India’s real estate sector adopts largest remote working experiment

    2022-02-07T16:12:24+00:00April 10th, 2020|2020, Guest Column, Guest Columns - India Global Business, North America Edition – 10 April-23 April 2020, UK Edition – 10 April-23 April 2020|

    Retailers shift to e-commerce and expand to online strategies for business continuity. Highlights: The present lockdown to halt the spread of COVID-19 has brought about the largest remote working experiment seen in India. The retail industry has been hit hard and companies that had set up tech support centres are hampered, causing both industries to resort to online channels. It is now critical for landlords and developers to ensure risk-mitigation measures to infuse confidence and attract occupiers as soon as [...]

      Real estate opportunities in India are going to be unbelievable

      2022-02-07T16:11:21+00:00April 10th, 2020|2020, Guest Columns - India Global Business, North America Edition – 10 April-23 April 2020, Profile - India Global Business, UK Edition – 10 April-23 April 2020|

      Jyotsna Hegde, President of Sobha Realty in Dubai, discusses what makes India a promising real estate market in the future. Jyotsna Hegde, President of Sobha Realty in Dubai, has recently been recognised as one of the ‘Women of Influence in the Middle East’ in the corporate and business workspace this year. Hegde wears this honour lightly, even though it captures the fruitful journey that she had embarked upon ever since she showed up with an appointment letter which tasked her [...]

        Boardrooms are replacing CSR with TSI

        2020-05-11T04:48:56+00:00April 10th, 2020|2020, Guest Columns - India Global Business, Home Page, North America Edition – 10 April-23 April 2020, Social Impact Focus - India Global Business, UK Edition – 10 April-23 April 2020|

        Total societal impact is the new mantra among businesses that consider an overall benefit to society. Highlights: Companies are under mounting pressure from stakeholders and customers to play a more active role in addressing social and environmental issues. A TSI approach considers the complete benefit to society from a company’s products, services, operations, core capabilities, and activities. Companies that actively rethink on how to improve their TSI stand to reap concrete business rewards. Companies are increasingly  under mounting pressure [...]

          Indian doctors get their due in COVID-19 fightback

          2020-05-11T04:55:14+00:00April 10th, 2020|2020, India Inc Views - India Global Business, North America Edition – 10 April-23 April 2020, Special Report - India Global Business, UK Edition – 10 April-23 April 2020|

          The UK has finally taken measures to help support foreign doctors employed with the NHS. Highlights: 60,000 Indian-origin NHS medics have been lobbying against what they believe is an unfair Immigration Health Surcharge imposed on them. The recent move to hike this charge came as a blow to this group of medics who had been hoping for a reprieve. Addressing this, UK Home Secretary Priti Patel announced an exemption from the surcharge alongside an automatic fee-free one-year visa renewal for [...]

            Sweden, a hotbed for sustainable innovations

            2020-05-11T04:55:26+00:00April 10th, 2020|2020, Guest Columns - India Global Business, Home Page, Hotspot - India Global Business, North America Edition – 10 April-23 April 2020, UK Edition – 10 April-23 April 2020|

            Indian businesses should consider Sweden as an attractive investment destination. Highlights: A highly educated workforce, availability of renewable energy at low cost, openness to international business ownership and a stable economy make Sweden an ideal investment destination. Sweden functions as a gateway to the $1.7-trillion Nordic market which is the world’s 10th largest market block. Sweden is ranked as the most innovative country in the EU. Almost exactly three years ago, World Economic Forum published the article “Why Sweden [...]

              India’s promise to its foreign investors

              2020-05-11T04:56:05+00:00April 10th, 2020|2020, India Inc Views - India Global Business, Last Word, North America Edition – 10 April-23 April 2020, UK Edition – 10 April-23 April 2020|

              Even as India remains under lockdown, the Indian Government is walking the extra mile to reassure foreign businesses. The Indian government has been ahead of the curve in meeting the COVID-19 crisis head on. And even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his core team have been working on an exit strategy from the lockdown, another arm of the government, its foreign investment facilitation agency, Invest India, has been burning the midnight oil addressing queries from both foreign and Indian [...]