20 May How is Covid-19 impacting various industries / sectors?
An analysis of the impact of Covid-19 on various industries in the US, European Union and Japan... Read More.
01 Apr Random thoughts on Life in the post-Covid19 world
It is now clear that we’re seeing the worst health and economic crisis, ever. Entire countries are shut, businesses cannot function, unemployment is rising dramatically, value chains have been wrecked… and worst of all - there is no end in... Read More.
08 Nov Readership survey for Tata Trusts to establish the reading preferences among children in India & estimate the readership of children’s books in the country
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]OBJECTIVE Tata Trusts - a philanthropic organisation that provides grants under their book development programme to publish new content in different languages for children in India - wanted to establish if their grant money was appropriately utilised by their publishing... Read More.
12 Jul Future of work – II
The rise of the individual entrepreneur Some weeks back, while chatting with my son’s friends (all in their mid-20s), I got around to asking what they were doing (typical father question :))! At some point, it hit me that none of these... Read More.
13 May Top ten trends that impact the future of work
Every major technology shift has led to job losses, and sometimes destruction of entire industries or professions. Though new jobs are created and productivity may improve, there is severe pain for the losers. Today, faced with a plethora of automation technologies... Read More.
24 Feb How to invest in your education strategically
A guest blog by Mark Skoskiewicz Using strategies is the key to success in all walks of life. But, like the term “thinking outside the box,” many people may get the gist of what it probably means to “be strategic,” but... Read More.
11 Dec TiEing up Indian Higher Education
The Indian higher education sector is in the midst of tremendous growth and change. The population demographic has created an unprecedented number of young people in this country. The scale of the problem that India faces in terms of educating... Read More.
06 Jun Will investing in ‘Our Common Future’ become mainstream?
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney has launched Impact Platform – an investment product offering retail investors an opportunity to participate in impact investing. Impact investing [1] was until very recently a domain pursued mainly by multilateral development finance institutions (IFC, ADB,... Read More.
01 Jun Child’s education: The biggest financial commitment for parents…
Every parent wants to provide their child with the best possible education. This is one of the biggest financial commitments for families, and Indian parents are no different. In a recent survey conducted by ValueNotes for HDFC Life, 3 out... Read More.
20 Mar Value-for-money comparison of research techniques
When you need research to answer a particular problem, how do you decide whether you will use secondary or primary research? Or, what the mix of the two will be? Do you decide on the basis of the budget you... Read More.
