March 2013

Mohammad Anas Wahaj | 29 mar 2013

Recent report mentions expected increase in employment opportunities in India for next three months. The sectors that have higher prospects are FMCG, Retail, IT, IT-enabled Services, Banking & Financial Services, Telecom, Hospitality and Infrastructure. Those with weakest job outlook are Automobile and Manufacturing. It is necessary for graduates to keep themselves aware of the hiring trends so that they can focus their job search strategies in the right direction. Read on...

The New Indian Express: Job opportunities to increase in next 3 months
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Mohammad Anas Wahaj | 29 mar 2013

Employers continue to hire, showing strength and confidence in Indian economy. Online hiring trends increased by 4% in February compared to January and rose 16% compared to last year-period, according to a research by online job portal. Good sign for the fresh graduates entering the job market. Read on...

Silicon India: India's Employment Index Rises 16 Percent Year-over-Year: Report
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Mohammad Anas Wahaj | 24 mar 2013

RTE Act 2009, mentioned infrastructure norms for elementary schools that have to be implemented by March 31, 2013. According to reports it seems that it wouldn't be possible. Declining budgetary allocation towards these projects is a cause of concern. Another education related project that's falling behind is the supply of low cost Aakash 2 Tablets. How can India overcome the promises and reality gap, and overcome implementation inefficiencies? Read on...

DNA: Government misses RTE deadline for infrastructure in schools
Author: Aakshi Magazine

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Mohammad Anas Wahaj | 23 mar 2013

India's lack of existing infrastructure could be a blessing in disguise for 'Innovation' to happen, says Professor Vijay Govindarajan. The examples of this would be the telecom sector and now the hospitals. Since there is hardly any strong pre-existing foundation, the only choice is to innovate, create and build the latest in that particular industry. 'Reverse Innovation' is another thing that can be advantageous to India's economy. Indigenously developed innovative products and services can expand their reach into external markets, particularly in developed nations. Read on...

Business Standard: The lack of infrastructure may lead to innovation: Vijay Govindarajan
Author: Sayantani Kar

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Mohammad Anas Wahaj | 21 mar 2013

'India's Future' depends on youth (nearly half of the world's under 25) with entrepreneurial mindset, good education and discipline. Next 30 years will be critical for India to benefit from this demographic dividend and become a strong and healthy economy with above global-average GDP growth. Read on...

Metal Miner: India - The Superpower of the Future
Author: Stuart Burns

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Mohammad Anas Wahaj | 19 mar 2013

'Social Media' (Facebook, Google+, Twitter etc) is finding its way into India's normal internet user habits. Usage frequency is 7 days a week, 35% of India's social media user base is from smaller towns and it is accessed mostly from mobile phones, says a report. Experts mention that social media's use as a marketing channel in India is still in its infancy. Use of regional and local languages, as a mode of communication in social media, will continue to grow. Read on...

The Hindu: Study says social media revolution set to get bigger
Author: Ramya Kannan

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Mohammad Anas Wahaj | 19 mar 2013

To make 'Made in India' brand a global success sustained efforts are required by Indian companies and organizations. Experts mention that 'Outsourcing Model' for IT industry did create a global brand for India but it was just a first step. As India moves forward new products and services should be able to create competitive advantages through quality, value and benefits to the global consumers. Achievable but a challenging task for a developing nation like India. Read on...

WARC: "Made in India" label sees slow uptake
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Mohammad Anas Wahaj | 16 mar 2013

How is the 'Next Revolution' in Indian technology industry possible? Current IT industry, mostly outsourcing firms with sales of $100billion, is maturing. The need for new tech firms is a necessity to evolve the sector. Use of internet is growing (3-4% of population) and ecommerce is becoming popular. Mobile phones are catalysts for this change. About 2/3rd of the internet connections are mobile based. Total ecommerce sites in India have sales of about $10billion in 2012 and are expected to grow to $100billion in next 5 years, says a report. To let this change of mobile ecommerce transform into tech revolution efforts are to be made to improve electronic payment systems, enhance capital investments and streamline telecom sector. The creation of a 'Entrepreneurial Ecosystem' for building, growing and sustaining the next level of technology sector is required. Read on...

The Economist: The screen revolution
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Mohammad Anas Wahaj | 13 mar 2013

Drought in 2012 reduced India's GDP by half a percentage point, says 2013 World Bank report. 70% of India's population is rural, 58% make a living through agriculture and 355 million (living below Rs 62/day) depend on rain-fed agriculture. So the droughts are capable of disturbing the large portion of the population and the government considers it a priority issue. Integrated efforts are required to manage such situations. Farmers should be involved in the decision making processes and better farm and irrigation practices are to be used for effective adaptation to drought conditions. Advance meteorological methods to be used for early detection of drought and subsequent action has to be taken before it creates hardships for farmers. Access to credit and financial services for farmers would also assist them to better tackle drought time problems. Strong and self reliant farming communities can be the backbone of India's growth and prosperity. Read on...

the guardian: India strives to become 'drought proof'
Author: Manipadma Jena

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Mohammad Anas Wahaj | 12 mar 2013

Currently India has about 50% of its population under 25 years and 65% under 35. Youth population trends will remain till about 2030. India has to leverage this demographic dividend to its economic advantage by sustained emphasis on uplifting the condition of India's youth through education, health and employment opportunities. About 300 million youths are projected to enter the workforce between 2010-2040. For this to be converted into economic growth the young should be imparted with better skills through training programs to get more productive. Right to Education Act is the step in the right direction. Its implementation has its challenges. Health programs are another area that need proper attention considering the high child and maternal mortality rates. Youth empowerment strategies and policies should be implemented with accountability and proper outcome measures. For the better future of India we need healthier, skillful, productive and concerned youths. Read on...

