A joint report by Google,Temasek, and Bain & Company released in early June, said India's internet economy, mainly driven by the e-commerce vertical, is expected to register six-fold growth and touch $1 trillion by 2030. The growth will be led by the B2C e-commerce segment, followed by B2B e-commerce, software-as-a-service...
Google Appoints a New India Country Manager
Google announced the appointment of Sanjay Gupta as the new country manager and vice president of sales and operations for its India business. "I am happy to join the passionate teams across Google and look forward to contributing to India’s digital journey as it becomes an innovation hub for the...
21st Century Fox's Hotstar Service in India Expands Portfolio
Ahead of its merger with Disney, 21st Century Fox's Hotstar service expands its portfolio in India with its first originals slate, taking on rivals Netflix, Amazon and other platforms. To date, Hotstar has largely drawn on its fully owned subsidiary Star India's content library -- from soaps to Bollywood movies....
Eight of Ten Most Powerful Overseas Indians live in the United States
India Today magazine recently ranked the ten most powerful people of Indian origin living overseas. Eight of them are residents of the United States from the CEO of Pepsico to the heir-apparent of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway. Also on the list are two Nobel-prize winning economists from Harvard and Columbia,...