Tamil Nadu is overperforming in terms of both primary and secondary education, achieving almost 100 per cent Net Enrolment Ratio (NER) in primary education. One noteworthy feature is the dropout rate was a mere 0.8 per cent in primary and 1.35 per cent in upper primary education. The school education system
Tamil Nadu loses, Delhi gains
For decades in the past, the headquarters of the Finance Ministry at North Block used to be described as the Anna Salai Corridor (source: KP Geethakrishnan). It had seen several brilliant Tamil officers: G Ramachandran, V Ramachandran, Ganapathy, S Venkitaramanan, KP Geethakrishnan, MR Sivaraman, K Venkatesan, C Ramachandran, R Gopalan,
CAA of concern to states
The BJP-led government, with a comfortable majority in the Lok Sabha, is understandably keen to implement several of the major promises in its election manifesto. Luckily it has also been able to muster support in the Rajya Sabha convincing regional parties like the AIADMK and the Biju Janata Dal to
‘Bail us out or we will go bankrupt’
For 15 years, telecom service providers, including Airtel and Vodafone-Idea, resorted to the familiar tactics of leading corporates (like ITC) not to pay promptly the taxes demanded and bided for time by resorting to litigation. The Supreme Court had directed the companies to pay around Rs 92,000 crore within three
An engaging narrative
When a corporate warrior with over five decades of have-been-there-have-seen-it experience writes, you take notice. In a pacey narrative, peppered with anecdotes, R Gopalakrishnan, formerly of Unilever and the Tata Group, answers several questions. Like: What is the purpose of a business? Is private enterprise relevant? How to unlock the animal
His tenure, a watershed in Indian democracy
T N Seshan was among the colourful civil servants remembered for reforming India’s election process. In his tenure as the head of the Election Commission (EC), he understood fully the responsibilities and powers of the EC for the conduct of free and fair elections. Happily, he used the power effectively! In
The duty to contribute to society…
In 1969 A Sivasailam, then Chairman, Amalgamations, instituted the MMA Business Leadership Award in memory of his father and founder, S Anantharamakrishnan. Wipro’s Azim Premji received the 19th award. The first award was presented to J R D Tata. It became an important event for applauding business leadership and also for
Enter Arcelor Mittal
The Bala Guru Swami
Ideals in intelligence
Exploring the relevance of ethics in intelligent systems used in the financial services industry Artificial Intelligence (AI) has given the banking and financial services industry whole new ways of delivery. Consequently, we are witnessing the dramatic rise of the fintech industry today. One would assume that this would improve efficiency and
