<ul><li><keyword id="46577" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="hero-group" source="Orion">Hero Group</keyword> and <keyword id="6354544" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="kkr" source="Orion">KKR</keyword> have announced a $450 million investment in the company's renewable energy arm, <keyword id="7029" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="hero" source="Orion">Hero</keyword> Future Energies.</li><li>Post this investment, <keyword id="2951983" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="hfe" source="Orion">HFE</keyword> is valued at $1 billion.</li><li>HFE currently has an operational renewable energy capacity of 1.6 GW and operates in five countries apart from India.</li></ul> Hero Group and American private equity firm KKR have announced an investment of $450 million (approx. ₹3,600 crore) in Hero Future Energies (HFE), the renewable energy arm of the company. Hero Future Energies is a 10-year-old company and has presence across India, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Singapore, Ukraine and the UK. It offers a wide range of renewable energy technologies, ranging from solar, wind, battery storage, and green hydrogen. It currently has 1.6 GW of solar and wind power projects operational. “HFE’s clean energy solutions play an important role in helping companies decarbonize as energy demands continue to grow. We look forward to working closely with HFE’s management team and existing investors, including the Hero Group and IFC, to help HFE achieve its next phase of growth and contribute to the energy transition efforts in India and globally,” said <keyword id="201167" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="hardik-shah" source="Orion">Hardik Shah</keyword>, partner at KKR. KKR is not the first to invest in HFE – earlier, International Finance Corporation, and Abu Dhabi Future Energy (also known as Masdar) together picked up a 20% stake in HFE for $150 million, valuing the company at $750 million. KKR’s investment raises HFE’s valuation to $1 billion. “With this investment, Hero Future Energies will work to accelerate India’s energy transition and contribute to the Indian government's target of generating half the country’s power from non-fossil fuel sources by 2030,” said <keyword id="290686" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="rahul-munjal" source="Orion">Rahul Munjal</keyword>, chairman and managing director of HFE. Since 2011, KKR has invested over $15 billion in various companies in the renewable energy sector, with an operational capacity of 23 GW at the end of 2021. HFE says it plans to use the $450 million investment for grid-connected solar and wind power projects, apart from energy storage and green hydrogen solutions. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/stock-market/news/rally-in-banking-stocks-continue-as-credit-growth-picks-margins-get-a-boost/articleshow/94324519.cms">Rally in banking stocks continues as credit growth picks up &amp; margins get a boost</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/stock-market/news/how-indian-equity-gold-and-debt-investments-have-performed-over-the-past-two-decades/articleshow/94304653.cms">Story in charts: How Indian equity, gold and debt investments have performed over the past two decades</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/science/health/news/despite-inflation-8-out-of-10-people-intend-to-increase-spending-on-health-and-wellness-accenture-report/articleshow/94329579.cms">Despite inflation, 8 out of 10 people intend to increase spending on health and wellness : Accenture report</a>

