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About the author: Ms. Asma Chandani is a corporate attorney, Founder of DaWall Street (www.dawallstreet.in), Chair of the American Bar Association India Policy Committee and Advisory Board member of Billion Dollar Babies.

Asma Chandani April 27th, 2015 4:51 PM 2 COMMENTS

Asian Giants Bet Big on Digital India

Asian investors are making big plays in the Indian venture ecosystem and are honing in on all things India mobile. In today's news, sources indicate that Chinese digital commerce giant Alibaba, through its separate payment unit Alipay, is set to make its second investment into India, this time into Indian low-cost mobile phone maker Micromax. Earlier this year, the group invested in Paytm, a fast-growing Indian digital payment company. It's not just the Chinese... Read More

Asma Chandani April 13th, 2015 2:50 PM 35 COMMENTS

Toll-Free Apps Help Build Smart Pipes for a Digital India

The booming digital economy has implications for a country soon predicted to have 283.8 million users - the world’s second largest Internet user base after China. Internet traffic in India is expected to increase five-fold by 2018, with a CAGR of over 40%, according to a recent consultation paper prepared by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). In this article, I address how India is grappling with infrastructure, innovation... Read More