Aditya Pran Mahanta

News and Trends

Skilling, Jobs, and Shift Toward Entrepreneurship: World Youth Skills Day 2025

India doesn't lack talent. It lacks an ecosystem that believes in the power of its young builders. World Youth Skills Day 2025 is a reminder: the future isn't just about finding jobs; it's about creating them.

News and Trends

India's Solar Landscape Shifts with Storage, Rooftop, and Domestic Push

The fiscal year 2025 alone saw India add 17.4 GW of utility-scale capacity and 5.15 GW of rooftop solar installations

News and Trends

Indian MSMEs Brace for Impact as US Tariff Pause Nears End

As the July deadline looms, what unites these divergent sectors is a shared call for predictability, clarity, and timely government support.

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MSME Workers Only Produce 14% Value of Large Enterprise Counterparts: Report

According to the report, 61 per cent of MSMEs said they had received no support from government-led skill and talent development programs. Only 39 per cent could confirm they had benefited in any way.

News and Trends

Credit Uptick Masks Deeper Gaps in MSME Lending

Until lending models evolve to meet the real-world needs of these businesses, especially those outside metro hubs, India's small business engine will continue to run below capacity

Technology

Old Waste, New Energy: Ashish Bhandari, MD & CEO, Thermax Limited

As the world scrambles for cleaner energy and tighter efficiency, India's Thermax Limited is doing something refreshingly rare: putting its money, talent, and tech where its mission is.

Growth Strategies

The Micro, Small, and Mighty: MSME Day 2025

The story of India's MSMEs is far from over. Their future will be shaped not only by how well they adopt new technologies but also by how inclusively they grow, how strategically they invest, and how sustainably they operate.

Technology

The Tech Whisperer: Rajiv Makhni

Rajiv's mission has always been to break that wall. For him, tech isn't just for the early adopters, it's for your parents, your neighbor, your non-geek friend who still doesn't get Bluetooth. His aim is to make technology less intimidating and more empowering.

Lifestyle

Yoga Shaping Modern Leadership: International Yoga Day 2025

Where corporate culture has often emphasized speed, scale, and multitasking, yoga brings in the missing ingredients: stillness, depth, and intention. It's no coincidence that those who lead from the front are increasingly turning inward to build resilience, emotional intelligence, and mental clarity.

News and Trends

Decoding India's Energy Future For the Next Decade

India's updated nationally determined contributions (NDCs), submitted in August 2022, commit to reducing the emission intensity of its GDP by 45 per cent from 2005 levels by 2030 and achieving 50 per cent cumulative installed capacity from non-fossil sources by the same year

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India's True Solar Potential Soars to 10,830 GW: Report

A new report has recalibrated the country's theoretical solar capacity at 10,830 gigawatts (GW), nearly 15 times higher than the earlier 748 GW projection made in 2014 by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE)

Leadership

The Battery Boss: Vishal Gupta, Co-Founder & CTO, MaxVolt Energy

"Tomorrow belongs to those who innovate responsibly and anticipate evolving needs," he says. For MaxVolt, that means redefining energy consumption with solutions that are efficient, intelligent, and kind to the planet.

News and Trends

India's Battery Market Powers Up; EV Boom Sparks a $20 Billion Surge

With fuel prices climbing and air quality in urban centers continuing to deteriorate, both individuals and businesses are transitioning to electric alternatives

Entrepreneurs

Bottling Nostalgia: Nikhil Doda, Co-Founder, Director & COO of Lahori Zeera

The flagship drink, Lahori Zeera, isn't your average soda. It's fizzy, yes, but it's also fortified with black pepper, dry ginger, lemon juice, cumin, and a carefully calibrated mix of salt and sugar, effectively making it India's sassiest electrolyte drink

News and Trends

Is India Doing Enough to Fuel NBFC Growth?

According to RBI data, credit growth to NBFCs decelerated sharply to 7.8 per cent in November 2024, down from 19 per cent a year earlier.