Year: 2022

MGNF Fellow Archana nominated as nodal officer for the Yadgir Kaushalya Kendra – a skill hub under the NITI Aayog Aspirational Districts Programme The project, with a budget of Rs 72 lakhs, aims towards enhancing employability, productivity and competitiveness through skill development

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Archana, a Fellow of the Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship (MGNF) programme from Yadgir, has been nominated by the Deputy Commissioner as a nodal officer for the Yadgir Kaushalya Kendra, which is going to be set up in the district with a budget of Rs 72 lakhs. She will oversee implementation of the overall project in the district. The project is under the NITI Aayog Aspirational Districts Programme. Yadgir Kaushalya Kendra is a first-of-its-kind skill hub which has been approved by the NITI Aayog Aspirational Districts Programme. This project was completely…

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ANGLO SAXON COUSINS UK and GERMANY: A CONTRASTING PICTURE This article by EPGP alumnus Ram Iyer seeks to contextualize the role reversal between UK and Germany with interest rates rising faster in the West compared to the East

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After prolonged periods of near negligible borrowing costs, the last six months have seen a role reversal with interest rates rising faster in the West compared to the East. This article tries to contextualize the volte-face from the perspective of the Anglo-Saxon cousins – UK and Germany. Germany, traditionally pro–austerity, has legislated a tax-cut to help tide through the inflation crisis, expected to get worse this winter1  Manufacturing exports to China have been responsible for Germany’s turnaround from the sick man of Europe in the 90s to delivering consistent positive…

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NSRCEL hosted the first-ever ‘WSP Santhe’ on 22nd September

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IIM Bangalore’s innovation and entrepreneurship Centre of Excellence – NSRCEL – hosted the first-ever ‘WSP Santhe’ on 22nd September 2022, an event which saw product display of the Women Start-up Program (WSP) ventures (of both WSP 3 incubates and WSP 4 pre-incubates) at the IIMB campus. The day was also the launch day for pre-incubation of participants of the Women Start-up Program 4. The event included a conference at the IIMB auditorium in the afternoon, during which Prof. Suresh Bhagavatula of the Entrepreneurship area delivered the welcome address. Thereafter, the…

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Prantae Solutions: Towards early detection and effective cure

Prantae Solutions: Towards early detection and effective cure

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Prantae Solutions Private Limited (One Person Company) is a healthcare device and diagnostic start-up from Bhubaneswar, Odisha. The Founder, Dr. Sumona Karjee Mishra, shares that Prantae was set up on 1st June 2015 and has been placed among the top 30 medical device and diagnostic manufacturers of India and adjudged the only one from Eastern India by Biospectrum India 2020-2021.  Describing her entrepreneurial journey further, she adds: “The firm has also been winning the CII-IPR award for the last four years. We have strong R&D activity with a DSIR recognized…

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‘Entrepreneurship changed my wiring as a person’ As part of a group of problem-solvers and responsible builders of ecosystems, Viraj Tyagi, an alumnus of the PGP Class of 1993 and current CEO of eGOV Foundation, talks about life as an enabler of change.

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Please tell us something about your background and the initial phase of your career… I was born in Nepal, and grew up in Delhi, Dehradun and Itanagar. After graduating from IIMB in 1993, the first part of my career was in payments and I spent eight years with American Express in the UK, leading their cards business. We decided to come back to India in 2004 and in 2007, the start-up bug bit me. Along with Nitin Gupta (PGP 1998, IIMB), I co-founded NettPositive Analytics, one of India’s first start-ups…

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ChocoWishes: A way to gift from the heart through the tastebuds

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ChocoWishes is a boutique chocolaterie that, according to the Founder Surbhi Singhania, specializes in high quality, artisan chocolates and healthy bakes with an increasing focus on sustainable and reusable packaging. “Our stash is full of chocolates, cookies and healthy bakes. The treats are eggless, artisanal and handcrafted fresh in small batches. Our products lie at the sweet spot between price and quality and add value to working millennials with a hectic hedule. We are one of the very few brands who have brought the famous Edible Cookie Dough to India,…

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Kohort: Towards mobility, upskilling and access to professional jobs

Kohort: Towards mobility, upskilling and access to professional jobs

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Kohort is a start-up that, according to its founder, strives to include a broader segment of people to experience mobility and access to professional jobs, while upskilling them and exploring a wide array of career pathways.  “The objective of Kohort is to reduce the social mobility gap and ensure more people are mobile; provide high-impact support by teaching hard and soft skills to help people secure professional employment, and teach people that there is always an alternative path. We want people to experience what it is like to be a…

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Shinzo Abe: A central figure in India-Japan ties Former Senior Fellow at Centre for Public Policy and faculty member at IIMB, Prof. N Ravi writes about how Abe Shinzo’s leadership transformed Japan’s relationship with India, in the context of his sudden and tragic demise

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In the demise of former Prime Minister of Japan Abe Shinzo, under tragic circumstances, India has lost an extremely valuable friend. His paradigm for Japan’s role in this century and India’s place in that frame has been farsighted.  Belonging to an elite politcal dynasty, Prime Minister Abe was the son of Shintaro Abe, onetime Foreign Minister of Japan and also the grandson of post-war PM Nobosuke Kishi who finalized a new security agreement with the USA, in 1960.  Prime Minister Abe attained his position at a very young age of…

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Ausum: The wholesome way to stress-free lives

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NSRCEL-incubated start-up Ausum aims to make stress relief simple and self-care effortless so that people can live longer, sick-free and also live lives full of happiness. Founder Mayura says that she believes in getting to the root of the problem by combining ancient knowledge of botanicals with technology. “Humans have coexisted with plants for thousands of years and we believe in using their power to heal our bodies. We extract active ingredients from medicinal plants and clinically validate their effect. We deliver these precise dosages of plant-based supplements in the…

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eShipz: Smart shipping solution to save time and cost

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eShipz enables Small and Midsize Businesses (SMBs) as well as Large Enterprises to enhance their supply chain efficiency and reduce logistics cost, thereby improving customer experience while shipping goods. The firm management shares that eShipz has processed nine million packages on platform and is continuously working on improving business experience by bringing more automation tools via Artificial intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML). eShipz was founded by Shashi Shekhar Tripathi, Ajaykumar Rajakumar and Shivadeep Mahadi. The founding team comes with a combined Logistics experience of more than 25 years, and…

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