India has the third largest education system in the world. This in itself is a remarkable achievement though the...
Articles published with newspapers, magazines, online platforms et al.
The last piece under this column titled “Will Anything Change with New Prime Minister?” got some real positive comments...
The mood for change in the country is strong, and it is imminent that we would have a new...
GDP has dominated as a measure of national performance over the large part of last hundred years though an...
The global slavery index 2013 gives us quite a dismal picture about a reality in India. The reality is...
According to the World Press Freedom Index that measures the level of freedom of information in 180 countries ranks...
One of the biggest issues confronting Indian universities is their absence from the list of top-ranking varsities across the...
We as citizens of the country need to understand and appreciate that two forms of corruption pervades our public...
The objective of the article is to understand the significance and key characteristics of the socially embedded business model...
Special coverage on Indian cities published by India Today Hindi in the issue dated February 26, 2014.
Secondary cities are important to their regions as hubs of administrative power, concentrations of industry, as service centres or...
The City Competitiveness Report 2013 was covered by Business World dated January 27, 2014.
The article was published with Hindustan Times on January 10, 2014.
Mumbai has been ranked as the most liveable city in India. The city has jumped two places to grab...
Hyderabad dropped a place and was ranked the third best city to live in the country, states a new...
The latest survey by the Institute of Competitiveness reveals that Pune has dropped out of the top 10 cities...
Highlights — Mumbai jumps two places and grabs the numero uno position on the Liveability index 2013 analyzed by the Institute...
Mumbai, Chennai and Hyderabad have emerged as the top three liveable cities in India. Mumbai jumped two places and grabbed the numero uno position...
Many cities across India, especially the major ones, are laying out policies that attract best talent and most business....
Similar to the previous years, India City Competitiveness Report 2013 in its Sixth edition evaluates the 50 Indian cities....
Financial Inclusion: Barter to Bitcoins, Bricks and Mortar to Mobile – Developing 21st Century Financial Services Solutions for the Unbanked...
The State Competitiveness Report is a joint effort by MintAsia, a publication of the Hindustan Times Group and the...
Linking up: inclusive business models for access to energy solutions at base of the pyramid in India
The purpose of this research study is to undertake an in-depth analysis of three such social business ventures in...
Liveability index 2013 connotes to the methodical assessment of the significant drivers of livability in Indian cities. The index...
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Indian vice-president Hamid Ansari summed up how important it is for the country to bridge the disparities between various...
What makes India a competitive nation? Well, India’s diverse and dynamic states contribute towards making India an economic power. A...
Dr. Amit Kapoor shared his views at 2013 IHS Day APAC Summit on July 25, 2013 Taj Palace Hotel, New at New...
Delhi is one of the most competitive states in India because of its communications facilities, easy administrative environment, physical...
The Most Competitive State Awards 2013 were based on the State Competitiveness Report 2013. The awards were a joint...
The core idea of strategy is to provide an overarching view on how a particular firm is going to...
This is the age not of information but of networked intelligence, collaboration and participation Don Tapscott, ranked 9 on...
Rampant and random diversification isn’t strategy Groups like Tata, Godrej, Mahindra have businesses running across the spectrum of industries...
The Liveability Report 2012 was covered by India Today Hindi on February 13, 2013.
Academic Paper published in International Journal of Trade and Global Markets 2013 – Vol. 6, No.1 pp. 4-21 by...
Academic Paper published in International Journal of Trade and Global Markets 2013 – Vol. 6, No.1 pp. 22-39 by...
“The government’s policies in areas such as infrastructure, interest rates, fiscal deficit and inflation have not yielded the...
The article was published with Financial Express on January 12, 2013
Technology, talent and tolerance are the 3 Ts of economic development that work in tandem to create prosperity that...
The world is evolving rapidly and so is the entire spectrum of receiving and imparting knowledge The internet boom has...
Can capitalism help build communities just as it makes profits Looking at the Indian Premier League (IPL) purely as...
India being a developing country is always encircled by the question of sustainable growth. Even though the sustainable growth...
The paper was published in Capturing Value in International Manufacturing and Supply Networks, Cambridge
With growing prosperity in India, an increasing number of people can now afford their own private vehicles. Public transport...
Innovative Indian companies like RangDe and A Little World are using technology to create solutions for financial inclusion Joseph...
The article was published in The Financial Express on September 29, 2012.
“RangDe has been able to reduce the cost of micro-credit for the borrower from 13.5-20% to 6-10%” Joseph Schumpeter’s...
