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T. Surendar

Consulting editor

T. Surendar is a business features writer tracking India's largest business groups and entrepreneurs. His focus areas include picking on emerging trends in industries like healthcare, automobiles and finance and delving deep into material changes in corporate India. His brief also extends to writing short opinion pieces on events that matter to regulators, CXOs and investors.

ARTICLES BY T. SURENDAR

N. Srinivasan, former MD & CEO of CG Power.

The monk who revived a giant

5 min read . 09 Dec 2025

Chairperson and managing director of NRB Bearings Ltd Harshbeena Zaveri.

NRB shifts gears with strategic leap into industrial bearings via Unitec

4 min read . 04 Dec 2025

After the 2018 Vodafone-Idea merger, the combined entity briefly became the country's largest telecom company.

The long arc of telecom, and why the Vi story pulled me back

3 min read . 22 Nov 2025

The Centre is the single largest shareholder in Vi. The same state that had fought for decades to enforce AGR dues is now financially invested in the company’s survival. (Reuters)

Life of Vi: Inside the unprecedented pivot that saved the telco

10 min read . 20 Nov 2025

Namit Malhotra, the chief executive officer of Prime Focus Group.

The man bringing India its Avatar moment

10 min read . 03 Nov 2025

Ashvini Magnets' first indigenous rare earth metals plant marks a significant step in the country’s quest for self-reliance in critical materials. (Bloomberg)

Pune firm cracks rare earth code, but India’s magnet gap stays

4 min read . 31 Oct 2025

File photo of K. Krithivasan, CEO of Tata Consultancy Services.

Inside TCS' bold $6.5 billion plan to own India’s AI data centres

11 min read . 14 Oct 2025

Natco Pharma has a long history of challenging innovator patents both in India and overseas. (Image: Pixabay)

Natco’s high-stakes patent challenge strategy explained

5 min read . 11 Oct 2025

Shree Refrigeration’s factory in Karad, Maharashtra, where specialised chillers and air conditioning plants for warships and submarines are manufactured.

Maharashtra’s defence fund created winners—can the boom hold?

12 min read . 23 Sept 2025

Even as GST cut chatter swirled last month, the stocks of the two pure EV makers surged. (Mint)

GST cuts make petrol bikes cheaper—but EV stocks are soaring anyway

3 min read . 17 Sept 2025

Bharat Forge chairman and managing director Baba Kalyani (R) & vice chairman and JMD Amit Kalyani in their new AI lab with Snowy the robot.

Beyond metal bashing: How Bharat Forge is reinventing itself for the digital era

10 min read . 04 Sept 2025

Arundhati Bhattacharya, president & CEO at Salesforce, South Asia. Before joining the tech company, she was a career banker. (Sameer Joshi/Mint)

Inside Arundhati Bhattacharya’s makeover of Salesforce India

10 min read . 11 Aug 2025

Exporters and industry bodies warn the tariffs will render businesses unviable, with diamond and jewellery leaders calling the move “devastating.” (AFP)

Trump tariff-hit exporters chalk survival plans ahead of deadline

3 min read . 08 Aug 2025

Sanjay Agarwal, managing director and chief executive officer, AU Small Finance Bank.

How AU Small Finance Bank’s Sanjay Agarwal passed RBI’s muster

4 min read . 07 Aug 2025

The headquarters of IREL India Ltd, in central Mumbai. (T. Surendar)

India needs rare earth magnets. One forgotten PSU holds the key

10 min read . 16 Jul 2025

Glenn Saldanha, chief executive officer and managing director of Glenmark Pharmaceuticals.

Sacrifices, trade-offs paved big drug win: Glenmark CEO

4 min read . 14 Jul 2025

Reliance Defence already assembles several large and small components for French company Dassault Aviation's Falcon 2000 commercial jets and Rafale fighter jets in India.

Anil Ambani’s global aerospace ambition, a ₹10,000-cr bet, and homemade Falcons

5 min read . 11 Jul 2025

In areas where SBI has a dominant market share in deposits but a lower share in loans, the bank is looking to set up specialized branches.

SBI plans for pan-India banking dominance in all districts, says chairman Setty

2 min read . 03 Jul 2025

On 4 April, China restricted exports of seven rare earth elements and magnets critical in defence and automobile sectors. (Reuters)

India's rare earths riddle: No quick fix as China holds the magnetic key

3 min read . 27 Jun 2025

Executive chairperson of Apollo HealthCo Shobana Kamineni says our growth is measured, but healthy.

Apollo HealthCo to be ₹30,000 crore company in 5-6 yrs, says Shobana Kamineni

4 min read . 26 Jun 2025