by Amrita Priya | Jan 9, 2025
(January 9, 2025) When Karsanbhai Patel, an unknown chemist from a small town in Gujarat began making soap in his backyard, selling it door to door on his bicycle on his way to work, Hindustan Unilever, then the reigning Indian giant, only scoffed at him. This soap...
by Bindu Gopal Rao | Dec 2, 2023
(December 2, 2023) In 2007, Dr Santanu Paul did what few IIT-ians in the US chose to do. He returned to India. In Hyderabad, in the epicentre of the Indian tech boom, Dr Paul realised that the industry was struggling to hire talent with relevant skills, despite the...
by Amrita Priya | Jun 15, 2022
(June 15, 2022) The year was 2003. The unfortunate news of Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrating over Texas during its re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere had overwhelmed the entire world. While India mourned the demise of Kalpana Chawla, a young girl in...
