BW Businessworld, India's premier business magazine releases its latest issue featuring comprehensive coverage of two pivotal transformations reshaping India's economic landscape: the disruption in the decorative paints industry and the evolution of engineering education at the country's top institutions.
Paint Industry Under Siege
The magazine's cover story, 'Swirling Shades in the Paint Tub,' provides an in-depth analysis of how India's traditionally stable paint sector is experiencing its most significant upheaval in decades. The Rs 72,000 crore decorative paints market, long dominated by established players, faces mounting pressure from aggressive new entrants including Grasim's Birla Opus and JSW Paints' strategic acquisitions.
What we're witnessing is not merely competition but a fundamental recalibration of an entire sector. The industry's high-margin sanctuary is being challenged by pricing wars, regulatory scrutiny and shifting consumer preferences toward value-driven offerings.
The investigation reveals how even market leaders like Asian Paints are being forced to reassess their strategies amid intensifying legal challenges, operational risks and margin compression. Despite these pressures, the analysis shows most players are paradoxically expanding capacity, creating what the edition describes as 'a complex picture of resilience, urgency and recalibration.'
Building India's Future Workforce
The issue's second major feature examines the transformation occurring within India's premier engineering institutions. Drawing insights from leadership at IIT Madras, IIT Delhi, IIT Bangalore and BITS Pilani, the story explores how these institutions are evolving beyond traditional technical education to produce graduates conscious of broader societal and environmental responsibilities.
The feature highlights several transformative trends reshaping engineering education across India's premier institutions. Artificial intelligence, machine learning and renewable energy are rapidly becoming foundational knowledge areas, reflecting the industry's shift toward emerging technologies. Simultaneously, there has been a rise in interdisciplinary approaches to curriculum design, breaking down traditional silos between engineering specialisations. Significantly, the feature documents a decline in graduates seeking opportunities abroad, with students increasingly finding both ambition and purpose within India's expanding technology ecosystem. The institutions are also demonstrating increased focus on gender equity and sustainability considerations, while strategically aligning their educational frameworks with broader national development priorities.
The dual focus of this edition examines both immediate market disruptions and long-term structural changes shaping India's economic future. The magazine's analysis connects these seemingly disparate sectors through their shared theme of transformation and adaptation.
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