Ajay Singh tries to do a Mukesh Ambani and GIFT City attempts a takeoff

This is the fourteenth edition of Street Smart, The Morning Context’s weekly newsletter on everything that impacts corporate India. Every Thursday, Street Smart will bring you an original, reported or analytical take on issues that have the potential to shake up the business ecosystem.

Prince here. Six months ago, Jayshree stuck her neck out and said GIFT City, for all its problems, stands a chance. Today, she does a status check. Does it really? Before you find that out, I take a look at Ajay Singh’s latest bet. Seldom has diversification been so critical to save a core business. And …

Author

Jayshree P. Upadhyay

Jayshree is a former writer at The Morning Context. As journalist, she had nearly a decade of experience across Mint, Business Standard and Bloomberg TV India. The bulk of her career has been devoted to tracking the capital markets regulator, exchanges, regulatory policies, financial scams and corporate governance issues. One of her biggest breaking stories was her incisive coverage of the colocation scam which put the lapses at NSE in the public domain.

jayshree@mailtmc.com

Author

Prince M. Thomas

Prince leads the newsroom at The Morning Context as managing editor. A fascination with the written word has taken Prince to some of the leading newsrooms across the country, including The Economic Times, Dow Jones Newswires, Forbes India and Moneycontrol. In a career spanning 20 years, Prince has led teams, managed pages, projects and special editions, and has authored The Consolidators, published by Penguin Random House in 2017.

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prince@mailtmc.com

Mumbai