AvantGarde

Editorial (Mar’11)

Dear Readers,
WELCOME to the latest edition of Avant Garde !!
As academic year draws close and GD/PI round the corner, we at IIT Kanpur are preparing for the arrival of yet another batch of aspirants who have embarked on a journey to materialize their dreams. We hope that they succeed in their endeavor. With this hope [...]

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Anti Money Laundering – The Complete Picture

(This is the first of a series of articles which tend to explain the concept of Money Laundering and the efforts needed to combat it.)
One might wonder what ‘Laundering’ has to do with ‘Money’, or vice versa. Two completely abstract terms together, and inviting a lot of attention over the past decade or so.

Money Laundering [...]

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Role of Markets and Governments in managing the growth in Emerging/Developing Economies

(This is the first of a series of articles which tend to explain the role of markets and governments in initiating, promoting and sustaining growth in  emerging economies)
Phenomenon of Emerging Economies
The term emerging economies has an enigmatic ring to it. This commonly exchanged term has numerous interpretations and multiple outlooks depending largely on the kind [...]

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Marketing to Bharat

India is a fascinating country. Here we can find people living on roads  beside posh malls. ‘Rich getting richer and poor getting poorer’ is highly applicable to India. It is one of the developing powers of the world, but still it is unknown to a major extent.  Not many know the number of castes or [...]

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Our Democracy

INDIA: A democratic country. But is it truly democratic? What exactly is truly democratic?  These are difficult questions for us, as Indians. There are numerous comparisons between the various democracies of the world especially between India & US. One school of thought favours India & the other favours US. Some argue that in India, we [...]

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Finatics’11

The modern business environment has shown greater awareness and proactive involvement towards the larger concern of sustainability and climate change. Through the development of numerous global practices, linkages to CSR initiatives and collaborative efforts across industry, there is a highly dynamic and exciting area developing having immense future potential. Organizations have already started focusing on [...]

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