In a conversation with Shradha Sharma, Founder and CEO of YourStory, Amitabh Chaudhry, CEO of Axis Bank, talks about leadership during COVID-19, business disruption, and how businesses can survive this pandemic. Read more at: https://yourstory.com/video/shradha-sharma-amitabh-chaudhry/amp Follow us on Social Media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/yourstorycom Instagram: www.instagram.com/yourstory_com Twitter: www.twitter.com/YourStoryCo YouTube: www.youtube.com/yourstorytv Write to us:...

In a world where people are constantly trying to change you, it takes courage to remain true to who you are. Nothing summarises Vidya Balan's journey as an actor than this E E Cummings quote. Listen to her fantastic story as she talks to YourStory's Shradha Sharma in this conversation that will leave you inspired. Read more at: https://yourstory.com/2020/07/vidya-balan-bollywood-outsider-personal-journey Follow us on Social Media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/yourstorycom Instagram:...

Bejul Somaia, Managing Director, Lightspeed Venture Partners, is known for making bold bets, investing early, and devoting his time to nurturing and coaching his entrepreneurs. In a conversation with YourStory Founder Shradha Sharma, Bejul talks investment strategies, founder-investor-fit, and more. Read more at: https://yourstory.com/2020/09/lightspeed-venture-bejul-somaia-talks-investment-strategies-startup-india-opportunity Follow us on Social Media: Facebook:...

On this episode of YS Exclusive: Leadership Talk, Vinita Bali, Independent Director and Former MD of Britannia Industries talks about why empathy is an important element of leadership, how focusing on the customer and their needs should be at the forefront to build a great business and much more. Read more at: https://yourstory.com/video/leadership-talk-vinita-bali/amp Follow us on Social Media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/yourstorycom Instagram: www.instagram.com/yourstory_com Twitter:...

Michelin star chef, restaurateur, cookbook writer, filmmaker, and humanitarian Vikas Khanna talks to Shradha Sharma, Founder and CEO of YourStory, about his FeedIndia Mission, mental health, and much more.  Read more at: https://yourstory.com/video/vikash-khanna-feedindia/amp Follow us on Social Media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/yourstorycom Instagram: www.instagram.com/yourstory_com Twitter: www.twitter.com/YourStoryCo YouTube: www.youtube.com/yourstorytv Write to us:...

How Twitter plans to fight abuse and hate on its platform. According to Twitter India Managing Director (MD), Manish Maheswari, the company has been proactively taking action against abusive behaviour in a ‘predictive way’ rather than just a ‘reactive way’. Manish tells YourStory Founder and CEO Shradha Sharma that in this endeavour, the company has been investing in machine learning (ML) and other predictive tools to call out and block abusive behaviour on its platform.  Read more at:...

Apollo Hospitals Founder Chairman Prathap C Reddy went on to revolutionise India’s healthcare. He is often referred to as the architect of modern healthcare in India. The year was 1983. India was in the pre-liberalisation era, and the economy was shrouded in bureaucratic red-tapism. ‘Licence Raj’ was the order of the day. It involved an elaborate system of licences and regulations that were mandatory to set up and run a business in the country. The liberalisation policy introduced in 1991 was...

The COVID-19 pandemic has been tough on everyone. While several sectors have been hit badly, some have been more affected than others, travel being one such industry. India’s largest online travel booking company, MakeMyTrip, understandably found itself severely hit amid the coronavirus crisis, as its revenues plummeted from $500 million a month run rate to zero, when travel had been completely banned.  Read more at:...

In an exclusive interaction with YourStory Founder & CEO Shradha Sharma, Amazon India Head Amit Agarwal talks at length about the ecommerce giant's India journey and long-term commitment to the market. In just six years since Amazon set up shop in India, the global ecommerce giant has transformed the way Indians buy and sell. With nearly half a million sellers and 130,000 women entrepreneurs on board, a network of 50,000 neighbourhood stores, and a wide selection of 170 million products,...

Leadership Talks | Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw says Biocon’s ALZUMAb drug will put India on the global map. Biocon Founder Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw urges innovators to make more Made in India COVID-19 drugs and says she is proud of the biotech firm's ALZUMAb drug, which is helping save the lives of coronavirus patients. Read more at: https://yourstory.com/video/leadership-talks-kiran-mazumdar-shaw Follow us on Social Media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/yourstorycom Instagram:...

In an exclusive interaction with Shradha Sharma, Founder and CEO of YourStory, Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs of India, talks about the government’s measures to revive and promote MSMEs and startups. Read more at: https://yourstory.com/2020/05/exclusive-finance-minister-nirmala-sitharaman-startups-msmes-policies Follow us on Social Media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/yourstorycom Instagram: www.instagram.com/yourstory_com Twitter:...

In an exclusive conversation with YourStory, tech magnate Nandan Nilekani gets candid on his ‘big dream’ of making a difference to the lives of the 1.3 billion people in India and how the IndiaStack innovations can be India’s big contribution for digital public good to the world. Tech magnate and business legend Nandan Nilekani is credited with building India’s digital infrastructure and setting the country on the path to growth, but the man, known to the world as the tech czar of India, says...

In an exclusive conversation with Shradha Sharma, Founder and CEO of YourStory, Ratan Tata, Indian industrialist, investor, philanthropist, and chairman of Tata Trusts, talks about the underplayed role of fairness, empathy, and ethics in creating both longterm stakeholder and shareholder value for an organization. Read more at: https://yourstory.com/2020/07/empathy-ethics-ratan-tata-message-india-youth-progress Follow us on Social Media: Facebook:...