Author: South Asia Fast Track Sustainability Communications
South Asia Fast Track is focused on sustainable development research and communications. We do this in 4 ways:- (a) we offer research and communication services through writing, editing & industry outreach to support small-businesses, development-sector projects & agencies, (b) we write articles & op-eds in external publications (see Articles section in this website), (c) we conduct guest-talks & conference presentations on these issues (see Events section in this website), and (d) we source interviews with senior professionals from sustainability, policy & business domain who share their insights (see Interviews section in this website).
Q&A with Ms. Sarah Mooney, Head of Science & Innovation, British High Commission, about the UK’s efforts to tackle plastic waste
Q&A with Dr. Arpita Mukherjee of think-tank ICRIER on whether India is over-reliant on services?
Snapshot Video: What is your country’s Okun Misery Index?
Q&A with Mohd. Shafiq Hamdam, President of Afghanistan’s Dy. Sr. Advisor, about opportunities for Indo-Afghan collaborations
Q&A with Mr. Peter Middlebrook, CEO, Geopolicity on the growth vs. development debate, income inequality, digital disruptions, private sector in devp. & more
Q&A with Mr. Hamza Rauf Essa, Director, Telemart Pakistan, on building a leading ecommerce brand in a fast-growing consumer market?
Q&A with Mr. Prashant Issar, Co-founder, Mirchi & Mime, on how a profitable restaurant chain creates inclusive growth for the speech & hearing impaired
Q&A with Mr. Arslan Soomro, Sr. Advisor, Pakistan to Sweden’s Tundra Fund, on what to expect from Prime Minister Imran Khan’s ‘Naya Pakistan’
Q&A with Mr. Vijay Kumar, Advisor, Government of Andhra Pradesh’s Zero Budget Natural Farming project, on how ZBNF revolutionizes Indian agriculture & farm incomes
Q&A with Mr. Peter Sabbe, CEO, Recupel Belgium, on their leading effort to tackle electronic waste
Snapshot Video: How Efficient is your country’s Capital-Output Ratio ?
Q&A with Mr. Harald Henriksen, EVP & Head of Collection Solutions, TOMRA Norway, on their 45-year recycling history, the pioneering recycling machine & more
Q&A with Mr. Roshan Miranda, Co-founder & Director, Waste Ventures India, on addressing twin-objectives to make Hyderabad a better city to live in
Q&A with Mr. Kurian Mathew, India CEO of Germany’s BIO-LUTIONS, explains their breakthrough ‘plastic-alternative’ products
Q&A with Ms. Simran Khara, CEO, Juggernaut, explains their innovative publishing model
Q&A with Mr. Satya Tripathi, Chairperson, Sustainable India Finance Facility, on how sustainable finance would help achieve the SDGs & preserve our natural capital
Q&A with Padma Shri Awardee Prof. Vasudevan, on his innovative technology to tackle plastic waste with ‘plastic roads’
Q&A with Mr. Abhirat Agrawal of Nepal’s EnviPower, about their transformational project to convert ‘Waste to Wealth’
Q&A with Mr. Naveed Vakil, COO, AKD Securities, on the new Investment Platform to inter-connect Pakistan, Bangladesh & Sri Lanka capital markets
Q&A with Mr. Sufi Faruq, Pramukh, Gurukul, on how they are transforming Bangladeshi education to achieve its demographic dividend
Q&A with Ms. Anam Zakaria, author of ‘The Footprints of Partition’ & development professional from Pakistan, on the criticality of oral-history narratives
Q&A with Dr. Aditi Govitrikar, psychologist, doctor, actress, model & winner of Mrs World & Mrs India beauty pageants, on the 8 pillars of wellbeing
Q&A with Dr. Samir Saran, President, Observer Research Foundation, about the SCO, Eurasia’s future, balancing Iran-US & Pakistan-Russia ties & BIMSTEC
Panel Discussion: Maven USA’s Future of Money panel discussion (Jan 2017), Sourajit Aiyer
Q&A with Dr Sunil Motiwal, CEO, SAARC Development Fund, on his fund’s strategy, Partnership Conclave & experiences with regional markets
Q&A with Mr. Shokrullah Amiri, Head of Private Sector Devp. at President of Afghanistan’s Office, on imperatives to improve Indo-Afghan business linkages
Q&A with Mr. Alok Agrawal, Founding Partner, The Growth Labs, about startups, strategies & talent in India
Snapshot Video: Where should your Money go?
Can Shanghai Cooperation Organization do what SAARC could not? Ms. Monica Verma, PhD Scholar writes on Indo-Pak relations
India’s Act East policy amid Myanmar’s centre-periphery conflict: Ms. Ramya PS, PhD Scholar writes on India-Myanmar relations
Ms. Mitu Samar, Reputation & Brand Consultant, on focusing on Experience to create a Memorable Brand
Q&A with with award-winning Afghan actress Ms. Leena Alam on the film industry in Afghanistan
Q&A with Dr. Binod Atreya, CEO, Emerging Nepal Ltd., on what makes Nepal an attractive investment destination right now!
