Innovation
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GPS Renewables: Converting waste to bioenergy, the tech way
The founders of the Bengaluru-headquartered company—who run what is reportedly Asia's largest bioCNG plant in Indore, among 100 other tech-led captive biogas plants—believe India has barely scratched the surface of the multi-billion dollar biofuels industry
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Sea6 Energy: Farming the ocean, and exploring the possibility of making crude oil from seaweed
The Bengaluru-based startup uses proprietary automation to develop a large-scale feedstock of seaweed, which has the potential to replace fossil fuels in applications ranging from transportation to agriculture. It is now attempting to produce biofuels and bioplastics
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Smart Joules: Decarbonising one company at a time
The Delhi-based energy-efficiency technology startup helps businesses, particularly hospitals, optimise power consumption; the excess electricity can be redirected to places that experience shortages
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Meet the all new Air India: New logo, new branding, but yes, the Maharaja stays
Recently-developed livery, logo will be seen starting December 2023
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Every app a UPI app and credit is the next big thing: Anuj Kacker
UPI is widespread but its potential is far from exhausted, says Kacker, the co-founder of Freo. Expanding its adoption aligns with the shift towards digital finance and the nation's economic growth
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Nondisruptive creation: An alternative path to innovation and growth?
How leaders can innovate and achieve growth without displacing industries, companies or jobs
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Innovation has no borders, no owners: Alex Goryachev
Alex Goryachev, the former managing director of Cisco's global co-innovation centres, dwells upon the nuances of innovation that can transform businesses and continuously drive growth
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The difficulty of being innovative
While it is hard to innovate successfully in the first place, it is harder still to continue innovating successfully. But proper planning and execution can become the keys to sustained innovation
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If they're not ready to change gears, specialized companies may be left in the dust
A study of motorcycle makers shows how focusing on one market for too long can reduce companies' ability to survive
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Six questions for Efosa Ojomo, Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation
An expert in disruptive innovation talks about how market-creating innovation can reverse the negative effects of the pandemic on emerging economies
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Drinking from the firehose of Covid-inspired innovation
Will the great ideas kickstarted by the pandemic be more than a blip?