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Strategic marketing for leaders: Equipping professionals to lead in the AI age.

For professionals aiming to advance into leadership roles, a strategic marketing programme is more than just upskilling—it is about staying relevant in a market where digital and data-driven approaches are reshaping traditional marketing boundaries. Here’s how IIM-C’s Strategic Marketing for Leaders: Leveraging AI for Growth goes beyond conventional marketing education, offering an integrated approach that enables professionals to lead in an AI-first business landscape.

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Working professionals flock to IIT, IIM upskilling courses for career growth

Online upskilling courses from IITs and IIMs are gaining popularity among early-career professionals seeking industry-relevant skills. These programmes, covering AI, big data, and more, blend academic knowledge with practical application. The trend is driven by rapid technological advancements and the need for professionals to continuously update their skills to remain competitive and employable.

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CXOs spending more time weighing risks and responsibilities of new roles, companies deal with uneasy wait

Senior leaders are now spending more time weighing risks and responsibilities of new roles amid a volatile business environment. Resilient demand for seasoned C-suite professionals is also working in their favour despite an overall soft job market. “For a CEO or CXO in their mid-40s, the next ten years are critical—reset years,” said D Shivakumar, former CEO at PepsiCo, and currently operating partner at Advent India.

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India’s Uber-rival BluSmart appears to suspend service in wake of EV loan probe

BluSmart, India’s all-electric cab-hailing startup that was once seen as an emerging rival to Uber, appears to have suspended service in some cities just as the country’s market regulator launched a probe into Gensol Engineering, the publicly listed company that shares two of its co-founders. The cab service, which had been operating in Delhi-NCR, Bengaluru, […]

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Elevate your leadership with AI: IIM Indore’s digital transformation programme

The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Indore’s Certificate Programme in Digital Transformation and AI for Leaders is designed to equip professionals with the expertise needed to navigate the evolving digital landscape. Here’s how you can gain future-ready skills, unlock data-driven decision-making, and transform your career with this online course.

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Apple might import more iPhones from India to sidestep China tariffs

Apple is considering importing more iPhones from India to sidestep the 54% additional tariffs on goods imported from China that U.S. president Donald Trump announced last week, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing anonymous sources. The company sees this as a short-term measure while it seeks to negotiate with the Trump administration to get an […]

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Promoter-led companies retaining non-executive directors, chairpersons for guidance, boardroom decision making

Guenter Butschek, former CEO of Tata Motors, has been made a non-executive, non-independent director at the company. Bharat Puri, who recently retired as MD of Pidilite, has been retained as a non-executive, nonindependent director. Former Jaguar Land Rover CEO Thierry Yves Henri Bollore is now non-executive chairman of group company Tata AtoComp. HK Agarwal, former MD of Grasim Industries, is an advisor to the company board.

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Truecaller now has over 450M monthly active users

The caller identity app Truecaller said that it crossed the 450 million user mark earlier this week. The company said that it added 50 million users in the past 10 months and 15.5 million users since the beginning of 2025. India is the company’s biggest user base. So it wasn’t surprising when Truecaller promoted chief […]