EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Amid all the gloom and doom of the pandemic, here is a cover story to bring you some cheer. The Indian start-up universe has never been better. Last year, India added its largest number of start-ups, more than 1,600, at a rate of roughly four a day.IT industry body Nasscom rates India as the world’s third-largest tech start-up hub. Technology-driven, disruptive and privately-owned, these bold new enterprises are not just rewriting the traditional rules of business but also collapsing timelines. In 2005, it took an Indian start-up 15 years on average to break into the ‘unicorn’