How India Is Rebuilding Storage as a Core Layer of the Logistics Network Warehousing has historically occupied a modest place in India’s infrastructure planning, developed in step with factories and highways rather than as a priority in its own right. Over the past few years, that position has shifted meaningfully,…
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Future of Education: Technology, Skills, Well-being and Resilience
The future of education will not be shaped by technology alone. The collective outcome will depend on how effectively educators, schools, policymakers, and industry work together to prepare learners for a rapidly changing world. As classrooms evolve, the expectations of education do too. Artificial Intelligence (AI) and emerging technologies are…
Sport as a Tool for Community Development and Industry Engagement
Sports is no longer viewed as a leisure activity, but as a low-cost, high-impact tool for broader social and economic change. Today, success in sport is not just measured by medals, but rests on five key outcomes: physical well-being, mental well-being, individual development, social and community development, and economic development.…
Match AI models to workloads, not leaderboards
The Artificial Intelligence (AI) industry has remained fixated on model rankings. A new release claims the top of some leaderboard almost every week. Until recently, most enterprises simply chose the strongest available model and consumed it through managed APIs from the frontier labs. That decision is no longer straightforward. What…
Productivity: The engine of manufacturing growth
For the past decade, India’s manufacturing story has been about scale—bigger factories, higher investments, and expanded output. This capacity creation has been real and consequential. Yet the next phase of industrial expansion cannot rely on size alone. It must be powered by productivity—the value we draw from every unit of…
Skilling India’s Gig Workers: Policy Gaps and Industry’s Role
India’s rapidly expanding gig and platform economy has emerged as a crucial driver of the economic engine, powered by young demographics, digital adoption, and rapid urbanization. India’s gig workforce is projected to grow from 7.7 million in 2020-21 to 23.5 million by 2029-30. At present, 47% of the gig workers…
MedTech for All: Driving Accessible, Affordable & Quality Healthcare
India’s MedTech industry is expanding its role in both domestic healthcare and global markets. It is valued at approximately USD 16 Bn, close to 2% of the global market, worth around USD 680 Bn. The opportunity in the Indian MedTech sector to serve growing domestic and international demand, leverage inherent…
India’s Data Center Revolution: Fuelling Infrastructure Transformation
Data centers have emerged as India’s fastest-growing commercial real estate segment, backed by strong pipelines fuelled by 5G, AI, cloud adoption, and data localization mandates. India’s data center market has crossed 10 gigawatts in total capacity, of which 1.4 gigawatts is operational. This means that the live capacity could expand…
India’s Diversity: A Strength for Nation-Building and Economic Growth
India marks 80 years of Independence this year, and we, as proud citizens, celebrate the story of a nation’s transformational journey driven by resilience, innovation, and collective determination. India’s Independence Day commemorates not only the freedom attained in 1947, but also the ideals that have driven India’s progress rooted in…
CII–FBN India Chapter Annual Convention 2026
The Unspoken: Turning Family Dynamics into Business Strength Every family business runs on two ledgers. One tracks revenue, margins, succession plans on paper. The other, kept nowhere official, tracks who felt overlooked at the last board meeting, which sibling was never quite forgiven for a decision made a decade ago,…