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Big data can transform India’s life sciences sector

2020-03-06T11:08:23+00:00April 28th, 2016|2016, India Investment Journal April/May Edition, TechInnovate, Year|

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 this year, I wrote a piece on how technology and knowledge were the key to delivering rural healthcare. One of the areas in which technology and big data is going play an important part in India is in genomics, and [...]

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Editor’s Note

2020-03-12T08:41:01+00:00April 28th, 2016|2016, Editor's Note, India Investment Journal April/May Edition, Year|

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 by 2022; and cutting carbon emissions from India by at least 35 per cent by 2030. The crucial factor in ensuring these targets remain within reach is the country’s massive infrastructure challenge. And the man charged with this task is [...]

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    Swachh Bharat Mission brings a sense of urgency

    2018-12-04T10:48:39+00:00April 28th, 2016|2016, Clean India, India Investment Journal April/May Edition, Year|

    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 India perspective on funding models that tie in with the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. What are some key WSSCC milestones in India? WSSCC has had a long and deep connection with India since the meeting 25 years ago in New Delhi, [...]

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      Moving India towards a Zero Waste model

      2018-12-04T10:49:14+00:00April 28th, 2016|2016, Clean India, India Investment Journal April/May Edition, Year|

      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 Saahas Zero Waste model. In cities like Bangalore there is also a good eco-system for zero waste systems. Our Municipal Corporation now has a bulk waste policy which makes it mandatory for all entities generating more than 50kg of waste [...]

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      Making waste pay the Indian way

      2018-12-04T10:51:27+00:00April 28th, 2016|2016, Clean India, India Investment Journal April/May Edition, Year|

      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 idea of individuals selling their waste and making money out of it has always existed in India, and many developing countries for that matter. Even if the individual household doesn’t directly recycle, there is an informal system running at the [...]

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        Fixing the trust deficit in India’s rental arena

        2018-12-04T10:51:58+00:00April 28th, 2016|2016, India Investment Journal April/May Edition, Wealth, Year|

        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 which is consumed domestically. Driven by a large population, rich resources, and skilled manpower, this growing economy experienced a gradual shift towards services and industry sectors in the past decade. With the establishment of a stable government providing a strong [...]

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          A tech solution to the waste problem

          2018-12-04T10:52:28+00:00April 28th, 2016|2016, Clean India, India Investment Journal April/May Edition, Year|

          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 collector) network to build a scalable and socially-responsible enterprise sounds like a great idea. However, from our initial experience in trying to implement such a model, we realised that maintaining a high service quality isn't possible with such a model. [...]

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            Turning around India’s housing market: India Inc Interview

            2018-12-04T10:52:59+00:00April 28th, 2016|2016, India Investment Journal April/May Edition, Wealth, Year|

            Aditya Javdekar is the CEO of Vilas Javdekar Developers, a Pune-based firm focused on sustainable housing and real estate solutions. He gives his insights into what the recently passed Real Estate Bill means for the Indian property market. What would you classify as the highlights of the Real Estate Bill? The highlights are legal title and approval disclosures; committed possession time; five- year warrantee; no misleading advertisements; commitment by developers will be a legal document; brokers will be registered property [...]

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            Swachh Bharat: Coca-cola’s mission to create a ripple effect of change

            2018-12-04T10:33:29+00:00April 28th, 2016|2016, Clean India, India Investment Journal April/May Edition, Year|

            Coca-Cola is one of the world’s best-known beverages giant. Here one of its senior executives reveals how the multinational is embracing the Clean India mission as part of its corporate social responsibility (CSR). There are some startling statistics that should disturb all of us; a United Nations report highlights that India accounts for 90 per cent of South Asians and 59 per cent of the global population that practices open defecation. These numbers, by themselves, make the government’s Swachh Bharat [...]

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            Aiming for a higher realty standard in India

            2018-12-04T11:02:05+00:00April 28th, 2016|2016, India Investment Journal April/May Edition, Wealth, Year|

            Muninder Seeru is managing director of G:Corp Developers Pvt Ltd, which has a range oflarge projects and over 3 million square feet of residential, commercial and retail in India to its credit. As someone with over 23 years’ experience in the real estate Industry and expertise in complex deal structuring, he uses his unique vantage point to analyse India’s new Real Estate Bill for ‘India Investment Journal’. What would you classify as the highlights of the Real Estate Bill? The [...]

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