Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.’s farm equipment’s sales rise 7 percent on a yearly basis in August, after it sold 16,641 units during the period, according to its stock exchange notification. Key sales highlights (YoY): Total domestic sales rose 7 percent to 15,356 units. Total exports rose 10 percent to 1,285 units. Shares of M&M fluctuated[...]

The Indian IT industry has gone through several changes over the past few years. Virtualisation of the Data Centers has resulted in huge savings in terms of cost, space and resources and this will definitely have a long term impact. The internet has moved from ‘search’ to ‘watch’ mode, signalling the shift from data to[...]

A CIO should think like a business leader or like a CEO. Only technical skill will be of no help. They need to communicate with the business in their terms, and also ensure that their team follows the same approach. I have always believed that leadership needs empathy. They should also have mentoring and coaching[...]

In today’s business world, the success of an enterprise will be determined by the relationship quotient between the CXOs of the company, prime focus being on the synergy they will bring into the day-to-day operations. Two people who will play a major role in this journey are the CFO and the CIO of an organization;[...]

Before the advent of the Industrial revolution, civilization was at the mercy of hand tools and simple machines. The first and second industrial revolutions brought mechanization into the picture. The Third industrial revolution gave it a digital push and the world started moving from analog to digital. The Industrial revolution brought computers to everyone’s desk,[...]

My Cause – Education of a Girl Child Parents and especially mothers and later on wife becomes the focal point of the family. The upbringing of children, the values all comes from this formative school before children go to a formal school. Every mother instinctively instills a right sense of value.  However, when not literate[...]

The first and foremost thing one needs to ask is what is required for fulfilling the role of the CIO for India? There is a center and there are states and then there are municipal corporations. What is the role of a CIO given the kind of organization structure we have for the country? What[...]

Group CIO & Group CFO at Mahindra & Mahindra, VS Parthasarathy puts forth an engaging new perspective on the VUCA times we live in and how to cope with them. Wearing the Group CIO’s hat, only a few weeks back, I had penned an article on ICE, an acronym for innovation, climate change and e-commerce.[...]

This would be a welcome move as both pricing and currency risks will be ad­dressed effectively apart from opening a window for rupee-denominated trade-able instruments in interna­tional financial markets

V S Parthasarathy, chief financial officer of Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M), said the policy was on expected lines and RBI’s consistent stand on policy rates was understandable, but a rate cut would have helped. “The auto industry is still looking for a strong demand revival; lower interest rates would have helped the cause. The policy promises[...]