Everyone is aware of the name Agents, but here is the clear definition of the Agent, An agent, in legal terminology, is a person who has been legally empowered to act on behalf of another person or an entity. An agent may be employed to represent a client in negotiations and other dealings with third parties. we came across each and every time in any sector whether it is heath, finance, banking, and even education also have agents to get admission in schools and colleges.
There are four types of agents Sales agents, distributors, and Licensing agents
Sales agents :
This type of agent is probably a self-employed sole trader ‘on the road’ selling a range of reproductions, ready-framed pictures, greetings cards and gifts on behalf of perhaps four businesses and/or artists. Sales agents handle sales but do not contribute to other marketing or production costs. They pay for their own car, petrol, hotel bills and insurance. Many sales agents expect financial back-up from their artists in the form of a promotional program (advertisements, mailshots, trade fair stands, etc.), and offering this kind of back-up is a good way for an artist to attract one of the better agents.
Distributors :
Distributors are companies rather than individuals, and they tend to cover the whole country. They are often successful sales agents who have developed into larger concerns employing sales agents of their own. Distributors normally work to develop a corporate image. They have their own marketing programs involving advertising, stands at exhibitions, trade showrooms, catalogs, etc.
Licensing agents :
These agents negotiate licensing deals with print and card publishers, porcelain manufacturers, and giftware companies. Good licensing agents should be able to negotiate better terms and have a wider range of contacts than artists representing themselves, even taking their commissions into account. Some publishing companies, however, will only deal with artists direct. Many print publishers and gallery owners also act as licensing agents for their artists.
Each and every company have agents, which provide the market trend by applying the charges and more, every person, who has a mobile phone they sometimes had experience regarding agents, who tried to sell their policy of life insurance and give home loan and car loan, they always have a target to finish and they get the commissions on each and every person. the same thing happened in the banking sector, when a bank does not grow properly then they hire agents and they sign an agreement to sell credit card and invest money on real estate.
If we look in the education sector whenever any student does not get admission to schools or college, they contact an agent and pay the fees to them and agent cut their commission and give the donation to the education trust then students get admission. the same thing happens in abroad admission when student wont completes their education abroad at that time they contact the agent to get admission in foreign university or college, However, parents also ready to spend their whole money on that thing, sometimes by luck student get admission at the same time agent charge high to the student’s parents, but when a student does not get money back from abroad after rejection on the filing process, then agents do not ready to accept their mistake and also charge same and they do not give the proper answer to the student regarding the money-back process.
So, any person who tries to apply abroad for any purpose like study visa, tourist visa or P.R., please clarify the rules of overseas government and immigration or search online because all countries have a website regarding rules and regulation regarding enter in their country, moreover on social media platform like Youtube also many people from abroad, who keep update us regarding changing immigration rules.
In keeping with Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s clarion call for AtmaNirbhar Bharat(Self Reliant India) emphasizing the importance of local for vocal, Sahakar Mitra: Scheme on Internship Programme (SIP) was launchedyesterday by Union Minister for Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare Shri Narendra Singh Tomar. Launching the scheme, Shri Tomar said that the unique cooperative sector development finance organization, National Cooperative Development Corporation, NCDC has embarked upon a series of initiatives in the cooperative sector entrepreneurship development ecosystem through capacity development, paid internship to youth and assured project loans on liberalized terms to young cooperators on start-up mode.
The Minister said that NCDC has been proactive in delivering innovative solutions for the cooperative sector. In the series of initiatives by NCDC, the new scheme called Sahakar Mitra: Scheme on Internship Programme (SIP) will provide the young professionals an opportunity of practical exposure and learning from the working of NCDC and cooperatives as a paid intern. NCDC has also introduced a complementary scheme to promote start-up cooperative ventures. Sahakar Mitra would also provide an opportunity to professionalsfrom academic institutions to develop leadership and entrepreneurial roles through cooperatives as Farmers Producers Organizations (FPO).
Sahakar Mitra scheme is expected to assist cooperative institutions access new and innovative ideas of young professionals while the interns gain experience of working in the field giving confidence to be self-reliant. It is expected to be a win-win situation both for cooperatives as well as for the young professionals.
Under the scheme, professional graduates in disciplines such as Agriculture and allied areas,IT etc. will be eligible for internship. Professionals who are pursuing or have completed their MBA degrees in Agri-business, Cooperation, Finance, International Trade, Forestry, Rural Development, Project Managementetc. will also be eligible.
NCDC has earmarked funds for Sahakar Mitra paid internship program under which each intern will get financial support over a 4 monthsinternship period. Online application portal for internship application available on NCDC website, was also launched by the Union Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare Minister.
Finance is a must for the smooth conduct of business operations. A business firm can raise funds from two main sources: Owned funds or owned capital and Borrowed funds or loaned capital. Insole proprietorship and partnership the funds contributed as capital are called owned funds. In a joint-stock company fundraised through the issue of shares and reinvestment of earnings (retained earnings) are the owned funds, borrowed funds refer to the borrowings of a business firm. In a company borrowed funds consist of finance raised from debenture holders, financial institutions, public deposits, and commercial banks. Finance can be classified in to:
In a business house following are the main sources of long-term finance:
Issue of shares
Issue of debentures
Ploughing back of profits/retained earnings
Loans from specialized financial institutions
The amount of long-term funds required depends on the type of business and the investment required for fixed assets. For example, the manufacturing of steel, cement, chemicals involves heavy investments in buildings, machinery, and equipment. A small factory producing garments or a small workshop for repairing electrical goods will require a small investment in fixed assets. Traders generally require lesser amounts for long-term investment as compared with the requirements of manufactures.
