April/May 2016
April/May 2016
Nitin Gadkari is arguably one of the most target-oriented ministers in the Narendra Modi Cabinet and his achievements speak for [...]
Vani Kola is the managing director of Kalaari Capital, an early stage venture capital (VC) firm based in Bangalore. She [...]
Coca-Cola is one of the world’s best-known beverages giant. Here one of its senior executives reveals how the multinational is [...]
India needs $1 trillion in investments over the next five years to upgrade its creaking infrastructure to global standards but [...]
On the road from Make to Move in India
Nitin Gadkari is among one of the Narendra Modi led government’s biggest assets and has undoubtedly shaken things up as the minister for road transport, highways and shipping. He takes some valuable time out of his incessant schedule for ‘India [...]
India has capacity to absorb high levels of investment
S.B. Nayar, chairman and managing director of India’s state-owned infrastructure financier India Infrastructure Finance Company Limited (IIFCL), has a bird’s eye view of what is arguably India’s most exciting and also, ironically, most difficult sector – infrastructure. In an interview [...]
Short Takes
The Solar India mission registered a number of key milestones in the past few months as the government races ahead to meet its 100 GW target for 2022. Here is a selection of some global interest in this arena. India [...]
All Roads to Gadkari: India’s Trillion Dollar Man
India Inc. Founder & CEO Manoj Ladwa weighs up the 'India Opportunity' and where the China factor fits in today. Foreign investors can’t help but be charmed by India’s people, especially its aspirational and highly educated youth, are comforted that [...]
A VC’s guide to Indian ecommerce success
As a leading venture capitalist operating in the Indian arena, Kae Capital is well placed to offer some insights into how best to navigate the India’s booming ecommerce sector. If there is one sector that is impossible to keep away [...]
Short Takes
Ecommerce is undergoing a boom in India and here we take a look at some of the major developments in the sector in the last few months. They are indicative of the pace at which this sector has taken a [...]
Short Takes
There has been some significant policy initiatives to meet India’s infrastructure and Make in India goals. Here is a snapshot of some highlights from the past few months. As international interest and pour in, the Indian government needs to ensure [...]
Short Takes
India’s sustainability and green agenda has caught the world’s imagination and here we take stock of some of the key moves within the Clean India mission, which ties in seamlessly with a number of other initiatives such as Solar India [...]
Big data can transform India’s life sciences sector
Genomics 3.0 has the potential to put India at forefront of precision medicine and personalised cancer treatment. Moves to see how healthcare for global Indians can be enhanced by understanding the unique genetic signature of Indians holds the key. Earlier [...]
Editor’s Note
We are by now familiar with some of the headline ambitions of the Narendra Modi led government – driving India towards a $10 trillion economy mark by 2032; 175 GW of renewable energy capacity covering solar, wind, hydro and biomass [...]
Swachh Bharat Mission brings a sense of urgency
The United Nations (UN) estimated that 2.5 billion people in the world lack access to adequate sanitation of whom 526 million defecate in the open. Chris Williams from the UN’s Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) gives us the [...]
Moving India towards a Zero Waste model
The founder-member of Saahas ZeroWaste start-up gives her insights into how their business model is revolutionising waste management and recycling in India and why the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan needs a more wider focus. Indian citizens are catching on to the [...]
Making waste pay the Indian way
Pom Pom is cashing in on a very traditional Indian concept of ‘kabadi’ or selling your waste for money. As a concept deeply rooted in the Indian ethos, it has found an easy fit with the Clean India programme. The [...]
A tech solution to the waste problem
EnCashea is a company that leverages technology to find everyday solutions to the problem of waste management. We explore with its co-founder if the concept has a resonance with the traditional Indian outlook towards recycling. Leveraging the existing kabadiwala (waste/scrap [...]
Let cleanliness prevail in the backyard of our Swaraj
The Adani Group has interests across agriculture, logistics and energy around the world. The Ahmedabad-headquartered conglomerate filters through its corporate social responsibility (CSR) with an environmentally friendly approach through the Adani Foundation. As I pen down this piece, it evokes [...]
Fixing the trust deficit in India’s rental arena
Global Indians owning property in India are always on the lookout for credible counter-parties in the Indian real estate sector and here we explore some options. India is the world’s fastest growing and third largest economy, 60 per cent of [...]
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