R Jagannathan

R Jagannathan

R Jagannathan is a Journalist with over 47 years of experience in journalism. Currently he is a Editorial Director of Swarajya and Chairman of Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC). He has been a part of many launch teams, including Business Today, DNA and Firstpost. He has also helped revamp many business publications as Editor of Financial Express, Indian Management and Business World. He started his career with the Financial Express as a reporter/sub-editor in 1976 in Mumbai. His recent focus has been on digital commentary and journalism while being associated with firstpost.com, moneycontrol.com, business-standard.com, and myiris.com. He was awarded the Shriram Sanlam Lifetime Achievement Award in 2016.

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Big banks, or more agile banks? Sector ripe for disruption amid tech shift

As data, payments, and deposits shift to tech giants, regulators must rethink corporate ownership and competitive rules

Updated On: 02 Dec 2025 | 10:45 PM IST

Trump's bipolar G2 dream is fundamentally unstable, lacks global influence

What is clear is that both G1 and G2 know that their field of geographical dominance cannot increase any more than it already has

Updated On: 04 Nov 2025 | 10:26 PM IST

For growth, India needs its billionaires to invest, millionaires to return

It is now clear that the US sees India as a future threat and would not like to aid its rise, which would apply to China as well

Updated On: 30 Sep 2025 | 10:35 PM IST

Time to stop abusing Indian business houses, trust will help them build

Unhinged attacks on Indian business houses and their so-called trader mentality are unjustified

Updated On: 02 Sep 2025 | 11:10 PM IST

India's diplomacy needs to move from demonstrative style to hard substance

We don't have to produce another Henry Kissinger, but we must go beyond making statements on the wars now threatening world peace

Updated On: 05 Aug 2025 | 10:30 PM IST

The ideological abyss: Vodafone rescue requires solutions, not ideology

To rescue or not to rescue Vodafone goes beyond one's views on privatisation or nationalisation - it depends on what will work in a given context

Updated On: 07 Jul 2025 | 10:47 PM IST

Operation Sindoor must push India to reorient priorities, alliances

The United States under Donald Trump has turned out to be a superpower with a flexible spine. Far from being supportive, it has ended up re-hyphenating Pakistan with India

Updated On: 03 Jun 2025 | 10:20 PM IST

Sense and caste census: Ambedkar's vision and the risk of reversal

The near-unanimous support for the idea from political parties is the result of differing calculations

Updated On: 06 May 2025 | 11:35 PM IST

Localising politics and power must be a global governance priority

The world, India included, must push power to the lowest levels of governance to avoid popular alienation from the political process

Updated On: 01 Apr 2025 | 10:41 PM IST

Dehyping Western lifestyles: Bridging gap between expectation and reality

India would be failing in its duty to its future migrants if it does not do anything to de-market unrealistic aspirations and impossible dreams

Updated On: 05 Mar 2025 | 12:09 AM IST

The upside of Trump's disruptions: A push for better alternatives

India will come on his radar soon, but while we wait for Mr Trump's other disruptive shoes to drop, taking a helicopter view of his actions serves us better than reacting in a knee-jerk fashion

Updated On: 04 Feb 2025 | 10:12 PM IST

Budget 2025-26 must prioritise defence and security over welfare schemes

India's growing external and internal threats demand urgent shifts in fiscal focus to strengthen defence, policing, and cyber capabilities

Updated On: 31 Dec 2024 | 9:46 PM IST

Demography without a TFR obsession: Rethinking birth-rate solutions

Demography may be destiny, but the solutions do not lie in asking women to sacrifice more than they already have

Updated On: 03 Dec 2024 | 10:27 PM IST

Underwhelming economics Nobel: Winners reveal little we didn't already know

Conclusion of laureates Acemoglu, Johnson, Robinson - that prosperity depends on good (non-extractive) institutions, inclusion, rule of law - seems underwhelming, as these values are self-explanatory

Updated On: 05 Nov 2024 | 10:36 PM IST

Good enough vs ideal: Incremental GST reforms may outshine rapid changes

Our guiding principle in taxation should be driven by the principle of what works, not what is theoretically the best idea. The good enough should not be made the enemy of the ideal

Updated On: 01 Oct 2024 | 10:59 PM IST

Difficult but crucial: Discussing high immigration and demographic changes

Political correctness should not prevent us from discussing them

Updated On: 03 Sep 2024 | 9:45 PM IST

Avoiding quota dystopia

It is time we tried different approaches before merit and talent are completely sidelined

Updated On: 06 Aug 2024 | 10:14 PM IST

Uncle Sam's dollar Ponzi scheme

US's terrible political and economic leadership will ultimately cost the dollar its value. India must act early to avoid being dragged down

Updated On: 02 Jul 2024 | 10:49 PM IST

How 2024 was never a done deal

The exit pollsters owe us an apology, and so does the Congress to the Election Commission

Updated On: 04 Jun 2024 | 11:07 PM IST

The post-June 4 challenges

Both majority and coalition govts will have to rule by consensus henceforth

Updated On: 30 Apr 2024 | 9:40 PM IST