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Tatas emerge most trusted Group, others lag far behind

Tata Group has emerged as most trusted conglomerate in the recent poll conducted by Equitymaster, an independent equity research firm. The Tata Group has garnered 66 per cent of the total votes, which is more than double the number of votes (32 per cent), it had received in the last such poll conducted in 2013. Interestingly, the 153-year-old AV Birla

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Adi Farewell – By Nadir Godrej

Adi is my elder brother, For good advice, there was no other. He always took the greatest care And in all things was very fair. At school he was extremely smart, Excelled in all, except for art. For fame he never seemed to hanker, In SSC he was first ranker. Then Xavier’s college up to Inter. He then had to

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The Duke’s Story

Dinshawji Pandole, the Parsi founder of the Duke’s Cold Drink Company in Mumbai. Dinshawji originally was a School Teacher by profession, but his first love was the game of cricket and he was good at the sport. A great bowler, he led the historic Parsi Cricket Team that was selected to tour England in 1888. On that tour, he is

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Fairness, Trust, Krauss Maffei and TELCO

JRD Tata and Sumant Moolgaonkar, with a replica of the locomotive that Krauss Maffei engineers helped build at Tata Motors (TELCO) Fairness, Trust and Krauss Maffei It was the year 1946. Germany stood devastated by the Second World War. The Allies had won the war, and many German cities, including Munich, had been severely damaged by the British Royal Air Force. Munich, the

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‘Taj’ rated as strongest hotel brand in world

According to the ‘Hotels 50 2021’ report by Brand Finance, Taj topped the strongest brands list for having stood resilient in spite of the challenges posed by the pandemic, besides other achievements. Tata Group hospitality firm Indian Hotels Company Ltd (IHCL) on Friday said its ‘Taj’ brand has been rated as the strongest hotel brand in the world. According to

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Building Theobroma

Kainaz Messman Harchandrai, co-founder and creative director of Theobroma shares her experience of starting and growing her company. Kainaz is accompanied by her mother, Kamal Messman and sister, Tina Messman Wykes as they share the joys and challenges of building India’s much loved and best known patisserie brand. In conversation with Delna Mistry Anand, a close family friend who is

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L&P’s Hemin Bharucha’s shout out to global companies

Welcome to London! L&P’s Hemin Bharucha’s shout out to global companies @work Spotlight – @work News UK Tushaar Kuthiala Friday, March 12th 2021 “Six and a half per cent of London’s population is of Indian-origin, either first-generation or second generation,” says Hemin Bharucha, Country Director-India and Senior Leadership Team member at London & Partners (L&P). “When I walk the London streets, I can hear

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Inheritance of Management Philosophy – Tata Consultancy Services

Tata Consultancy Services Inheritance of Management Philosophy (Viewpoint of a Management Anthropologist) by – Dr. Noriya Sumihara ( Translated from the original Japanese into English by TCS)

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The original Made in India success story: a soap so good, even Tagore modelled for it

In 1919, an entrepreneur responded to the call for Swadeshi by inventing the world’s first Ahimsa soap Images courtesy: Godrej Archives This is the story of a feisty entrepreneur who paired business acumen with a higher purpose, and proved to the world that Made in India brands can stand the test of time. Meet Ardeshir Godrej For various reasons, including unimpeachable integrity, Ardeshir

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