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"At TKC we have developed deep expertise in telecom sector which has been enhanced by working on a number of telecom sector projects with some of the largest telecom companies globally."

Overview

Be it automobile, telecom, insurance, retail, real estate or banking, no company can afford to ignore the possibilities of rural India. The statistics below itself substantiate the huge potential of rural India.

Rural households form 72% of the total households of India.
Per capita monthly consumption in rural India grew by 19 per cent during the 2009-10 to 2011-12 period out pacing growth in urban consumption which rose by 17 percent according to NSSO survey.
Some 42 million rural households use banking services against 27 million urban households.
There are 41 million Kisan credit cardholders [credit cards issued to farmers for purchase of agricultural goods] against some 22 million card users in urban markets
As durables shrink in urban India, the rural market is witnessing a 15% growth rate. Some 60% of the durables market lies in rural India
Telecom in rural India is growing at 31% annually
60% of India’s US$15 billion annual consumption of gold and gold jewelry is from rural and semi-urban areas, according to World Gold Council figures.

Doing business outside the purview of the top metropolitan cities in India is challenging and requires a non-traditional approach due in part to unique social, economic and cultural aspects of different regions.

TKC Approach

TKC offers services in creating flexible business models for clients who want to expand their rural presence and earn sustained profits from their rural operations. We offer various services such as rural market research, rural market entry strategy, and reengineering products to cater to rural markets in order to harness the potential of the yet fragmented and unfamiliar rural market.

Our knowledge of rural market has been enriched through executing several rural focused client projects. Most of our consultants have travelled deep and wide in India. We have developed a huge knowledge database of almost all districts of India based on our interaction with key persons in the districts.

"We provide specialist skills and market knowledge to help our renewable energy clients at all stages of their business development"

Overview

Our energy world is turning upside down. All over the world, it’s starting to make more financial sense for people to power their lives with clean energy rather than dirty fuels. Globally, the amount of investment required is in the order of $100 trillion dollars. Put simply, building out a new clean energy infrastructure may be the biggest business opportunity on the planet Whilst the long-term drivers for renewable energy remain promising, many companies struggle to achieve the scale necessary to succeed. Further, there are many uncertainties within this sector which create unique challenges.

TKC Approach

We focus on providing advice to our renewable energy clients to grow their business (Whether through M & A, developing sales and marketing strategy, or setting up new projects). Our work is underpinned by our deep understanding of renewable energy markets in India and internationally.

We have the specialist skills and market knowledge to help clients at all stages of their business development. Our deep expertise in this sector has been enhanced through working with multiple renewable energy clients especially in the solar and wind energy generation sector.

Our contribution range from developing go to market strategy for introduction of renewable energy products in new markets to conducting feasibility study for setting up new projects. Our team has worked with clients across the full spectrum of the industry – from start-up’s to large companies and Indian market to international markets.

"TKC supports the needs of education systems across India. TKC‘s breadth of work spans setting up educational institutions, process improvement to promoting innovation in syllabus and delivery of education"

Overview

No country can achieve sustainable economic development without substantial investment in human capital. The education sector in India is considered as one of the major areas for investments as the sector is going through a strong phase of revolution.

The primary and secondary education, or K-12 sector is expected to reach US$ 50 billion in 2015 growing at an estimated compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 14 per cent.
The higher education sector in India is expected to witness a growth of 18 per cent CAGR till 2020.
The sector has attracted foreign direct investments (FDI) worth Rs 4,736.88 crore (US$ 788.43 million) during April 2000 to September 2013, according to the data released by the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP).
India plans to enhance its formally skilled workforce through vocational education and training from the current 12 per cent to 25 per cent by 2017, thereby adding about 70 million people in the next five years.
The higher education segment is expected to undergo intense changes and activities in terms of foreign partnerships and foreign players entering the market in the coming years
The Indian players are working towards rejuvenating and improvising their methodology, technology and course content to match the competition.

