If the bubble of dotcom had not gone bust way back in the late 90’s, Murugavel Janakiraman probably would have been just another cog in the constantly spinning gears of the IT world. “Even when that happened and my career as a consultant in the IT sphere was at stake, I could have stuck ou...
The famous actor, humorist, newspaper columnist Will Rogers had cleverly referred to advertising as the art of convincing people to spend money they don’t have for something they don’t need. Advertisements are made to encourage or persuade an audience to continue with or to take on some new purc...
UrbanClap Technologies India Pvt. Ltd, one of the fastest growing start-ups in India, is a one stop destination for all urban lifestyle services. The Bengaluru-based home-services company was founded in mid-2014 by Abhiraj Singh Bhal, Varun Khaitan, and Raghav Chandra, with an aim to create an onlin...
The Narendra Modi government has initiated a process to corporatise the Central Public Works Department (CPWD), its 163 year- old main construction arm. The move is expected to strengthen the performance of CPWD by decentralising its ambit of operations. BE’s Shahana Banerjee spoke to Rajendra Kum...
Srei Equipment Finance Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Srei Infrastructure Finance Limited, and Tata Motors have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to finance Tata Motors commercial vehicles with a special focus on construction and mining tippers. This move will enable Srei and Tata Mo...
India’s Small and Medium Business (SMB) sector has the potential to revolutionise India’s economic growth trajectory by growing at a rate of 23% per annum. It has already outpaced the industrial sector’s growth rate. According to a KPMG report, there are around 51 million SMBs in India, of whi...
The Indian coal industry aims to reach the 1.5 billion tonne (BT) mark by 2020. This seeks to minimise India’s dependence on coal imports, which is almost 25% of its coal demand. Recently, an event on the 11th Indian Coal Market Conference, organised by mjunction Services Limited, India...
As a part of their CSR initiative, Syska has decided to provide LED bulbs to the poorer and rural sections of India at a low price. One crore 9 watt bulbs, which come with a two year guarantee, have been allotted for the purpose. Currently, their bulbs are priced at Rs. 200 per unit, but ...
A cup of chai for the tea fanatics is the elixir of life. Tea is derived from a particular plant (Camellia sinensis), which comprises of four flavours- green, black, white, and oolong. Karma Kettle, an online tea store in India provides real teas with a medley of flavours that are not only goo...
J.P. Shaw, Regional Director (East), Incredible India, spoke to BE’s Ankita Chakraborty regarding the key measures undertaken to boost the Indian tourism sector. Q. How much has the GST affected the tourism sector?A. I feel that the GST is not going to affect the tourism sector too much. It i...
