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Changing Lives

A Wadhwani blog

Five sources of funds to fast track SME growth

By adminEntrepreneurshipNo Comments

For a small business, access to affordable capital at the right time is essential to accelerate their growth journey. Small and medium businesses (SMBs) need funds to invest in technology,…

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June 20, 2019
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12 Ways For SMEs To Hire The Right Talent And Drive Hyper-Growth

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Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are most crucial to India’s growth story. Employing about 106 million people – 40% of India’s workforce, 6% contribution to manufacturing GDP, and 6000+ products,…

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May 31, 2019
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True generosity is about changing the lives of others. I chose to create a Foundation focused on accelerating job creation – Dr. Romesh Wadhwani

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Dr. Wadhwani addressed the Diamond Jubilee convocation of IIT Bombay after receiving the Doctor of Science degree (Honoris Causa) in the presence of Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra…

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August 13, 2018
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Dr. Wadhwani has devoted his life to connecting technology with social welfare needs – Hon’ble Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi

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The Prime Minister was speaking on the occasion of IIT Bombay’s 56th convocation (Diamond Jubilee Year) on 11.08.2018 where Dr. Wadhwani was conferred the prestigious degree of Doctor of Science…

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August 13, 2018
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Dr. Wadhwani at the launch of Wadhwani AI, a non-profit research institute dedicated to applying AI for social good – a first of its kind in the world

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The “Wadhwani Institute for Artificial Intelligence” (Wadhwani AI) was dedicated to the nation by the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi in the presence of the Hon’ble Chief…

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March 7, 2018
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Strategies to get the best out of NPC 2017

By WF MarketingEntrepreneurshipNo Comments

It’s raining business conferences at this time of the year, and the NASSCOM Product Conclave is easily one of our favourites. They put out great content and curate an exciting…

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October 9, 2017
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EVENTS: an ideal platform for business networking

By AnkitEntrepreneurshipNo Comments

Events are one of the best networking platforms to develop business relations and generate leads for business development. It is an equally potent tool for a start-up or an established…

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September 15, 2017
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10-point Action Plan for India’s biggest bane, “JOBLESS GROWTH”

By Atul RajaWadhwani FoundationOne Comment

In a jobless growth economy, unemployment remains stubbornly high even as the economy grows as the relatively large number of people may have lost their jobs or new members entering…

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September 1, 2017
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Legal Compliance for Startups

By Shashank AgrawalEntrepreneurshipNo Comments

Complying with various regulations in India haunts every startup. In general, compliance means conforming to a rule, such as a specification, policy and standard or law. Regulatory compliance describes the…

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July 18, 2017
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Do Startup Founders Need Personal Branding?

By Manya JhaEntrepreneurshipNo Comments

“Your brand is what people say about you when you are not in the room”- Jeff Bezos, CEO, Amazon If you are a startup founder, it means that you have…

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July 18, 2017
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Resolving Deadlocked Jobs, Skills & Wages in India- Business World article by Suman Sasmal

By Suman SasmalSkillingNo Comments

Davos to Delhi, Ludhiana to Trichy and Guwahati to Surat – the chorus to create jobs and develop skills seems to be getting louder by the day. With “disruption” set…

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April 12, 2017
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SEO & its importance for a Startup

By Navin ModiEntrepreneurshipOne Comment

SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) is a great way to demonstrate and prove that prospective customers are now searching for your brand name which is a great thing. SEO efforts are…

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April 4, 2017
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Debt financing is key to success of startups

By Shashank AgrawalEntrepreneurshipNo Comments

I run a startup that provides fund-raising solutions to entrepreneurs, and a perplexing question that is often put across to me is – DEBT or EQUITY financing? Each time a…

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March 27, 2017
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Designing failure into our parenting – A Forbes blog by Dr. Ajay Kela

By Dr. Ajay KelaWadhwani FoundationOne Comment

Failure is one of the most unpleasant human experiences. As such, our parental instinct vehemently attempts to avert failure for our children, not realising that in doing so, we are…

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March 21, 2017
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Digital Marketing is increasingly essential for startup growth

By Navin ModiEntrepreneurshipNo Comments

The number of mobile internet users in India has reached 371 million by June 2016, and is on track to cross 500 million users by next year. The fast-growing internet penetration…

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March 21, 2017
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Setting up a Manufacturing Unit

By Dr. Priyanka MokshmarEntrepreneurshipNo Comments

Setting up a manufacturing unit is almost like building your house, and if you are a first generation entrepreneur, it is going to be a truly challenging and equally intense…

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February 14, 2017
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Disrupting the regional language landscape – The Reverie way

By Payal PruthiEntrepreneurshipNo Comments

Talk of innovation happening in the complex and nascent language services market and Reverie Language Technologies is certainly taking the lead. The Bangalore-based startup, which provides local language solutions for…

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December 23, 2016
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Why entrepreneurship is my religion?

By Madhuri RuiaEntrepreneurshipOne Comment

I love being an entrepreneur. I would like to challenge anyone to give up entrepreneurship as it’s next to impossible to do so. Entrepreneurship is like a heady, infinite feeling….

