An untapped opportunity in employability
New jobs created over the next five years will be largely in the informal sector. Therein lies the opportunity to skill the informal workforce, enhance their wages and enable their transition to better jobs and micro-entrepreneurship. The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship has projected a total human resource requirement of 103.4 million people between […]
Power Play: Can Energy Access Entrepreneurs Survive the Relentless March of Grid Electricity in India?
When Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared on April 28 that the grid had finally reached the last unelectrified village in India, he set off a wave of different reactions across the country. There was jubilation, of course, for this represented a major landmark in energy access for people of the country. There was scepticism – […]
Social action in India: Past, present, future
Looking at social action in India from 1947 onwards, and given where we are today, here’s why we need civil society as a balancing force between the state and markets. Based on Vijay Mahajan’s essay ‘A Retrospective Overview of Social Action in India: 1817-2017’, this three minute video gives you a brief history of social […]
Lonely at the top?
It sure could be … but don’t worry P. Ravi Shankar Advisor – Menterra Venture Advisors Some years ago, when I had just begun my Executive coaching journey, I met the CEO of a firm at his corner office on the 9th floor. It was 9 p.m on a Friday evening. He had just seen […]