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New Delhi, India's top billionaires, including Gautam Adani and Sunil Bharti Mittal, mega stars from film industry such as Amitabh Bachchan and Shahrukh Khan and cricketing icons from Sachin Tendulkar to M S Dhoni are among those invited for pre-wedding celebrations of Mukesh Ambani's youngest son, Anant early next month. Ahead of the wedding ceremony in July, guests from around the world have been invited to three-day pre-wedding festivities beginning March 1, at Gujarat's Jamnagar, which houses Ambani's mega oil refineries. Anant Ambani, the youngest of the three children Mukesh Ambani and Nita Ambani have, is set to marry Radhika Merchant - the younger daughter of <keyword id="20720133" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="viren-merchant" source="keywords">Viren Merchant</keyword>, CEO of Encore Healthcare, and entrepreneur Shaila Merchant. With Jamnagar not having five-star hotels, ultra-luxury tents housing best of facilities, including tiled bathrooms are being erected for the guests. The guest list includes international business leaders like Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Microsoft founder Bill Gates, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen, Walt Disney CEO Bob Iger, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink, Adnoc CEO Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, and EL Rothschild chair Lynn Forester de Rothschild, sources said. Indian business magnates invited include Gautam Adani and family, Tata Sons chairman Natarajan Chandrasekaran , Aditya Birla Group Chairperson Kumar Mangalam Birla, and his family, Godrej family, Infosys chairman Nandan Nilekani, RPSG Group head Sanjiv Goenka, Wipro's Rishad Premji, banker <keyword id="19998917" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="uday-kotak" source="keywords">Uday Kotak</keyword>, vaccine maker Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla, Airtel chairman Sunil Mittal, Hero's Pawan Munjal, Roshni Nadar of HCL, Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath, entrepreneur Ronnie Screwvala and Sun Pharma's Dilip Sanghi. Top cricketers, including Sachin Tendulkar and family, MS Dhoni and family, Rohit Sharma, K L Rahul, Hardik and Krunal Pandya and Ishan Kishan too are on the invitee list. <keyword id="19897820" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="bollywood" source="keywords">Bollywood</keyword> will be represented by mega stars Amitabh Bachchan and family, Abhishek and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Shahrukh Khan and family, Amir Khan, Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar and Twinkle Khanna, Ajay Devgn and Kajol, Saif Ali Khan and family, Chunky Pandey, Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone, Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt and <keyword id="19895145" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="vicky-kaushal" source="keywords">Vicky Kaushal</keyword> and Katrina Kaif. Madhuri Dikshit and Sriram Nene, Aditya and Rani Chopra, Karan Johar, Boney Kapoor and family, Anil Kapoor and family, <keyword id="19946417" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="varun-dhawan" source="keywords">Varun Dhawan</keyword>, Sidharth Malhotra, Shraddha Kapoor and Karisma Kapoor, Rajnikanth and family are are on the invitee list. The three-day-long event will be themed, according to 'Event Guide' sent to the invitees. Chartered flights have been arranged to ferry guests from Delhi and Mumbai to Jamnagar and back. Guests are expected to arrive by mid-day on March 1. Hollywood pop-icon Rihanna, along with Diljit Dosanjh and others, will enthrall the guests with their performances. Day 1 celebrations are called 'An Evening in Everland' where guests are expected to wear elegant cocktail attire. Day 2 will host 'A Walk on the Wildside' with 'jungle fever' being the suggested dress code. It is set to be held outdoors in the Ambanis' animal rescue centre in Jamnagar. The guests will then proceed to 'Mela Rouge' which will be a potpourri of desi activities and the guests will wear their favourite south Asian attires. For Day 3, two events - 'Tusker Trails' and 'Hashtakshar' are planned. The first event will be an outdoor affair where the guests will enjoy the natural beauty of Jamnagar and for the last and final event, they'll be dressed in 'heritage Indian Wear'. All the guests will be provided with personal laundry services, saree drapers and other custom assistance, the nine-page event guide said.

