Each year an Unicorn will emerge out of Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M), said V. Kamakoti, Director of the institute. While talking to media about the ongoing Entrepreneurship Summit at the campus, he said: “If India has to become a superpower, we need innovation and entrepreneurship. We are even nurturing school students on entrepreneurship.” The … Read more
Mumbai: India is at the brink of a diabetes epidemic, with over 101 million people living with diabetes and over 130 million with a very high risk of developing it in the next 5 years. Despite advances in healthcare, the world is staring at a ticking time bomb that threatens the ability of India to … Read more
A key Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) panel is considering devising a regulatory framework for large unlisted companies, including unicorns, to ensure better adoption and tighter scrutiny of corporate governance standards by them, a person aware of the details said. Under the proposed framework, such entities could be mandated to submit quarterly filings of financial … Read more
India’s policy regime should be pro-innovation, light touch and progressive if it wants its entrepreneurs to grow and prosper, NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said, though challenges of cyber security, land acquisition and huge pendency of court cases remain. “My view is that your policy regime should be pro-innovation, light touch and progressive. You should … Read more