SMEs need a startup blood transfusion to reinvigorate their mindsets, ambitions, and operations. Startups need to leverage the experience of SMEs. What could they learn from each other? The question before learnings is, what are we learning for? As starters, I looked at mortality stats and reason..

Globally, India is the 4th largest producer of agrochemicals after the United States, Japan and China and has emerged as the 13th largest exporter of pesticides. It is a major hub of generic pesticides production, which leverages, among other things, the fact that branded molecules, exclusive to ..

Whether for a start-up or an established business, an entrepreneur goes through a series of challenges in day-to-day life whether it is in the trends, opportunities, operations, marketing, management, accounts, competition, deadlines or other aspects and issues. What truly makes a business succes..

The latest notification by the CBSE Board has stated that it is now considering twooptions for marking Grade 12 students—either the final exams from both Grades 10 and 11 in addition to the Grade 12 internal assignments will be considered, or only Grades 10 and 12 together. Students are awa..

Manoj, a dairy farmer from Gujarat is looking to sell his milch cow but he has not found a suitable buyer in his village. He has decided to list his property on a special website for farmers where he is sure he would get a good response.

Lalji, a farmer from eastern UP, is very protective..

A key aspect in growth is the way we look at situations and challenges in our day-to-day lives. Are we operating from the victim mindset or the leader mindset? It's important to shift focus from 'this person/situation did this to me' to 'this has happened; what can we do about this?'. The energy ..

If you are visiting a village during the sowing season, hunching women planting seedlings is one of the most common sights. But thinking of a farmer always brings to our mind the image of a man. Probably that is why we often fail to see the plight of the women working on the fields. Despite being..

India is a young nation, but the number of India's geriatric population is on a rapid rise. According to studies, India has about 100 million elderly people, and by 2050, is predicted to reach 324 million, i.e., 20 per cent of the total population. A significant loss in capacities and a decline i..

Pandemic is all over the world and it has adversely affected logistics, manufacturing and distribution, availability of raw materials due to supply chain disruptions, etc.  Mostly, healthy and large enterprises have managed to survive in VUCA but the situation was heart-wrenching for small a..

Described as the “temples of modern India” by the first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru, dams remove water from the big rivers to sustain cities on their banks. Nevertheless, dams are humankind's oldest tool, yet as per the 2000 report of World Commission on Dams &ld..