Dhiraj Agrawal, CEO of the two-wheeler finance division of Manappuram Finance Ltd.,was honoured with the Big 40 NBFC Excellence Award at the World AI Show – BFSI & NBFC, held in Mumbai on September 20, 2019. The award recognises the exemplary technology initiatives and innovations Continue Reading
The first Lions Club for transgender was inaugurated by V.P. Nandakumar, MD & CEO of Manappuram Finance Ltd. and an International Director of Lions Clubs International. “Lions Club of Patna Dostana” has 20 members and was formed as a specialty club with Lion Reshma Prasad as its Charter President. Lions Clubs International, the World’s Largest […]Continue Reading
India’s premier rating agency, CRISIL, has upgraded the Credit Rating the long-term debt instruments of Manappuram Finance Limited (MAFIL) to ‘CRISIL AA/Stable’ (from ‘CRISIL AA-/Positive’) and reaffirmed its ‘CRISIL A1+’ rating on the company’s commercial paper (CP). According to the Rating Rationale released by CRISIL, the Continue Reading
The lifetime achievement award by Asian African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (AACCI) was awarded to Mr. VP Nandakumar, MD and CEO of Manappuram Finance Ltd, for his valuable services in the Finance and Business field. He is the first Malayalee to receive this award. Hon. Speaker Mr P. Sreeramakrishnan presented the award to Mr. […]Continue Reading
In every Education conference in these days, some of the interesting conundrums of education come up for discussion. We are, today, seeing a surfeit of institutions and increasing commoditisation of education. The increase in quantity seems to be the key theme and a trajectory like this, is likely to bring in problems of quality. Experts […]Continue Reading
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its February monetary policy decision cut the policy rate by 25 basis points to 6.25 percent. The lower cost of liquidity to the banking system will eventually reduce the cost of borrowing for productive sectors. The RBI also changed its policy stance […]Continue Reading
As we enter the new year, it is time to take a look at how gold has performed as an investment class and how it is likely to behave in the coming year. One of the reasons why we keep an eye on gold is that unlike other commodities whose prices depend on simple […]Continue Reading
At a global level, the Indian education sector is amongst the largest, with over 250 million school going students, more than anywhere else. It also has one of the largest networks of higher education institutions in the world. In 2017-18, the total number of colleges and universities in India stood at 39,050 and 903 respectively. […]Continue Reading
Most of management is about managing your personal resources -time, skill sets and competencies. In the common lingo of daily management language we call the ‘owner’ -an entrepreneur, promoter etc. The employee is categorised as ‘professional’. The promoter or the entrepreneur infuses the capital and takes the risks while the professionals work a set of […]Continue Reading
A decade ago ‘Social Business’ had been considered an oxymoron, indicating that they are seemingly divergent economic paths. Several leading social entrepreneurs have proved over the years that it is not true and social businesses thrive when they are looked at as businesses and not […]Continue Reading