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Business opportunities in the product market of education

Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 4 min read

India has the largest network of schools in the world. With 1.3 million schools in the country, we have thrice the number of schools than China and 10 times more than in the United States of America. This makes India one of the largest education market in the world. However, with time, emphasis is laid ...

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How edtech start-ups can climb the ladder of success

Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 3 min read

With the advent of disruptive technologies, the higher education ecosystem of the country is changing rapidly. There is major upsurge of education start-ups which are using technology as a predominant tool to augment the education services (technically called ‘Ed-Tech Startups’). A new set of start-ups are taking a fresh look at how educational outcomes such ...

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How standardised education across schools is good for India

Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 3 min read

The current K-12 school system in India is one of the largest in the world with more than 1.4 million schools with over 250 million students enrolled, reveals an EY-FICCI report on the education sector in India. India has the highest number of schools and the highest number of students enrolled in the K-12 system ...

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Scope of virtual reality space in education sector

Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 5 min read

The education sector enjoys a close synergy with technology with new and latest technological tools being increasingly adopted to transform how education is imparted in the classrooms and beyond the physical boundaries of the classroom as well. From recorded video tapes to the use of portable tablet with educational content, smart classrooms, AV projectors, as ...

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How international curriculum is taking over the State boards need of teacher occupation

Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 6 min read

The number of schools offering an international syllabus has risen significantly over the years, as students are increasingly moving away from state boards and opting for one of the 3 International boards operational in India –the International Baccalaureate (IB), Cambridge International Examination (CIE) and Edexcel Examination Board. A study conducted by the National University of ...

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Zota Healthcare: Looking at growth with nutraceuticals, Ayurveda, a new portal, IPO and more

Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 4 min read

With the nutraceuticals and Ayurveda sectors in India registering double figure growth year on year, any organising offering a combination of the two has huge opportunities of growth ahead. One such organisation tapping these two multi-crore sectors is Zota Healthcare. Zota Healthcare has recently launched an online platform to sell a range of nutraceutical products ...

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This startup caters to baby-mother wellness with Aqua Therapy, Zumba and more

Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 9 min read

The Indian baby care market, though a fragmented one, is expected to grow at over 15 per cent YOY. According to a ReportBuyer survey, “Many of the leading players in this sector have made an ambitious projection of the sector growing faster than the 15 per cent on the account of increased spending per child ...

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Insights from the masters: Building a good school

Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 3 min read

How often is India seen as the leader in providing education among top nations in the world? If one looks at the numbers, the current K-12 school system in India is one of the largest in the world with more than 1.4 million schools with 250+ million students enrolled, according to an EY-FICCI report on ...

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Amazon joins MyGlamm, UrbanClap in beauty-at-home space

Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 2 min read

After successfully launching the home services marketplace in the United States, e-commerce major is set to go big with the similar format in India and has begun with the beauty services industry. Amazon has launched its beauty-at-home marketplace in Bangalore.In its initial phase, the e-commerce leader is offering these services at select 15 locations in ...

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Early male baldness to rising pollution: Changing dynamics of Indian healthcare in 2016

Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 5 min read

As a leading healthcare platform committed to providing the highest quality medical services, Dalmia Medicare has collated its annual trend report encapsulating the dynamics in the Indian healthcare segment. The report identifies four key insights which have been detected by a set of doctors and analysts based on a sample size of 2,00,000 diagnostic tests ...

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