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Indian Automakers and Hybrids

Posted on August 6, 2008 by indra

It is great news. Toyota is going to launch its hybrid Prius in India. I don’t know how reliable is the news. I wish it to be correct. Honda has already done that. However, with no concession on taxes, the … Continue reading →

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Entrepreneuring India

Posted on August 4, 2008 by indra

I try to think over about my positive outlook towards Indian economy. I love to keep before me the celebrities like Abdul Kalam and CK Prahalad as icons of hope of a prosperous super power India. Kalam did that with … Continue reading →

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Mamta! Please Spare ‘Nano’

Posted on August 4, 2008 by indra

I was myself against Tata Motors using fertile Singur land of the marginal farmers for setting up the manufacturing plant for Nano, a car that if prudently produced and distributed can bring about a revolutionary change in manufacturing sector of … Continue reading →

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Arjun Looses Main Battle

Posted on July 19, 2008 by indra

Many years ago in a visit to a machine tool company in Germany, I came across a very sophisticated production line for manufacturing the components of Arjuna tanks. Only the defence could afford those sophistications of CNC flexible manufacturing system … Continue reading →

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Hindustan Motors: Ambassadors Still Alive and Going on

Posted on July 17, 2008 by indra

Deserted Hindustan Motors News about Ambassador kicks some memory cells taking me to the good old days. The pioneering venture of Birlas brought India on map as automakers. It was unfortunate that the business house after the death of the … Continue reading →

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Winning Manufacturing Strategy and Indian Manufacturers

Posted on June 23, 2008 by indra

The latest issue of Strategy and Business has an article by William J. Holstein ‘Six Keys to a Winning Manufacturing Strategy’ I wish Indian manufacturing sector took some lessons and go global in scale and profitability without raising constant alarm … Continue reading →

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West Bengal: Mam(i)ta(i) Vs. Budd(ha) and Nano

Posted on May 24, 2008 by indra

Politics of West Bengal is not comfortable for me. Congress unless merged with Mamta is not a force that the Left cares. Mamta Banerji is celebrating her party’s emphatic victory in all the zilla parishad seats in Singur and Nandigram. … Continue reading →

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Small Cars Racing in Indian Auto Sector

Posted on May 20, 2008 by indra

Government has been loudly expressing its intensions to make India a manufacturing hub for small cars for a long time. However, the curtain raiser Tata Motors’ ‘Nano‘ at Auto Expo 2008 in last January confirmed the candidacy of India as … Continue reading →

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BHEL- Another Case of Missed Opportunity

Posted on May 1, 2008 by indra

As on March 31, 2008, power equipment supplier and Navratna PSU, BHEL had orders worth Rs 85,500 crore, about four times its revenues for the year. BHEL missed its delivery promises time and again in past. It is a burning … Continue reading →

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Maturing Manufacturing Maneuvers<

Posted on April 28, 2008 by indra

Indian manufacturing sector is maturing. The story of Maruti Suzuki, that now is a Suzuki company after government’s exit, proves how it has moved from the phased manufacturing days to in-house design stage. Suzuki hesitated to use India- manufactured transmission … Continue reading →