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Dr. Anurag Batra enunciates his views - The Business of Defence: New players who have brought cutting-edge capability in defence production

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  Anurag Batra is a serial entrepreneur, media mogul, a journalist and an eternal optimist rolled into one. Mr. Batra is also appointed by Government of India as the Chairman of an industry committee formed to come up with a vocational training framework for the media, communication and entertainment industry. Anurag Batra, Chairman & Editor-in-Chief of BW Businessworld & Founder and Editor-in Chief of exchange4media Group enunciates his views. In this latest special edition of BW Businessworld, Anurag Batra profiles exceptional new players who have brought cutting-edge capability in defence production. “The political management of defence is one of the highlights of the Narendra Modi government. It has shown the willingness to use the military as an instrument of statecraft. The defence sector reforms undertaken by it have been the most significant since India’s Independence”, Dr. Anurag Batra underlines. Of great salience is the Aatmanirbhar Bharat agenda for defence pr...

Anurag Batra analyses the reasons for the stagnant growth of the television news viewership universe

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  Anurag Batra , the journalist and serial entrepreneur analyses the reasons for the television news viewership universe not growing. According to the editor in chief of BW Businessworld, if the stagnation or the shrink is indeed true, rather than blaming everyone else and the business media that reports it honestly, the television news promoters and CEOs and editors have to introspect the matter. The first 12 months of the pandemic in 2020 created a winner for news channels and a loser for cinema halls — and by that extension — Hindi and Bollywood cinema. According to the expert, “In the first one year of Covid-19, people, citizens, and viewers were glued onto television news channels for information on Covid, to understand what was happening around them and to get updates and solutions. The pandemic was a huge event that had audiences glued to television news, eager to know what was in store for them. To the credit of news channels, they rose to the occasion, news reporters, came...

How the rise of the domestic VC and PE firms is fuelling the growth of India’s start-up ecosystem – Anurag Batra explains

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  Anurag Batra is a serial entrepreneur, media mogul, journalist and lifelong optimist. Anurag Batra is an entrepreneur of a different flavour. Unpretentious and sincere, this dynamic entrepreneur is a name many will find instantly recognizable. Anurag Batra is also a media mogul, a journalist and an eternal optimist rolled into one. He became a first-generation entrepreneur after acquiring the iconic business media and magazine brand BW Businessworld, one of the most respected business publications in the country. Dr. Anurag Batra is the Chairman & Editor-in-Chief of the BW Businessworld Group and the Founder & Editor-in-Chief of the exchange4media Group. Anurag Batra is also an author, media mogul, a journalist, and an eternal optimist all rolled into one. He is the man behind the expansion of BW Business Group into one of the most respected business publications in the country. Anurag Batra explains how the rise of the domestic VC and PE firms is fuelling the growth o...