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India’s Green Transition Will Be Financed on the Ground — and NBFCs Hold the Key

By Uniquetimesorg May 13, 2026 0

By Shri V. P. Nandakumar, Chairman and Managing Director, Manappuram Finance Ltd India’s green transition gets talked about mostly in terms of big infrastructure — solar parks, hydrogen missions, metro expansions. These matter, but they’re only part of the story. The other part, which doesn’t get nearly as much attention, is what happens at the […]Continue Reading

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Workforce Redesign: From Jobs to Skills Architecture

By Uniquetimesorg April 14, 2026 0

By Shri V. P. Nandakumar, Chairman and Managing Director, Manappuram Finance Ltd For more than a century, organisations have been structured around jobs. Each job carried a defined role description, a hierarchy, and a set of responsibilities. Human resource management evolved around this architecture—recruitment matched candidates to jobs, performance evaluations measured Continue Reading

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AFTER A STELLAR PERFORMANCE IN 2025, WHAT NEXT FOR GOLD?

By Uniquetimesorg January 14, 2026 0

– By Shri. V.P. Nandakumar (Chairman & MD, Manappuram Finance Ltd)   Gold had a blockbuster year in 2025, delivering returns in the range of 70–75% in rupee terms and setting multiple all‑time highs in both international and domestic markets. The rise in price far outpaced what most analysts had pencilled in a year earlier. […]Continue Reading

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IFC to invest $35 million in Manappuram Finance

By uniquetimes May 29, 2019 0

Will help increase access to gold loans for low-income households and MSMEs Kochi – IFC, a part of the World Bank Group, will invest $35 million in Manappuram Finance Limited (MFL) to help low-income households and small enterprises get access to loans against their gold assets. This is IFC’s first investment in a gold-loan NBFC […]Continue Reading

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The deflator angle to India’s GDP controversy – Shri. V. P Nandakumar

By uniquetimes April 10, 2017 0

 The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has recently released estimates that India’s GDP for the third quarter ended December 2016 recorded a growth of 7 percent, sharply beating expectations for a much lower 6.4 percent growth rate indicated in a Reuters poll held just before. The numbers were greeted with considerable skepticism by a section of […]Continue Reading

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Beyond recycling, towards “zero waste” and the “circular economy” – Shri. V.P. NANDAKUMAR

By uniquetimes March 17, 2017 0

  On 13 January 2017, CII Kerala organised an investors’ meet at Kochi to promote recycling industries in Kerala as part of extended producer responsibility. The event was attended by a galaxy of distinguished speakers drawn from the highest ranks of government, bureaucracy and industry who shared their thoughts about recycling and better waste management. […]Continue Reading

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REVIEWING GOLD PRICE MOVEMENTS IN 2016 AND OUTLOOK FOR 2017- Shri. V.P. Nandakumar 

By uniquetimes February 22, 2017 0

      As we enter the new year, the time is right to take a look at something close to all our hearts. Yes, it is gold, more precisely the price of gold and how it is likely to move in the new year.  In order to get a sense of where gold is […]Continue Reading

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DEMONETISATION AND THE GOLD LOAN NBFCS

By uniquetimes December 23, 2016 0

On the 10 th of November, we at Manappuram Finance Limited, reported our second quarter results.Our performance was very impressive with the net profit of Rs.350 crore for the half year up to September 30 being equal to the net profit for the whole of last year. However, it so happened that our results were declared […]Continue Reading

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Ajit Ravi conducts VPN International Business Excellence award

By uniquetimes December 19, 2016 0

  VPN International Business Excellence award has been organised on December 15 at Crowne Plaza in Kochi, Ernakulum, by Ajit Ravi, the Chairman of Pegasus. This business award is awarded to honour internationally acclaimed business personalities from Kerala, says Ajith Ravi. Several business personalities have attended the prestigious function organised in the heart Continue Reading

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Fintech will revolutionise financial sector, advance inclusion – Shri. V.P.Nandakumar

By uniquetimes November 18, 2016 0

The digital India programme is a flagship initiative of the Indian government with the vision of “transforming India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy.” By deploying the JAM (Jan Dhan, Aadhar and Mobile) trinity, the government hopes to extend the reach of the formal financial system to the farthest corners of the country. […]Continue Reading

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