Founder Series | The Quantiq Some opportunities do not arrive looking like opportunities. Sometimes they come disguised as problems. That is the story of Amitabh Sarma, whose entrepreneurial journey began not with a business plan or a desire to build a resort, but with a problem he was trying to solve more than a decade…
Northeast Renaissance Series In a plastic-conscious world, the Northeast has an unusual advantage: an abundant local material, a growing packaging market and an opportunity to develop the technology rather than simply import it. Every product has a journey before it reaches the consumer. For a packet of tea, a box of spices or a bottle…
Business & Technology · Startup & Innovation · Sustainability · Northeast India The week begins with an interesting contrast. In Jagiroad, a semiconductor project is moving from construction into trial production. Across India, startup capital is flowing again, but the distribution of that capital remains uneven. Meanwhile, Climate Week India is deliberately decentralising the climate…
Founder Series | The Quantiq Behind every celebrated founder is a story that rarely reaches the headlines. It includes rejection, financial stress, wrong turns and moments when quitting seemed easier. The entrepreneurial journey rarely looks glamorous from the inside. We usually meet entrepreneurs at the wrong moment. We meet them after the valuation, the acquisition…
AI is becoming ordinary. What happens next is much more interesting. For years, the technology conversation revolved around increasingly powerful AI models. Every week brought another launch, another benchmark and another promise that artificial intelligence was about to change everything. Something is shifting. AI is now moving quietly into cybersecurity, semiconductor manufacturing, scientific research, climate…
Northeast Renaissance Series Assam grows rice by the millions of tonnes. What if some of the value of that harvest lies not in the grain, but in what is left behind? Every harvest leaves something behind. In Assam’s paddy fields, one of the most abundant of those leftovers is paddy straw. For generations, the grain…
Founder Series | The Quantiq Respirit Healthcare is a Guwahati-based MedTech startup. Its founder, Dr. Nihar R. Deka, is preparing to launch what he describes as one of India’s first indigenous, IP-led respiratory-care devices. Last Monday, I spent an hour with him trying to understand the journey so far. What emerged was a story that…
Northeast Renaissance Series BIO-NIVESH, BioE3 and the ₹1 lakh crore RDI push are opening a new investment window. I have travelled to some of the remotest parts of the Northeast over three decades. I have seen places with barely any roads, where a 140-kilometre journey could take 14 hours. Even so, I have always believed…
Founder Series | The Quantiq From childhood evenings listening to her grandmother’s stories in Lakhtokia to taking Assamese jewellery to international audiences, Waheeda Rahman’s journey is a story of curiosity, resistance, reinvention and an unwavering belief in the power of creativity. There was no electricity that evening. For young Waheeda Rahman, however, Guwahati’s familiar power…
As Yarn Glory approaches its 25th year, its founder reflects on a journey that began beside her grandmothers’ looms and evolved into a textile brand rooted in quality, Ahimsa Eri silk, natural dyes and a deep commitment to the people behind the fabric. The Quantiq Founder Series The Loom She Would Not Let Go The…
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