-FROM WALLSTREETMOJO
2. MEDIUM-TERM FINANCE
Medium-term finance is required for a period ranging from 3 to 5 years. It is used for the modernization of plant and machinery, investment in permanent working capital, and for repayment of debts. The main sources of medium-term sources of finance are:
Issue of debentures
Issue of preference shares
Bank loans
Public deposits/fixed deposits
Loans from financial institutions
Manufacturing and trading concerns require more working capital to pay wages and to finance the purchase of raw materials and goods.
3. SHORT-TERM FINANCE
The amount of such capital is required for a short period, say up to one year and as soon as goods are sold and funds are recovered, the amount is again used for current operations. Generally, production processes are completed within a year and goods are ready for sale. Hence short-term funds can be used over and over again from year- to year. Short-term funds are required for meeting day-to-day working capital needs. They raised for twelve months or so. The main sources of short-term finance are as follows:
Bank credit
Customer advances
Trade credit
Deferred incomes
Installments credit
The requirements of short-term finance depend on:
The nature of business undertaken
The time gap between the commencement of production or purchase of goods and their sales
The volume of business.
Trading firms normally require proportionately more of short-term capital than a long-term capital. Manufacturing concerns, on the other hand, need relatively smaller amounts of short-term capital as compared to long-term capital.
On the rising population there is also rise in demand of family members related to commodities. Many of the family don’t even get 2 meals per day! there is lack of only one thing and that is money. It is said that
“Empty stomach can make you to do anything”
To fill the stomach people can do anything especially when they have family to feed. Now-a-days the crises and cruelty has increased drastically that alone 1 man cannot feed the all 4 members in the lower labour section. So, unwillingly all the family members had to work at the field and contribute some money towards family to sleep without an empty stomach at night.
There are many schemes released by government to stop the child labour like making primary education almost free for poor children along with mid-day meal to them so that they do not have to crave for the meals and keep focus on the study, they are also regularly checked by medical if there is any weakness in any of the student. National Child Labour Project (NCPL) is a central government branch which takes strict actions against child labour and works at the best to resist this act. According to UNICEF, India with the highest amount of population has also high number of child labour cases under the age of 14 and 1% of it i.e. approx 1,20,000 are forced to engage in hazardous jobs.
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Every year on the day of 12 June it is marked as Anti-Child labour day to draw the attention on the issue of child labour. Every year there is different themes on this day:
In 2020 the theme was “Protect children from child labour, now more than ever”.
In 2019 the theme was “Children shouldn’t work in fields, but on dreams”.
In 2018 the theme was“Generation safe and Healthy”.
IN 2017 the theme was “In conflicts and disasters, protect children from child labour”.
In 2016 the theme was “End child labour in supply chains – It’s everyone’s business!”.
In 2015 the theme was “NO to child labour – YES to quality education!”.
Now the matter is not just to put it to one day and on a piece of paper, it’s a world wide conflict and has to be somehow resolved. Every year various types of acts and event are performed by students of schools, college and NGOs too, but this year digitally the message was forwarded as due to lockdown and pandemic situation rallies, etc cannot be held.
“Why had his mother gone to the trouble of bringing him into the world if the most exciting moment in his life was having been made lame by a bayonet?” -Félix J. Palma
Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare, Rural Development & Panchayati Raj Shri Narendra Singh Tomar has said that Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has made revolutionary reforms in the field of agriculture including the important step of announcing the formation of 10 thousand Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs). The responsibility of completing this task lies with the Small Farmers’ Agribusiness Consortium (SFAC), which is also responsible for strengthening the e-NAM platform in the present circumstances. There has been considerable progress in institutional and private investments after the establishment of SFAC.
Addressing the 24th Management Board and 19th Annual General Board meetings of the SFAC, Shri Tomar congratulated SFAC team for linking 1000 markets to e-NAM in two phases. He further said that the purpose of creating the platform should be accomplished. Business of more than Rs. I lakh crore has been transacted over the e-NAM platform till now. More than 1.66 crore farmers and more than 1.30 lakh businesses have been registered with e-NAM since its inception. Shri Tomar said that it is a challenge for us to ensure that as a result of reforms, there is ease in selling of produce, along with transparency, farmers get remunerative prices for their produce and they have direct access to this platform. Farmers have completed the harvesting work with great dedication even during the period of lockdown and earning is also now being completed successfully. SFAC must be congratulated for helping the farmers in this.
Shri Tomar said that previously SFAC used to form FPOs on the basis of existing schemes, but it is a matter of happiness today that Hon’ble Prime Minister has announced the formation of 10 thousand FPOs across the country which will give a boost to this task. FPOs must not only be formed but they they must also achieve their objectives. Their responsibilities increase in ensuring that farmers gather in groups, hold discussions and get trained, increase their production, diversify their crops, and discuss ways of decreasing use of pesticides etc. Hon’ble Prime Minister has set the target of doubling farmers’ incomes. In between the problem of COVID appeared yet the pace of Ministry of Agriculture and farmers has not slackened. Shri Narendra Singh Tomar appreciated that SFAC launched the Kisan Rath app with the help of officials of the Ministry of Agriculture which lessened the problem of transport of farm produce during lockdown.
