Wandertrails aims to satiate your wanderlust with indigenous experiences
Bengaluru-based startup offers 4,000 handpicked experiential stays and over 3,500 local activities. It aims to expand to 22 states and 120 destinations in the next six months. Long weekends tend to...
View ArticleIn the era of AI, learning must be lifelong, says Degreed founder
David Blake sees a huge opportunity for skills development in India and sees plenty of takers for his Degreed, the world’s first learner-first, enterprise-class, lifelong learning platform. The age...
View ArticleCLAAS: German firm bets big on future of Indian agriculture
Mrityunjaya Singh, Managing Director of CLAAS India, reveals how technological inventions will make farming more sustainable and profitable for farmers. Agriculture is going to be one of the largest...
View ArticleWill Nandan Nilekani finally resolve the management void at Infosys?
As Infosys readies itself for the arrival of Nandan Nilekani after a nine-year hiatus, let’s look at the several things that have led to this situation. As of now, Nandan Nilekani has been appointed as...
View ArticleSmartron bets on a made-in-India story with AI-powered TronX
Smartron is batting for Indian startups’ ability to own intellectual property in software and hardware with TronX, a next-gen OS designed to run seamlessly across devices. Karan Chougule, a retail...
View ArticleThe Infosys power play: will an insider work as a CEO to manage the company’s...
Vishal Sikka found the going tough at Infosys from the word go. With Nandan Nilekani taking over, the baton is firmly in the hands of the founders, but what will it take for the next Infosys CEO to...
View ArticleGDP growth slumps to 5.7 percent in the June quarter
Demonetisation and GST have indeed slowed the economy, but industry believes the economy will bounce back in six months. Those who waited for the GDP numbers will not be surprised. India’s growth...
View ArticleElevating gender neutrality: the balance technology can bring to the table
Women need to play an active role in technology. So far, that has been a tall order, given the various challenges they face. One need not look any further than the patents filed in the country to...
View ArticleKarnataka becomes first state to fast-track 100 startups with equity and...
Karnataka’s government pledges to support more than 20,000 startups in the years to follow The Karnataka government along with industry leaders such as Gururaj Deshpande, Ravi Gururaj and Ravi Narayan...
View ArticleElevate: Technology leadership is relevant to Karnataka’s success in IoT sector
Gartner forecasts that 8.4 billion connected things will be in use worldwide in 2017, up 31 percent from 2016, and will reach 20.4 billion by 2020. Karnataka has hopped onto the IoT bandwagon and...
View ArticleThe story of HT Subramanya: How a construction worker founded and built a...
LCM Logistics, a Rs 45 crore business, is growing at an annual run rate of Rs 120 crore and is aiming for Rs 500 crore in revenue by 2025. In the summer of 2002, HT Subramanya, a 17-year-old, was...
View ArticleSelfie deaths while driving: IIT-Bombay and Birla Institute grads build Kruzr...
After 10,000 downloads of its smart driving assistant mobile app Kruzr, Bengaluru-based tech startup aims to work with OEMs to promote safe driving. Over the last eight months, Central Minister for...
View ArticleHere’s how India is working towards the future of AI and machine learning
Amid the realignment of jobs and changing business models, companies are aligning goals with the world in a quest for a global AI network. Key highlights: Next decade will push Narrow AI to “real AI”...
View ArticleThe IoT in India: devices will soon run your life, at work or home
It may seem straight out of sci-fi, but a Nasscom and Deloitte report says India will soon have 1.9 billion IoT devices installed, with a market size of $9 billion. Key highlights Devices will use...
View ArticleThis engineer’s love for photography helped him get a Toehold in the travel...
Jayanth Sharma’s Rs 8 crore business offers photography enthusiasts the chance to discover varied destinations such as the among through their cameras. Travelling turns you into a storyteller, and the...
View ArticleHow Artha India Ventures tasted blood with an exit in OYO Rooms
A 150-times exit on investment in OYO Rooms, and with over 53 investments, Artha is moving from a family office to a venture fund. Startups take note. They say if one has worked with an oil company,...
View ArticleBuilding micro-enterprises within a large enterprise: the story of Pramati...
As Nasscom predicts that the Indian IT services industry will be worth $350 billion by 2025, Pramati Technologies is innovating with digital technologies to enable the future of work, experiences, and...
View ArticleBengaluru startup Eflight strikes gold by managing flight plans of the rich...
Set up in 2015, Eflight is India’s top trip support company for business aviation. The startup handles 40 clients across India, with an average of 150 flights a day for the country’s jet set. They say...
View ArticleA new world order is coming, driven by electric cars and AI
Carmakers, like Volkswagen and Audi, call their vehicles tablets on wheels, and with investments galore, the auto industry’s bet to go electric by 2030 may change the dynamics of society Home to...
View ArticleThe car is an operating system – Volkswagen’s Christian Senger
When Christian Senger was appointed head of Volkswagen AG’s e-mobility division two years ago, his task was to help the auto maker bring in an era of complete electric vehicles with solutions that were...
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