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1 month ago | 
financialexpress.com | Roshun Povaiah
Today’s chief financial officers (CFO) or finance heads in a company have access to reams of data at their fingertips, compiled in minutes by artificial intelligence (AI) and laid out in a structured, easy-to-understand pattern by Gen AI. Complex financial planning and predictions can be made based on the suggestions of AI, allowing for a leaner, agile, efficient company. Yet, there are challenges that exist.
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1 month ago | 
financialexpress.com | Roshun Povaiah
In the age of the mobile phone, customers have become increasingly demanding, looking for everything at their fingertips – from shopping to banking. As Ramesh Lakshminarayanan, CIO and Group Head IT at HDFC Bank puts it, “Banks have to go where the customer is and not expect the customer to come to the bank. We are at a point where a lot of things are moving at a very fast pace.
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2 months ago | 
financialexpress.com | Roshun Povaiah
“Artificial Intelligence or AI can never fully replace human intelligence. The reason is it trains on available data and all that data was created by humans. Humans are good at tackling things that have never been done before!” says Ved Mani Tiwari, CEO, National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC). He was speaking on the sidelines of a press conference to highlight the NSDC’s achievements in the past year.
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2 months ago | 
financialexpress.com | Roshun Povaiah
Elections are all about perception and optics. As the Hindi saying goes “jo dikhta hai, who bikta hai” (what can be seen is what sells). When the Aam Aadmi Party came to power in New Delhi in 2015, with an overwhelming majority, there was a sense of hope and freshness among Delhi’s voters, hoping for better governance.
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2 months ago | 
financialexpress.com | Roshun Povaiah
Three prominent members from India’s Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex and Asexual (LGBTQIA+) community, have come together to launch India’s first corporate philanthropic Pride Fund, to help queer-led not-for-profit organisations improve the lives of India’s 140 million plus (estimated) queer community.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
financialexpress.com | Roshun Povaiah
Maruti Suzuki, India’s largest carmaker in volume and market share, is shifting its focus to the electric vehicle (EV) segment. The company is a little late to the EV market in India, but as Toshihiro Suzuki, President and Representative Director, Suzuki Motor Corporation says: “We have been studying the market.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
financialexpress.com | Roshun Povaiah
India is likely to see a surge in green investments in infrastructure over the next five years, with an estimated Rs 31 lakh crore expected to come into the sector by 2030, according to a report by Crisil Intelligence released at its infrastructure summit in the capital. Crisil says this investment push aligns with India’s ambitious net-zero goals and the increasing importance of sustainable practices across industries from mobility to energy.
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Oct 26, 2024 | 
financialexpress.com | Roshun Povaiah
With India setting an ambitious goal of securing insurance for all by 2047, the opportunity for insurance in India is manifold. At the FE BFSI Insurance Summit 2024, Debasish Panda, chairman, IRDAI encouraged more companies to offer innovative insurance products, setting the stage for non-standard offerings in the insurance sector. Two companies offering differentiated services or “breaking the mould” in the insurance sector are Narayana Health Insurance and PhonePe Insurance Broking Services.
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Sep 21, 2024 | 
financialexpress.com | Roshun Povaiah
The 2024 Audi Q8 is not a car for everyone. It has a very specific kind of buyer in mind with what it has to offer. Priced at Rs 1.17 crore, ex-showroom, it’s par for the course in the luxury SUV market, but that’s not its unique selling point. The Audi Q8 is for the purist, for the person who loves to drive, for the person who wants the image of a luxury SUV with the driving dynamics of a sedan.
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Sep 12, 2024 | 
financialexpress.com | Roshun Povaiah
Imagine buying an electric car, but the packaging says, “Batteries not included”. That’s what JSW MG Motor India is doing with its latest electric car launch, the MG Windsor EV. The concept of offering battery-as-a-service (BaaS) that JSW MG Motor has introduced with the Windsor EV, effectively brings down the ex-showroom sticker price of the car to just Rs 9.99 lakh, making it compete directly with internal-combustion engine vehicles of the same size at the same price.
