A pioneering entrepreneur in the Biotech sector, Kiran Mazumdar–Shaw is the Chairperson and Managing Director of Biocon Limited. In 2010, she was among TIME magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world, and in 2014, Forbes magazine picked her as one of 100 most influential women in the world

-Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

Private sector banks are quicker in disbursing loan than their PSU counterparts, but the latter are sometimes more flexible

By Adhil Shetty

Sustained economic revival needs a slew of measures, at regular intervals, over a period of time, and in a coordinated manner By Alam Srinivas

-By Alam Srinivas

The many myths around currency trading By Jitendra Parasher

-By Jitendra Parasher

The Indian markets have been resilient in the face of global instability. But dithering on reforms could suck us in too.

-By Kiran Nanda

A monthly series in The Finapolis where we talk to a diverse set of families to understand their attitude towards fi nancial planning. Our in-house fi nancial advisor offers his suggestions for a more robust portfolio. If you’d like to talk to us and be featured, write in to: feedback@thefi napolis.com

-By Team Finapolis

KV Kamath is non-executive Chairman of Infosys and of ICICI Bank. An alumnus of IIM, Ahmedabad, he began his career in 1971 at ICICI, and played a crucial role in transforming ICICI into a technologydriven financial services group and the first universal bank in India

-By KV Kamath

Tax filing is in full swing and thousands of taxpayers are busy e-filing their income tax returns. Websites like ClearTax capture the data from your Form 16 when you upload the document on the website, and offer tax benefits you are eligible for automatically. Follow these 7 simple steps to file your return online.

-By Clear tax content Team

If India continues on its current growth course, it could have a $5.6 trillion economy in 20 years. To create a $10 trillion economy, India will need to accelerate its growth to 9% CAGR over the next 20 years. A recent report by services firm PwC suggests the way forward.

The secondary markets have been performing well in the last one year. Domestic and foreign investors as well as Indian Corporate have shown tremendous confidence in the India growth story and the future of the Indian markets, although there are still some concerns about global factors that could impact us and on rupee volatility. So this is possibly the best time to pause and think of what are the next big steps that will give the Indian markets the next big push. Extensive efforts have been taken by the market regulator, SEBI and exchanges to increase re tail penetration, use technology for financial inclusion and improve investor confidence by enforcing high standards of corporate governance in Indian companies.

-By Chitra Ramkrishna