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With India making a power-packed presence here for the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, consultancy major BCG's India Head Rahul Jain has said the Davos takeaway for the Indian business leaders is very clear that the competitiveness now comes from combining cost, scale and resilience. Jain also said that India is very likely to become the world's third-largest economy by around 2030, which is a key India-related topic of discussion here during the summit. "The key question is whether growth can be further accelerated to reach this milestone as early as 2028, and achieving this faster trajectory will depend largely on accelerating the manufacturing sector further from roughly 15-17 per cent of GDP today to 20 per cent and beyond," Jain told PTI. "In that sense, the issue is less about if and more about when," he said. Jain, who is here for the five-day WEF Annual Meeting beginning Monday, said investments in sunrise sectors, such as clean energy, electronics, and semiconductors,
Computer Age Management Services Ltd (CAMS) has collaborated with Google Cloud to develop next-generation platform for various business services, in the asset management industry. The initiative aims to modernise the largest platform serving the Indian asset management industry with next generation capabilities. The next generation platform, envisaged with Google Cloud, is a strategic step of the company to leverage the multiple benefits of cloud-based platforms and emerging technologies for the rapidly growing asset management industry, CAMS said in a statement here on Tuesday. The platform would be designed and developed over a five-year period with implementation of specific modules in a phased manner. Commenting on the development, CAMS Managing Director Anuj Kumar said, "our technology platform has been the financial infrastructure for the Indian Mutual Fund industry, serving investors and the complex ecosystem diligently, while scaling up to build a market share of about 68 p
Business services provider Quess Corp has reported 79 per cent year-on-year jump in profit after tax at Rs 70.95 crore for the second quarter ended September 30, riding on operational efficiencies. The company had reported a profit after tax (PAT) of Rs 39.62 crore in the corresponding period of the previous fiscal. Total revenue of the company grew 11 per cent to Rs 4,748 crore, from Rs 4,273 crore in the year-ago period, a company statement said. "This growth is due to focused efforts over the last few quarters in developing greater automation in our platforms, building operational efficiencies and focusing on high margin businesses," Group CEO Guruprasad Srinivasan said. Srinivasan further said the higher margin platforms, GTS and OAM have delivered a consistent increase in profitability along with improvement in margins over the last few quarters. The listed subsidiary, AllSec has surpassed a market cap of Rs 1,000 crore with a CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of 23 per cent