It is a type of technological platform which allows the global organizations to exchange high volume electronic data between the systems or in person which is considered as a secure way to comprehend their needs. This process can be carried out both internally and externally based on the severity and importance of the data. The main aim of this software is to carry out and process the data safely.
Benefits and importance of Global Managed File Transfer Software.
As we already know that artificial intelligence is taking over the world and different types of businesses are growing every day, everyday there are a lot various startups. Considering the fact that these business networks require a data exchange platform which managed file transfer offers precisely.
We know that data exchange is a basic need of any organization or company and without the managed file transfer software the precise data is officially on a threat to manipulation or loss. The software takes the responsibility to transfer the files from the internal systems to the external partners securely.
Qualities of Global Managed File Transfer Software.
The software takes Complete responsibility of the data security by consistent monitoring and by protecting the data at transit and reset. If the data security fails it could affect the reputation of the organization. This is where MFT helps and leads the operation.
As there are a lot of companies and organizations with large amount of data to be transferred globally and the numbers are increasing day by day this is where MFT is a reliable source for the movement of files securely.
The software assures that the data is transferred successfully.
Monitoring and visibility is a constant process.
The software meets all the required compliance requirements.
Global trends and developments in the Global Managed File Transfer.
It is expected that the market would grow significantly from 2019 till 2028. As the importance of cloud solutions, increasing in threats of cyber crime and increase in the artificial intelligence. The market of managed file transfer has become more significant as a need to adapt to the current situation. As managed file transfer includes file storage, file governance, data transfer and security, translation solutions and also file integration.
Key Industry Trends include:
Strategic collaborations and partnerships between international and local players. High capital investments by major players in R&D activities. High Penetration of cloud-based MFT solutions. These trends are expected to gain traction and support market growth in the near future.
Analysis by Segment
By Deployment Type:
Among the deployment type segments, the on-premise segment is anticipated to account for larger revenue share within the global market. The cloud segment is expected to grow at a substantial growth rate owing to rising preference for cloud-based services and advent of 5G high-speed Internet connectivity.
By Solution Type:
Among the solution type segments, the application centric segment is anticipated to hold a dominant position in terms of revenue share in the target market. The other two segments, people centric and ad hoc, are estimated to account for moderate revenue shares in the market worldwide.
By Component Type:
Among the components, the software segment is anticipated to account for significant share in terms useful within the marketplace for managed file transfer. The professional services segment is anticipated to grow at a notable rate owing to constant need for services in terms of integration, maintenance, etc.
By Organization Size:
Among the two organization size segments, the large scale enterprises segment is expected to hold dominant position in terms of revenue contribution and the small & medium enterprises (SMEs) segment is anticipated to witness a higher growth rate owing to increasing adoption of cloud-based services by SMEs.
Regional Analysis
The managed file transfer market in North America is predicted to account for the very best share of the worldwide market. The market in North America is predicted to register significant growth, driven primarily by early and better adoption of latest technology, sizable amount of cloud-based enterprises and platforms owing to cost-cutting opportunities offered, and increasing awareness about benefits of digitalization. The Asia Pacific MFT market is expected to register the highest rate of growth over the 10-year period, driven by increasing initiatives by government for digitalization, rapidly developing end-use verticals such as BFSI, IT & Telecommunication, healthcare, and others
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IFCI was the first industrial financing institution to be set up in India soon after independence. It was set up as a statutory corporation in July 1948 under the Industrial finance corporation of India Act 1948. It has now been converted into a joint-stock company with effect from July 1, 1993, under the Companies Act, 1956 because there was a high NPA increase and it was causing a huge loss to the government and now IFCI is a Non-banking finance company in the finance sector. IFCI is a company currently listed in NSE and BSE and currently has seven subsidiaries and one associate. Currently, it is allowed to access the capital markets only. IFCI has financed various projects such as airports, roads, telecom, power, real estate, manufacturing, services sector, and such other allied industries. During its financing term, it has financed mega-projects like Adani Mundra Ports, GMR Goa International Airport, Salasar Highways, NRSS Transmission, Raichur Power Corporation, and many more projects. The Government of India has placed a fund of Rs 200 crore with IFCI to promote entrepreneurship among the Scheduled Castes and to provide finance to these entrepreneurs at concessional rates.
OBJECTIVES OF IFCI
The main purpose or objective of IFCI is “to make medium and long-term credits more readily available to industrial concerns in India, particularly in circumstances where normal banking accommodations are inappropriate or recourse to capital methods is impracticable”. IFCI provides financial assistance for the setting up of new ventures as well as for the modernization and expansion of existing enterprises. It gives priority to the dispersal of money to the industry, development of backward areas, etc. It pays special attention to the following types of projects:
Projects located in backward areas.
Projects based on indigenous technology.
Projects likely to meet the growing demand for essential commodities.
