From Insights to Influence
Onkar Pandey 
Technology innovation is the guiding star of human civilization. Ever since the first wheel was invented, human race has been on a relentless journey of uncovering new ways and means of making our lives easier. There have been several impediments to this progress. From time to time, thought leaders helped in removing those impediments by … Read more
India is home to 1.33 billion people and is also the world’s fastest growing large economy for last couple of years now. In July 2018, India became the 6th largest economy of the world by displacing France to 7th position and with the current growth rate, on its way to become the 5th largest in … Read more
In my earlier post in this series, I talked about the ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’ scheme of the government aimed at protecting and educating the girl child. This post talks about Ujjwala Yojana which is focused on making the lives of women better and easier by providing them access to clean fuel. Indoor Air Pollution: … Read more
Social media has become one of the very important tool for communication in today’s world. It has established its reach to the farthest corners of the world and has also empowered people by making the information available easily. The most important aspect of Social media that makes it better than the traditional media is that … Read more
Why Do the Entrepreneurs Need a Go-To-Market Strategy The excitement of starting a new business based on the ‘world changing epiphany’ one just had, is overwhelming. The possibilities of what you can achieve with your new business venture is enough excitement for anybody. It’s a time when you think that you can go to the … Read more
This is my third post in the series on ideation. In the earlier two posts, I talked about incremental innovation and ways to uncover ideas that can lead to Blue Ocean markets being created. Every innovative idea is an abstraction of the amalgamation of different thoughts and observations. This post focuses on creating a catalog … Read more
There is a lot of buzz around Artificial Intelligence in the world today. In one of my earlier post, I talked about the skepticism around AI. You can read it here. In his budget speech, on 1st Feb 2018, the Finance Minister of India called upon NITI Aayog (premier policy Think Tank of the Government … Read more
The India Advantage (and the Threat) According to the latest data, India is home to 17.74% of the world population. India is also one of the youngest country in the world. By 2020, India will have the largest young workforce with 65% of population below 29 years, as compared to 37 years for China. This … Read more
After the 4th generation of data technology for cellular networks became operational, quite a few statements have been made about the importance of data. In my last post, I have talked about Artificial Intelligence. AI algorithms needs data to train on so as to become intelligent. This post focuses on the importance of data and … Read more
In my last post, I talked about ways of uncovering Ideas that can help go beyond incremental innovation. You can read it here. This post is focused on an analysis of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in terms of opportunities and threats. AI Buzz In the present technology arena, Artificial Intelligence is one of the most popular … Read more