Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has a blessing in disguise as it can take away a lot of the grunge or repetitive work in India, and leave people to actually perform more creative work, Arundhati Bhattacharya, CEO and Chairperson for Salesforce India and a...
Maeeshat Foundation hosts brainstorming sessions to help religious leaders improve business acumen, income
The 'Madina Basket' contains different commodities, such as Attar (non-alcoholic perfumes), Dates, Honey, Miswak, Caps and handkerchiefs for religious leaders. Malda, West Bengal: The Maeeshat Foundation has come up with a novel plan to inculcate entrepreneurial...
Syed Mohamed Beary: A Torch Bearer of Sustainable Development for Last Four Decades
On a crisp and refreshing Friday morning in August 2009, I had the opportunity to meet Syed Mohamed Beary for the first time at a mosque in Bengaluru right after the Fazr Namaz. The time and place were decided by him for the interview I had asked for as part of our...
Maeeshat Foundation & Tarbiyah Cambridge International School moots entrepreneurial training to Imams!
Entrepreneurial activity has percolated through every sphere of human endeavor. Of late the students coming from Madrassas or Islamic seminaries, those who mostly look for the jobs in mosques and seminaries as Imams, Muazzins (those calling faithful for prayers...
These industries still hold promise for startups in India in 2023
As the Indian startups ecosystem goes through a churning as VCs squeeze funds, certain industries such as quick service restaurants (QSR), direct-to-consumer (D2C) and electric vehicle market and infrastructure still hold promise this year, especially for early-stage...
M Azizur Rahman: The Innovative Edupreneur from North Bengal
By Danish Reyaz The heart-wrenching partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947 no doubt created hatred and animosity between Hindus and Muslims, but it hit the Muslims, in particular, hard on many levels. They became rudderless in society as the intelligentsia and...
Syed Manzar: The Man Behind Digital Revival of Urdu
Urdu is a language that is distinctly elegant and decorous. A whopping 200 million people speak Urdu, the world's 11th most widely spoken language. Majorly spoken in India and Pakistan, Urdu, with time, has also travelled to Western Asia, Europe, America, and...
Globevestor Co-founder Launches Global Micro-VC Firm with Presence in Canada, India and the US
New Delhi, Delhi, India Globevestor founder recently announced the launch of a new global micro-VC firm called Momentum Capital. With presence in Canada, India & the US, Momentum Capital focuses on seed-stage Indian startups and leverages its strong international...
Hobit, An E-learning Platform for Hobbies Closes INR 4 Crore in Seed Round
Faridabad, Haryana, India The round was led by Research Capital’s Douglas Penny, Largest investment banking firm of Toronto, Canada and also saw the participation of ex Global CEO of Bookings.com (Stoffer Anko Norden). Startup Lanes, Marwari Catalysts and IVY...
How Delhi’s Poonam Gupta set up recycled paper empire in Scotland
Scrap paper counts as junk, but an Indian woman has succeeded in establishing a company worth crores with the paper waste in Scotland. SUNDEEP POURANIK Indore, Jan 15,2023: Scrap paper counts as junk, but an Indian woman has succeeded in establishing a company worth...