standard Chartered in April 2016 . In the last 18 months, her focus has been on ensuring a balance between wholesale and retail assets. ... (Publication: Business Today)
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A Big Leap
When Alice Vaidyan, 58, was preparing for General Insurance Corporation's, or GIC's foray into crop reinsurance, she was scouting for a protection policy, or reinsurance. The search took her to Warren Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway. She flew down to New York to meet Ajit Jain, almost the ... (Publication: Business Today)
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Leaving Her Mark
The first woman to head the largest bank in the country, State Bank of India, or SBI, has seamlessly implemented a number of path-breaking changes, which have become a template for public sector banks, which control more than two-third of the country's banking industry in terms of deposits and ... (Publication: Business Today)
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Enabling the Disabled
Shanti Raghavan's was a textbook success story. She studied engineering in Mumbai and New Jersey, acquired a dream job in the US and married her former classmate Dipesh Sutariya. But she found herself exposed to a different world when her brother Harish was diagnosed with Retinitis Pigmentosa, a ... (Publication: Business Today)
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Cementing Success
For the first 16 years after my marriage, I was a full-time housewife," says Vinita Singhania. It was still possible to mistake her for one as she sat on a couch during her meeting with Business Today, clad in a peach-coloured sari with large yellow floral prints, enquiring of family members ... (Publication: Business Today)
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Micro Shift
In July last year, IDFC Bank acquired South India-based Grama Vidiyal Microfinance. Many expressed surprise at the decision as the bigger challenge for IDFC, primarily a lender to companies, is creating a retail platform. More clarity emerged after two months when Kotak Mahindra Bank got ... (Publication: Business Today)
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Socially Conscious
In 2007, Pooja Warier Hamilton co-founded UnLtd India, an organisation that finds, funds and supports early-stage social entrepreneurs. Armed with an MA in social work from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, she worked with a range of development sector organisations before launching ... (Publication: Business Today)
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The Long Climb Uphill
I was disappointed to hear my daughter say one day that one of her first time clients had presumed that a male subordinate reporting directly to her was her boss," says veteran banker Naina Lal Kidwai. "In her initial interactions with the client she had to work quite hard to set right this ... (Publication: Business Today)
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Making Robots Work
It wouldn't be entirely wrong to call Sonali Kulkarni the first lady of Indian manufacturing. She has been with the factory automation company, FANUC, for 19 years, selling CNC (Computerised Numeric Control) to machine tool manufacturers as well as small and giant robots to the automotive industry, ... (Publication: Business Today)
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Bank of Montreal Issues Note in Australia
Global Banking News-September 28, 2017--Bank of Montreal issues note in Australia (C)2017 ENPublishing - httpwww.enpublishing.co.uk Global Banking News - 28 September 2017 Bank of Montreal (BMO. TO) has said that it has launched a note in Australia, which is its first. The inaugural Australian ... (Publication: Global Banking News (GBN))
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Chubb Names Head of Diversity and Inclusion- Europe, Eurasia and Africa
Global Banking News-September 28, 2017--Chubb names head of Diversity and Inclusion- Europe, Eurasia and Africa (C)2017 ENPublishing - httpwww.enpublishing.co.uk Global Banking News - 28 September 2017 Chubb has said that it has appointed Louisa Lombardo to the newly-created role as head of ... (Publication: Global Banking News (GBN))
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K-Bank Announces Lending Services for Home Mortgages, Insurance Distribution
Global Banking News-September 28, 2017--K-Bank announces lending services for home mortgages, insurance distribution (C)2017 ENPublishing - httpwww.enpublishing.co.uk Global Banking News - 28 September 2017 K-Bank, Korea's internet-only bank, has said that it will expand its business portfolio by ... (Publication: Global Banking News (GBN))
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Central Bank of Greece Dismisses Hacking Claim
Global Banking News-September 28, 2017--Central bank of Greece dismisses hacking claim (C)2017 ENPublishing - httpwww.enpublishing.co.uk Global Banking News - 28 September 2017 Greece's central bank has dismissed claims by hacking group Anonymous that it had breached the bank's digital defences. ... (Publication: Global Banking News (GBN))
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HSBC Expands Commitment to Four Canadian Charities
Global Banking News-September 28, 2017--HSBC expands commitment to four Canadian charities (C)2017 ENPublishing - httpwww.enpublishing.co.uk Global Banking News - 28 September 2017 HSBC Bank Canada (HSBC) (LSE: HSBA) has said that it is expanding its commitment to four charities in the nation. The ... (Publication: Global Banking News (GBN))
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