Before liberalisation, most Indian businesses functioned with contacts based on licences, government connections and were integrally related to the bureaucratic system. Market competition was relatively less. The government aimed at import substitution to attain economic development. The era was not...
The E-Cell of Jadavpur University (JU) in Kolkata recently organised an entrepreneurship summit (E-Summit) to enhance entrepreneurial awareness among students. This first-of-its-kind summit organised by JU saw the participation of a large number of students from various institutes. The summit,...
Q. What made you venture into the fitness industry and what is the idea behind SKULPT?A. I ventured into it as I wanted to add value to the city and fitness was my forte. I had got into the fitness industry 13 years ago when there were very few gyms in the city and the demand for the same was immens...
Shift Karado is a tech-enabled company offering best-in-class packer and mover services. Created by the promoters of Star Worldwide who are the leaders in international relocations, Shift Karado gives customers the option of doing a site survey over their laptop or mobile, reducing the overall...
Making an organisation a desired place to work should be high on an employer’s list. BE’s Ankita Chakraborty spoke to Asif Upadhye, Director and Chief Fun Officer, Never Grow Up, about how his organisation works. Q. What made you come up with a firm like Never Grow Up?A. Coming from a non-tradit...
Infiniteworx endeavours to provide digital services to the unorganised sector in India. Bijoy Banerjee, CEO of infiniteworx, spoke to BE’s Ankita Chakraborty about his platform and how he plans to use it to empower the unorganised sector. Q. What is infiniteworx?A. Infiniteworx is India...
Vision Aqua is a company that is into designing customised aquatic scapes with natural elements. Samarth Mehta is the Chief Operating Officer at Vision Aqua and the company has seen growth under his leadership. Mehta has represented the company in the International Aquarium Congress 2016 in Vancouve...
Ordering food online is a great idea. But getting freshly made food at one’s door steps is even better. Faasos is one such online app, which home-delivers freshly made food. Kallol Banerjee, Co-Founder, Faasos Food Services Pvt. Ltd., spoke to BE’s Ankita Chakraborty about his venture of integra...
Sulekha Works was established in 1934, in pre-independence India. It was born out of the nationalist vision to manufacture stationaries in India so as to reduce dependence on the British Empire. Unfortunately, the company closed its operations in 1988.In 2006, this heritage company was restarted by ...
GoWork is the world’s largest co-working capacity that has been launched with a mission to develop a mature ecosystem of entrepreneurship by breaking barriers of information, technology, access, and investment. Sudeep Singh, the Co-Founder of GoWork, is focused on building and leading key business...