The Diplomat: The Promise and Peril of India's Youth Bulge
Author: Danielle Rajendram

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Mohammad Anas Wahaj | 11 mar 2013

India's recent bilateral and regional trade agreements are not deriving as much benefits as the negotiating capital invested in them demands. One of the reason cited is the involvement of political considerations than purely trade concerns while building these partnerships. Although politics has its own importance in the scheme of global diplomacy but trade should be the main driving factor for such agreements. India should align its various trade policies and activities, both domestic and international, along with involvement of non government trade players, organizations and civil society in trade policy making process, to have more leverage and better benefits from the deals. Read on...

Business Standard: India needs a better deal from trade pacts
Author: Bipul Chatterjee, Purna Chandra Jena

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Mohammad Anas Wahaj | 10 mar 2013

India is ranked 4th (after US, Germany and China) in terms of manufacturing capacity, says a report. Experts say that to achieve 14% growth of the manufacturing sector, sustain it and keep it globally competitive, India need to adopt cost efficiency and automation. Moreover small and medium enterprises have to improve their manufacturing processes towards better quality, cost reduction and global standards, to contribute to the target of providing 25% to the GDP. Read on...

India Education Diary: Cost Competitiveness Key to sustained Manufacturing growth - Ajay Shankar
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Mohammad Anas Wahaj | 08 mar 2013

India has to overcome structural problems and bottlenecks related to education, training and infrastructure has to be alleviated to increase the potential of India's growth, says the Chief Economic Advisor, Raghuram Rajan. He mentions three downside risks to the economy- current account deficit, oil prices and monsoon. Government should continue to focus on financial sector reforms and labor reforms towards seeking better alternatives. Read on...

Live Mint: Economy on way up, but risks linger - Raghuram Rajan
Authors: Asit Ranjan Mishra, Anil Padmanabhan

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Mohammad Anas Wahaj | 07 mar 2013

Can 'Agricultural Education' provide support to India's sustained growth prospects? The share of agriculture in GDP is about 14.5% and it is the largest source of employment in rural areas, but its employment share decreased by 45.5% (GOI Survey 2009-10). A new approach and road map is needed to overcome the challenges of the sector and agricultural education. A conference is underway and 655 scientists from around the world have gathered to discuss and evolve a strategy to address the issues of agricultural education in India. Let's work towards building a knowledgeable and prosperous agricultural community. Read on...

The Times of India: New policy needed to make agriculture education more attractive - Expert
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Mohammad Anas Wahaj | 05 mar 2013

Even a 'Little Care for the Little Ones' can help India reduce its infant mortality. About 1.7 million children below the age of five die every year and about 50% of them die within first month of their birth. Various approaches and efforts have been used to reduce this but the pace of improvement is slow particularly if the comparison is made with China with similar socio-economic conditions. National level consolidated and converged strategy is to be evolved and implemented by addressing the basic and core concepts and using practices that have proved successful in various regions. Moreover awareness of simple knowledge, care concepts, methods and practices can play a very important role in improving chances of survival of the kids who will be the future of India. Read on...

The New Indian Express: Reducing infant mortality is not expensive
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Mohammad Anas Wahaj | 04 mar 2013

India is projected to be the third largest consumer market by 2020 and by 2030, with an aggregated consumer spend of US$ 13 trillion, it will surpass China and US, says a report. Can India take advantage of the opportunity to build itself as a strong economy and a developed nation? Read on...

NDTV Profit: Indian consumer market likely to be world's largest by 2030 - Deloitte
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Mohammad Anas Wahaj | 02 mar 2013

In the recently announced Indian Budget for 2013-14, Rs 1000 Crore is allocated for providing vocational training to Indian youths. The focus is on increasing employability and productivity. The overall target is to impart skills to 50 million youths for the 12th Plan period (2012-17). Now that the elections for Lok Sabha are due in 2014, the present government has only about a year to fulfill its first year estimated target of 9 million. Moreover it has to be implemented efficiently as its the step in the right direction and the next government should ensure that continuity of such programs is maintained for the benefits of India's youth. Read on...

The Hindu: Skills development gets big boost
Author: Aesha Datta

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Mohammad Anas Wahaj | 02 mar 2013

'Education for Employability' should be one of the main focus for India to move forward towards better growth and development. With estimated 460 million 'Young Indians' and 333 million literate, India should seek to channelize and converge their positive energies and provide opportunities for them to participate and contribute in nation building and development. According to employability reports, only 21% of fresh MBA's, 18% of graduating engineers and less then 10% of degree/diploma holders are considered employable by the industry. So a lot is desired to be transformed in the way education is imparted. The gap between education and employability has to be bridged with aligning education with the market needs. Entrepreneurship and innovation should be made part of curriculum. Industry and academia partnerships has to be encouraged. Read on...

Deccan Herald: Tailor courses for employability
Author: Ashwin Ajila

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