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Playbook Partners to invest USD 20 million each in 12-15 companies over 2 years
Playbook Partners plans to invest USD 20 million in 12-15 companies over the next two years, targeting high-potential ventures across various sectors. The firm focuses on companies with Rs 100 crore+ turnover to accelerate their growth. Founder Vikas Choudhury emphasizes the firm's unique investment strategy and long-term goals.

Amid growing focus on DEI, gap between high-maturity organisations and their peers is widening, says new study
The gap in DEI maturity between high-maturity organizations and their peers in corporate India is widening. Although many companies have formal DEI strategies, they often treat DEI as compliance-led and event-driven, with significant gaps in inclusion, accountability, and impact measurement.

ET Awards 2024: Ratan Naval Tata honoured with ‘Jewel of India Award’
Jewel of India Award for Ratan Tata for the vision of leading the Tata Group with a humane touch and commitment to the foundations of national values.

ET Awards 2024: Venu Srinivasan receives the Lifetime Achievement Award
Life Time Achievement Award for Venu Srinivasan for the growth of the TVS group from a small company to a world-leading company and the transformational impact to Indian lives and villages

ET Awards 2024: Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw is the Business Reformer of the Year
Union Minister for Railways and MEITY, Ashwini Vaishnaw is the Business Reformer of the Year Award for his contribution in building infrastructure and environment to promote business growth.

ET Awards 2024: Fareed Zakaria is the Global Indian of the Year
Fareed Zakaria is the Global Indian of the Year Award, 2024 for his work in the field of Journalism and world political & geo-political reporting.

ET Awards 2024: Business Leader of the Year, KM Birla says, ‘this is the Oscars for us’
Kumar Mangalam Birla, who heads the Aditya Birla Group, is the Business Leader of the Year. He is known for leading the Aditya Birla Group from a young age and in very challenging times to the success story it has become.

ET Awards 2024: Mahindra & Mahindra is the Company of the Year
Mahindra & Mahindra for the achievements in its core auto sector, wins Company of the Year Award, 2024.

'Ratan ji will not like it': Tata Sons' N Chandrasekaran shares a shareholder's reaction when he was about to take this decision
In last few years, he was not well. We meet twice a week or even more. There was not a single occassion where he didnt come to the door to receive or to see me off. I told him 'Sir you didnt have to do this. But he will insist. This is his courtesy. And for him, doing the right thing was important. Every time he was taking a decision, he used to put himself in shoes of other people, to make sure he is being fair.

ET Awards 2024: Grasim Industries is the Conscious Corporate of the Year, 2024
Grasim Industries for its pro-green policies and alignment with PM Narendra Modi’s Atmanirbharta wins the Conscious Corporate of the Year Award, 2024.
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'You let the school down': Kumar Mangalam shares childhood incident of being scolded by school principal for ignoring chief guest
Kumar Mangalam Birla reminisced about a childhood incident of being scolded for not acknowledging a chief guest after winning a prize. At the ET Awards 2024, he expressed his joy in seeing his mother's smile. Under his leadership, the Aditya Birla Group has achieved significant milestones.

ET Awards 2024: Peyush Bansal awarded ET Entrepreneur of the Year
Lenskart founder Peyush Bansal, with it’s remarkable growth with a vision to enable India and the world to get better eyesight and bring need for quality and affordable spectacle to every possible home, wins the ET Entrepreneur of the Year Award, 2024.

ET Awards 2024: Vishakha Mulye, CEO, Aditya Birla Capital - Businesswoman of the Year
Vishakha Mulye, CEO of Aditya Birla Capital creates financial support for the common person in the easiest of means. She is the ‘Businesswoman of the Year’, 2024.

‘Multilateral fora like WTO may get replaced by bilaterals’, says FM Sitharaman at ET Awards 2024
Complaints going to WTO will not have redressal in the near future, said FM Nirmala Sitharaman. She was in an exclusive conversation with Ex. Editor The Economic Times, Sruthijith KK.

ET Awards 2024: Many of our problems existing in several large economies as well, only way to compete is by...: Kumar Mangalam Birla
Kumar Mangalam Birla emphasizes the importance of investing for global competitiveness at the ET Awards 2024. Honored as 'Business Leader of the Year', he highlighted that issues faced by the Indian economy are common globally, and placed confidence in India's growth alongside North America, citing his company's significant diversification and expansion.

ET Awards 2024: Zomato wins Emerging Company of the Year
Zomato, with its remarkable growth and the first startup to go for an IPO and aspiring for $10 Bn in valuation, wins the Emerging Company of the Year Award, 2024