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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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A Hot & Spicy Food Business!

Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 4 min read

The High margin restaurant business has caught business flurry in the last 7-8 years and has witnessed a gigantic shift from unorganised eateries to organised food joints with chain restaurants and franchise systems,which is now further matured to specialised food chains and now getting personalised with on-demands food of subscription based models.Eating out has become ...

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Will diversify to newer geographies: IFC CEO

Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 6 min read

Who founded International Fertility Centre? What was the inspiration behind it?International Fertility Centre was founded by Dr. Rita Bakshi, my mother, and me. The story behind IFC is very interesting. I was offered a graduate position at Ernst & Young immediately after my degree in computer engineering but I was always passionate for entrepreneurship. It ...

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Indian education sector and CSR: The collaborative path to growth

Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 4 min read

Corporate social responsibility or CSR points to the fact that organisations have moral, ethical, and philanthropic responsibilities in addition to their responsibilities to earn a fair return for investors and comply with the law. It denotes business practices involving initiatives that benefit society. With institutions today consuming resources from nature, it becomes their responsibility to ...

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