Category Archives: industry

US Big Three Bailout and Conditionality

Posted on November 19, 2008 by indra

During last week or so, the media in US is agog with two hot news items- First one relates to the possibility of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, the wife of the former president and the rival of Obama in primary … Continue reading →

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Can Indian Cars Enter US Market?

Posted on November 3, 2008 by indra

Fareed Zakaria in an article in Newsweek talked of some bad habits that US has developed over the past few decades, and they must kick those habits. I feel one of those habits is for keep on purchasing many things … Continue reading →

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India’s Most Innovative Companies-2008

Posted on November 1, 2008 by indra

“The Most Innovative Companies don’t do different things, they just do things differently. And that seems to make all the difference.” Innovation is the life-saving drug for any company today. With costs soaring, the market place getting increasingly cluttered, and … Continue reading →

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NUMMI Auto Plant in Fremont

Posted on October 25, 2008 by indra

It is almost after a decade that I visited an auto plant on Friday, October 24 and that also in Silicon Valley. When we were here in 2005, we had seen the plant from a distance and perhaps I had … Continue reading →

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Ratan Tata and His Open Letter

Posted on October 21, 2008 by indra

After making a decision to move Nano project out of West Bengal, Ratan Tata had come out with a very strong statement naming Mamta Banerji responsible for pull out. I had considered Ratan Tata as one of the most mature … Continue reading →

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Nano Project: From Singur to Sanand

Posted on October 9, 2008 by indra

Tata Motors has really moved fast. It has not only dropped the Singur as the mother plant for manufacturing its prestigious Nano cars, but also quickly taken the decision to shift to Gujarat and signed the Memorandum of Understanding with … Continue reading →

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Manufacturing Miracle

Posted on October 7, 2008 by indra

Yesterday, when I was visiting the electronics’ store to see the latest gadgets, Anand had mentioned of the Apple’s Brick and its manufacturing process. As reported, Apple will build the notebook out of a single piece of carved-out aluminum-a brick. … Continue reading →

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Tata Motors’ Final Ta..Ta.. To Singur

Posted on October 4, 2008 by indra

Ultimately Buddha looses his brave war against Mamta. Tata Motors has finally abandoned Singur, the place that could have become the Detroit. Ratan Tata rightly refused to work under police protection promised by Buddha. It is not practically possible, as … Continue reading →

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Will Mamata Sink with Singur?

Posted on September 11, 2008 by indra

Tata Motors is keeping West Bengal and the country guessing if it will get out of Singur totally or ultimately come back. As Tata Motors got the land it asked for and the state government signed the agreement, it has … Continue reading →

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Nano@Singur Episode: Is it end of Ego War?

Posted on September 3, 2008 by indra

West Bengal’s typical style and intensity of agitation may take away the golden opportunity for Kolkata, more correctly Singer to become the largest auto-making hub of Eastern Indiawith Tata Motors’ official declaration of its ‘working on a plan to shift … Continue reading →

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