When one thinks about sport in India, it’s often hard to think beyond the national pastime — cricket. But over the years, many other sports are slowing making their way into the country. And they’ve got some fancy launchpads from which they’re building their bases. The National Basketball Association, or the NBA, has a new office in Bandra Kurla Complex in Mumbai which serves as the headquarters for its operations in India. Spread over 6,000…

Online furniture retailer Pepperfry, which also operates about 35 offline Studios, has a brand new office in the eastern suburb of Vikhroli, Mumbai.   The office has been inspired by Pepperfry’s pursuit to nurture an inclusive and vibrant work environment. The office is built to exude an organically earthy aesthetic ambience. The office design is geared towards enhancing productivity and offering spaces that exude character, history and personality. The entrance has a partition wall separating…

Samsung’s India headquarters sprawl over 380,000 sq ft of area and eight floors of a building at Sector 43, Gurugram on the Golf Course Road. The office attempts to provide the employees a good work environment designed to enhance employee productivity and improve morale. This is done through exciting breakout spaces, quiet rooms, a cafeteria, recreation areas and a wellness centre. The well-designed breakout areas on different floors are places where employees can not only…

It’s not unusual for offices to be built around a natural, environment-friendly theme these days, but one company that goes all out with the greenery is Quantiphi in Mumbai. Quantiphi’s 20,000 square foot office is designed by Flipspaces and located at Mindspace in Malad. The reception gives an idea of what lies ahead — hanging creepers rest against a green background,and greet visitors as they enter the office. Quantiphi is Data Science & Machine learning company that…

Many companies try to get their offices to become a reflection of the product that they develop — Flipkart’s office, for instance, has a giant book suspended to the ceiling to show how it had started off as an online bookstore, and Cadbury’s office has a giant wall of chocolate. But one company that takes its office theme really seriously is PlaySimple Games, a games development startup based in Bangalore. PlaySimple makes mobile games — it has hits like…

In its early years, Flipkart had been growing at breakneck pace, and had small offices that popped up all over Bangalore. The company is now 10 years old and all grown up; it’s now consolidated all its Bangalore offices into one grand location at Embassy Tech Village. Flipkart says its consolidated office will help the company improve collaboration, synergy and operation efficiency among its several departments. The new office is spread across over a million square…

News Corp is one of largest media conglomerates in the world, being associated with brands like 20th Century Fox, News of the World, and Star Sports, and its technology arm in Bangalore has an office to match. News Technology Services (NTS) handles News Corp’s global technology strategy, and is responsible for the company’s web development, application support, infrastructure management and cyber operations. Its office in Electronic City in Bangalore is spread across 30,000 square feet, and houses…

Gone are the days when offices meant dreary cubicles, depressing lighting, and drab walls. The best offices in the world these days are no less than advanced working stations, designed to help employees be their productive best. These offices not only allow for employees to focus on their work, but offer a multitude of ways to relax and rewind. The best offices in the world today have cafeterias, gaming zones, and the odd massage spa….