Category Archives: governance

NHAI Must Speed Up

Posted on July 31, 2007 by indra

I have been traveling quite often in last one year- Uttarakhand, Gujarat, UP and Bihar, and very recently Himachal Pradesh through Haryana and Punjab. As my mode of transportation, I always prefer a car vehicles mostly and knowingly to see … Continue reading →

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Manmohan@3-III- an Evaluation

Posted on June 16, 2007 by indra

Many a times, one reads news such as DMK’s Karunanidhi, or Prakash Karat of CPM meeting Manmohan Singh on some issues such as inflation, disinvestments or the presidential candidate of UPA. Does Manmohan Singh play any role in these decisions? … Continue reading →

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Create Job in Rural India

Posted on May 29, 2007 by indra

Today morning I was entering the park for my walk. Aryas were coming out from the yoga club of the park. Arya had two packets in hand. On seeing me, he exclaimed, “Mr. Sharma, here is satoo from Bihar.” “Are … Continue reading →

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Productivity and Innovation can make India win

Posted on May 29, 2007 by indra

I was going through an article in ‘Business Standard’ that tells so highly of the success of China and particularly that in manufacturing. I also got the shocking news of Indian government canceling the study tour of China by officers … Continue reading →

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Why Bureaucracy Enthralls Engineers?

Posted on May 19, 2007 by indra

Last month, in my talk with the students and faculty members of IT-BHU , I had emphasized on my dislike for those graduate engineers who prefer the civil services and go for it. Most waste time in its pursuits. Instead … Continue reading →

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Can Communists Run The Country?

Posted on April 4, 2007 by indra

With my experience of working in the largest industrial unit of its time in West Bengal since 1961, and a longer association because of my education in Presidency College and IIT, Kharagpur, I feel pained with both the political and … Continue reading →

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Management Matters

Posted on April 2, 2007 by indra

Be it a public or private enterprises, management is key. And many times it requires only some commonsense. One needn’t have an IIM, or Stanford/ Harvard background. Let us look at two stories- one from the pubic sector and the … Continue reading →

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Commercial Jet vs. Bullock Cart

Posted on March 24, 2007 by indra

As reported in media, China wants to build its own commercial jet by 2020. Ambitious? Sure. Realistic? Maybe. No one disputes China’s ability to produce a credible airliner. The country has been a parts supplier to Western aircraft makers for … Continue reading →

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Ministers Promise, Bureaucrats Obstruct, Media Collaborate

Posted on March 13, 2007 by indra

The finance promised to upgrade ITIs. He also promised to repair and renovate all the water bodies spread all over the country in his first budget in 2004. He promises again for the same two items in this budget without … Continue reading →

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Can Organised-Retail Sector Control Inflation?

Posted on March 9, 2007 by indra

All these days, I had been writing about how the organized retail enterprises, particularly the one of bigger business houses such as Reliance and Bharati or MNCs such as Wal-Mart will improve the things for the both- the producers as … Continue reading →

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