Source - ECNS, China
Girija Pande, Chairman Apex Avalon Consulting was featured on Chinese media recently highlighting how the Indian government has displayed a positive attitude but the policies still remain investor unfriendly.
Source - Business World
Raj Nair, Chairman Avalon Consulting shares his views on how the customer loyalty programs need to change with the changing retail dynamics; as we are no more in the world where the asymmetry of information favored the seller. The digital customer is increasingly becoming aware of the product prices and offerings faster than the store sales persons themselves.
Source - Bloomberg
Girija Pande, Chairman, Apex Avalon Consulting was featured on Bloomberg, wherein he shared his insights on how China and India will work together closely in the near future moving past the previous issues the two countries shared.
Source - Forbes
Girija Pande, Executive Chairman, Apex Avalon Consulting PTE Ltd. shares his insights on how Singapore can help India in building 100 smart cities in the country.
Girija Pande, Chairman, Apex Avalon Consulting Pte. Ltd. shares his views on how Singapore can help India build “Smart Cities” in the country. The article was published in Business India magazine and talks about the need for multi-dimensional planning & organising to successfully implement smart cities project in India which was announced during the new government’s maiden budget.
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India & Singapore, July 2014
“The Silk Road Re-discovered” was launched in India by the Counsel General of China, Mumbai at an event organized by CII and sponsored by Avalon. This is the first book that analyses the growing corporate linkages between India and China. The book has been co-authored by Girija Pande (Chairman Apex Avalon Consulting Pte. Ltd.), Anil K. Gupta (Michael Dingman Chair in Strategy and Globalization at The University of Maryland) and Haiyan Wang (Managing Partner, China India Institute) (more…)
The new government's maiden budget was a much-anticipated event. India Inc. was hopeful that many of the items on their long-pending wishlists would be addressed. But there were no bold, radical announcements, something that India has come to expect.
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Source - Business Standard
The book “The Silk Road Rediscovered” was launched in Delhi aptly with the announcement of the BRICS bank. The book predicts that the ties between India and China are expected to grow significantly in the future.
Source - Times of India
Girija Pande, Chairman- Apex Avalon Consulting PTE Ltd. has predicted the Chinese FDI in India to touch $30 Billion by 2025 as per his new book “The Silk Road Discovered”. The book also emphasises on the fact that India needs to set up export-oriented manufacturing and utilise the opportunity to work with the Chinese major manufacturers, taking over component, parts and semi-finished product making contracts.
Chennai:
Santosh Sreedhar from Avalon Consulting presented his views on trends and opportunities in branding and retailing of meat & poultry products during a conference conducted by CII on meat processing trends and technology. (more…)
Girija Pande, Executive Chairman at Apex Avalon Consulting, explains the challenges faced by Chinese and Indian firms when doing business in each other's country during an interview on CNBC.
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Source - Voice of America
Girija Pande, Chairman Apex Avalon Consulting Pte Ltd. voices his opinion on “India Woos Investors with Promises to Transform Business Environment”. He emphasizes on how India really needs good execution skills, fast movement in the bureaucracy, and simplification of the rules to create a business friendly environment.
Girija Pande, Chairman Apex Avalon Consulting Pte. Ltd. shares his views on the shaping up of "Look East" policy for India. He further discusses how the new government would enable stronger India-China bilateral ties in trade and investment in the future.
Pune:
Parag Risbud from Avalon Consulting presented his views on “Automation in Manufacturing – Improving Quality and Productivity while Sustaining Competitiveness” during the seminar hosted by AES in Pune. The seminar was attended by eminent experts who shared their views on reducing manufacturing/operational costs in the Automotive sector. (more…)