Projects promoted by new entrepreneurs and technocrats.
Projects having potential for export and import substitution.
Projects that provide plant and machinery, fertilizers, pesticides, and other inputs for agriculture.
IFCI grants loans and advances to or subscribing to debentures of industrial concerns repayable within 25 years and these loans are guaranteed with the central government, loans raised from, or credit arrangements made by industrial concerns with any bank or financial institution outside India. The loans are raised by industrial concerns from the capital market, scheduled banks, or co-operatives, which are repayable within 25 years.IFCI underwrites the issue of shares sad debentures by industrial concerns that be disposed of within 7 years. IFCI provides guarantees for deferred payments for imports of capital goods manufactured in India.
IFCI acts as an agent of the central government and the world bank when loans are sanctioned by them to industrial concerns in India and subscribing directly to the shares of industrial concerns. IFCI also provides a guarantee in the foreign market for the purchase of capital goods. So, IFCI may act as a consultancy, in issue house, an underwriting agency, and a credit agency. IFCI is not merely a lending agency but has assumed the role of a development bank.
In the pandemic situation where the world seeks a miracle of vaccines, there are many business that came to halt or even they are going to be shut soon. Currently the major task of ours is to stop the spreading of corona virus. It is wisely said “If there is Health there is Wealth”. First we need to cope up with the pandemic situation and then business can be again built, if we stay alive.
CNBC Global CFO survey says that 40% of the business are facing the problem in transportation of the goods and it is expected that it would take more 5-6 months to start and run normally (25% of them said 6 months and other would take a long than that).
“Nobody knows. The economic issues are totally driven by public health issues. You tell me how long we will be at home and I will tell you how long it will take for the economy and supply chains to recover.”
-words of Yossi Sheffi, Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the director of the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics. Yossi Sheffi further says, if we want to build our business again as soon as possible than there is only one way out to do this and that is to join the war again corona virus and defeat it as early as possible, this epic war is started by many of the companies with their different types of help they can provide, like wise:
Auto manufacturers like Tesla and GM motors are providing ventilators to the hospital.
(Image source: LosAngelesTimes)
Apple and Facebook are the largest in supplying protective mask in the U.S.
HanesBrands in contract with US federal government has decided to make cotton mask when the use of N-95 mask will be minimum. They decided to make 1.5 million mask weekly, and further if needed can go upto 5-6 million mask per week.
The supply chain is completely disturb there is over manufacturing as there is no one to load and unload the trucks. Border shipping is still allowed but shipping through overseas it still a major concern. There will be also huge disturb in supply chain of for pre-planned Indian weddings, as now weddings are postponed or might be done in simple way, the business related to it like party plots, wedding photographers, ca tress, decorators, wedding materials, transportation, apparels and even small-small business related to it. A single event covers many business so all the business are affected largely.
The business of theater and restaurant are also at halt, which may cause a major set back as there are many of the workers working in restaurant it self. In film industry too many of the workers are engaged.
So you have decided to make your dad feel special by gifting him the best you can. Well it’s a historical fact that choosing gifts is the most confusing stuff to do, the reason being millions and millions of options. So in this article you will find some evergreen choices for gifts that just work wonder.
HUGs, yes you read it right. Give a warm cozy hug to your father and share how good you feel about him and trust me, it will work more than enough and your lovely dad will be happy in less than a second.
Apart from that try presenting him a lovely pair of socks because this is something that will definitely come in his use and won’t just eat dirt in the showcase.
A grooming and facial kit is also a good suggestion and will come handy to him in times of urgency when he hasn’t got any time to go and wait in saloons.
Apart from that, a coffee mug with vacuum sealed lid is also a nice buy as he can effortlessly carry tea, coffee or any beverage he loves which will remain hot or cold for 3 hrs.
A personalized photo frame or latest novel by this fav author is also a good stuff to think about. Further, gift him the membership of gym or yoga class that will add a pinch of health in your gift.
To escalate this gifting stuff why don’t you present him with his favourite snack in the evening so that he can go to bed with a smile on his face .
But you mustn’t forget,. Your affection, love and care is all what will really make his day and he will feel proud to have a child like you.
COVID-19 cases in India have crossed 200000 mark and death toll crossed 8,000. First Corona case was reported in Wuhan in China on 31st December of 2019. Then it started spreading all over the world. Very swiftly it became a pandemic from an epidemic. Currently more than 200 countries and territories have been reported with novel corona virus pandemic. The corona outbreak has badly affected the world in many ways. The education system, social structure and specially the world economy have got severely affected by this pandemic. Even the first world countries are also suffering. Our country is a third world country which is also badly affected by this virus.
Corona Virus is a new kind of virus which has not been found in human body ever before. It is a large family of viruses that causes illness in human body and the symptoms are very ordinary such as fever, sneezing, respiratory problems etc. Many people are being diagnosed with this virus, who are not even showing any kind of symptoms. The doctors and the scientists are really working extremely hard to provide the vaccine as soon as possible. If the vaccine or medicine can not come any soon, many countries’ economy will be fully destroyed.
