Inside Forbes India

From BPO to the rise of the SaaS product companies from India, the tech landscape has seen big changes over the last 30 years. And deep tech is green shoots today. Our latest issue is dedicated to these startups and venture capitalists working in the deep tech ecosystem. It explores some fascinating organisations across the board. In this podcast, Harichandan Arakali, who anchored the issue, gives an overview of the book this fortnight and talks about the stories you can't miss.

If one carefully looks at India's roads, there is a surge of two-wheelers bearing green and white number plates, smartly weaving through traffic and dodging potholes. This hike is supported by the ambitious drive of Bhavish Aggarwal, maverick founder of Ola Electric. The cover story of our EV special issue revolves around him and his audacious gambit. Forbes India's Rajiv Singh gets into the details of Aggarwal's new high-risk, high-return plan.

Every year, we come up with a special issue highlighting the contribution of family businesses to India's economic and cultural growth. This year, the focus is on Gujarat—a state that has given us big names such as Ambani, Adani, Lalbhais of Arvind, Modis of Cadilla Pharmaceuticals, Engineers of Astral, and many others. In this podcast, Naandika Tripathi and Naini Thaker talk about their experience anchoring the issue and writing the stories about the impact of these family businesses.

In the run-up to the G20 meetings in New Delhi, where climate is a key issue, and COP28 in November, Divya J Shekhar puts together a ready reckoner on the prominent issues relating to climate change that we need to talk about. With deep dives and insights on GDP loss due to climatic events, job losses, ESG funds, and even a clutch of entrepreneurs who are using tech to solve for India, this issue is a packed one

Samsung has become a household name in India with its televisions, home appliances, and—the biggest category of all—smartphones. Over the last decade, the South Korean electronics giant ousted Nokia, Micromax and Xiaomi to claim the lion's share in the fiercely competitive smartphone market in India. But Vivo and Apple are making some aggressive expansion moves to improve their stake in the country. For the cover story, Rajiv Singh delves deep to understand Samsung's playbook for India.

The windfall of the Covid-19 crisis happened in the backyard of edtech companies in India. The startup ecosystem saw many edtech companies mushroom, and some even reached unicorn status. As the world adjusts to the new normal, this edtech special issue of Forbes India looks at the canvas of the sector caught in the funding winter, course correcting to a hybrid model, and searching for what's next—for students, parents, and founders. In this podcast, Rajiv Singh takes you to the depths of the stories in this issue.

The macroeconomic picture for SaaS (Software as a Service) is challenging, and most companies are feeling the pressure. Because on the microeconomics level, all the SaaS players are chasing the same customers. This year, Our SaaS special looks at what the recent slowdown in the tech sector means for SaaS outfits and how they manage their cashflows. In this podcast, Harichandan Arakali gives an overview of the industry and stories you cannot miss in the issue.

The world is watching the revolution of artificial intelligence (AI) that has been in the works for decades. OpenAI and its chatGPT are part of every other conversation. Now is the time to build on that revolution, and a few Indian startups—in healthcare to consumer research—have already started to harness the tech to their advantage. In this issue, we look at their stories, and in this podcast, Naini Thaker takes us through the ones you cannot miss.

In our latest issue, reporters take a crack at a topic that affects the entire nation—not as a consumer but as citizens who care about national security and India's preparedness for it. Looking at the private defence manufacturing organisations in India, the issue touches upon the Make in India, digitalisation, and even a startup-within-a-corporate aspect of the sector. Manu Balachandran, who anchored the defence and aerospace special, dives deep into the pages.

This year, we are celebrating our 14th anniversary. And Brian Carvalho, editor of Forbes India, gets into the details of this special edition that has invited leaders from business, sports, and entertainment—from TV Narendran of Tata Steel to Kamal Haasan and Viswanathan Anand—to reflect on the journey the world has been on since then.