Laying the Groundwork for an India–UK Trade Deal

    2019-09-13T11:05:58+00:00September 11th, 2019|2019, Global Edition – September 2019|

    The Shadow Secretary of State for International Trade lays out the strengths and challenges that India and Uk must be aware of in order to build a stronger bilateral relationship. The UK and India share a unique history with trade relations going back many hundreds of years. Today, I believe it is a relationship that will have much greater strategic as well as economic significance as India responds to the regional challenge of the rise of China and resurgence of [...]

      India must not wobble on its EV ambitions

      2020-08-20T07:00:01+00:00August 16th, 2019|India Inc News|

      India must stay the course on its Electric Vehicles ambitions, as the future economic and environmental stakes are much, much higher writes India Inc. CEO and Founder, Manoj Ladwa. Electric vehicles present the Indian government with a difficult choice. With 14 of the world’s 20 most polluted cities being in India, the temptation to push for early adoption of EVs, and thus, reduce the concentration of tail pipe emission in India’s urban centres is huge. Then, India imports 84 per [...]

        Digital economy boom is empowering SMEs in India

        2020-03-18T10:09:12+00:00August 9th, 2019|2019, Global Edition – August 2019|

        E-commerce has provided a plethora of unexplored possibilities for sellers to expand their business and scale greater heights, writes an Amazon India expert. One of the best parts of my job is that I get to travel across India quite frequently. Wherever I go I am struck by the fact that it is small businesses that are at the heart of the communities there. It is not a stretch to say that small businesses keep the giant Indian economy humming. [...]

          Digital India aims to blend the digital and physical worlds by uniting people, services, and devices

          2019-08-19T06:54:18+00:00August 9th, 2019|2019, Global Edition – August 2019|

          Som Satsangi is the Vice President and Managing Director of Hewlett Packard Enterprise in India. In this interview with ‘India Global Business’, he weighs up what makes India an attractive R&D base, the impact of Digital India alongside Make in India and HPE’s plans to invest $500mn in the country. What makes India an attractive R&D base in the context of plans for a new HPE campus? India’s highly skilled talent pool plays a critical role in the growth of [...]

            Tackling the global water crisis is as urgent as tackling climate change

            2020-03-12T14:27:57+00:00July 26th, 2019|2019, UK Edition – July 2019|

            Xeros technologies recently entered the Indian market through a collaboration with IFB industries. 'India Global Business' interviewed Xeros CEO Mark Nichols to discuss the company's unique disruptive technology, the need for water conservation and the company's future plans for India. How does the Xeros water-saving technology work? The advent of washing machines changed the practice of doing the laundry from one where fabrics were gently cleaned by hand, to an automated process that added large quantities of water, energy, detergent [...]

              Companies have to think Glocal

              2019-07-15T07:22:22+00:00July 7th, 2019|2019, Global Edition – June 2019, Home Page|

              Narendra Goliya, founder and Managing Director of Rishabh Instruments, highlights the various factors businesses must keep in mind before contemplating global expansion and shares the secret behind Rishabh’s successful acquisition of Poland-based LUMEL. What lies at the core of Rishabh and Lumel that makes it ripe for global markets? Rishabh and Lumel are both high technology companies which operate in the Industrial sector. One is in Electrical and Electronics Measuring Instruments and the other is in Aluminium Pressure Die Castings. [...]

                Original storytelling is key in this day and age

                2019-07-12T14:01:42+00:00July 6th, 2019|2019, Global Edition – June 2019|

                India is slowly becoming one of leading animation and content producing countries in the world. In this interview with ‘India Global Business’, P. Jayakumar, CEO, Toonz Media Group, discusses content creation, India’s position in the digital media arena as well as the company’s global vision. What are the driving factors behind the European acquisitions and other global inroads? Over the past years, Toonz has increased its global footprint, expanding its presence around the world through co-production and licensing partnerships, setting [...]

                  The sustainable energy sector holds opportunities for collaboration

                  2019-09-03T10:41:00+00:00June 7th, 2019|2019, Global Edition – June 2019|

                  The founder of Africa GreenCo how shared expertise between Africa, India and the UK can lead to noteworthy developments in emerging markets. Over the last 10 years, sub-Saharan African trade and economic diplomacy have slowly trended away from developed countries and toward emerging economies. Since 2006, the region’s exports to the United States has declined by 66 per cent, whilst exports to India have more than doubled. Exports to the UK are not yet as significant but could become so [...]

                    Onshore, nearshore and offshore are all important to IT strategy

                    2019-05-10T11:55:30+00:00May 8th, 2019|2019, Global Edition – April 2019, Home Page|

                    U.B. Pravin Rao is the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Infosys and has been with the Indian software major since the 1980s. In this interview with ‘India Global Business’, he traces some of the company’s major milestones, the impact of artificial intelligence and robotics, and developments in the field of cyber security. What are some of the key sectors of focus for Infosys in international markets like the UK? Is the ease of movement of IT professionals a concern within [...]

                      Diversity is the key to innovation

                      2019-04-18T12:19:31+00:00April 18th, 2019|2019, Women's Edition – April 2019|

                      Anarghya Vardhana is a Partner at Maveron, a consumer-only venture capital firm. In this interview, the young executive shares some insight into her remarkable professional journey, the role her Indian heritage has played in the same as well as pointers for budding entrepreneurs. Does Maveron's direct-to-consumer model offer a template for venture capitalists eyeing tech investments? We believe that there will be a number of billion-dollar direct to consumer companies created every year. Our definition of consumer is broad, it’s [...]