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R&B Exclusive: Chicago Booth’s P. K. Chintagunta Discusses India’s E-commerce Industry With CRII’s Retail & Business
Professor Pradeep K. Chintagunta is the Joseph T. and Bernice S. Lewis Distinguished Service Professor of Marketing at University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
He is currently an advisory editorial board member of Marketing Science, apart from being the Editor of Quantitative Marketing and Economics. Named as Chicago Booth’s topmost professors by BusinessWeek, Professor Chintagunta is considered amongst the world’s leading experts in his field. He is the recipient of the Hillel J. Einhorn Award for Excellence in Teaching.
Professor Chintagunta fielded multiple queries from CRII’s Retail & Business recently and provided compelling responses on India’s e-commerce industry and the path it may follow in the coming future. Some excerpts of the insightful interview are provided below:
R&B Exclusive (CRII E-Talk Series): “Regulation Is Not Something We Should Be Worried About!” Saurabh Kochhar, CEO, Foodpanda (India)
Foodpanda has been one of the leading, innovative disruptors in the global online food delivery value chain. Their differentiators have included not only their unique positioning, but also the speed with which they have replicated their business model across the globe.
The Germany-based Foodpanda first launched operations in Singapore in early 2012 and had already opened its operations in India by the end of that year. It has right now expanded to over 40 countries, with India being perchance the most important online marketplace for the Rocket Internet backed firm.
Kartik Narayan and Rushil Khanna from CRII’s Retail & Business met up with Saurabh Kochhar, CEO, Foodpanda India as a part of the CRII E-Talk Series.
R&B Exclusive (CRII E-Talk Series): “It Has Taken A Lot Of Effort To Attain A Healthy Relationship With IRDA!” Alok Bansal, Co-Founder, PolicyBazaar
PolicyBazaar is India’s leading and largest online insurance portal, with a close-to-monopoly online market presence across the nation. PolicyBazaar was the first mover in the Indian online insurance space and now offers policies in both the general and life insurance areas.
The Gurugram-based PolicyBazaar, started in June 2008, now has close to 2000 employees across India and has already started diversifying into related fields, like offering investment options for the retail community. Param Khanna from CRII’s Retail & Business met up with Alok Bansal, Co-Founder, PolicyBazaar as a part of the CRII E-Talk Series. Presented here are some interesting excerpts from the interview…