TKC Approach

TKC supports the needs of education systems across India. Our knowledge in this sector is based on not just undertaking education sector projects for our clients, but on practically establishing and running a Takshashila rural lab school.

TKC's breadth of service in this sector spans setting up educational institutions, getting regulatory approvals, process improvement and innovation in syllabus and delivery of education. Our recent efforts include the following:

Carried out multiple engagements on building the appropriate K-12 model school –e.g. pedagogy, teacher training, capacity build-up, micro market analysis etc.
Helped one of the largest NHS Trusts in London restructure their organization
Carried out the largest Independent audit of NHS Accident & Emergency units (including King’s and Imperial college Trusts)
Helped one of the IT products company to conceptualize, design and implement a school management software

"At TKC we combine our private sector expertise with our vast knowledge in government and public sector to help local and national Governments"

Overview

The public sector plays a vital role in driving self-reliant economic growth, diversifying the economy and overcoming economic and social backwardness.

In the last half of the twentieth century and even more so at the beginning of the new millennium, governments have been under pressure to respond to the demands of their citizens and to the increasing complexity and change in their global environments. On the one hand governments need to tackle a number of complex social and economic issues including poverty, spread of diseases, unemployment, poor education systems and environmental degradation. On the other they need to readjust their policies and skills to effectively integrate into the world economy. Managing public sector in today’s environment of constant change has become a demanding challenge for policy makers and civil servants.

Moreover since the Globalisation, privatization and Liberalization wave there has been public pressure on government institutions to professionalize become more efficient and proactive. Hence, the public sector is now trying to adopt practices that are often attributed to the private sector in order to achieve greater efficiency.

TKC Approach

At TKC we combine our private sector expertise with our vast knowledge in government and public sector to work on improving the implementation of public sector projects. We also advise National and Local governments on public policy by taking a highly analytical approach while also being considerate of public sector compulsions.

"At TKC we combine our private sector expertise with our vast knowledge in government and public sector to help local and national Governments"

Overview

The public sector plays a vital role in driving self-reliant economic growth, diversifying the economy and overcoming economic and social backwardness.

TKC Approach

"At TKC we have developed deep expertise in telecom sector which has been enhanced by working on a number of telecom sector projects with some of the largest telecom companies globally."

Overview

The world is witnessing the second big wave of telecom Industry’s evolution. The first wave, which occurred in the last decade, encompassed rapidly increasing telecom penetration and improvement in telecom technologies from 1G to 2G to 3G and now 4G. The second wave is expected to deliver a wider set of complex digital services. The mobile industry as we have known, is rapidly evolving from the traditional “voice connectivity” to one that provides converged fixed and mobile solutions, broadband and TV and media, all as one unified service that is seamless to the consumer.

As the Industry evolves, we have continually evolved and refined our knowledge base of the Industry in order to solve some of the most topical challenges that our telecom sector clients face.

TKC Approach

At TKC we have developed deep expertise in telecom sector which has been enhanced by working on a number of telecom sector projects with some of the largest telecom companies globally. We offer both technical consulting services as well as commercial consulting in both fixed and mobile technologies. Our core competencies in this field include:

Deployment and expansion of telecom infrastructure
Developing product innovation strategy
Designing Go-to market strategy and new products launch for telecom sector clients
Setting up the distribution network and enhancing the productivity of the network
Designing marketing and branding strategy.

"We have helped several companies attain operational excellence""We have helped several companies attain operational excellence"

Overview

Operations management forms the heart of an organization by controlling the system of operations that are needed to ultimately deliver a firm’s primary products and services. Operations management is increasingly seen as a source of competitive advantage because correctly managing this area is fundamental to ensuring the company’s carefully crafted strategy becomes reality.

Managing a company’s operations is important to ensure that a company is carrying out the right activities, with sufficient resources and at the right time to achieve the company’s objectives. It involves the management of manpower, materials, facilities, technology and equipment for the efficient conversion of resources into quality products and services, as well as their distribution.

