OBQ 1526: Early starters

 Education is changing rapidly and not just due to the ongoing pandemic but also because of changing the under current of skills needed to thrive in 21st century job market.

Identify the company that was in news and is making most out of this trend.

Answer:Whitehat Junior

 

OBQ 1525: Challenger from the East.

Connect to the company started by two friends that has gradually grown into a house of power brands.

Answer:Emami

OBQ 1524: In the hot seat.

Can't ask a more relevant question at this minute. Who is he? and which hot seat is he about to be seated on?

Answer: Shashidhar Jagdishan

OBQ 1523: Made in USA.

The lure for outsourcing is hard to resist specially when your competitors are getting huge cost advantage out of it, here is a company that has resisted it and turned it into their USP and transformed itself from a niche player to an everyday warrior brand.

Connect the images to a company that is doing "Atmanirbhar USA" campaign for over 50 years ;).

Answer: New Balance

OBQ 1522: Room for growth?

Some industries become some crowded that even if you are the smartest there is barely any room for growth.

This could be the case with this gentleman, who is he and which organization does he lead?

Answer: Vishwavir Ahuja of RBL Bank.

OBQ 1521: Choppy waters ahead.

Its great to see when Indian firms develop new products and services that were previously unavailable in the country, here is a company that has just done that and given all the travel lovers one more reason to step out of home. However the founders of this company would have wished for a better timing.

Identify the company from its logo.

Answer: Jalesh Cruises

OBQ 1520: Adults only.

This is a business which is typically adults only but its marketing tactics makes it visible through all living rooms of cricket playing world.

Connect to a brand that is gaining visibility these days.

Answer: Sandals resorts, one of the main sponsor of West Indies cricket team and the England vs WI test series.

OBQ 1519: Vision or illusion.

You can call someone a visionary only in hindsight, because when the vision is actually shared it may initially sounds like a moon shot. This is true for this gentleman who works under the giant shadow of his boss to fulfill their vision of tech dominated world.

Who is he?

Answer: Rajeev Misra of Softbank who is handling Masayosi Son's pet project the Vision fund.

OBQ 1518: Farmer's market.

Identify the food industry giant from its logo.

Answer: Con Agra Foods.

OBQ 1517: Big Fat Italian Family.

Big families are rare in western world these days, but this family has over 200 members and probably good reason to keep them together is their big family business.

Id and Connect to the business family.

Answer: The Agnelli family

OBQ 1516: Gobbled up.

Yet another aggregator that got gobbled up by a biggie.

Identify it from its logo.

Answer: Postmates the food delivery company acquired by Uber.

OBQ 1515: The Sentimeter.

Sentiments and emotions are hard to quantify but they are the very basis of human behaviour, so in this era of Big Data there is an index quantifying human emotions around the world and it is closely monitored by businessmen and policy makers alike the world over.

Identify the index.

Answer: Consumer confidence index,

OBQ 1514: Managing the fine balance.

Managing the balance of fame and success not the easiest to handle, few do it successfully. Identify the young female sensation by connecting the images below.

Answer: Simon Biles.

OBQ 1513: The upside.

As people fret over stepping out of their houses some companies are bound to have a huge upside during the times of pandemic.

Identify one of the company that will see the upside.

Answer: Dunzo

OBQ 1512: Still in fashion.

Identify one of the most iconic fashion designer from the last century whose label is still very fashionable.

Answer: Yves Saint Laurent