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VCs and PEs would love to invest in companies that are unique in what they provide; but it is very difficult to identify such companies, and more so in the Indian cleantech sector. This post provides some inputs on what some of these interesting niches could be. It will be...

Just as I was about to give back my finished breakfast tray to the flight attendant while on a flight from Delhi to Mumbai last week, I observed the person sitting next to me doing something interesting. He segregated all the stuff in the meal that he had not used...

For the past one month, I have been doing some research on the opportunity in India for solar ingots and wafer manufacturing. Based on the preliminary data I have, it is difficult to infer whether it is indeed a good opportunity for an entrepreneur. As you might know, there is...

The last one week, I was really jet-setting. Ok, that’s a bit of an exaggeration, as one of the planes I went by was actually an ATR propeller plane 🙂 Turning serious, what was really interesting about the trip was that I was able to meet a whole lot of...

While world over, biofuels are always in the news, in India, the biofuels segment is a rather low-profile segment with little or no newsworthy events ever reported. Does this really mean that there is nothing innovative happening in the biofuel sector in India, or is it that the media is...

Last week, I had the opportunity to meet a wide range of youngsters from all over India (Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Bangalore and of course Chennai) who were keen on joining EAI – in industry research, marketing and finance. Many of them had some kind of acquaintance with renewable energy, and...

This was another post I picked up from the EAI Club (Thanks to Madhavan) Siemens and IBNLive.com are instituting a hunt for India’s Ecovatives – initiatives by Organizations who are combining protection to environment, reducing harmful effects to the environment with innovations to create leadership positions. These could range from...

Was browsing through the EAI Club when I came across the profile of an interesting company E-Windz . This company provides “Total solutions for buying or selling of used wind turbines”. Its services are as follows: Identifying and selection of the prospective buyer/seller to get optimum value and conclude your...

“About one million green jobs will open up in India over next two years” read a recent news item from The Economic Times. A million is a lot of jobs, so I thought I’d dig up a bit on this domain, for two reasons: One, I am confident that unlike...

Well, I am not too much into corn (except when I dip my hands into the popping variety), but an article in The Economic Times on corn hybridsgiving much higher yields caught my attention, and for a reason: The biofuels industry is in the doldrums, and the main reason is...