Notes to Myself
I came across this article on LinkedIn, written by Raghav Bahl of Bessemer Venture Partners (Link: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/unit-economics-matter-scalability-matters-more-raghav-bahl/) and thought of sharing. This is somewhat similar to a Marketing Assignment I had done during my MBA. Will write a blog on that some other day. Meanwhile, do check this article: I like entrepreneurs who think hard about... Continue Reading →
Today is 125th birth anniversary of Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis - noted applied statistician and scientist. Google has posted a doodle honoring PCM's contribution in the field of Statistics and Mathematics. He is considered as the father of Indian statistical research. Here is a brief biography of PC Mahalanobis: Mahalanobis was born on 29th June 1893 in West... Continue Reading →
If you follow the Economics of emerging countries you would know that remittances from other countries back to the home country is a significant contributor in the development of that country! India has a huge population and equally huge number of migrants to various countries. There are regional pockets and affiliations based on decades of... Continue Reading →
My Prof at IIM-A once said that every subject in management has its roots in some mother subject. For example, he said, Economics has its roots in Psychology. Finance is a derivative of Economics (Micro-economics, to be precise). HR has its roots in Organizational Behavior, which in turn borrows from Social Science. Operations Management is... Continue Reading →
Union Budget of India for the year was presented on 1st of February 2018. The next day there was a session in Pune arranged by Marathi Daily Loksatta and anchored by editor Girish Kuber who is an eminent journalist, economist and author of many best selling books in Marathi including one on "Oil Economy". I... Continue Reading →
भारताचे जीडीपी (Gross domestic product or GDP) वाढीचा चा अंदाज नुकताच प्रसिद्ध झाला. आर्थिक वर्ष २०१७-१८ साठी तो कमी करून ६.५% इतका असेल. हा आकडा नवीन मोजणीपद्धती प्रमाणे आहे, जी २०११-१२ च्या सुमारास लागू झाली. जुन्या पद्धतीप्रमाणे हाच आकडा अजून कमी असता - कदाचित ४.५-५%. जीडीपी बद्दल एक सुंदर लेख नुकताच वाचनात आला. जीडीपी हा... Continue Reading →
I am starting this "Books and Lectures" thread to write about good books and lectures that help learning new concepts, subjects. I don't want to list pure academic books (i.e. course material) as far as possible because they are boring and difficult to read. I will try to mention resources that are interesting and/or easy... Continue Reading →
I just created an Archive on Demonetization - the so-called "surgical strike" on Black Money in India. There was another "masterstroke", a "bold and massive reform" a "game changer" since Demonetization - The Goods and Services Tax (GST). Everything that the current Government does is touted as a Game Changer (I wrote a blog on... Continue Reading →
Yesterday (8th October 2017) we completed 11 months of #Demonetization; and now we are into the 12th month. We'll complete 1 year of Demonetization on 8th November 2017 and there is bound to be a lot of debate on whether Demonetization was successful or not, and to what extent (and at what cost). I have... Continue Reading →
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