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November 23, 2016
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The mistakes I made as an entrepreneur which you can avoid

By Aruj GargEntrepreneurshipNo Comments

Aruj Garg, founder of Bhukkad, a chain of natural fast food joint, almost hit the wall in his entrepreneurial journey. Quick to realise his mistakes he was back on the…

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November 22, 2016
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Being A Women Entrepreneur: Living My Dream

By Manya JhaEntrepreneurshipNo Comments

Even though my tenure as an entrepreneur has been a short one, it seems that I have been an entrepreneur for long. The decision to quit a salaried life to…

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November 21, 2016
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The Mentoring Matrix You Did Not Know

By Payal PruthiEntrepreneurshipNo Comments

In a free-wheeling chat, Arpita Ganesh, CEO and Founder, Buttercups, shares some real life and practical founder-friendly advice regarding mentorship.

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November 2, 2016
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Jobs

The Future Of Our Past

By Suman SasmalWadhwani FoundationOne Comment

The think-tanks around the world are busy writing on the future of jobs. The apocalypse that’s imminent. The millions of jobs that will be lost to the combined forces of nanotechnology, artificial intelligence, machine learning, robotics,

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October 22, 2016
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Before You Tie The Knot With Your Co-Founder

By Manya JhaEntrepreneurshipNo Comments

“Successful companies are started, and made successful, by at least two, and usually more, soulmates. After the fact, one person may come to be recognized as “the innovator,”

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October 14, 2016
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What Does An Investor Look For In A Pitch Deck?

By Sushil BaranwalEntrepreneurshipNo Comments

Here are 9 Tips People in the startup world know that it is okay even if you are not able to bag the desired investment in initial attempts. However, it…

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October 5, 2016
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CELEBRATING FAILURES!

By Suman SasmalEntrepreneurship, Wadhwani FoundationNo Comments

Samuel Morse, found his wife dead because the letter reached him a little too late, which was delivered by the slow-moving horse messengers of the day. He decided to find…

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September 20, 2016
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BUILD THE RIGHT CULTURE IN YOUR STARTUP

By Santhosh PalaveshEntrepreneurshipNo Comments

Culture is worth thinking about from the beginning as it is all that matters in a startup. Startup is more like a dream craft in which people board and culture…

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September 17, 2016
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CREATING JOBS, CHANGING LIVES

By Suman SasmalWadhwani FoundationNo Comments

…You may say I’m a dreamer, But I’m not the only one. I hope someday you’ll join us, And the world will be as one This best-selling single by John…

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September 14, 2016
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STARTUP YOUNG: 4 ADVANTAGES

By Vidarth JaikrishnanEntrepreneurshipNo Comments

Larry Page and Sergey Brin started Google when they were 25, Apple’s founders’ Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak were 21 and 26 respectively; Bill Gates was 20 and his co-founder…

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August 30, 2016
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6 TIPS TO ENTREPRENEURS ON ‘HOW TO PITCH TO INVESTORS’

By Eshwar VikasEntrepreneurshipNo Comments

Success or failure is often determined by how we perform during pressure situations. These tips to entrepreneurs & For a budding entrepreneur, this situation mostly involves pitching the startup/idea to…

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August 18, 2016
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Women Entrepreneur

WOMEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN INDIA | NEN

By Kirthana RamarapuEntrepreneurshipOne Comment

Kirthana Ramarapu is the Master Franchise owner of ‘Kinderdance India’, Bangalore. ‘Women entrepreneurship’ is like a discipline for a child that begins at home. Women have been entrepreneurs in different…

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August 11, 2016
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This time for India, it’s Skills@Rio

By Payal PruthiSkillingNo Comments

For the first time, the Indian contingent to the upcoming Olympics at Rio has crossed the three-figure mark. The mood is upbeat and the hope of outdoing its richest haul ever – that of six medals that India grabbed four years ago in London, is soaring.

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August 8, 2016
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Catch `em young: Should entrepreneurship be taught in schools?

By Payal PruthiEntrepreneurshipNo Comments

Just a few days ago I was reading a column by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Thomas Friedman in which he stresses upon the need to get millions of American kids, not…

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July 26, 2016
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‘Kabali’ Rajinikanth: the new STARTUP phenomena

By Payal PruthiWadhwani FoundationNo Comments

The massive euphoria exhibited by the startup community around the much anticipated Kabali release has established a new star-fan dynamic not heard or witnessed before.

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July 20, 2016
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The Importance of Life Skills Training

By Nizamudheen ValliyattuSkilling2 Comments

Expert View: Nizamudheen Valliyattu, Co-founder and Business Head at SocialTiger.in talks about the necessity of skilling in today’s world. Does jack of all trades necessarily mean being a master of…

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July 13, 2015
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Steps to Address the Skills Gap in India

By Rajeev BanduniSkillingOne Comment

Expert View: Rajeev Banduni, CEO, GrowthEnabler talks about his views on skilling and the way forward. Skills Gap in India: If you look at the world and compare the skilled…

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July 10, 2015
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Skill Development is the correct medicine for a “Healthy India”

By Dr. Rakesh VermaSkillingNo Comments

Expert View: Dr. Rakesh Verma, Head-Learning & Development, Narayana Health speaks on World Youth Skills Day, 2015. As an industry we have an obligation to serve the under-privileged and give…

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July 10, 2015
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From ‘Hands-on’ to ‘Minds-on’ education

By adminSkilling

Traditionally, vocational education has often been considered as a poor cousin of conventional academics. However, when we begin with the end in mind and ponder over the real purpose of education, increasingly we find the reality to be otherwise

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January 20, 2015
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