Archana Hingorani
Profile: IL&FS' Archana Hingorani
When Dr. Archana Hingorani swapped academia for industry, she ended up at the nascent IL&FS. Twenty years on, she is CEO of the company’s PE unit and recognized as a pioneer in Indian infrastructure
India fundraising: Survival of the fittest
India has seen plenty of private equity spinouts but an increasingly difficult fundraising environment is expected to separate the men from the boys
Telecom firms struggle to offload towers
India’s cellular towers are crucial in supporting its burgeoning mobile market, but when it comes to selling these assets, operators find that less may be more
India private equity: taking up the challenge
With the immediate GFC fast receding, India continues to enjoy on-target GDP growth of around 8.5%, according to the Ministry of Finance.
India's all-inclusive infrastructure rollout
Huge infrastructure development schemes have been underway across most of Asia’s developing economies for some years now, especially in India and China.
Asian funds: arithmetic or geometry?
Private equity has been forced to deal with rising levels of skepticism and caution post the GFC, with much of it reserved for leading industry brand names – generally the major buyout vehicles.
IL&FS plans $300-350 million growth fund
Leading Indian private equity investor IL&FS Investment Managers Ltd. is targeting $300-350 million for a new growth equity fund, to commence raising at end 2010.
Building a better Asia – public, private, partnerships and profits
The growing discrepancy between Asia’s phenomenal productivity growth and its slow progress in the roll-out of critical infrastructure threatens the region’s potential growth.