Sunday is the day in which I catch up with all my arrears of sleep during the week and for me, there is nothing as irritating as being woken up by a phone call that too as early as 6.15 am on a Sunday morning. But, two weeks back, this is precisely what had happened. […]Continue Reading
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The uncertainty over the referendum ended with the UK voting on June 23, 2016 to leave the EU. After the referendum, opinion is divided among financial analysts and economists about the long term consequences of the event. Those who campaigned for the exit option believe it will be negative only over the short term. In […]Continue Reading
Pegasus, a leading event management company based in Kochi, Kerala, is planning to organise its 7th Malayali business achiever award to felicitate those, socially obligated, Malayali business persons, who are possessing at least 2500 crore worth capital asset. The most awaited program is powered by the Indian Worldwide Chamber of Commerce and Unique Times business […]Continue Reading
A friend of mine working in a software company recently got transferred from Bangalore to Cochin. As Cochin was a new city for him and I was settled in Cochin for some time he wanted my help in finding a house near to his workplace, near to kids school and daycare, with a lot of […]Continue Reading
Vacation season at Middle East is the time whenmost of the NRIs visit India. A lot of their investment decisions like purchasing of plot or house or flat are taken during these visits. As most of the NRIs are looking at house property as an investment option Cochin has always been a favourite market for […]Continue Reading
Introduction A widely anticipated and much-awaited development in recent months has been the enactment of the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 (the ‘Act’). The Bill was passed by the Rajya Sabha on March 10, 2016, and by Lok Sabha on March 15, 2016. On 26 April, 2016 the Ministry of Housing and […]Continue Reading
Volume is one of the major indicator which helps market players who are trading in stocks to make decision. It shows the total number of shares, traded in the exchange within a specified market time. It is the additional significant parameter to judge the potential of a stock after price levels. Many traders consider the […]Continue Reading
Entrepreneurship has always been a contact sport! The ordeal, skills and competencies that build entrepreneurs are to be cultivated first hand, much through trial and error than the insights from lectures and text books. The best way to build your entrepreneurship muscle is to try your hand at it. The best minds in business , […]Continue Reading
From 2002 onwards, every year in the month of June, Manappuram has been commemorating its founder, my father late V.C. Padmanabhan. In the initial years, the programme involved a lecture delivered by an eminent personality drawn from business, government or the academic world. Over the years, we have had stalwarts like Prof. Debashis […]Continue Reading
Last year, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi launched the ‘Make in India’ campaign aimed at making India a global manufacturing hub. The objective is to enhance the competitiveness and productivity of India’s under-utilised manufacturing sector which presently contributes only 15 per cent to our total GDP. The goal is to accelerate it to 25 per […]Continue Reading



















