The 2023 Gaja Business Book Prize Shortlist featured a diverse and compelling set of stories, showcasing the expanding pantheon of Indian business literature. Among the shortlisted books were “Capture the Dream: The Many Lives of Captain C.P. Krishnan Nair” by Bachi Karkaria, “Essentially Mira: The Extraordinary Journey Behind Forest Essentials” by Mira Kulkarni, and “The Tech Phoenix: Satyam’s 100-Day Turnaround” by T.N. Manoharan and V. Pattabhi Ram.
The Gaja Capital Business Book Prize 2023 was jointly awarded to ‘Against All Odds: The IT Story of India’ and ‘Winning Middle India: The Story of India’s New-Age Entrepreneurs’ by esteemed authors Kris Gopalakrishnan, N. Dayasindhu, Krishnan Narayanan, and T.N. Hari and Bala Srinivasa. While “Against All Odds” chronicles the trials, triumphs, and history of the Indian IT sector, “Winning Middle India” provides a detailed account of the new generation of startup founders who are catalysts for the transformation of the next 40-50 Crore Indian consumers