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The need to re-engineer India's skill ecosystem: Insights from experts

Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 3 min read

Vocational Education and Skill Training in India is still at a nascent stage. However, the demand for skilled manpower is huge, and to bridge this gap, it is the need of the hour to re-engineer the skill ecosystem here. At the 9th Global Skills Summit by FICCI, industry leaders came together with policy ...

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How e-learning is disrupting the classroom teaching sector

Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 4 min read

India has become the second largest market for e-learning after the US. The e-learning sector is currently pegged at $ 2-3 billion, and is expected to touch $ 40 billion by 2017. The distance education market in India is expected to grow at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of around 34 per cent during ...

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How Amity is transforming higher education by bringing competency-based education

Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 6 min read

With 700 universities and more than 35,000 affiliated colleges enrolling more than 20 million students, Indian higher education is a large and complex system. India has one of the largest higher education systems in the world. However, skill/competency based education is a sector which is not given the attention it deserves.Skills based education is marred ...

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How this startup brings all tutors on one platform

Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 8 min read

Building a product because you can’t find it somewhere else may be the biggest cliché, but sometimes it’s the appropriate approach to create a new market space. Mudit, one of the founders of Qriyo was once looking for Yoga courses to take. However, he didn’t want what most of the regular yoga instructors offer or ...

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Roll out plan of 250 franchise outlets by 2016

Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 4 min read

Please tell us in detail about the inception and growth of the brand?After completing two successful years in India, Gionee aims to become a $1 billion company by end of FY 16. In 2013, the company has entered India and reported revenues of Rs 500 crore in 2013-14 and Rs 2,750 crore in ...

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How India’s first skill university is addressing the need for skilled education

Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 7 min read

Skills and knowledge are the driving forces of economic growth and social development for any country. Countries with higher and better levels of skills adjust more effectively to the challenges and opportunities of the world of work. As India moves progressively towards becoming a ‘knowledge economy’ it becomes increasingly important that the country should focus ...

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How running a university efficiently can help you get autonomy, reduce regulations

Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 3 min read

India currently has 761 universities and more than 49,000 colleges producing approx 37 lakh graduates and post-graduates, out of which only 27 per cent are employable, according to CII-Wheelbox survey. Moreover, we find many institutes opening and shutting every year in India. As all these institutions do not provide quality education, the Centre is planning ...

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Samvaad 2016: Industry leaders engage in constructive dialogue with executive students at MDI

Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 5 min read

A B-School means business! And when it’s an MBA Executive course, the responsibility of B-Schools goes one notch up in adding value to the already-gained experience by executive students. This is what Samvaad 2016 aimed at doing. Organised by one of the top 10 B-Schools of India, Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon, Samvaad brought together ...

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How Godrej is catering to protective wellness in children with a new product

Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 4 min read

With the ever increasing number of cases of dengue, chikungunya, malaria and other water borne diseases grappling many parts of the country and children being the most susceptible to these mosquitoes, the market is exposed to a huge gap in the childcare insecticides sector. Hence, observing the need, Godrej recently launched Good Knight Fabric Roll-On ...

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What students expect from higher education institutions

Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 5 min read

India’s higher education segment is the largest in the world. In 2014, with 29.63 million students and approximately 48,116 colleges and institutions, it is expected to increase to $ 37.8 billion by 2020. The Government of India has planned to provide enhanced access to higher education by creating two million additional seats for each age ...

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This startup helps educational institutes create their own customised virtual shops

Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 7 min read

With boom in the online shopping, retail e-commerce sales in India have grown tremendously, from $2.3 billion in 2012 to an estimated $17.5 billion, representing an almost eight-fold growth. In 2015, the retail e-commerce sales as a percent of total retail sales in India accounted for 0.9 per cent of all retail sales in India, ...

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No competition, yet a long way ahead for Indian wellness firms: Janssen India MD

Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 4 min read

The pharmaceutical arm of multinational Johnson&Johnson (J&J), Janssen India, has been making headlines for its aggressive contribution towards the growth and development of the country’s pharma industry.Commenting over the exclusive practices of CSR, contribution in sanitary wellness, girl child education and more, Sanjiv Navangul, Managing Director, Janssen India shared some undisclosed facts about the company’s ...

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The story of three brothers in a small town and a 650crore turnover

Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 2 min read

The Guwahati-based NRS group is headed by three brothers –Nirmal Jain, Rajiv Jain Sanjiv Jain. The group has a combined experience in diverse fields that include electronics, mobiles, health & fitness, eye care, mother and child wellness. The combined group turnover is Rs.650 crores for FY 2015-16. What motivated you to take ...

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Take the Green Way Ahead

Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 4 min read

In a country where electricity is still finding its way to lighten up some parts of the grid and there still are villages which are considered as ‘Off the Map’, lays an opportunity which reveals a very major aspect to replace a major resource and shuffle it with electricity to fight with increasing fuel prices, ...

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Why more players are eyeing opportunities in digital marketing courses

Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 6 min read

In the modern era, digital marketing skills are in serious demand and the digital skills gap is set to widen. With the booming job market brands are putting more of a focus on digital marketing than ever before. Bigger budgets, increased pay and more career choices are just some of the benefits digital marketing professionals ...

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