Nandita Harendra, Author at ValueNotes Strategic Intelligence

Climate change: Opportunity in threat

Nandita Harendra — Tue, 18 Sep 2018 10:12:36 +0000

Europe had its warmest August on record this year. The media has been swamped with stories about hurricanes, wild fires, floods and earthquakes across the globe. As I write this, Hurricane Florence and Typhoon Mangkhut are wreaking ravage in Asia

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How will wireless mobile empower India’s society?

Nandita Harendra — Tue, 15 May 2018 05:59:28 +0000

How will wireless mobile empower India’s society? Twenty years ago, a telephone in an Indian home was a luxury (there were a mere 19 million subscribers in the country at the time). Today, pretty much everyone has a mobile phone.

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Manage your India investment risk

Nandita Harendra — Thu, 12 Oct 2017 10:31:46 +0000

India’s economy is huge, and growing. The reforms and policies led by the Narendra Modi government will certainly push growth. These include: – Make in India – A new bankruptcy law – An ongoing exercise to simplify laws – Huge

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Bad loans & NPAs: The clean-up has begun!

Nandita Harendra — Wed, 26 Jul 2017 06:58:14 +0000

The Indian banking system is mired in distressed loans, currently pegged at over $150 billion. According to the RBI, gross non-performing advances (NPAs) of state-run banks – which provide a majority of all lending – stood at 9.6% in March

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How green is the new GST regime?

Nandita Harendra — Tue, 27 Jun 2017 06:23:34 +0000

India ranks only behind China and the United States as the third-largest emitter of carbon dioxide. With its ambitious goal to electrify all vehicles by 2030, and to create 175 GW of renewable energy capacity by 2022 (up from 57

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Electric vehicles by 2030: Disruptions and opportunities galore

Nandita Harendra — Thu, 15 Jun 2017 09:38:26 +0000

An economist from Stanford University, Tony Seba, is causing much anxiety in the energy and automobile sectors. He predicts that people in the US will stop owning vehicles. According to his report, “By 2030, within 10 years of regulatory approval

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Will India get it REIT?

Nandita Harendra — Thu, 27 Apr 2017 05:23:36 +0000

Until recently, ‘real estate’ was a dirty word in India, ridden with corruption, unaccounted cash, delays in construction deadlines, and an over-dependence of developers on friends and other informal sources of finance to fund their projects…the list goes on. Today,

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Sharing economy: How will it affect traditional businesses?

Nandita Harendra — Tue, 31 Jan 2017 09:34:35 +0000

Sharing economy is one of the fastest growing sectors today, attracting billions of dollars’ worth of private equity funding resulting in astronomical valuations of players. It is redefining the way people work, and how consumers and sellers transact with each other.

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Net Promoter Score: Is it just about the score?

Nandita Harendra — Mon, 09 Jan 2017 11:11:30 +0000

Shortly after my car came back from the service centre, I got a telephone call from the car company requesting me to share my feedback on their service. I promptly asked the lady to go ahead with her questions, pleased

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Can 3D printing solve the global housing crisis?

Nandita Harendra — Thu, 29 Dec 2016 05:45:48 +0000

Imagine a typical construction site – hard hats, high-visibility jackets, construction material, and heavy machinery. It could be several months (or years) before your view of the horizon is obstructed. Fast forward to last year – a site in China

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