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New Delhi [India], December 21: While making significant strides in various sectors, there are leaders in India who are standing out for their work worldwide. The "Global <keyword id="397956" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="indian-leaders" source="Orion">Indian Leaders</keyword> 2023" list curated by World Brand Affairs has featured leaders from across the country who are known for their innovative, resilient, and persistent approach to functioning in their respective industries. These people are heading towards new heights and establishing standards for excellence. The list honors their outstanding efforts and accomplishments which have propelled their companies to unbound success. Their inclusion in the list highlights their exceptional abilities to navigate challenges, adapt to changing market trends, and consistently deliver groundbreaking results. Gaurav Munjal, CEO of Unacademy Gaurav Munjal is the co-founder and CEO of Unacademy, India's largest online learning platform. With a vision to democratize education, Munjal pioneered Unacademy's growth, transforming it into a leading ed-tech powerhouse. His innovative leadership has revolutionized accessible and quality education, empowering millions of learners across the globe. Kunal Shah, Founder of CRED Kunal Shah is the founder and CEO of CRED, a fintech startup revolutionizing credit card payments in India. As a serial entrepreneur, Shah previously founded FreeCharge, later acquired by Snapdeal. His innovative approach to creating rewarding credit experiences has helped CRED to redefine credit card usage while fostering financial literacy. Ashish Hemrajani, Co-founder and CEO of BookMyShow Ashish Hemrajis the co-founder and CEO of BookMyShow, India's leading online entertainment ticketing platform. Hemrajani's unique idea revolutionized the way people book tickets for movies, events, and live performances. His ingenious leadership transformed BookMyShow into a cultural phenomenon, reshaping the access to entertainment industry across the country. Fardin Sheikh, Managing Director at Wizence Group Fardin Sheikh is a seasoned professional with over 25 years of exemplary leadership experience, earning him recognition as a Distinguished Digital Transformation Leader. His dynamic career spans across various roles, showcasing a remarkable blend of strategic vision, project management acumen, and a strong commitment to driving digital innovation. Pariksha Rao, Founder of NuWe Starting as a Clinical Nutritionist, Pariksha Rao has morphed into various roles with the intent to help demystify and democratize healthcare. From maternal well-being to fetal health and tailored nutrition for weaning kids to teens, her work has helped impact over 200,000 lives over nearly two decades of her career. She continues to amplify her impact with NuWe. Poojaa Choprah, CEO and MD of Felix Impex Poojaa Choprah, a visionary CEO &amp; MD of Felix Impex Pvt Ltd., and founder of PNA ORIGINE, is renowned for strategic business acumen and market expansions. A trailblazer in entrepreneurship, her global fashion insights, artistic fervor as a Kathak dancer, and bespoke training expertise redefine success, weaving innovation and cultural fluency into her vibrant career. Amandeep Kaur Khangura, Director of Tru Prime Amandeep is a Canadian born entrepreneur who moved to India in 2011, and acquired Indian Citizenship to follow her passion to bring social empowerment in rural Punjab. During her time in Canada, Amandeep chaired HR &amp; Finance for a $500M project. 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Dr Rahul Mirchandani, Chairman &amp; Managing Director of Aries Agro Limited Dr Rahul Mirchandani, ranked among the 30 Most Innovative CEOs in India, has pioneered unique strategies to build 130+ Aries specialty crop nutrition brands. With a PhD in Management Studies, he teaches Marketing, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship across 50+ B-Schools. He plays key roles in CII's agriculture council, and key governmental panels and was the National Chairman of CII's Young Indians. Vinay Kumar Singh, Executive Director and CEO of Thomson Digital and Q&amp;I (India) Vinay Kumar Singh is the Executive Director and CEO of Thomson Digital and Q&amp;I, with over 30 years of industry expertise. He pioneered Thomson Digital in India and globally, founding associated companies and an education technology startup. Specializing in scientific and educational content, Vinay completed his Executive Training Programs at ISB Hyderabad. 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<ul><li><keyword id="3293861" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Pratilipi">Pratilipi</keyword> has raised $48 million in a Series D funding round led by <keyword id="4998506" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="pubg">PUBG</keyword> developer Krafton. </li><li>The duo will be working together to find stories that can be translated into gaming franchises. </li><li>The platform claims to have about 5 million stories which have been read over 5 billion times.</li></ul>Bengaluru-based storytelling platform Pratilipi has raised $48 million in a Series D funding round led by PUBG developer Krafton, as the startup looks to expand into overseas markets. The duo will be working together to find Pratilipi stories that can be translated into globally successful gaming franchises. The latest funding would allow Pratilipi to strengthen its intellectual property (IP) acquisition and development across different formats ranging from audio books to games. The company’s existing investors Omidyar and Network India also participated in the round, along with a host of entrepreneurs such as Unacademy’s founders Gaurav Munjal and Hemesh Singh, Locus’s Nishith Rastogi, Delhivery’s Sahil Barua and Meesho’s Vidit Aatrey. “With Pratilipi already having a multilingual platform for online literature, it is poised to become one of the strongest players in emerging markets in the future. Krafton believes in long term potential of local Indian IPs that can be successful not just in India, but globally as well across formats including literature, comics and gaming and our investment in Pratilipi is another step in realising that vision,” Sean Hyunil Sohn, head of Krafton’s India division. Last year, Krafton had announced its plans to invest $100 million in Indian startups to cultivate the local video game, esports, entertainment, and IT industries. Since then, it has invested <a href="https://www.businesstoday.in/latest/corporate/story/mumbais-loco-gets-9-million-funding-pubg-parent-krafton-among-investors-299856-2021-06-28">$9 million</a> in Loco, <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/esports-firm-nodwin-gaming-raises-164-cr-of-equity-investment-from-south-korean-gaming-firm-krafton-1030161588">$22.5 million</a> in Nodwin and now led a $48 million round in Pratilipi. Udyam’s Mekin Maheshwari, NoBroker’s Amit Agarwal and Pratilipi’s chief executive Ranjeet Pratap Singh also invested an undisclosed amount in the company in their personal capacity. Avendus Capital acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Pratilipi on this transaction. Pratilipi was founded by Prashant Gupta, Sahradayi Modi, Rahul Ranjan, Sankaranarayanan Devarajan and Singh in 2015. It had started off as an online reading-writing platform and has launched two new products over the years — <keyword id="11642607" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="pratilipi-fm">Pratilipi FM</keyword> for audio based storytelling and <keyword id="11637893" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="pratilipi-comics">Pratilipi Comics</keyword> for in-house comic series. It has also acquired two startups -- IVM Podcast and The Writer Order to expand its presence. The Bengaluru-based startup has over 370,000 writers on the platform and 30 million monthly active readers in 12 Indian languages. The platform claims to have about 5 million stories which have been read over 5 billion times. Pratilipi has raised $78.8 million to date, with ₹76 crore ($10 million) coming in from the Series C round raised in April 2020. The company’s list of investors also includes Tencent, Shunwei Capital, Bennett Coleman and Co Ltd, Nexus Venture Partners and others. SEE ALSO <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/corporates/news/infosys-is-worried-about-losing-its-it-talent-to-indias-unicorns/articleshow/84411946.cms">Infosys has a new headache — India’s unicorn boom</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/corporates/news/tcs-hires-over-20000-in-june-quarter-its-highest-ever-quarterly-addition/articleshow/84240423.cms">TCS has loaded up half a million peeps as it expects many to move on</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/corporates/news/baba-ramdev-and-patanjali-owned-ruchi-soya-wants-to-raise-money-from-the-market-again/articleshow/83485308.cms">Baba Ramdev and Patanjali-owned Ruchi Soya wants to raise money from the market again</a>