The impact of the pandemic has been felt across the industries and the outbreak got declared as a national emergency. Indian economy has got severely affected by this pandemic. The Indian government had issued the first lockdown on 25th March. The lockdown was necessary so that we can stop community spread of the virus in India. But due to the lockdown many business companies are suffering a lot. The poor people who do not have a stable job have lost their livelihoods since they do not have anything to earn anymore. So many poor people and migrant workers took their lives out of depression since they lost their jobs and have nothing to do anymore.
The well to do or the big companies are also suffering and struggling a lot to save their economy in this lockdown. The employers are not getting their salary to provide salary to their employees. So that some of the companies are eliminating some of their employees from the companies to reduce the load of clearing their payment. Some of the companies are even working in this pandemic because they have no options left for them, if they do not work the entire company can collapse. Many jobs are at high risk in this corona outbreak.
Though the government employees are getting their salary inspite of not working on site, there is no certainty how long they will be provided with this facility. Some of the government jobs are also at really high risk. After the government announced the economic package, some of the business sectors got some relief but there are still companies which are still suffering. If not very soon any relief fund is initiated or if they do not get the permission to work on sites then these companies will completely collapse, which will badly affect our economic system.
“Glory to Allah, who created in pairs all things that the earth produces, as well as their own(human) kind and (other) things of which they have no knowledge.”
-The Holy Quran [36:36]
No element on the life sustaining earth exists without its complement. For example, the complement of zero is one; solids and voids; light and dark; if one did not exist, the other would lose its meaning. This refers to both in terms of the one who sustains as well as the energies sustaining them. The balance among the elements of the entire universe is maintained through the various visible as well as invisible energies which in turn exist in pairs. The energy could be classified as the ones within the human who sustain the energies of the earth and the other being the natural forces of the universe that aids the universal equilibrium which further keeps the physical and psychic activity in balance. The harmony of the earth is controlled by the physical as well as the metaphysical energy forces of the cosmic energy. The energy takes part in influencing all the occurrences on the earth be it at architecturally large scale element like a city or a small scale architectural structure as a home. Both would be classified into the microcosmic level of the energy.
“Space is nothing, yet we have a kind of vague faith in it.”
-Robert Smithson
The existence of energy occurs in the place of nothingness. Voids hold the highest sources of energy. The architectural design is nothing but a technique of designing voids to show a flow of spaces making a way for the flow of energy among the various spatial arrangements. Most of the people in the Indian Society prefer Vastu Vidya to be incorporated while designing a space. The major reason being the energies that is considered to be flowing through the designed spaces and to create the balance between the concrete mass and the natural elements. Humans occupy the voids yet they fail to understand the meaning of the unseen energy forces that is felt through the experiences they encounter while inhabiting that particular personalized void that is the physical manifestation of the memories and imagination of their own. The metaphysical aspect of architecture lies within the fact that it influences the user experiences of their inhabited voids in the line of time. It connects the past to present and brings about a psychological and emotional connection.
An environology master, David Koh, stated, “When people built the house, the energy inside the house is static. Once the people live in, the energy inside the house is dynamic. People may affect the building, and the building may affect the people. And it’s not positive thinking that the people need, but it’s energy that makes people think positively.” The energy flowing through the various spaces creates an imbalance due to the dynamism of the humans living in. This in turn, creates a flux within the dialects of energy within the physical, emotional and psychic connectivity of the people. Architecture is a living tapestry and a constantly changing phenomena. The connection of the energy within the human body and outside, impacts not only buildings but other elements too that together builds the abstract and hypothetical whole. The spatial fabrication of the concrete masses and the multiplicity of the same in diverse alignments as a whole builds the city fabric. A city is a spatial and temporal dimensions of architecture on a vast scale. The physicality that a city comprises is, districts, landmarks, streets, edges and nodes. The streets become the prominent defining thread of the city, connecting the different entities through its networks. They show a directional shift in motion of spaces with respect to different frames of reference exploring more than what is comprehended by the senses with the metaphysical lens to look behind the abstraction.
To represent the extraordinary within the ordinary, the light is put forth to a street in Kolkata, Topsia, recognized by the number ‘90’, has not yet been identified as one of the most alive streets of the city of joy yet they have the metaphysical fundamentalism. The street is particularly a connectivity to one of the Muslim populated locality of the place. The majority of the population living in the locality belongs to the middle class strata of society. They adapt themselves to the concept of ‘less is more’3 and seek the intangible aspects of the spaces that they use. Considering the theories relating to the energy sources, streets becomes the most dynamic element that could be considered as the life of the whole city. They deal with more than the vehicular and pedestrian movement. The streets deal with the dialects of dynamics of metaphysical consequences.
Figure 1: Layout of Streets of Kolkata; source: author.
Within and outside the realms of architecture, streets pave the way at the microcosmic level for the energy distribution network similarly to the way it functions for the crowd and vehicular activity. The metaphysical lens from different frames of reference gives an opportunity to analyze the impact of the metaphysical link and how it is evoked with the crowd in context to the existing surrounding. Different users feel a variety of different emotions in consideration to one particular space.
Figure 2: The Street ‘90’ on 12th June, 2019; source: author.
