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DS Group's Rajiv Kumar on why trustworthy teams are built through the freedom to make mistakes

New Delhi, June 15 -- The family dinner table served as a business leadership training ground for Rajiv Kumar. It was where school and its happenings were discussed as regularly as organisational valu... Read More


How historian Alex McKay spent decades studying the spiritual and scientific truths behind Mount Kailash

New Delhi, June 13 -- The change in environment was stark. From the lonely offshore oil rigs of the freezing North Sea, Alex McKay, who was then in his 20s, landed in the oppressive heat of the subcon... Read More


Monday Motivation: Why ZEISS India MD Miguel G Diaz believes building a shared purpose is the ultimate productivity tool

New Delhi, June 8 -- As a student of biochemistry and molecular biology, Miguel G Diaz was driven by a curiosity to learn. He believed in asking pertinent questions, making the most of creativity and ... Read More


Monday Motivation: Strategy without action has no meaning

New Delhi, June 1 -- The academics were on point for Pankaj Rana, a gold medallist in Bachelor of Technology from Kurukshetra University. But alongside grasping theoretical knowledge, his focus was al... Read More


The environmental cost of India's mass Himalayan trekking craze

New Delhi, May 22 -- In the early 2000s, Arjun Majumdar and his mates would frequently trek in the Indian Himalaya. What they often struggled with while planning the logistics of their trip was findin... Read More


Monday Motivation: Balancing creativity and practicality

New Delhi, May 18 -- Art has always been Neha Gupta's quiet escape. She would spend hours sketching and painting, exploring her creativity as a little girl. Over time, she gained interest in a deeper ... Read More


Monday Motivation: 'Strategy is only as strong as its execution'

New Delhi, May 11 -- Problem-solving captured Sanjay Sudhakaran's imagination during his student years. It's what drove him towards pursuing a degree in mechanical engineering from the University of M... Read More


India's first generation of freediving stars are making waves and inspiring a new era for the sport

New Delhi, May 3 -- The nerves calm, the mind clear, a deep breath later, Akshay Thatte immersed face-first in the water. He was competing in the Static Apnea category at the AIDA Malaysia Freediving ... Read More


'A Fire Over Mount Everest': Why India's first female expedition was rife with conflict

New Delhi, May 2 -- In 1984, Siddharth Kak landed a ringside view into an expedition to Mount Everest as part of a film crew-at the heart of all the action, yet at a safe distance from it. Or so he th... Read More


Monday Motivation: InsuranceDekho's CEO Ankit Agarwal on why keeping your word is the ultimate leadership principle

New Delhi, April 20 -- A personal crisis in 2012 gave Ankit Agarwal a real understanding of the insurance he had bought. What had been packaged as a comprehensive policy had a hidden clause in it. A ... Read More