“Data is the new Oil”- Clive Humby, Famous British Mathematician and Data Science Entrepreneur Back in 2006, when Humby made the above statement, the world had less than 2.5 billion cellphone globally and less than 15 percent of people had any access to the internet. Fifteen years later in 2021, the number of mobile devices...
Nature with its mystical and cosmic powers is certainly capable to mend imbalances be it in the form of ecological (natural disasters; climate change), geographical (population, pandemics), economic (boom and bust, market re-corrections ) or evidentially plays a critical role in our personal life developments (facing crossroads) Today late Gen Ys and early Gen Zs...
India’s new e-waste rules require businesses to recycle 80 per cent by 2025. While earlier the stress was on collection targets, the draft rules, which have been floated for public comments and may come into effect later this year, emphasise Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), recycling and trading, which is in tandem with the government’s objective...
India’s entrepreneurial spirit is gaining momentum with the rapidly expanding start-up ecosystem, the third-largest in the world after the US and China, according to the recently released Economic Survey 2021-22. Government-backing along with increased investor confidence and technology breakthroughs have transformed the start-up scene with the total number of such recognised entities in the country...
Blue Economy, the sixth dimension of the vision for ‘New India by 2030’, can help the country rewrite its growth story post-pandemic. A sunrise sector, it is centered around oceans for economic activities, ranging from shipping, offshore oil and gas, and fishing to tourism. This economic philosophy was first introduced by Prof Gunter Paul in...
Businesses have been reinventing means and accelerating strategies in response to the COVID-19 crisis. Similarly, the pandemic could be the launching point for a massive acceleration in medical innovation, with biology meeting technology in new ways. Biotech is helping to heal the world by harnessing nature’s own toolbox and using our own genetic makeup while...
Falling interest rates pushed more money from bonds to equities, especially in start-ups in the past two years, fuelling their valuations manifold. Now, when the central banks all over the world are beginning to tighten interest rates to curb inflation, rising interest rates may see a reversal in their fortunes if not tackled properly. On...
We have been conversant with the engaging worlds of e-commerce and social media…however imagine if they co-exist with each other? Imagine if brands or SME’s or MSME’s or micro entrepreneurs could use these two weapons to get the best of both worlds. Social commerce is the name, harnessing social media as a medium to sell...
Recall those days and the hype around the of consumption of plastics bottles v/s the papers cups at schools, colleges, offices, cinemas and so on! Environmental enthusiasts permeated the notion of eradicating the use of paper cups every time you wished to quench your thirst. Refilling your plastic or glass bottles were preferable alternatives. At...
The metaverse is in full swing as individuals around the world try to ascertain the mystical world and what it has in store for us. I had mentioned previously in one of my blogs that the metaverse can be synonymous to Earth 2.0; individuals will have the ability to create their same reality virtually or...