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Green Cause Green Funding – An Outlook

Geopolitical uncertainties and the constant threat of instability in eastern Europe has created doubts about oil and gas supplies and the dismal prospect of a severe energy crisis. Although, there has been a strong pitch for increased focus on clean technology and the renewable energy as a means to preserve the environment, no serious efforts … Read more

Can Digital Acceleration make the Fashion Industry Anti-cyclical?

Digital Acceleration

Pic Credits: Unsplash Musings of a researcher- Dr. R. Venkatesh Pandemic, two years of disruption, industries limping to reach normalcy, have been the trend so far. The fashion industry is no exception. The fashion industry (henceforth refereed, “Industry”) in its attempt to find its feet, is adopting new priorities for its active consumers with effective … Read more

Zero Defect – Zero Effect Maturity Model in India

Zero-Defect-Zero-Effect-Maturity-Model

Pic Credit: Unsplash Intending to make India a global manufacturing hub, the Government of India (GoI) gave an open call to manufacturers from across the world to start manufacturing in India. International companies were focused on their competitive strengths such as cost leadership, technology, innovation, lean manufacturing, and defect-free products. Indian manufacturing organizations were challenged … Read more

Spatial Presence in Virtual World: A New Norm

Spatial-Presence-in-Virtual-World

Pic credits: Jessica Lewis, UNSPLASH The unprecedented pace of evolution of technology in the recent past has exposed humans to experiences that were only fantasies in the past. The boundary between the virtual and the real world is evaporating at an accelerated rate. We have already started living in a world in which a significant … Read more

The New Dimensions of Customer Engagement

The New Dimensions of Customer Engagement

Cadbury 5-star recently opened a bank named “NothingCoin bank” at Nariman point, Mumbai. Though, the bank, seems to be structurally akin to any other bank with facilities such as loan counter, ATM, and investment schemes, but is functionally very different. NothingCoin is a new form of digital currency, popularly known as cryptocurrency, which gets mined … Read more

BLOCKCHAIN AS A SERVICE (BaaS)

BLOCKCHAIN AS A SERVICE (BAAS)

A blockchain is a linked list of blocks, where each block contains several transactions. Each of the blocks contains a hash of the previous block. Hash is a cryptographic fingerprint that uniquely identifies a block and all its content. If only one bit of the block changes, the hash value changes as well, which effectively … Read more

eNAM: A stride towards making the Indian Agri-Supply Chain more Efficient

eNAM: A stride towards making the Indian Agri-Supply chain more efficient

With the objective to create a unified national agricultural market for reducing various agricultural costs such as intermediation and wastages, and to benefit the farmers and the consumers, in April 2016, the Government of India (GoI) launched an electronic National Agriculture Market (eNAM) scheme. The program started with an initial budget of INR 200 crore … Read more

The Fallacy of Being Data-Driven

The Fallacy of Being Data-Driven

The unprecedented pace of evolution of technology during past decade or so, has led to data democratization at a scale never witnessed before. Unequivocally, as techno pundits say, “data is the new oil”. There is absolutely no ambiguity on the fact that data had been one of the most primary elements in bolstering business performance … Read more

MBA in International Business: Your Passport to Jobs with Global Exposure

An MBA degree earned from the best MBA colleges in India has always been one of the most desirable professional qualifications for various well-paid positions across industries and organizations. There are a plethora of lucrative job options for MBA graduates providing them not only with stout pay packages but also a global career with ultimate job satisfaction. … Read more