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Ravi Venkatesan

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ARTICLES BY RAVI VENKATESAN

Entrepreneurship mindset curriculum uses creative teaching methods, whereby students are encouraged to inculcate 21st century skills like creativity, problem solving, critical thinking and leadership.

The missing middle of Indian entrepreneurship

9 min read . 16 May 2022

Students at a skill development centre run by Maruti Suzuki on the ITI-Meerut campus. (Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint)

Three ways to solve India’s jobs problem

8 min read . 04 Nov 2019

The US' decision to blacklist Huawei and cut off access to western software and chip technologies is refrred to as China’s Sputnik moment (Reuters file)

Opinion | China’s Sputnik moment can prove to be India’s big break

3 min read . 25 Jul 2019

A file photo of the IL&FS office in Mumbai.

Time to redesign boards for the age of disruption

3 min read . 24 Jun 2019

A positive approach is to treat a job as a finite project. iStockphoto

How treating your workplace as just a temporary perch will bring peace of mind

3 min read . 22 May 2019

Ravi Venkatesan is an advocate of entrepreneurship programmes at the school level; and coffee shops are doubling up as offices for new entrepreneurs. Photo: Aniruddha Chowdhury/Mint

Ravi Venkatesan dreams of mass entrepreneurship in India

8 min read . 10 Aug 2018

If IT firms use the H1B visa reform issue as an opportunity to transform, they will be perceived not as ‘Indian’ or ‘body shops,’ but as global technology giants that don’t need visas to succeed. Photo: Mint

The silver lining in H1B visa reforms

3 min read . 03 Feb 2017

The US visa reform bill seeking to double the minimum wage payable to H1B visa holders is only the most recent instance of Donald Trump’s protectionist stand. Photo: Bloomberg

The message from H1B visa reforms

3 min read . 01 Feb 2017

sound economic policies can go a long way towards creating new jobs. Photo: AP

India’s job challenge requires collective action

4 min read . 13 Jan 2017

Elon Musk, more famous for his revolutionary ideas and projects, has publicly stated that AI is ‘potentially more dangerous than nukes’. Photo: Bloomberg

Fourth industrial revolution and responsible innovation

4 min read . 05 Dec 2016

Satya Nadella has had the space to profoundly reshape Bill Gates’s and Steve Ballmer’s legacy, making decisions as embracing Open Source software, exiting Nokia. Photo: Ramesh Pathania/Mint

When the leader can’t let go

3 min read . 08 Nov 2016

Photo: Hindustan Times

India’s IT industry: Are the skies really falling?

4 min read . 28 Oct 2016

Photo: Ramesh Pathania/Mint

Is India ready for the fourth industrial revolution?

5 min read . 18 Sep 2016

Photo: Bloomberg

India’s public sector banks have to change quickly

5 min read . 06 Sep 2016

The rise of autonomous vehicles or self-driving cars, pioneered by Google and now being emulated by others, poses a stiff challenge.

From horseless to driverless: the future of the car

4 min read . 10 Feb 2016

Managing CEO succession may be a board’s single most crucial responsibility and one of the toughest to discharge well. Being thoughtful and disciplined about these issues can substantially improve the probability of success.

Getting CEO succession right

4 min read . 23 May 2014

The single most important decision that a board makes is hiring the right CEO. Good boards recognize that CEO succession is a process rather than an event and so they work on this continuously rather than frantically just before the incumbent departs.

Evaluating and improving board effectiveness

5 min read . 20 Feb 2014

Photo: iStockphoto

How to be a productive and impactful board member

4 min read . 20 Feb 2014

There is a much greater importance given to the role of independent directors. Photo: iStock

Questions to consider before joining a public board

5 min read . 20 Feb 2014

Advisory boards represent a substantial commitment of time, energy and effort, but a good one can be worth its weight in gold in a turbulent and rapidly changing country such as India.

So, you want to create an advisory board?

6 min read . 20 Feb 2014