A resident of the place when asked about her experiences with the place said, “We have been staying here for about 15-18 years now. It has an essence of familiarity and home. The existing buildings, the shopkeepers, the vendors, and when I say vendors I really mean it. They are accurate with their location of stalls and wouldn’t trade it with anyone. Ive seen a lot of changes in the place. The building in red and white was built after demolition of an old 3-storey building for commercial purpose yet the upper floors still remain untouched after being built for so many years. The chaos is the essence of this place and without it, this street will lose its essence and identity.”
Considering the quantitative aspect of the street, it is about ten meters in width, with two meters of it occupied by the street vendors. An analysis of the street was done in three different phases of the day. When the morning struck, the silence is disturbed only by the daily activities of parents dropping off their half-dozed children to schools either by private or public convenience, which here is the auto rickshaws, who typically place themselves along the edge of the building as shown in Figure 2. Slowly and gradually as the time transcends the vegetable and fruit vendors take the edge of the street as their potential business spot. The traffic becomes evident by the noon with children coming back from school, having there go at the Sharbet waalas. As soon as the sun goes down, the street has an overwhelming response by the users creating itself in a chaotic mess of disoriented vehicles and people trying to make way to get out. Simultaneously, the sequence of functioning of the streets inflects thrrough its natural course. The female crowd encircles the ‘puchka waale bhaiya’, drooling over the smell of the tamarind water. A few steps towards the east would bring us to a smellscape of a multi-cuisine food corner with a large hot plate with parathas being fried, a traditional clay barbeque for the kebabs being cooked upon the coals, another man assorting the shelves with momos, fried crispy chicken and another struggling with delivering the order to the respective customers superimposing each other tones in a competitive streak to get their order first. The edges of the streets are defined by the utilities of all kind such as a pharmacy, general stores, grocery shops, food kiosks and corners, markets within a radius of a hundred meters, a shopping complex built few years back, occupied only the ground floor of the building structure. A fruit vendor defined the street as, “It is a metaphor of how our life is, always moving and moving in the forward direction. Despite the chaos we love our life so do we love this place.”
Figure 3: The Feeling Mapping of the Street (red-chaos, green- rejuvenation, orange-action, blue-contentment); source: author
The rhythm of the basic functioning of the street is inflected during the festivities, such as the two Eids and Muharram. The zeal within the crowd becomes evident and the streets stop serving as a vehicular access instead it becomes a hub of utilities as shown in Figure 4.
Figure 4: The Street ‘90’ on 4th June, 2019 (On the Eve of Eid); source: author
In terms of architectural analysis, the flaws couldn’t remain unseen, but what the architects couldn’t see is the intrinsic experiences that the users have with the place. The elegance of the street is a culture of contentment and containment. It depicts the unification of the users belonging to all strata of the society interacting with each other whatever the purpose may be. The dynamics of the streets and the humans represent a whole of the community be it the rich or the poor. In a simple world, the whole of the world can be explored. The local architectural vocabulary of the streets shows motions and emotions of all colours. It depicts joy as well as sorrow. The chaos and the peace, all the comedies and tragedies. The energy drained is rejuvenated with the constant flow of energy on the street. The essence of the chaos in itself shows the intrinsic connection between the built and the unbuilt. The street evokes the intangible aspects of the userrs. The user activity is the result of the concentrated energy source at the micro cosmic level connecting humans with the space at a deeper level. Configuration of the whole of the city is determined by the streets that becomes the highest sources of energy flowing throughout. The built is to exist what the unbuilt is to life. The boundaries defined by the concrete is a personalized space to exist in harmony, but to co-exist, an undefined yet the key that holds the city together. A street has a potential to turn itself into anything it wants. The street is an induced public space. The street has evolved through the line of time of urbanization inflecting the course of its motion. Due to the increasing number of concrete massing, the spatial contraction of the streets are taking place in localities like Topsia in Kolkata whereas due to the urbanization, the expansion of streets also take place with putting an end to the life of the city creating it in a block of monotony and regularity only used as an access not as a space for creating an interaction between the built and the unbuilt, the known and the unknown. Spatial expansion and contraction taking place to accommodate structures. Street is one part to the whole that encapsulates the built and the user. People have a tendency to experience voids hence, they hold human sentiments. We are dehumanizing the streets by making it lose its existence by the loss of depiction of culture and tradition. It is a lost element with the thoughts drowned in hues of grey unaware of how to survive in the chaos. The task of an architect is to blend imagination with practicality by balancing ideas and reviving the true nature of the streets in context to human activities.
REFERENCES
1. The Holy Quran
2. Mustofa, 2011. According to Dr. R Tatang Santanu Adikara, the Head of Bioenergy Research Centre in Surabaya, human gets energy from two sources: inside the human body and outside the human body.
3. Metaphysical Approach for Design Functionality in Malay-Islamic Architecture, article in procedia-social and behavioral sciences-aug 2015
In the world full of competitors to be successful student/businessman etc. should have a different approach. They need do things which have already less participants. It would be best if none of the competitors are present, it doesn’t mean you have to do very odd thing. Everyone needs a better lifestyle and a proper career so that they can live luxurious life with the family, for that we have to start at early as possible and gain the maximum experience. There are many of the websites nationally and internationally that provide work to college students as in the name of freelancers some of the popular sites are:
1- Internshala
2- LetsINTERN
3- LinkedIN
4- GlassDoor
5- Hello Intern
6- Twenty19
7- AngelList
8- Indian Internships
9- Oyster Connect
10- Interlelo
The above listed Internship site are the popular one yet there are many more to be listed.
