Danish Xavier is on caffeine high. After two years of incessant hard work at SCMS Cochin School of Business have culminated in his placement with Coffee Day Beverages as a Management Trainee in Sales. “Every day at the institute has been about preparing us towards being industry ready. Now I feel very well prepared for the corporate world.”
Imagining how India will look in March 2019, a month before the next election is an interesting exercise. This is important as most parties appear to be preparing for a 2019 which looks very similar to how it looks today. However, given the direction that the Modi Govt has taken and assuming success in all the programs, India may look quite different from today. I am only focussed on issues that impact the average voter.
Let me give in to temptation and begin by saying that ‘All investments are subject to market risks. Please read the scheme information document carefully before investing’. Now that I have absolved myself of all the crimes I am going to commit in the coming few paragraphs (and also arson, theft, murder and sedition), let me just clear the biggest misconception people have about investments: no matter how much the word ‘in-vest’ points at something which is inside a man’s vest and no matter how much 80C seems to point at the measurement of something which is inside a woman’s vest, investments have got nothing to do with anything remotely close to a man’s/woman’s torso. In fact, it’s a subject of the heartless and occasionally, of the brainless.
General Motors announced in January that it is beta testing Maven, a car-sharing and renting service, in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
The failure of 9 out of 10 start-ups puts this question forward: What about scale up? If one can draw parallels, start up is kind of making a vehicle to navigate in the traffic (if you are in Bangalore), smog (if you are in Delhi) or potholes (if you are in Gurgaon) and scale up is building the vehicle when you are driving and clearly it is challenging to survive this phase.
Designing a memorable brand is a prior task for any company. The design is the first thing that catches the eye. The presented infographics examine the main ways of getting a high-quality and relevant design. Watch the main pros and cons of each way and chose one that suits you best.
The Indian government has not shied away from stating its vision for smart cities. The Smart Cities Mission list includes a total of 100 smart cities that will be developed as per the government’s vision. However, what makes a city smart? The Internet of Things (IoT) is what makes a city smarter. In the coming years, India is going to be hearing this term a lot, as the government’s plan commences.
One of the last controversies of 2015 and the first one in the New Year was around Free Basics. After the harsh reception that Internet.Org faced Facebook rebranded the system Internet.org and tried to release it using an advertising campaign, sugar coated survey and a duplicitous email spam (through its users) aimed at TRAI. The results were even more bad publicity, loss of face and a sharp reprimand by TRAI.