TKC Approach

We have helped several companies attain operational excellence. Our experts bring the hands-on industry experience required to pinpoint operational strengths and weaknesses, and identify and deploy proven methods to generate measurable, sustainable improvement.

We have developed performance measurement systems and business process models for several clients. We apply several management techniques to deliver enhanced flexibility, service levels and quality whilst lowering costs and reducing the variability of process outputs. Following process is followed:

Evaluate a company’s efficiency and effectiveness of operations.
Determine KPI’s for effectiveness relevant for the particular business.
Suggest measures to enhance productive by using various management techniques such as Lean. Operations, Six Sigma and Lean Six Sigma to improve operational efficiency.

"Our approach to human resource transformation is to offer Human Resource solutions that drive business results"

Overview

With the growing appreciation of the value of a company\'s human assets, and a need to ensure that the talent that an organisation requires is not just on board but also properly motivated, the role of HR has more and more come to be seen as strategic. The old-style HR that dealt with strikes, bonuses and gripes was rarely suited to this task. Hence, companies have begun to look at ways to revamp their HR departments.

HR is being asked to manage an array of critical roles to help their organizations respond to a more complex and rapidly changing business environment such as:

Talent creator
Councilor and leadership enhancer
Change designer
Organization structure and environment creator
Performance and rewards program creator
HR service delivery and vendor manager
Regulatory HR manager
Corporate governance consultant

TKC Approach

Our approach to human resource transformation is to offer Human Resource solutions that drive business results instead of human resource results. We employ advanced analytical skills, a sound understanding of business, and superior organizational development capabilities to bring about successful upgradation of human resource capabilities.

TKC has a group of Human Resource experts who have vast experience in running HR transformation projects for a number of fortune 500 companies

We have worked with the top leadership of fortune 500 companies and helped them in creating their HR transformation roadmap. Our core strengths include building corporate competencies and providing strategic direction. Our areas of specialization in HR consulting are, Strategy, Business Process Re-engineering, Productivity Enhancement, Leadership resourcing, leadership Development and HR transformations , which include, Performance Management, Restructuring, Talent Landscape, Organizational Competencies and Mapping, HR processes and Assessment.

"TKC helps companies wanting to enter Indian market gain a foothold here"

Overview

Over the past 20 years, many large and small foreign companies have made considerable inroads into the Indian market. But many have failed to realize their potential. India is a complex market, a culmination of multifarious cultures. For foreign companies the key to success lies in understanding the Indian way of doing business rather than simply imposing global models. Entering the Indian market requires a clear understanding of local culture, behavior, language and government regulations and practices.

The country’s economy is expected to grow by upward of 6 percent annually in the next few years, among the highest rates of any big emerging economy. In such an environment

TKC Approach

TKC helps companies wanting to enter Indian market gain a foothold here. We go beyond simple market research and market entry desktop studies. We leverage on our core capabilities of conducting ‘deep market research’ by conducting on ground research. We have implemented several projects in rural and well as suburban areas, which has led to accumulation of an extensive knowledge base of the country. We offer following services:

Market research
Competitor analysis
Entry strategy planning
Create innovative and localized business models
accessing business intelligence on particular regions or sectors
Help companies scale via appropriate partnership and facilitate collaboration
Setting up operations in India
Marketing and promotion

"We have helped several companies attain operational excellence"

We help clients to gain essential information and vet out a possible investment. We evaluate what the company has done so far, and how it might fit into a broad portfolio or investment strategy of the client by following the following steps:

Determine the capitalization of the company
Evaluate Revenue, Profit and Margin Trends
Conduct competitor analysis
Use various Valuation techniques to evaluate the company’s market value
Evaluate management and share ownership
Examine balance sheets of the company
Understand stock price history and stock option and dilution possibilities
Forecast what the company’s revenue and profits prospects in the future are
Evaluate investment risks and suggest mitigation steps

We are equipped with a multi-disciplinary and multi-sectoral strategic business consulting experience, across various industries and geographies in India as well as globally.