A Lehman Brothers moment for China
Belated and wrongly timed government action has created the biggest ever economic crisis for the Communist country No, it wasn’t an increasingly hostile United States administration, trade sanctions, global inflation, semiconductor ban, or a resurgence of COVID-19 that has hit the Chinese economy the hardest in recent times. Instead, it was the relentless growth of […]
World Youth Skills Day: 15 July
The theme for World Youth Skills Day 2022 is “Transforming youth skills for the future”. Find out more about this United Nations initiative and what it stands for: The United Nations(UN) observes various international days and weeks as a powerful advocacy tool. Such occasions help educate the public on issues of concern, mobilize political support […]
Prof. (Dr.) Prithwis Mukerjee: Engineer, Coder, Imagineer
~by Sourav Ghosh How do you profile a renaissance man? Penning this profile of Dr. Prithwis Mukerjee a similar quandary grips yours truly. He describes himself as an Engineer, Coder, and most importantly as an Imagineer. Even these words do not fully capture the polymath that is Dr. Mukerjee. Over a freewheeling conversation that began […]
The State of Military AI
Military spending on AI technologies has increased markedly since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. What has that done to its global demand? At the back of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the need to strengthen the relationship between technology and the state to strengthen against the threat of foreign occupation has led to a boom in military […]
Excel vs SQL: Which is better?
The term data has been around for a very long time. However, only a small percentage of the population is aware of the precise nature of data and its potential to alter the course of history. In an epoch where 2.5 quintillion bytes of data are produced every day, data is essential for many things […]
WYSD 2022: The Skills of Tomorrow
As the UN observesWorld Youth Skills Day 2022, let’s take a look at the emerging skills of tomorrow and some futuristic courses designed around them The theme for World Youth Skills Day 2022 is “Transforming youth skills for the future”.This year, the United Nations (UN) is focussing on how multiple worldwide crises have accelerated several […]
Banking Jobs for MBA in Finance Graduates
Among the many 3 AM thoughts that an MBA student might have while pondering (and panicking) about their future, one of the most popular is whether or not an MBA in Finance would land them a job. Although your panicked brain might blur out the myriad of possibilities that an MBA in finance offers, we […]
The Art of Alternative Credit Scoring
New-age fintech start-ups are using AI and machine learning on swathes of alternate data in a market where adequate transaction data or banking records aren’t available Embracing the rise of alternative credit scoring models has become an integral aspect of finance for lenders – especially in sections of the market considered too impenetrable or difficult […]
Clueless about what to do after your MBA? Investment Banking is the Answer!
A crisp black suit. Pair of shiny black shoes. A sketchy but serious-looking suitcase. Slicked back hairstyle and black sunglasses. Every movie that has anything to do with money and finances has a similar-looking character who oversees huge money things. This shady yet mysterious person is a character that we all wished to be, at […]
VC funding in agri-tech shows exponential growth
Opportunities in applying Industry 4.0 technologies to agriculture have opened up unforeseen possibilities in agri-tech, agri-finance and e-commerce segments Russia’s unexpected invasion of Ukraine continues to send shockwaves through global markets and put increasing inflationary pressure on the entire agricultural industry. On the one hand, food prices are directly affected by disrupted supply from Ukraine […]