IITian-founder of Rs 4,500 crore business thanks he is from middle class family, shares how it shaped his successHealthKart CEO Sameer Maheshwari, an alumnus of IIT Delhi and Harvard Business School, recently reflected on LinkedIn about how his middle-...
22 Jul, 2025, 09.06 PM IST
Why Harvard is easier to crack than IITs or IIMs for Indian studentsU.S. President Donald Trump has suspended funding to ideologically opposed universities and paused student visa interviews, affecting India...
08 Jun, 2025, 05.19 PM IST
Times Face-off: Is it time to lift the 50% ceiling on total reservation?While Article 16 (4) of the Constitution has provided reservation in public employment to backward classes, unfortunately the Constitution ...
26 Mar, 2021, 11.01 AM IST
IITs fourth largest producer of unicorn startups in the worldIn a study that lists universities that have produced the most unicorn founders, the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) bagged the four...
28 Jan, 2017, 12.10 PM IST
Should there be space for more seats at IITs?When IIT results come out, around two lakh students will know whether they are among the 10,000-odd who have made it to the 23 coveted inst...
12 Jun, 2016, 12.07 PM IST
Lok Sabha Polls: Meet the sons & daughters of political families who are ready to take the baton'If more and more sons and daughters of top politicians get tickets, where will the self-made honest youngsters join up?'
30 Mar, 2014, 07.10 AM IST
Indian students with foreign degrees returning home: Lessons India can learn from ChinaHigh costs, poor job prospects and wrangles over work permits are persuading a host of Indian students with foreign degrees to return home.
23 Mar, 2014, 10.49 AM IST
How to build world-class educational institutions in IndiaWhat makes great universities great? And what can India learn from established and upcoming varsities as it sets out to build great univers...
13 Mar, 2014, 08.34 AM IST
Six entrepreneurs who are showing their mettle in the business of alcobeveragesFrom wine tours and bartender-training to desi versions of Agave-based spirits and beer brewed in Bavaria, they’re doing it all.
06 Aug, 2013, 02.44 PM IST
Amartya Sen vs Bhagwati: Who is right in the debate on Gujarat-Kerala growth models?The 79-year-old’s detractors led by Jagdish Bhagwati question his intellectual honesty and the quality of his works. ET probes the relevanc...
28 Jul, 2013, 09.50 AM IST
You can't postpone social development forever: Raghuram G Rajan"When you start cutting government expenditure, at some point you are cutting essential services rather than excessive services."
21 Feb, 2013, 11.08 AM IST
The effect of short supply of world-class mathematicians felt in Indian R&D workWorld-class mathematicians are in short supply, and the effect is felt in Indian R&D work. Hope now rests on newish institutes that are att...
05 Feb, 2012, 03.01 AM IST
PEs knock at Satyam gate for strategic stake saleSome institutional investors have approached IT majors and private equity players for a possible strategic stake sale in Satyam Computer.
30 Dec, 2008, 03.03 AM IST
Two Satyam directors K G Palepu and Vinod Dham resignSatyam's aborted acquisition bid of Maytas Infra has put the spotlight on the role of independent directors. IBM, Accenture, Cap Gemini see...
29 Dec, 2008, 03.21 PM IST
Satyam asks DSP Merrill to review board structureSatyam Computer Services has mandated investment bank DSP Merrill Lynch to review the composition of its board.
29 Dec, 2008, 12.01 AM IST
- Satyam board seen headed for major overhaul
A shakeout looms in the top echelons of Satyam Computer, as the board prepares for meeting. 'Satyam episode eye opener' | Withdraw statemen...
27 Dec, 2008, 07.34 PM IST
Satyam board seen headed for major overhaulA shakeout looms in the top echelons of Satyam, as the board prepares for meeting to consider a share buyback.
27 Dec, 2008, 07.30 AM IST