India, Feb. 14 -- Armed with a Master's degree from New Castle University, UK, Aditya Kale entered the Indian market in his mid-30s in 2021, with the strong desire to start something on his own. The intensive study he did to complete his MSc in Operations and Supply Chain Management made him quickly realise wherein lay the opportunity. He noticed a gap in the warehousing market and stepped in to fill it. Micro-warehousing was a poorly-managed sector at the time and he launched his startup, Airattix, to fix that.

Cities bursting at seams

India's urban population has been growing in leaps and bounds. According to World Bank estimates, from 31% in 2011, it is 35% now. At this rate, by 2030, the country will have 40.76% of its people living...