Innovation Stories from India Inc.

Beyond jugaad, that great Indian tradition of short-term fixes, what does innovation mean in Indian companies?

That’s what I address in my book “Innovation Stories from India Inc: Their Story in Their Words”, Vijay Menon, Bloomsbury India, July 2017.

The book includes first-person accounts by some of India’s most successful business leaders on how their companies innovate and grow.

Filled with anecdotes and examples and covering companies from startups to conglomerates, the book will be of interest to entrepreneurs, managers, students, and to anyone with an interest in Indian business.

In the book

Conglomerates: Ratan Tata, Adi Godrej, Suresh Krishna (TVS),

MNCs: Munesh Makhija (GE), Suresh Narayanan (Nestle), Dilip Khandelwal (SAP Labs)

Large Companies: A M Naik (L&T), Aditya Puri (HDFC Bank), N R Narayanamurthy (Infosys), Ravi Pisharody (Tata Motors CV), K B S Anand (Asian Paints), G V Prasad (Dr Reddy’s Labs), Bhaskar Bhat (Titan)

Midsized companies: Harsh Mariwala (Marico), Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw (Biocon), P R S ‘Biki’ Oberoi (Oberoi Hotels), Meraj Manal (Himalaya), Dr Devi Shetty (Narayana Hospitals), William Bissell (Fabindia), Kiran Khalap (chlorophyll)

Startups: Vijay Shekhar Sharma (Paytm), Raghav Bahl (Qunitillion Media), and Team Indus.

Author bio

Vijay Menon is a Bangalore based writer. He has previously headed marketing, communication and investor relations at technology companies and worked as a journalist and nuclear engineer.