REIMAGINING BUSINESS
Rajeev Karwal | 57
Founder and CEO, Milagrow
Milagrow is a home-grown robotics firm that expects to sell around 100,000 units this year. Its robots can perform a number of tasks, from cleaning swimming pools and windows to mowing lawns. “You require three people to clean a pool,” says Karwal. “[With our robots], these employees are freed up for other tasks, saving manpower.”
Smita Murarka | 39
Vice-president, marketing, Duroflex
Duroflex uses AI for many purposes, including tracking daily, weekly and monthly demand patterns and inventory planning. It also uses digital platforms to drive sales. “Post-Covid, our e-commerce sales have grown at more than double digit rates,” says Murarka. “Until last year, [digital orders made up] about five per cent of the brand’s sales. The pandemic-induced lock-down has taken that to 30 per cent.”
Tejpreet Singh Chopra | 50
Group CEO, Bharat Light and Power
Bharat Light and Power offers digital solutions to Covid-related problems—like AI-monitored closed-circuit video feeds to ensure social distancing is maintained on factory floors. A breach automatically triggers a notification, sent to management and worker cellphones in real
