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Polarised views among Indians on Paris Olympic Games 2024: Ipsos Global Attitudes
Mumbai: The Ipsos Global Advisor Survey in 33 countries on the Paris Olympic Games 2024, displays polarised views among Indians for those interested (53 per cent) in watching the games versus those uninterested in watching the game (47 per cent). Though the interest in the Paris games was significantly high among most Asian countries, particularly in China (86 per cent), Thailand (77 per cent), Indonesia (75 per cent) and Philippines (71 per cent).
The global sporting event is being held from 26 July to 11 August 2024.
Favourite games
Among all games, global citizens (28 per cent) and urban Indians (28 per cent) are most interested in watching football/ soccer. Other games Indians have evinced interest in, included, badminton (18 per cent), volleyball (14 per cent), tennis (14 per cent), cycling (13 per cent), boxing (11 per cent), basketball (11 per cent), among others. While global citizens were keen to watch athletics (26 per cent), gymnastics (24 per cent), aquatics (18 per cent), volleyball (17 per cent) etc. A whole array of sporting events causing frenzy among sports enthusiasts.
Elucidating on the findings of the survey, Ipsos India CEO Amit Adarkar said, “While the Olympic Games in Paris is a global sporting event, India has not bagged many medals in the past, just a trickle, except in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics which was held 3 years ago in 2021 (one year delay due to Covid19), when India bagged seven medals – one gold, two silver and four bronze medals – the highest ever medal tally. The stickiness is not as profound as it is for cricket. But the good news is that India is sending a large contingent of 171 athletes to Paris, with 72 athletes making their Olympics debut and there is a huge hope around them to potentially get a haul of medallions.”
Positive sentiment for the global sporting event, all pervasive
Interestingly, Indians were seen to have a positive sentiment for the Olympics rating it high across a bunch of parameters: for instance, three in four Indians (75 per cent), held the view that the Paris Olympics is a good opportunity for the world to come together; 76 per cent Indians said the Olympics will bring the country together; 75 per cent Indians said seeing their Olympics team made them proud of their country; though 75 per cent urban Indians also felt that there was too much display of nationalism during the Olympics; 76 per cent Indians were of the view that govt funding should support our athletes are the Olympics; further there was a strong support among Indians for global events like the Olympics to be held despite the climate impact of travel and construction, with 76 per cent Indians endorsing this view. 74 per cent Indians also believed that Paris Olympics should go ahead regardless of the world’s economy and conflicts, for example wars in Ukraine and the Middle East; and 76 per cent of the urban Indians polled build a strong case for Olympics, believing Olympics inspire tomorrow’s generation to participate in sports.
“The global sporting event of Olympics unifies the world, reaffirming the spirit of nationalism, especially just watching one’s contingent gives goose bumps. And let’s not forget, one gets to watch the best of breed players vying for the much-coveted medals. Now that we are closer to the event, with the event kicking off this week, more number of sports enthusiasts are likely to watch the event, with all the amplified hype built up at the local level,” added Adarkar.
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Ember Cookware appoints Amit Singh as chief of supply chain
10-year veteran to lead operations as brand scales across D2C, quick commerce and retail.
MUMBAI: Ember just handed its supply chain the perfect seasoning because when your cookware is non-toxic and non-stick, the operations behind it better be fast and flawless. Ember Cookware has appointed Amit Singh as chief of supply chain and Services, bolstering its leadership team at a pivotal growth phase. Singh brings over a decade of experience in supply chain strategy, operations and large-scale network buildouts.
He began his career at Singapore-based retail giant Giant Hypermarket before joining Pharmeasy in 2015, where he played a foundational role in building and scaling its pan-India supply chain across B2B and B2C channels. At API Holdings, he later led supply chain operations for North India, managing end-to-end execution across complex, multi-city networks.
In his new role, Amit will oversee Ember’s complete supply chain and service ecosystem including sourcing, manufacturing coordination, logistics, last-mile delivery, post-purchase support and workforce development. His mandate focuses on building cost-efficient, resilient operations that shorten fulfilment times, strengthen inventory management and deliver a consistently high-quality consumer experience as the brand expands nationally.
Ember Cookware co-founder & CEO Siddharth Gadodia said, “Supply chain is where growth either holds or breaks. As we scale across channels and geographies, we need operations that are efficient, resilient, and built for speed, without ever compromising on the consumer experience. Amit has done this before, at real scale.”
Ember Cookware co-founder & CMO Himanshi Tandon added, “As we scale, supply chain efficiency becomes as important as product and brand. Amit’s mandate is to build the operational foundations that make our promise consistent at scale.”
Amit Singh commented, “Ember is building something genuinely different, a category-defining brand with a clear purpose and the ambition to match. I’m looking forward to building supply chain infrastructure that doesn’t just keep pace with growth, but enables it.”
The appointment forms part of Ember’s broader push to deepen leadership across key functions as it invests in its Innovation Lab, proprietary material technologies and operational backbone to support national expansion.
In a kitchenware world where non-stick promises are easy but delivery is hard, Ember isn’t just cooking up products, it’s cooking up an operation that keeps every promise sizzling from factory to fork.
