India’s reforms moment in Science and Technology
Click here to read full article on Hindustan Times The global landscape is undergoing a profound transformation. Geopolitical alliances are being redrawn, economic borders are tightening and tariffs, technologies, and entire supply chains are being weaponised with impunity. In this new world order, national sovereignty has...
India’s next billion-dollar leap
Download Article The Next Billion-dollar Leap India’s future unicorn bets are not on consumer apps, but on research-based, transformational products rooted in deep technologies. Padmaja Ruparel, Co-Founder of IAN Group, emphasizes: CONSUMER APPS HAVE scripted a unique success story in India: they are transforming the way we eat, shop, and...
Deep tech innovation: India’s next frontier
Deep tech is crucial for India's global standing, shifting the nation's focus from consumer apps to advanced innovation in fields like AI, space, and biotech. Despite challenges in R&D investment and early-stage funding, new government initiatives and growing investor interest are paving the way for...
How Venture Capitalists Make Startup Investment Decisions
According to Bain & Company’s India Venture Capital Report 2022, 2021 marked a milestone for India as VC funding touched $38.5 Bn The investment decision is heavily influenced by the business model, core management, future plans, and market opportunity The collaboration between investors and...
Let’s embrace AI now that the digital future has arrived
Falcon Bank had successfully implemented voice analytics in its front office. Its artificial intelligence (AI) driven system from Uniphore had flagged a gradual increase in unemployment insurance inquiries, a policy that pays out its holder’s salary for up to one year in case one is...
Apathy towards investor interests and poor ethical choices must not spoil India’s startup party
For some time now, there has been considerable talk in the media about founders who have displayed unseemly arrogance, shown disrespect for employees or vendors, created toxic company cultures and splurged on investor money to fund a lavish personal lifestyle....
Don’t write off outsourcing industry yet
The epitaph of the Indian outsourcing industry has been written many times over the last two decades. An op-ed on the pages of Mint Views, dated 22 July and titled ‘A captive customer interface beats outsourcing the job’, provided the latest diagnosis of its imminent...