For generations, India's brightest minds looked abroad to build successful careers. Today, many are looking back home. From AI and semiconductors to startups and manufacturing, India is no longer just exporting talent—it is beginning to attract it back. This isn't simply a story of people returning. It's the story of a nation becoming worth returning to.
Most ice cream is more additive than food. The emulsifiers, stabilisers, synthetic sweeteners, and preservatives that make commercial ice cream shelf-stable, cheap, and consistent are also the things that make it essentially a processed food product with a dairy flavour. ELVN-ELVN was founded on a single rule that rules most of those ingredients out.
In deep-tech sectors where women's representation has traditionally been lower, IIT Madras is quietly rewriting the numbers. Of 567 startups incubated under its ambitious "100 Startups a Year" mission, one in four has a woman co-founder. And the percentage has stayed above 25% for two straight years.
How a software engineer's guilt over feeding her family restaurant food sparked a revolution in home-cooked meals—and empowered hundreds of women in the process
Inside Pawtastic: the one-woman kitchen in Chennai that pet parents trust more than the biggest names on the shelf — and the founder who refuses to chase followers, fame, or shortcuts
A new kind of capital is flowing into India's ₹22,000-crore film industry. Specialised investment funds like Filmoney Global and CineNow are treating film intellectual property as a structured asset class — similar to IPL teams — bringing institutional discipline to an industry long starved of organised finance. With SPV-based models, slate financing, and even tokenisation, Indian cinema is entering a new era of financial sophistication.
India had fewer than 60,000 GPUs deployed when Neysa raised $1.2 billion in February 2026. The country needs 2 million to realise its AI ambition — a 30x increase that requires sovereign infrastructure, not just hyperscaler access. Sharad Sanghi built Netmagic, sold it, and came back to build the compute layer India needs. Blackstone holds a majority stake.
Flipkart paid $700 million to 19,000 employees through ESOPs in 2023 — India's single largest ESOP wealth creation event. India is now the world's third-largest startup ecosystem. 77% of Indian startups offer equity compensation. Vestd acquired Trica to be the platform that manages all of it.
Tamil Nadu is winning the GCC race — but outdated FSI rules are throttling growth. With Chennai's FSI capped at 3.25 vs Hyderabad's 6, industry leaders warn the state will lose the tech boom to competitors. Inside the real estate crisis and what it means for India's knowledge economy.
Tamil Nadu's "brain drain" narrative is outdated. The state is experiencing a massive talent redistribution, with Tier-2 cities like Coimbatore becoming GCC powerhouses. 50% of advanced roles still route to metros due to skill gaps. Inside the transformation and what it means for India's knowledge economy.