Monthly Archives: December 2008

IITians Go Rural

Posted on December 19, 2008 by indra

On occasion of Pan-IIT meet in Chennai, many have talked and written about IITs and IITians that is really informative. IIT-Madras has, for example, recruited over 200 faculty of whom at least a third did their bachelor’s in one of … Continue reading →

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Innovating India

Posted on December 18, 2008 by indra

Any nation or an enterprise is judged by its innovativeness on long run. India’s engineering talent and IT power has created a place in global technological fraternity. However, innovations are being taken up as priority in almost all sectors, and … Continue reading →

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Sitaram Yachuri’s Concern for Development

Posted on December 17, 2008 by indra

Lately, Hindustan Times regularly publishes Sitaram Yachuri’s lead articles on editorial page. He is an intelligent leftist and many of his arguments are really worth attention. In a recent article, he wrote about the development of Gujarat. “Despite the tom-toming … Continue reading →

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Booming and Blooming India-XXXI

Posted on December 17, 2008 by indra

Inc’s Grand H1 show: For the half year ended September 2007, interest coverage ratio for Corporate India, excluding banking sector, has gone up from 10.8 to 11.7 times. India-born Vikram Pandit is Citigroup’s new CEO: India-born Vikram Pandit has been … Continue reading →

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Terrorism: Ratan Tata vs. P Chidambaram

Posted on December 17, 2008 by indra

As reported in Times of India, Ratan Tata, chairman of Tata Sons announced to set up his own anti-terror mechanism: “We will now look at anti-terrorism or protection of our assets and our people ourselves and we will try to … Continue reading →

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Great Indian Middle Class

Posted on December 16, 2008 by indra

The great Indian middle class has been a hot topic. An article in the latest ‘McKinsey Quarterly’ offers the following projections about the great middle class in India. It is certainly exciting.  Over the next 20 years, India will likely … Continue reading →

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‘Economist’ and India

Posted on December 15, 2008 by indra

Vir Shanghvi in his Sunday column in Hindustan Times talks of the public resentment touching the media too. “In the case of the Bombay attacks, it began as rage against politicians, was transformed into hatred of Pakistan and has now … Continue reading →

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R&D in India- a Need for Course Change

Posted on December 14, 2008 by indra

I keep on getting the Google News Alert for on R&D in India. The latest has a news item ‘India to be global innovation hub‘. As per a study conducted by global research and analytics firm Evalueserve, titled ‘R&D Ecosystem … Continue reading →

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Tata’s Rs 1 Lakh Car And An Old man’s Unethical Prophecy

Posted on December 13, 2008 by indra

The wait for the Rattan Tata’s Rs 1-lakh car is going to be over soon. Many auto-enthusiasts have been eagerly waiting for the car for various reasons. In January 2008, they will be able to see and perhaps test-drive it. … Continue reading →

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Gujarat Vs West Bengal

Posted on December 12, 2008 by indra

Let me be frank, I never liked Modi. And between Buddha and Modi, I shall always prefer Buddha. However, it is only because I have a disliking for bearded face. But going back to the performance I feel that the … Continue reading →

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