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<ul><li>With their sales being hit, the Indian business community which has so far been an active supporter of the Indian government, has been raising its voices.</li><li><keyword id="6359432" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="britannia">Britannia</keyword>’s MD Varun Berry said there is some serious issue in the economy.</li><li>He’s not alone, leaders from the auto industry have raised their concerns as the segment is witnessing its worst sales slowdown.</li></ul>Questions are being raised by top Indian businessmen about the economic health of the country. The latest one to cry foul is fast moving consumer goods company Britannia. In the <a href="https://www.dnaindia.com/business/report-consumers-thinking-twice-before-buying-a-rs-5-pack-britannia-2781047">latest earnings call</a> of Britannia, the company’s MD Varun Berry raised some serious concerns about the <keyword id="6356076" type="DEFINITION" weightage="20" keywordseo="indian-economy">Indian economy</keyword>. "We've grown only 6% and the market is growing slower than that. And that's a little bit of a worry, because even for a ₹5 product if the consumer is thinking twice before buying it, then there is some serious issue in the economy,” he said. This comes in even though Britannia holds one-third of market share in the Indian biscuit industry. With their sales hit, the Indian business community which has so far been an active supporter of the Indian government, has been raising its voices. India’s GDP has slumped to 6.8% in FY19, whereas <a href="https://www.businesstoday.in/current/economy-politics/india-economy-9-per-cent-gdp-growth-pm-modi-5-trillion-dollar-economy-target-ey/story/370433.html">analysts </a>say that for India to reach its dream of being a $5 trillion economy, the country’s GDP needs to grow steadily at 9%. The industry that has been worst hit has the auto industry which has seen a massive slowdown in sales has seen. Auto industry leaders like Pawan Munjal of HeroCorp, RC Bhargava of Maruti, Anand Mahindra of Mahindra &amp; Mahindra, have all been rallying for reduction of GST to boost growth in sales. Rahul Bajaj, the chairman of Indian conglomerate Bajaj Group. During his company’s Annual General Meeting, he spoke of the government’s role in the weak sales of the auto industry. “There is no demand and no private investment, so where will growth come from? It doesn’t fall from the heavens. The auto industry is going through a very difficult period. Cars, commercial vehicles and two-wheelers are going through a rough patch,” Bajaj added. Earlier, Adi Godrej, chairman of the Godrej group, too <a href="https://www.firstpost.com/business/industry-leaders-reaction-on-budget-2019-adi-godrej-says-budget-is-not-growth-oriented-stock-market-comes-down-considerably-6940161.html">said</a> that the Budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is not “growth-oriented”. <a href="https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/adi-godrej-rising-intolerance-hate-crimes-can-seriously-damage-growth-2068996">Godrej also touched upon a sensitive subject </a>saying that rising intolerance in the country is also affecting growth. However, there are also some who believe this is just a phase. HDFC Chairman <a href="https://www.businesstoday.in/current/economy-politics/indias-economic-slowdown-driven-by-lower-consumption-temporary-in-nature-says-hdfcs-deepak-parekh/story/370229.html">Deepak Parekh</a> in the recent annual general meeting of the bank said, “While there has been an across-the-board slowdown in consumption, given the inherent demand and low penetration levels, I believe this is temporary in nature.”

