Published on March 5, 2021 Ahmedabad: What’s a good number of stocks in the portfolio to assure investors a better cover against the proverbial ‘market risks’? A study carried out by an IIM Ahmedabad (IIM-A) professor and a Singapore-based investment firm director assessed more than 50 Nifty stocks over six years and deduced a safe … Continue reading How big a stock portfolio to cut market risk? Over 40, says study
‘Fintech, medtech, edutech likely sunrise sectors for 2021’
Published on March 1, 2021 Ahmedabad: The year 2020 was a year of status quo for many entrepreneurs – both budding and established – but the early signs of 2021 are positive, said experts at Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII) during the Fourteenth Biennial Conference on Entrepreneurship that got concluded on February 27. The … Continue reading ‘Fintech, medtech, edutech likely sunrise sectors for 2021’
NID backs traditional toy clusters
Published on March 1, 2021 Featured image source: Pinterest Ahmedabad: The National Institute of Design (NID) has participated in a major way in the ongoing India Toy Fair (ITF) 2021 with exhibition and interactive sessions. In a conversation with TOI, NID director Praveen Nahar and senior faculty members talked about the current toy market in … Continue reading NID backs traditional toy clusters
Curating narratives from Ahmedabad
Published on February 26, 2021 Articles to commemorate Ahmedabad's Foundation Day Ahmedabad: One can marvel at the dragon-shaped wooden supports at Harkunvar Shethani ni Haveli signifying the city’s trade links with the East, or the cherubic figurines from the British Raj on several houses in Khadia –but what symbolizes Amdavad? The city, which will turn … Continue reading Curating narratives from Ahmedabad
Normalcy diagnosed: Recruiters back to IIM-A
Published on February 24, 2021 Ahmedabad: The biggest worry for any institute during the pandemic is the placement of its students. But if the trend of premier institutes such as IIM-Ahmedabad (IIM-A) is anything to go by, companies are back on the campus with confidence. As the final placement for the premier B-school’s flagship PGP-MBA … Continue reading Normalcy diagnosed: Recruiters back to IIM-A
Gujarat’s hottest springs at 70°C steaming in Unai
Published on February 22, 2021 AHMEDABAD: A team of researchers from the Centre of Excellence for Geothermal Energy (CEGE) at Pandit Deendayal Energy University claimed to have found the hottest water springs at Unai, about 56km east of Navsari. The average temperature of the water found naturally from the spot is about 70 degrees celsius, … Continue reading Gujarat’s hottest springs at 70°C steaming in Unai
National Forensic Sciences University e-shield for Mumbai firm
Published on February 13, 2021 AHMEDABAD: Cyber security is so much more than a matter handled by the IT department. And realising the importance of this, a Mumbai-based multi-billion pharmaceutical major has signed a Rs 90-lakh MoU with the National Forensic Sciences University in Gandhinagar to protect its assets from cyber attacks. The university will … Continue reading National Forensic Sciences University e-shield for Mumbai firm
AU students document experiences of the pandemic
Published on February 7, 2020 Ahmedabad: On March 19, the state will mark one year of living with the Covid-19 virus. The past one year changed the way people interacted, got educated, earned their living or even battled with anxiety over their or their relatives’ infection. But how will history remember this period? “It was … Continue reading AU students document experiences of the pandemic
NFSU to now export vial examination kits
Published on February 7, 2021 AHMEDABAD: What happens if a micro-sized fragment of glass or fabric gets inserted in a vial of medicine? If injected into the bloodstream, it can cause severe complications for the patient including death. Thus, global standards for the injectables are very high, and discovery of a small anomaly can lead … Continue reading NFSU to now export vial examination kits
Two brains listen to 1 song differently!
Published on February 11, 2021 AHMEDABAD: American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow famously said ‘Music is the universal language of mankind’. A local research has found the brain of every person, however, listens to this language differently. A study ‘Guess the Music: Song Identification from EEG responses’ by a team from IIT Gandhinagar and Delft University, … Continue reading Two brains listen to 1 song differently!