The article was published with Financial Express on September 20, 2012
Academic Paper published in Corporate Governance, Volume 12, Issue 4. To purchase a copy
With the two major power blackouts that plunged one-tenth of humanity into darkness recently a critical look at the...
On May 25, 2012, a sunny day in Germany, 22 GW of power came online from solar sources across...
Oceans cover three-fourths of the total geographical area of Earth and the total volume of water on Earth is...
Everybody talks about the bottom of the pyramid (BoP) as the potential source of large revenues and profits. The...
India is both domestically and internationally attractive for business with its open environment, promising young talent and untapped resource...
The article was published with Governance now in the issue dated July 16-31, 2012. Download PDF
Cities are the economic powerhouses of a country. Competitiveness, productivity and prosperity of these cities are the key to...
India’s capital has emerged the most competitive city in the country for the third straight time with the commercial...
This article was published in Financial Express on July 11, 2012. Download PDF
Eight states in India have debt-to-GDP ratios of more than 40%, which will cause a serious problem of debt...
Business schools, business school faculty and business school education is clearly a remnant of the past, a relic that...
It does not require much thought to see that the airline industry in India is in a shambles. Whatever...
India is currently undergoing an energy crisis, as we face a shortfall of more than 80,000 million units of...
At present India possesses a significant demographic dividend. In this article we focus on dependence ratios and demographic shifts...
Anyone who’s studied emerging markets talks about the opportunities the bottom of the pyramid offers, especially in India. Reams...
Delhi is one of the most competitive states in India because of its governance, business incentives, talent pool and...
Misery is a term often used in common parlance to mean unhappiness and a feeling of deep emotional distress....
The availability and quality of labour force is one of the most crucial factors in determining the competitiveness and...
Have you read the dictionary definition of strategy? It goes: “The science or art of combining and employing the...
The competitiveness and prosperity of the region is driven by access to good infrastructure. Developed economies like the US...
Cities are a major source of economic activity, employment generation and prosperity in an economy. With rising income levels,...
The City Competitiveness Report 2011 was covered by India Today Hindi in the issue dated January 25, 2012.
India will become the most populous country in the world surpassing China by 2025, contributing 21.7% to total world...
India has grabbed seven billionaires in the Forbes top 100 rich list 2011 which puts India in the league...
The City Competitiveness Report 2011 was covered by Business World in issue dated December 19, 2011.
Which are India’s most competitive cities? The City Competitiveness Report 2011 — unveiled by an international think tank, Institute...
India and China are the future drivers of the world economy, though the two economies look very different in...
The current EU economic crisis has raised concerns over high sovere- ign debt and its harmful effect on economies...
Agriculture has to feed 1.2 billion Indians. But while the economy grew 7.4% in 2009-10, agriculture grew by just...
The SCR, 2011 analyzes and grades competitiveness levels of Indian states along with providing a better view of their...
India’s per capita income just crossed $1,000, and that has catapulted us into a league of countries that drive...
Telecom sector plays a multiplier role in the socio-economic development of a nation as it provides the primary support...
THE world is going through a tectonic shift in a century that should be categorised as the Indian century because...
In a freewheeling chat, Arvind Thakur, President and CEO of NIIT Technologies, spoke to Dr Amit Kapoor of the...
The recent notifications by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) come as a rude shock for the education...
Higher education is no more a mere matter of national policy and government regulations. Not only have private companies...
Health infrastructure is an essential ingredient of the physical well-being of human capital as it reflects the conditions of...
The global marketplace and indeed the world economy is changing rapidly and these changes are impacting the way we...
The City Competitiveness Report 2010 was covered by India Today Hindi in the issue dated December 29, 2010.
India is at the centre of the population-versusgrowth debate. With the world’s second-largest population at 1.2 billion, the country...
Leadership has won many revolutions and changed the map of the world. Leadership rises in the midst of chaos...
Dr Amit Kapoor As India grows to become one of the world’s most dynamic economic regions, Indian cities are...
SMEs must leverage the advantages provided to them by their size and flexibility in order to be competitive, rather...
The billion-plus population of India is a retailer’s idea of a heaven. With close to 35 per cent of...
Talks of double digit growth rates for India and the potential to arise as an economic power have dominated the...
During the Economic boom, the MBA had lost way somewhere between a managerial course and a fashion trend, points...
The economic crisis spans the entirety of the globe, but its effects differ from country to country. In India,...
The latest data release of the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) shows a slightly mixed picture at first glance....
The appreciating rupee is posing a unique set of challenge for the Indian economy. The impact would not be...
The appreciating rupee is posing a unique set of challenges for the Indian economy. The impact would not be...
