Linking Kashmir
In an overcrowded job market finding a right opportunity is daunting task. Not anymore. Meet a social entrepreneur who will help find right job...
Fight to Chew
He managed to complete his studies by ferrying school children in an autorickshaw after college. Then to start a mobile restaurant he literally camped...
Entrepreneurship: The ‘Best Solution’ to Curb Unemployment
By Bilal Ahmad Dar
'Curbing the unemployment problem in Kashmir through entrepreneurial development'
Unemployment both of the educated and the uneducated manpower has become one of...
Unpolished Hope
Before it could have taken off Kashmir’s marble hub Batergam was turned into a garrison. A decade later when troops left, industrialists were taken...
Incandescent Incubator
Concerns mounted as militants stormed the EDI’s Pampore complex initiating a 48-hour long gun-battle that consumed five security men, a civilian and three militants....
Investment In Change
Investors are always on lookout for possibilities in a market. But in flood-devastated Kashmir that saw lot of investment across the sectors, three entrepreneurs...
Rising Blankets
After centuries of use, Kashmirs’ traditional Tchader has paved way for the synthetic blanket, at huge costs to the wool-abundant state. Now, Mohammad Raafi...
America Calls
From a call center employee to the owner of call centers with some of them offshore, Zameer Altaf is living his dream. Saima Rashid...
Vet Ventures
With two major patents and an ISO 9001:2008 certification to his name Dr Fayaz Ganaie’s Truevet has put Kashmir on global pharmaceuticals map. Saima...
Model Couple
A designer couple from Leh gave up their lucrative jobs in Indian fashion industry, returned home, revived their umbilical connection with the huge talent...
Advancing Apples
The Mughal route town of Shopian is a booming economic centre. Producer of the best apples from the region, its business got impetus after...
Lending, But Not Banks
As banks are in the race of deposits and advances, there are two government institutions scripting new successes with negligible default, reports Riyaz Ul...
Expensively Exclusive
Education is an evolving activity, so is the art of teaching and creation of educational infrastructure, tools and methods. R S Gull visits an...
Fighting It Out
It took little courage and a government initiative to change their lives around. Shakir Mir meets beneficiaries of Women’s Development Corporation to see how...
Multi Talented
At 22 he has trained professionals across India and worked with some of the best global companies. Irfan Rashid talks to Yasir Zahoor Rather,...