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From Janata Durbar to Vikas Yatra

Posted on January 4, 2009 by indra

I hardly find any news regarding Bihar these days in the national dailies or TV news channels in New Delhi. Either the reporters don’t find Lalu as zester selling any more or they are not getting the incentive they were … Continue reading →

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Future Cars: Necessity and Innovation

Posted on January 3, 2009 by indra

2008 perhaps saw the biggest rise and fall of the stock market indexes as well as crude oil price. A priority for changing the source of energy of automobiles from fossil fuels to alternative fuels appeared to becoming a necessity. … Continue reading →

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Sudden Slowdown in Indian Auto Sector

Posted on January 2, 2009 by indra

The slowdown in Indian auto sector-both for OEMs as well as auto component manufacturers, has been sudden and so is worrying for the country. Domestic sales are going down because of credit squeeze by banks financing it. Interest on loans … Continue reading →

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India 2008-The Year That Was

Posted on January 1, 2009 by indra

The year 2008 had been volatile with India emerging high as well as seeing some low. I have here some 10 events of 2008 that gave me a lot of hope and happiness, though some even very personal. 1.Indo US … Continue reading →

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Developing India-A New Measure

Posted on December 31, 2008 by indra

Technology can solve many of India’s problems easily and effectively. Most of the universities are functioning with fewer than desired number of teachers. Even among the available ones, many are poorly qualified and can hardly meet the desired standard of … Continue reading →

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Salman Khan: a math teacher with difference

Posted on December 28, 2008 by indra

I came to know of Salman Khan through a report in Times of India. He is a hedge fund manager of Indian origin in California, USA. His 700 videos on You Tube have become quite a hit with students abroad … Continue reading →

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India: Challenge of Innovation

Posted on December 27, 2008 by indra

According to the Booz & Company’s annual Global Innovation 1000 study, the top 80 U.S. corporate R&D spenders deployed an estimated US$80.1 billion of their $146 billion R&D funds overseas in 2007. The top 50 European companies spent $51.4 billion … Continue reading →

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Clean Car Technologies: Can Indian innovators contribute?

Posted on December 26, 2008 by indra

It was interesting to hear Ravi Kant of Tata Motors suggesting that ‘India should focus on producing cheap, efficient and small electric cars over the next five years’ at Pan-IIT Global Conference 2008. Why didn’t Tata Motors, the only Indian … Continue reading →

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Booming and Blooming India-XXXII

Posted on December 24, 2008 by indra

font color=”#FF0000″ size=”3″>Tata set to clinch Jaguar-Land Rover deal: Indian conglomerate Ta><tas are the top choice for buying the US auto giant Ford’s iconic British brands Jaguar and Land Rover, according to a media report here. L&T in power business: … Continue reading →

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Entrepreneuring India

Posted on December 22, 2008 by indra

Economist in its latest edition has an unusual story of IRFAN ALAM, a 27-year-old from Begusarai in Bihar and his typically Indian thirsts of entrepreneurship exhibited through his company SammaaN Foundation that he established in Patna in 2007. Irfan Alam, … Continue reading →

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