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<img class="gwt-Image" src="/photo/48858292.cms" /> Ahead of <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Narendra+Modi">PM Narendra </a><a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Narendra+Modi">Modi</a>’s visit to <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Silicon+Valley+">Silicon Valley</a>, a delegation of five top executives of Indian companies will visit <keyword id="107096" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Tesla">Tesla</keyword> manufacturing facility in California this week. 
 
As per an Economic Times report, the delegation will interact with the investors and representatives from the US-India Business Council and US Department of Commerce as well as the US Trade representative. 
 
The Confederation of Indian Industry’s CEO Mission will meet in San Francisco. The association has several big names associated with it among with a few are Rajiv Modi, chairman and managing director of Cadila Pharmaceuticals; Rahul Munjal, managing director of Hero Future Energies; Deep Kapuria, chairman of Hi-tech Gears; Rajan Navani, managing director of Jetline Industries Ltd; and Tarun Sawhney, managing director of Triveni Engineering &amp; Industries. 
 The major task of the delegation is to visit the manufacturing facility of Tesla — the maker of battery operated luxury cars. The company which was co-founded by billionaire <keyword id="6355315" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Elon-Musk">Elon Musk</keyword> is all set to start the production work by next year. 
 
With PM Modi’s emphasis on clean energy, the government would be keen to introduce the technology in India. 
 
The facility underwent an upgrade last year, adding significant manufacturing innovation using automation technology to increase production capacity and reduce production time. Modi is expected to visit the facility on September 26-27. 
 
Over their two-day visit, the CII delegation will interact with members of Silicon Valley-based entrepreneurship trade body The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) and also meet India's Ambassador to the US, Arun Singh. They will participate in a roundtable with the National Academy of Sciences on 'Manufacturing Innovation'. 
 
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