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R Gopalakrishnan

All stories by R Gopalakrishnan

How Mahabharata applies to board of directors
Rediff.com16 Jan 2019

Many lay folks cannot fathom the arcane language of the corporate governance brouhaha....

150 years on: How the Tatas flew with their dreams
Rediff.com17 Sep 2018

The Tata empire turns 150 this year. R Gopalakrishnan, former director, Tata Sons Ltd,...

When parents are delighted to have a start-up son-in-law
Rediff.com26 Apr 2018

For the new millennium generation, slowly and at an accelerating pace, it is attractive...

Remembering TT
Rediff.com9 Mar 2018

T Thomas, former chairman of Hindustan Unilever, passed away March 2.

India has talent, but no innovation ecosystem
Rediff.com21 Dec 2017

India has no idiosyncratic innovation ecosystem, distinctively its own. Our VCs will...

What digital start-ups can do, and cannot do
Rediff.com25 Oct 2017

Technology infrastructure solves many problems, but it cannot build roads or bridges...

Can start-ups really impact the economy?
Rediff.com22 Sep 2017

Let start-ups be start-ups until they become grown-ups, let young entrepreneurs be...

What India's start-up bosses need to know
Rediff.com30 Aug 2017

'There is little point in getting adoption without profit sustainability or the...

A Hungarian invention that helped the British in WWII
Rediff.com15 Mar 2017

Tracing the early life of the humble ballpoint pen to its present.

How Modi can ensure that Bharat indeed become Swachh
Rediff.com9 Sep 2016

Swachh Bharat Mission could focus on using technological innovation to eradicate the...

6 growth mantras for FMCG start-ups
Rediff.com15 Jul 2016

If an entire business is constructed on the platform of one brand ambassador, there is...

Start-ups must learn corporate ayurveda
Rediff.com18 May 2016

Funding Indian start-ups has slowed down.

Swachh Bharat: A big opportunity for start-ups
Rediff.com8 Jan 2016

The government's Swachh Bharat programme presents entrepreneurs with a chance to curb...

Lessons investors & founders must learn from Housing.com fiasco
Rediff.com10 Jul 2015

There are quite a few lesson that upcoming entrepreneurs must learn from housing.com...

Innovation lessons for India from Isarel
Rediff.com20 Mar 2015

Israel is very good at creating innovation engines, India less so.

FDI can spur innovation, ideas and industries
Rediff.com8 Aug 2014

Ideas don't have border controls and visas.