In an article in the Harvard Business Review, Vijay Govindarajan, Coxe Distinguished Professor at Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business, and Ravi Venkatesan, former chairman of Microsoft India and Cummins India, discuss 3 Reasons Global Firms Should Keep Investing in India. Excerpts from the article: India's infrastructure spending is growing "Companies...
Google Cloud Platform Launched in India
Google announced that its first Google Cloud Platform region in Mumbai, India, is now live. It offers several services including computing, big data, storage, and networking. Customers will be able to pay in Indian currency for the services. The launch marks Google's entry into this domain in India where it trails...
Indian and Foreign Companies commit to $11 billion in Food Sector
Speaking at World Food India 2017 in New Delhi, India's Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said, "Food processing is going to be one of the principal industries of India in the future. The farm to kitchen chain is going to change in India, like elsewhere, with increased agricultural production, better storage...
Health Consciousness in India Boosts Dietary Supplements Market
BillionFit: Technology Redesigning Healthcare a joint study by Kalaari Capital and accounting and advisory firm Grant Thornton says that with India's consumers now invested in healthier lifestyles, the fitness technology segment will double to $250 million by 2023. Wearable fitness devices such as fitness trackers, and smart technology such as...
U.S., India, China, Lead in Artificial Intelligence
Malcolm Frank, head of strategy at IT firm Cognizant, headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey, told CNNMoney that the United States, India, and China are far ahead of anyone else in artificial intelligence. In America, Amazon, Facebook, Google, and Tesla are investing billions of dollars to substitute for people in sectors such...
Multinationals Bullish on Warehousing in India
Due to growth in both the consumer sector and e-commerce in India, overseas investors and real estate players are increasingly investing in warehousing and logistics. Key players such as Singapore's Ascendas-Singbridge, Assetz Property Group, Ohio-based Logos Realty, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and the Everstone Group, among others, have made...