Q&A with Mr. Suresh Pradhan, President SAC-SME Forum & Fmr. Spokesperson SAARC Trade Promotion Network
Q&A with Ms. Leza Parker, CEO, SC Beauty Network & Parker Incubators, Author, Speaker & Singapore’s Youngest Business Guru
4 things Pakistan needs to do to attract tourists to its historical, natural and man-made sights
Q&A with Mr. Jitesh Surendran, CEO, MEX & VC, SAFE, about Nepal’s economy & MEX’s initiatives
Developing Countries Could Learn A Thing Or Two From Rwanda
How can Small Business owners add Growth? #SouthAsiaFastTrack offers Seven tips
NEW BOOK: The Bay of Bengal: The Next BRICS Asset Class (Sussex Academic Press, UK, 2018), Sourajit Aiyer
Your Growth-Mindset can propel you forward: says Ashfaq Ahmed, finance professional from Bangladesh
Q&A with Mr. Thilina Panduwawala of Frontier Research, on how trade, investment and able leadership hold key for Sri Lanka, despite political uncertainties
Interview given to CGTN China24 TV-News show, Beijing, China (Apr 2018), Sourajit Aiyer
Q&A with Mr. Sumit Chowdhury of Nextuple Inc. on how Small-Businesses can leverage Digital Marketing
Is it now the right time for a larger format NPL?
Can a person’s legacy reverse the burn-out in social-activism
Indonesia Can Be a $2.5t Economy by 2025
Interview given to Islamic Republic News Agency, Iran (2018), Sourajit Aiyer
Does Bengali cinema have a market? Mahul Brahma, Author, Corp Comm professional turned Actor explains what appeals to Bengal’s youth
Are South Asian small-businesses effective in communication? Communications professional Anirudh Sharma explains
Most hiring managers prefer extroverts! HR professional Tasnim Tarin argues why hiring introverts makes sense
What is India’s Gen-Retired thinking? What does this mean for businesses? Dolly Majumder shares her story
Beware of the Career Choices your Children make in this Digital Age
10 faces of South Asia’s Rural Consumer
Snapshot Video: What is your Trade Deficit with China?
Received Honorary D. Litt. (Doctor of Letters) from IEU, Madurai, 2017
Q&A with Legal Economist MS Siddiqui about the Impact when an economy moves from LDC to developing status
Q&A with Dr. Sangeeta Pradhan RD, CDE, on why South Asians are at a higher risk of Type 2 diabetes, despite being less obese than Caucasians
Guest Talk: IPMI Business School, Jakarta, Indonesia
Guest Talk: National Institute of Public Finance & Policy (NIPFP), Delhi, India
Guest Talk: Malaysian Institute of Management, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Guest Talk: University of Economics, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Guest Talk: Bangkok School of Management, Bangkok, Thailand
Guest Talk: Colombo University, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Guest Talk: SAARC Chamber of Commerce conference, Mumbai, India
Guest Talk: SANEM economics conference, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Paper: Lucknow University conference, Lucknow, India
Guest Talk: SAARC Chamber of Commerce, Kathmandu, Nepal
Guest Talk: President University, Cikarang, Indonesia
Paper: Universiti Malaya conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Guest Talk: Dhaka University, Institute of Business Administration, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Guest Talk: Fulbright School of Public Policy, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Guest Talk: Bangkok International University, Bangkok, Thailand
Guest Talk: Institute of Economic Growth (IEG), Delhi, India
Guest Talk: Peradeniya University, Kandy, Sri Lanka
Guest Talk: Economic Research Institute of ASEAN, Jakarta, Indonesia
Guest Talk: Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai, India
Guest Talk: Foreign Trade University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Guest Talk: University of Delhi, Faculty of Business Economics, Delhi, India
Guest Talk: SRM University, Institute of Management, Chennai, India
Guest Talk: ITS Business School, Ghaziabad, India
Paper: IIT Kharagpur, Vinod Gupta School of Management conference, Kharagpur, India
Paper: HCMC Open University conference, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Paper: APMR conference, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Paper: Loyola Institute of Business Management conference, Chennai, India
Do Women face Workplace Challenges? Laxmi Todiwan talks about competency as a threat, ego, empowerment and more
Interview given to Islamic Republic News Agency, Iran (Jan 2018), Sourajit Aiyer
NEW BOOK: Capital Market Integration in South Asia: Realizing the SAARC Opportunity (Elsevier, UK, 2016), Sourajit Aiyer
NEW BOOK: Flying with the Winged Elephant: Niche Opp. for Global Businesses tin India (Libertas European Institute, Germany, 2015), Sourajit Aiyer
Guest Talk: University of Madras (TBC), Chennai, India
Snapshot: Is your country importing for productive use or non-productive use?
Snapshot: Is your country saving less? Do you need to save more?
Snapshot: Why is India’s medical tourism inflows so concentrated?
Airline Diplomacy – Can India make use of VietJet’s timely announcement?
Corporate Pakistan: Reversing 3 areas can scale up investor interest further
Can Bangladeshi investments in Ethiopia hurt its garment-sector
India: Why the quality of academic research lags in India
Pakistan: Saving habit needs to be incentivized for future consumption
Reversing concentration and profitability can scale up investor interest
Nepal can be a $75 billion economy by 2025
Can Small-Businesses drive better visibility using Whatsapp
Bhutan beckons investors with niche opportunities
India: Why 120K Indians Have Signed Up For An Extramarital Dating Site
Sri Lanka can be a $200 billion economy by 2025
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