Good Health through Dry Fruits: The Kharawala Products Journey

The start-up Kharawala Products is into importing and exporting dry fruits, seeds and berries. The Founder, Rinki Chandawalla, shares that their vision is to educate people about the importance of dry fruits, their quality and how much should be consumed. “We aim to ensure best quality, competitive pricing and exclusive packaging. We supply dry fruits via tender system to five-star hotels. We also sell to reputed companies and online through marketplaces. Moreover, we have started Digital Marketing for the brand. Kharawala has added more than 1000 new direct customers over…

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Making Sense of the Regulatory Framework of the PE-VC Industry in India

The PE-VC industry in India underwent tremendous growth in the last two decades. The Government of India is introducing several measures to proactively address the inherent risks due to increasing size and support the growth of the industry. However, what will the impact of these regulations be in a private market where investors believe that the industry should remain unregulated? Recently, we worked on a project titled “Understanding the Regulatory Framework for Private Investment Instruments” inspired by the news article (Tiwari, 2023) about SEBI proposing a standard valuation procedure in…

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IIMB interviews co-authors of ‘Found Again: Real Stories of Women, Work & Flexibility’

The book tells stories of 20 women who have found their way back to professional fulfilment, creating their own unique career paths aligned to their life needs Interview features co-authors Shreya Prakash, Deepa Narayanaswamy and Rashmi Rammohan, alumni of the PGP 2008 batch and co-founders of FlexiBees 1.What was the reason behind choosing the title ‘Found Again’ and what motivated you to compile the narratives of these 20 women? Most of us know that women’s workforce participation in India is at an all-time low currently, at 23%. To put it…

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Figure 1: (left) Screen grab from Urban Clap app showing haircut prices, (centre) Sugarcane juice at Rs 20 in Bannerghatta Park, (right) Sugarcane juice at Rs 30 in Bellandur, Bengaluru Urban

IS IT TIME TO RE-VISIT INDIA’S EXCHANGE RATE POLICY? By Ram Iyer

I remember visiting India in July 2014 after a five-year hiatus and paying Rs. 250 for a haircut in a Mumbai suburb. In January 2023, I visited the locality again and a haircut cost me the same Rs. 250. I am reasonably certain that the barber didn’t charge pro-rata to account for my much-receded hairline over the last decade. This observation could be termed anecdotal. The below snip shot from the app Urban Clap has haircuts prices at about Rs 250 as well. Why have haircut prices not increased in…

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