Internships not only make a student financial independent at college life but it plays a very important role as while on last year of college it boost the CV and the chances of selection in your dream company gets increased by 10 folds.
Internship help a student start to build a professional network that can be a resource for the student.
Internship also help student to decide a second option of career and also can make it as a part-time works on his professional job.
Many companies are in search of students who have already completed an internship related to professional job which will also help student to do the work which is of his choice and already experienced on it.
Internships provide a great impact on confidence of the student which will help a lot in the actual job.
Students gain knowledge and get aware on how to talk with superior person, how to keep conversation on and most importantly how to influence anybody with the power of the words.
Students also get hands on to manage the task assigned. They also get to know to give a separate time table to each task and mange the workflow while studying.
They get the professional guidance even if they fail to mange the task as the internship provider cannot force any student and they encourage the student on compilation of task.
This are the most benifits of the Internship…Hope it will be helpful.
If you are in college and not having any internship, than go for it…It will prove helpful in the future.
SWOT is an evaluation-process of external and internal factors through the process of communication which can also be termed as empirical Analysis. This analysis is based on observations and experiments which act as strategic management. SWOT in Business stands for:
S- Strengths
W- Weaknesses
O- Opportunities
T- Threats
Swot analysis is applied in laying down the policies of large organizations. An organization, based on SWOT analysis, can make a relative/comparative study of its strengths, weakness, opportunities, and threads. On the basis of SWOT analysis, a business organization by exploiting its strengths and opportunities can achieve its multifaced goals, by overcoming its weaknesses and rendering its threads innocuous. SWOT analysis trains us in deriving the maximum benefit from the opportunities and the strengths, it is also identified with the term (WOTS-UP).
In other words, SWOT analysis is a technique that enables a business organization to make the best use of its strengths based on the opportunities and by doing so, an organization can keep the possible threads at bay by overcoming its vulnerable areas.
INTERNAL FACTORS
1. STRENGTH
Every individual and every organization possesses some strengths or characteristics or peculiarities. These peculiarities are known as positive points, such as the right pronunciation or right scent in communication, vocabulary, language, command and group discussion, etc., are the positive qualities which fascinate their audience and in course of discussion or debate, satisfying the audience with a clear and valid explanation to their queries, etc., are the major strengths. An effective personality becomes the strength in organizational communication. So strength is a very important factor for anyone.
2. WEAKENESSES
Like strengths and positive assets, there are certain weaknesses in every individual or an organization. Identifying weaknesses and marking them is an important factor. These shortcomings are known as ‘Negative Points” such as faculty and erroneous pronunciation, fast or impatient articulation, inability in drawing others attention and faculty or casual-listening as an audience, non-seriousness, or a casual approach towards communication in a business organization.
In any business, it is essential to avail of opportunities. In the career of any business organization, professional or individual, there are a plethora of opportunities which can be transformed to destinations or in other words can be described as the gateway to one’s destination, for instance, some professionals by benefiting from e-commerce, have attained a global dimension in their business.
4. THREADS
Society and the external environment give rise to threats. Every organization, business, profession, or an individual has to go through a rigmarole or a series of difficulties/challenges, on way to success. These threads give way to opportunities, such as the discovery of new means of communication e.g., internet, e-commerce, and e-banking, etc.,
As there are always two sides to a coin, in every business or professional area, the strength and weaknesses march together. Each thread provides opportunities. In this analysis, threats, and opportunities (T-O) and weaknesses and strengths (W-S), through the equation, their interrelated analysis is done, which is also know as TOWS Analysis.
As we already know that Covid-19 has become a global pandemic and it is here to stay for quite a while. As this pandemic has caused a sense of chaos among the global companies and made them think and also change the ways on how they used to execute their business strategies.
Coming across the results, majority of the company owners have not succeeded in planning out some new strategy to balance out the chaos created by the pandemic.
It seems that that they are unable to the accept the fact that their previous strategies or the way they used to work may not work now. They will have to adapt to the current situation and make changes accordingly to survive this pandemic.
Some of the organizations which used to work hand in hand have now adopted Digital Marketing as a part of their survival plan.
Some of the company owners have not only embraced the pandemic but are willing to face the temporary economic downfall and then try to recover from it later on as quickly as possible.
Major impacts of Covid-19 on Business companies.
As we know that there’s no such business that’s not been affected by the corona virus but the companies that are suffering the most are the startups which do not have a large capital to keep their company alive and even the companies which highly rely on meeting and face to face interactions like hair salons, gyms, sporting complexes and clothing stores.
Some of the companies which usually had unbelievable amount of growth by the customer referrals are now experiencing such major revenue loss that their reaction to this problem is to cut the marketing costs instead of heading and thinking about the solution.
On the other hand the unusual reactions from the people have caused a lot of harm to the larger B2B companies that serve these smaller businesses.
Digital marketing can help all sorts of business ideas or strategies irrespective of the company’s net worth. The customers are still in need of the products that they used to purchase before the pandemic so the company just has to change the ways in which they reach their audience.
How to take your business online.
If we talk about the time when there was no corona virus, People knew where the best pizza was sold or the best quality beauty products.
