Anurag Batra

Anurag Batra is a serial entrepreneur, media mogul, a journalist and an eternal optimist rolled into one. He is a B. Tech in Computer Sciences, a degree, which he acquired before joining Management Development Institute MDI Gurgaon (Now its Gurugram), one of India's leading Business School. He is a first-generation entrepreneur and after acquiring the iconic business media and magazine brand BW Businessworld. a 35-year strong media brand as well as most respected business publication in the country.

Since taking over BW Businessworld 13 months back Mr. Batra has expanded BW Businessworld into digital, events and BW communities and has taken into its fold www.digitalmarket.asia, a leading website on digital marketing, www.everythingexperiential.com India’s leading experiential marketing website and launch BW Hotelier in partnership with hotelier international. BW Smart Cities an editorial platform in a 360-degree format is to be launched in mid-February 2015. Mr. Anurag Batra is building the BW Businessworld business aggressively.

Anurag Batra also founded the exchange4media group and he serves as the Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of exchange4media group which includes exchange4media.com – India’s leading media industry website, PITCH – India’s only Advertising, Marketing and Media Magazine, IMPACT – The Marketing Weekly, Franchisee Plus – Business Opportunity Magazine, Realty Plus – India’s leading monthly real estate magazine and samachar4media.com/ – leading media industry website in Hindi.

Mr. Anurag Batra is also appointed by Government of India as the Chairman of an industry committee formed to come up with a vocational training framework for the media, communication and entertainment industry. He mentors many budding entrepreneurs and enjoys the process of reverse mentoring as in what he learns from these young entrepreneurs. At BW Businessworld BW Accelerate is an initiative to provide a structured platform to entrepreneurs for mentorship and growth.

Gaming, India’s Great upcoming Mid-Size Workplaces says Anurag Batra

Some sectors have the brawn of pugilists who can hit beyond their weight, not because of what they represent by themselves but because of the ways in which they influence businesses and the overall environment surrounding them. Gaming is one such sector. Through the year gone by, we have heard success stories of growth in numbers in gaming, and of foreign investments and revenue generation amid the slowdown. We have heard of how other sectors are ‘gamifying’ their ways to connect better with their internal and external stakeholders and of how gaming was furthering the vision of a Digital India in its own way, to boost economic recovery.

Dr. Anurag Batra, Chairman and Editor in chief of Business World. Dr. Batra is an alumnus of MDI and currently a board member of the institute. He is a B. Tech in Computer Science, a degree he acquired before joining Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon, one of India’s leading Business Schools. He is a first-generation entrepreneur and currently, the Chairman of BW Businessworld- the iconic 36-year-old business media and magazine brand. Since taking over BW Business-world, Mr. Batra has expanded the media organization into digital, events and BW communities, and has taken into its fold. Anurag Batra is among those who firmly believe that the power of gaming is in the intersection of several sectors, and that this power is only slated to grow stronger in times to come. He feels we are just about scratching the surface now on how intrinsic gaming will become to our lives, and to our businesses. A Deloitte report says India’s gaming industry is expected to grow at 40 per cent to around $2.8 billion by 2022 from $1.1 billion in 2019. A KPMG report says gaming was growing at 113 per cent and would reach $3.91 billion by 2025. This makes it one of the faster growing sectors in India now.

According to Mr. Batra, gaming attracted $544 million in investments between August 2020 and January 2021, which is set to double over the next 12-18 months, according to Maple Capital Advisors. Ever since gaming was included in medal sports, the Indian government too is paying more attention to creating an ecosystem of growth for it. There were close to 300 million online gamers in India in 2019 and their tribe has swelled to 433 million in FY 2021. The industry’s revenue has more than doubled from Rs 6,200 crore in FY 2020 to Rs 13,600 crore in FY 2021. Casual gaming accounted for 44 per cent of the country’s total online gaming in FY 2021 and its share is likely to touch 58 per cent by FY 2025.

Many factors have come together to brew a perfect storm for gaming. In this issue, we deep dive into this sector and study the nuances that make gaming important as a sector. We feature change agents and evangelists who are putting the Indian gaming sector on the global map, says Dr. Anurag Batra.

Anurag Batra concludes by saying that we also have a cover story on India’s Great Mid-Size Workplaces 2021. A great place to work is even more important as we emerge from the ravages of the pandemic. Every year more than 10,000 organizations from over 60 countries partner with the Great Place to Work Institute to assess, benchmark and plan actions to strengthen their workplace culture. We showcase the top 50 Great Mid-Size Workplaces.