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Make-in-India:How China is Killing Manufacturing

Posted on June 7, 2015 by indra

I had been writing about the Chinese manufacturing since 2005 after I had visited US and read there a lot on the Chinese manufacturing during my stay of six months. Every developed manufacturing country then was tired of the Chinese … Continue reading →

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A Bihar Battle for Becoming Emperor

Posted on June 3, 2015 by indra

I don’t know why the recent political development in Bihar reminds me of the year when Dr. Sri Krishna Sinha had proposed a merger of West Bengal with Bihar. Dr. B C Roy agreed first. But very soon Dr. Roy … Continue reading →

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Power- Performance, problems, Promises and Piyush Goel

Posted on May 30, 2015 by indra

Will the independent analysers evaluate the promises of Piyush Goel in right perspective? A. Performance one year 1. 22,566 mega-watt (MW) of generation capacity was added in the last one year. 2. There has been the highest ever increase in … Continue reading →

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Make-in-India Mission

Posted on May 21, 2015 by indra

1 Make-in-India and Modi’s France visit: There are two good news emanating after Modi’s visit to France that may help Make-in-India drive worthwhile. As expected, after off-the-purchase of 36 Rafale aircrafts, Dassault will, in near future, set up an independent … Continue reading →

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Make in India: What I Wrote

Posted on May 2, 2015 by indra

1 Every month, Micromax sells 3 million mobile devices in India, 70,000 televisions and 70,000 tablets. But these are all perhaps imported ones from China. Is the volume not good enough to start production in India? There are other MNCs … Continue reading →

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An Open Letter to Chairman, Noida Authority

Posted on April 28, 2015 by indra

Dear Mr. Rama Raman Chairman and CEO, Noida Authority Dear Sir, Sub: Meghdootam Park- Some Suggestions Based on Views of Residents around it Noida Authirity must endeavour to make Meghdootam Park a model park with world class facilities that include … Continue reading →

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Farming uncertainties, Suicides: Issues and Way-outs

Posted on April 26, 2015 by indra

Recent hailstorm and untimely heavy rain damaging the ready-to-harvest crops, death of Rajasthan farmer as well as the prediction of deficient monsoon has gone against the passing of Land Bill giving a emotional tool in opposition arsenal to hit at … Continue reading →

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An Open Letter to PM: Industry and Academia

Posted on April 24, 2015 by indra

I was the batch-mate of Prof. BB Pandey at IIT, Kharagpur. I had met him first on the day I had gone to IIT, Kharagpur with my grandfather for the interview, well back in 1957. I joined Mechanical Engineeing while … Continue reading →

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Make in India: Aircrafts

Posted on April 16, 2015 by indra

Be it Boeing, Airbus or recently in news France’s Dassault Aviation, all will have a win-win situation by setting up manufacturing facilities in India, may be, by roping in an Indian partner to jointly manufacture aircrafts in different categories. India … Continue reading →

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Meghdootam Park Needs Make-up

Posted on March 23, 2015 by indra

Noida Authirity must endeavour to make Meghdootam Park a model park with world class facilities that include the toilets too. It must become a topmost landmark for Noida and must be good enough to attract all the first time visitors/tourists … Continue reading →

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