But now as there is a complete shutdown and the companies are no where to be seen, People wonder which ones are still in business and where they can spend their money to buy the essentials.
It’s a great opportunity to the businesses which have been highly affected by the deadly virus. With the help of digital marketing they can get in touch with the customers and start boosting their brand on their website or social media platform.
Communicating with the customers.
The first step involves the interaction between the business and the customers. The companies which were never socially or digitally active will now have to change their ways and build strong connections online for the scope of their survival.
The companies which are affected by the corona virus should take the initiative and contact their customers via email or sms and explain them how the services have changed and how they can still avail the services.
Make an advertisement go viral on a newsletter on how the company have managed to keep up with the crisis and what are the necessary changes made which should be known by the people.
The power of social media cannot be neglected here, a simple public post on Facebook or Instagram can be used as a source to reach out the customers.
Charging up the company website.
It is a fine opportunity for the global companies to invest in longer term channels only if the marketing budget allows.
The world has become unstable and the people are not certain on what to do, here alot of external tactics can be used to for internal success as creating a blog for the company or enabling the sales of the materials.
Let’s look up to some of the examples :
Sharing vital information on the web site’s homepage regarding the business queries and letting the audience know that the business is still ongoing.
Updating the service pages with some catchy new photos and descriptions would do the job and if possible add certain discounts which would catch the eye of a lot of audience.
E-commerce system would help the company in taking online orders so it should be a top priority. Some of the platforms which can be uself for such agendas are Shopify or even Paypal.
Building the company’s social media presence.
With isolation and social distancing in hand people are spending most of their time online, this is a great opportunity to take your business on social media and start interacting with more and more people.
There is a huge increase in the time spent by the people of Italy on Facebook and when it comes to Instagram the people of USA are no further left behind they top the chart by 43.1% active users in isolation.
This is a one time opportunity for all the business leads to get on social media and set a goal to build a large set of online following.
Let’s see how the companies can do that –
Updating or sharing various sets of things such as contents or blogs related to the company or related to the social aspects.
Humor is something that is loved by the audience and the posts or videos regarding humor would catch a lot of audience.
Get in touch with an influenceer and start working with him as a lot of influencers are left set open due to the coronavirus outbreak and are available for a reasonable price.
By making these kind of certian and easy changes with less amount of money involved a company could benefit even after the lockdown is over and normalcy is availed.
The world is almost ruled by powerful countries like USA, China, Japan, Russia etc. and its none of the wonder that developed countries are helping as well as exploiting the developing countries. Developing countries like India, Pakistan, Srilanka and many more… are mostly dependent on the developed countries, but the biggest question arises will India be list of the superpower countries by 2050. The answer would be yes, but unfortunately due to pandemic situation that number will rise to 2055-2060 because India faced a major setback due to this and also India build a strong relation with other countries with help of our respected Prime Minister sir. Let us look out which factors are going to help to build a nation with superpowers:
1- Economic growth
Chinese economy is based on foreign investment, while India is growing based on a more local economic sector. So if we look in future i.e. after 30-40 India will overtake as it is very slow process. We know very well that many MNCs have begun to invest tremendously in India and has started to rely on Indian engineers for their next generation products. Companies like GM, Boeing, Motorola and many others have begun to build their Research and Development facilities and Asian headquarters in India. They see more potential on Indian market. If India is able to maintain this steady growth, it can definitely become 2nd largest economy by 2050.
India stands on 4th rank in terms of defense with the budget of 54 billion $ and 13L+ army man. India has a total of 2,102 aircrafts and a naval strength of 295 and is ready to tackle any military emergency. India is gaining new technology and ideas from world and also our DRDO is working very efficient like wise India adopted 5th generation fighter plane from Russia and Defense Drone technology from USA and other technology too from Israel. Therefore if India increases the defense budget in next 3-4 decades, specially in Air force and cyber and New technology than India definitely can handle any worse situation.
Image source: economictimes.com
3- Diplomacy and international relations
India’s Diplomacy is standing at a good potions no matter still there are many internal disputes but in the eyes of world India is at a better place. India is able to maintain relation with foreign countries in a stable and steady manner which will ultimately help the people of India. In the coming years India will be able to maintain permanent seat in UN Security Council which will be biggest achievement in diplomatic point of view.
Image source: Kosha group
4) Population
India has highest number of fresh minds, they are handled correctly with innovative and interesting education system than none of the country can stop India to be listed in top 5 countries. Youth is the biggest asset of India and no other country has this much amount of youth in their population. In the coming years, some of the strong nations of the world will face problem of decrease in populations and this will lead to, a decline in workforce, India will face no such problem.
India’s education system need to be modified a bit and student instead of memorizing theories, they should be taught to learn and understand the concept. The subject related to entrepreneurship should be added at early age so that they get knowledge of business at early age which would help them and ultimately help the nation.
Image source: Indiannewsonweb.com
5- Science and Technology
India has greatest potential yet to be showed to the world in the field of science and technology. New and new startups are evolving around us day by day and that will help a lot. Our scientist proved that India can even complete the mission on a budget of bollywood movie. India is also 4th country to land on the moon. India is emerging slowly in the field of software and will create a great impact in the near future.
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