Air India employees seem like an unhappy lot as the Tatas have made several fundamental changes including automated roster planning, digital leave applications and rewarding merit over seniority.
The recent deaths of Indian pilots have put the spotlight on whether the nature of their jobs affected their health and raised questions about how far airlines can push their staff.
Ratan Jalan, the former CEO of Apollo Health and Lifestyle Limited, told The Core that Indian society pays a price for the lack of preventive care and that the government needs to play a larger role.
The equation between the Indian airlines and their pilots, the most valuable resource, is getting increasingly hostile and could have ramifications for the industry.
Dr A Velumani said that unicorns like e-pharmacy company PharmEasy and ed-tech company Byju’s can be rescued, but lots of hard work would need to be put in.
Manoj Sinha, the founder of Husk Power Systems, began his business in the areas of Bihar that no one wanted to venture into. Now the business has expanded as far as Nigeria.
Over 52 months and still counting, Jet Airways' revival has turned into a never-ending saga as has the quest to make an example of its founder and chairman Naresh Goyal