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Digitising education for converting Books to e-books

Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 5 min read

In the modern era both, the learning and teaching processes have been changed due to digitisation in education industry. Till a few years ago Indian classrooms were characterised by students sitting through hour-long teacher monologues. However, now technology is making life easier for students as well as teachers by the use of digitised material, which ...

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How often do you do quality check in your business?

Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 3 min read

Quality check and control are vital for success of any franchise. Be it any sector, Food and Beverage, Retail, Education or beauty, check on quality is the main concern for the franchisors. Few franchisors do not shy away from doing a surprise quality checks and audits at the franchisee store. Let us tell you how ...

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Meat consumption is growing and has become a vast market in India: Nishanth Chandran

Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 3 min read

TenderCuts boasts of being India’s first omni-channel fresh-cut meat company. Chennai based TenderCuts deals with mutton, sheep and lamb, chicken and fresh seafood and is licensed and follows the norms of WHO and FSSAI standards. The brand is growing fast each day with its FOCO (Franchisee owned company operated model).In a tell-all session with Nishanth ...

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Top tips EduTech Startup should follow to grow business

Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 3 min read

There’s been no better time for Edtech startups in India and the market is primed for disruption. Learners are actively looking for high-value and time-flexible alternatives to mainstream education choices. Institutions are finally reaching smartphones, realising that they can’t communicate or educate students through conventional means. Edtech, however, is a challenging industry with some of ...

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There is a huge market in India for Franchising Business- Norliza Othman

Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 3 min read

Having a proper franchising system works wonders for the business. The birth of new ideas is always needed to revive the ever growing industry and to give it new dimensions. In a conversation at The Salon and Wellness Congress 2017 with Norliza Othman, Managing Director at Teratak Spa and Training Consultant, we uncovered about her ...

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Can machine learning and predictive analytics usher the new healthcare segment?

Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 5 min read

The one sector that can benefit the most from big data and analytics is healthcare. It has the power to democratise and decentralise healthcare delivery through data, providing absolute transparency as well as accuracy. Data analytics has institutional as well as patient-centric applications such as discovery of the most suitable choice of doctor, hospital or ...

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Autonomy in education sector looks to be a Utopian concept in India: Dr Rajan Saxena

Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 7 min read

Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS), the acclaimed private university in the country and pioneer in the education industry since last three and a half decades, has been relentlessly capitalising on innovation as a key for success in the business of education. Among others, employability of graduates, rigor in admissions, academic, evaluation graduation processes ...

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Should 'Bring Your Own Device' be Entertained?

Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 3 min read

The tech revolution story in India has two sides to it: a bleak one, where the schools in India have banned the use of smart phones due to the distraction they cause, and an enlightening one, where some of the top schools in the country are encouraging students to bring their electronic gadgets to school. ...

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Anti-aging and wellness products boost the wellness franchises

Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 5 min read

Anti aging products are ruling the markets now. With growing stress levels and also increasing awareness to stay young and look fit, these products are a lot in demand. Most big firms are manufacturing and promoting them well. Anti aging sector is also considered as one of the best business opportunities for franchisors. How the ...

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We are focusing on preventive healthcare and we are firstly focusing on B2C: Harish Pillai

Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 6 min read

Harish Pillai, COO, Indus Health Plus, Pune in conversation with wellnessindia.com stated that it is matter of time and efforts that people from all over the world will come to India for its expertise in the field on Preventive Healthcare and wellness industry. As per him, India is meant to grow more and is already ...

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Future of Cloud Web Conferencing in Education Sector

Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 4 min read

Frost & Sullivan published a report titled ‘Analysis of the Global Web Conferencing Market’ in January 2016. It expounds the rapid growth that cloud web conferencing is experiencing and forecasts web conferencing software and services to grow at a 5-year CAGR of 8.4% to reach $3.6 billion in 2020. With an influx of collaboration tools ...

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Emergence of Neuroscience in Education Industry

Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 3 min read

Emergence in neuroscience will explore how children learn and what intervention and strategies should be used to promote their learning process. There has been a drastic change in the way of providing education. The schools and institutes are aiming more at brain based learning for better future of students. Alliance of discovery and application of ...

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6 Business Ideas for start-ups in Healthcare Industry

Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 4 min read

There is plethora of opportunities at offer for start-ups in the healthcare sector as the industry itself is very promising and growing rapidly. It is creating certain new areas everyday to venture into and does not seem to stop any time soon in future.Healthcare industry has been booming and many options are available for entrepreneurs ...

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Bakery business is catching investors’ attention

Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 3 min read

Franchisors can make the most from the bakery sector, as today it occupies an important place in the industrial map of the country. Improved standard of living, rapid growth, westernisation, increasing spending power, change in eating habits of people and increasing transition from the unorganised to organised sector, has given a great impetus to bakery ...

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Freezing Profits with yummy Frozen Desserts

Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 5 min read

The ice cream industry in India generated revenue of more than USD 1.5 billion last year and is expected to achieve more than double to generate over USD 3.4 billion by 2021, according to TechSci Research. The most prominent factor for this huge growth can be attributed to the weakness of Indians towards ice creams. ...

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