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Solar batteries – The Surprising Reason on Why Indian PM Modi Visited Tesla
12Oct By No Comments
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Solar batteries – The Surprising Reason on Why Indian PM Modi Visited Tesla

Written by Prashin Chaturvedi, Business Transformation Leader -  India's Prime Minister Mr. Modi visited the Silicon Valley last month, and on the itinerary were the obvious inclusions - Apple, Google, Facebook, Microsoft. Also on the list was a curious entry - Tesla.  Why Tesla? Modi surely did not make the high-profile visit to get an early sneak peak into the new Model X. Modi, it turns out, wasn't there to bring Tesla's relatively expensive electric car technology to India, he was there to learn more about one of Tesla's lesser known products - their lithium-ion home battery system - Powerwall. Great discussion about solar/batteries empowering rural communities — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) Sep 27, 2015 Powerwall is a wall-mounted lithium-ion home battery system designed to store energy f...
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India’s drug stores plan protest against online pharmacy
10Oct By AnkitaNo Comments
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India’s drug stores plan protest against online pharmacy

Reuters- As many as 850,000 small chemist shops in India will shut for a day next week to protest against a burgeoning online pharmacy industry that is attracting big money backers. The one-day nationwide strike on Oct. 14, called by the All India Organization of Chemists and Druggists (AIOCD) comes as a government panel started working on regulations for the sector. Healthcare provider Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd plans to start online drug sales in India, while Zigy, and Sequoia Capital-backed 1mg already have e-pharmacies to tap a retail market IMS Health says is worth about $13 billion. (more…)
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Dr. V A Shiva Ayyadurai: The Indian Who Invented E-MAIL
4Oct By No Comments
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Dr. V A Shiva Ayyadurai: The Indian Who Invented E-MAIL

A scientist, inventor and entrepreneur from India. But there is more to know about the inventor of EMAIL. Dr VA Shiva Ayyadurai, now living and working in the US, left India as a seven-year-old with his parents and in 1979, as a high school student, he developed an electronic version of an interoffice mail system, which he called "EMAIL" and copyrighted in 1982 against all odds. So he is widely credited as being the inventor of email. The Smithsonian National Museum of American History incorporated the paperwork documenting the creation of his program into their collection.   He has since acquired four degrees from MIT, taught there and has several innovations and patents to his name. And it’s not only his brilliant credentials that one should look up to, but also there is a...
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Modi promises American CEOs faster decision process
26Sep By Press Trust of IndiaNo Comments
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Modi promises American CEOs faster decision process

As top American CEOs held no punches about the "obstacles" in ease of doing business in India, Prime Minister Narendra promised to fast-track the decision-making process, acknowledging that "the world is not going to wait for us". (more…)
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Startup India, Standup India- What India can learn from Israel
31Aug By No Comments
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Startup India, Standup India- What India can learn from Israel

If Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Independence Day dream of India succeeding as 'startup' country has to kick start, there is a lot to learn from the original 'startup nation' Israel. The tiny country of Israel mushrooms almost two new startup companies every day and today houses some 5000 startups. New Delhi of course is just starting up! On being asked if Modi's call for a 'startup India' can succeed, Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said "As far as the 'startup nation' I think this has a lot to do with entrepreneurial spirit. I have noticed that in Silicon Valley (USA), you hear Indian dialects and you hear Hebrew, sometimes you hear some English, which means there is a lot (happening). There is a lot of spirit for enterprise in both our countries." He also added that he e...
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Coimbatore is next the startup hub after Bengaluru
20Aug By No Comments
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Coimbatore is next the startup hub after Bengaluru

In 2012, Dhruv Kumar shifted the base of his online medical advice platform, iCliniq, to Coimbatore after operating it out of Bengaluru for two years. The reason: He didn't want to be overwhelmed or distracted by the hoopla around startups in the tech capital. "I wanted to be out of all the noise and focus on building a quality product," he said during a recent interview. "There are events all the time and the place is flooded with funding stories. Those days, we thought we were a tech startup and did not focus enough on the health and business side." Several young entrepreneurs like Kumar, who started up in Bengaluru are shifting to Coimbatore. Do-PartTime, a part-time job discovery portal, is another example and one of the reasons for the shift was talent retention. "Every comp...
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Interview with Arunachalam Muruganantham- The Real Padman Hero of India
17Aug By No Comments
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Interview with Arunachalam Muruganantham- The Real Padman Hero of India

          “Grab the Opportunity – It won’t be lying around on the ground!” “The Sanitary Napkin Man” may sound an awkward title, but is a resounding Google search – about 2,55,000 results in 0.37 seconds – all about Arunachalam Muruganantham - a social entrepreneur who has empowered women in a way no one before him has. He is the inventor of a low-cost sanitary pad making machine and has innovated grass-roots mechanisms for generating awareness about traditional unhygienic practices around menstruation in rural India. His mini-machines, which can manufacture sanitary pads for less than a third of the cost of commercial pads, have been installed in 23 of the 29 states of India. He is currently planning to expand the production of these machines to 106 nations. Pixr8 interviewed the great...
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List of TOP 5 Accelerators in India!!!!
6Jun By NitishNo Comments
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List of TOP 5 Accelerators in India!!!!

What is an Accelerator? Seed accelerators also known as startup accelerators are fixed-term, cohort-based programs, that include mentorship and educational components and culminate in a public pitch event or demo day - wikipedia Business Accelerator exploration is the engine that drives innovation, innovation drives economic growth, and to be on this right track to explore things and have sustainable economic growth, a business needs excellent mentoring. This is where ‘Accelerators’ come to play a crucial role.   So here is a list of top 5 accelerators from India, who not only help startups to enlarge their vision but also guide in market expansion and other focus areas.  Below we have mentioned about them and their funding & equity data. Have a look,   List o...
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Premji Invest: A Investment group led by Azim Premji
23Apr By NitishNo Comments
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Premji Invest: A Investment group led by Azim Premji

Working quietly since 2006, Premji Invest investment firm has built up positions and funded around 40 publicly listed and private companies out of a corpus of $1 billion (Rs4,290 crore). Yet, its operations are shrouded in secrecy and the firm has consciously avoided building a public profile. Premji Invest is a private equity fund owned by Azim Premji, which manages over $2 billion of Azim Premji's personal wealth by investing in capital markets and picking minority stakes in start-ups, including homegrown e-commerce companies such as Flipkart and mobile payment companies such as Chennai-based Financial Software and Systems. The investment ratio for Premji Invest is analysed as follows: Till date, more than 60% of its total cash have gone in capital markets, buying stocks of firm...
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Inspirational story – “How these startup co-founders met former head of AirBnB India”
12Apr By NitishNo Comments
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Inspirational story – “How these startup co-founders met former head of AirBnB India”

// In childhood we read in Mahabharata (epics of ancient India) "How an ordinary boy Eklavya denied access to Drona's mentorship and how he made an image of Drona and took the image as his guru monitoring and inspiring him. Because of his restless efforts and dedication to get the attention of his Guru, he become an archer of exceptional prowess which at-last impressed Guru Drona." Same in today's digital era a digital Drona (Mohit - Former AirBnB India's Head) impressed by his two Eklavya (co-founders of stayuncle) to support and mentor there startup. As per the story Mohit was bit reluctant too but because of continuous efforts of blaze and his team, Mohit at-last impressed . Read How Blaze(co-founder of  stayuncle) wrote this lifetime experience into story ( we added four poin...
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