Oil shocks, AI jitters & sanctioned partners: Inside India Inc’s risk radar

At a time when companies across the globe are facing voltalitle geopolitical and macro-economic conditions, a recent survey by Kroll, leading independent provider of global financial and risk advisory solutions, indicated  that fewer than one in four Indian respondents believed that they are very prepared to address the totality of all business challenges ahead, lagging all other countries in the APAC region (30%) as well as the global average (32%) .In a podcast interaction, Tarun Bhatia, Managing Director and Co-Head APAC, Investigations Diligence and Compliance, Kroll spoke about the key business challenges being faced by organisations in India.  "More than half (56%) say their level of preparedness for the year ahead is either the same or lower than it was over the previous year," Kroll's 2025 Global Busines Sentiment Survey Report stated. Bhatia pointed out that the risks businesses are facing are not the typical operational risks. Besides, geopolitical tensiosn, cybersecurity threats, AI developments and integration, data privacy concerns, economic instability and regulatory changes are all emerging as key risk concerns. He added that businesses have been focusing more on financial metrics in the past but now they need to look at the impact of multiple variables on their businesses. Rapid-fire events are reshaping the global economy and jolting the business environment in real time delivering unprecedented challenges for even the most seasoned global business leaders, he added. (Host: Meenakshi Verma Ambwani, Producer: Prethicshaa Gurumoorthy)