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    Ideas flow rapidly in the UAE

    2018-05-30T13:10:21+00:00August 18th, 2017|2017/2018, August 2017, Middle East, Year|

    The region is a magnet for fintech growth, writes an entrepreneur behind a Dubai start-up. The UAE is known for tall buildings, large projects on sea, oil economy, trading and real-estate projects. The landscape is transformed with e-commerce start-up SOUQ.com taken-over by Amazon for over $650 million. The UAE is a very small country with 10 million people and seven emirates, diversity is huge with people from over 160 countries. So ideas flow rapidly. Given the context of the vision [...]

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      GST alert on India’s real estate sector

      2020-03-16T09:43:09+00:00July 17th, 2017|2018/2017, Guest Columns, India Investment Journal July Edition, Year|

      The impact of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) is set to shake up India’s property markets. The Indian real estate market was just beginning to steady itself from the impact of demonetization in November last year by clocking in smart sales in February, March and May nation-wide. However, the dual impact of GST implementation and the Real Estate Regulation Act (RERA) in July, has got the industry extremely worried. The typical profile of homes that were sold this year [...]

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        Rebooting the start-up economy

        2019-01-02T07:27:04+00:00May 26th, 2017|2018/2017, India Investment Journal May Edition, Start-up India, Year|

        After the heady rush of initial years, Indian start-ups went through a churn in 2016. A spate of mergers beckons this year, as local firms brace against a global onslaught. He was a 26-year-old young achiever. A dropout from India’s premier tech institute —Bombay IIT. A chief executive officer of a company he himself co-founded with 11 others. A man who became the toast of the nascent start-up ecosystem in India when within two years, five rounds of funding, a [...]

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          Digitalising enterprise operations for the world

          2018-05-18T13:04:10+00:00February 8th, 2017|2017/2018, February 2017, UK/EUROPE, Year|

          Delhi-headquartered logistics technology solutions company FarEye recently announced its foray into Europe as Belgium’s leading postal service, TBC Post, opted for its services. The CEO and co-founder tells ‘India Global Business’ what sets Indian tech solutions apart in the global marketplace.

          The FarEye logistics technology solution is unique in that it is a home-grown technology product and solution combination that has gained global acceptance in a short period of three years.

          Let me share what FarEye’s powerful mobile platform does. Our logistics technology solution digitalises enterprise operations by empowering field workforce. The solution includes intuitive dashboards that deliver real-time visibility to CXOs (corporate executives) to better serve their customers. This empowers the enterprises to build a competitive advantage by improving agility.

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            Reforms will reflect in Ease of Doing Business ranking in 2017

            2019-01-02T08:19:39+00:00January 9th, 2017|2018/2017, India Investment Journal January 2017, Policy India, Year|

            Ramesh Abhishek, Secretary, Department of Investment Policy and Promotion (DIPP), took time out of his punishing schedule to meet ‘India Investment Journal’ to speak about, among other things, how his department is easing rules and re-engineering government processes to make India an easier place to do business in. India’s rank has improved just one place to 130th in this year’s World Bank Ease of Doing Business Index. Why? Reforms on ease of doing business are underway on 10 parameters. Unfortunately, [...]

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              India on a click

              2018-10-30T10:57:44+00:00November 1st, 2016|2016, Other Highlights, Special Edition - November 2016, Year|

              Amazon’s India chief presents case studies to show how the global e-commerce giant is using technology to evolve and transform lives in this exclusive article for ‘India Investment Journal’. As a rule, Nadeem would come across as a predictable face in a ‘National Geographic’ documentary on Mumbai’s humming Dharavi. His job in a small leather workshop earned him just enough to meet household expenses.

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                India on a click

                2018-12-04T13:13:52+00:00September 15th, 2016|2016, Flagship Schemes, India Investment Journal September Edition, Year|

                Amazon’s India chief presents case studies to show how the global e-commerce giant is using technology to evolve and transform lives in this exclusive article for ‘India Investment Journal’. As a rule, Nadeem would come across as a predictable face in a ‘National Geographic’ documentary on Mumbai’s humming Dharavi. His job in a small leather workshop earned him just enough to meet household expenses. However, the changing growth dynamics brought him to his destiny; an opportunity to do business on [...]

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                  Empowering a cashless India can be no quick-fix

                  2020-03-17T06:17:23+00:00July 8th, 2016|2016, Digital India, India Investment Journal June/July Edition, Year|

                  MobiKwik counts itself among the pioneers of digital wallets in India and has now set its sights on becoming the largest source of digital transactions in the country. Upasana Taku, who co-founded MobiKwik along with Bipin Preet Singh, traces the Gurgaon-headquartered firm’s journey so far, how digital-ready India really is for their cashless model, and the key to attracting finance for digital start-ups in the country. What is the ethos behind MobiKwik? Our ethos is to support digital payments for a [...]

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                    Robotics: A much needed panacea

                    2018-12-04T12:05:50+00:00July 8th, 2016|2016, Digital India, India Investment Journal June/July Edition, Year|

                    A logistics expert presents some insights into how automation is transforming the instant delivery landscape in India. Ever wondered how a product ordered on a popular e-commerce site reaches you the same day? Before arrival, it exchanges several hands and passes through multiple touch points. So, if the packet is on or before time, the credit goes to the logistics management by the seller company. On the other hand, if it is not on time or has wrong items in [...]

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