After a couple of iterations of the “conventional” way at job hunting, I realized I needed to find a smarter way around this. I needed to stand out at the first step in my job hunt, so I created targeted facebook ads reverse engineering my job search. I wasn’t disappointed.
These women are taking the charge, making a dent, getting things done, influencing the powers that be, and changing the world. One stereotype broken at a time.
What’s heartening is that 5 of these women are Indian. In a country where women are still trying to find their feet in a largely male dominated public space, and battling issues like female infanticide, lack of sanitation and higher education, and sexual harassment, these women make the country proud.
Seven years down the road, Nano is facing an uncertain future. Against an installed capacity of 250,000 cars per annum, the car factory at Sanand (Gujarat) produced only 23,605 cars in 2015 (January to December). Company data reveals that sales have dwindled since 2011-12, when it sold 74,521 cars. In the last three years (2013-14 to 2015-16), Nano has sold 21,130 cars, 16,903 cars and 21,006 cars respectively.
22 year old Akshay Gunteti is on a mission to explore the startup ecosystem in India, quite literally. He’s on a 100+ city startup tour, which involves meeting the startup community, incubators, achievers, and friends to discover, share, and learn from India’s burgeoning startup ecosystem – all on a cycle, and some public transport.
Rakesh Nadakuditi is was among those who were fired by Helpchat. In an open letter to Helpchat’s CEO Ankur Singla, Nadakuditi acknowledges that business exigencies could’ve led to their removal, but blames the company for its mismanagement.
Indian entrepreneurs are looking to disrupt everything right from the way we shop, to how we order food, to how we get a leaking tap fixed. However, with problems of excessive consumption, and technology, come problems of waste, pollution and environmental damage.
But fortunately, there are startups that are looking to mitigate these environmental hazards, and combined with a love for social good and a technology led product, helping the country become greener. In a country like India, where abject corruption and a huge population can usually put civic works in the background, it’s heartening to see small players coming out and focussing in this sector. We bring you 14 such entrepreneurs and activists who have started ventures towards sustainable development focussing on waste management, alternative sources of energy and awareness platforms.
He might be one of the most powerful people in tech, but Google CEO Sundar Pichai likes to keep things simple when he gets up in the morning. Pichai opened up about his early morning schedule in an interview with Recode.
The saffron-clad Baba’s forecast was quite eye-catching too – he thinks the brand will double revenues to Rs. 10,000 crores (~USD 1.5 billion) in India by next year, 2017 – which would effectively take them past two other-decades old companies – Nestle and Procter & Gamble – and leave Patanjali second only to Unilever in India, all in just about 10 years.
So what helped them grow this fast?
India’s judicial system is in a bit of a mess. Court cases can take forever to be resolved, and millions languish in jails awaiting trial. And among the many reasons that have led to this sorry state of affairs, one stands out – India simply doesn’t have enough judges.
OfficeChai, in partnerships with InShorts have made a video summing this up.