Category Archives: management

Bhopal Tragedy: Warren Anderson Hanging or Urgent Actions

Posted on June 15, 2010 by indra

While most of the Indian activists want the blood of 90 plus Warren Anderson, I wish to remind our friends few things. Was it not a great courage and laudable act of Warren Anderson that he visited Bhopal even after … Continue reading →

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Bhopal Tragedy and Politics

Posted on June 13, 2010 by indra

On Dec 2-3, 1984, poisonous methyl-iso-cyanate gas leaked from the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal in the night, killing thousands immediately and many more over the years and maiming several others. I am sure the Bhopal tragedy was a major … Continue reading →

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Powering India and Equipment Manufacturing

Posted on June 10, 2010 by indra

Let me start with good news first. If I go by media, a large number of private entrepreneurs and the big cooperates are rushing into adding power generation capacity in the country. Besides Anil Ambani’s Reliance Power and Tata Power, … Continue reading →

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Hindustan Motors- Sick or Dead

Posted on June 1, 2010 by indra

Technically Hindustan Motors (HM) is going to BIFR now, as its liabilities have exceeded assets and net worth has become negative. The BIFR has become a mandatory requirement. However, HM has been sick for many years. Perhaps, with the death … Continue reading →

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Ratan Tata – A CEO with Difference

Posted on May 22, 2010 by indra

First I thought of calling Ratan Tata a business leader, but then decided for CEO. Many of my era doubted Ratan Tata to be the right man to succeed a stalwart like JRD Tata. But today I consider him as … Continue reading →

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Innovative Indians: Emulate, Innovate, Scale up and Grow

Posted on April 20, 2010 by indra

Many countries-Japan, South Korea, and then China have followed the route to get into the league of developed nation. They started with emulation of the practices and systems of the developed countries, be it one from Europe or US, copied … Continue reading →

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CK Prahlad and His Dream of India

Posted on April 19, 2010 by indra

C.K. Prahalad died on last Friday. To me, who knew him only through his writings, his books and articles in magazines, through the writings of others about him in media, and through his speeches on small screens, the news was … Continue reading →

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Recall Reaches India

Posted on February 25, 2010 by indra

Indians hardly had any experience of recalling. Maruti Suzuki has broken the record by announcing recall of 1, 00,000 of its A-Star cars manufactured before August 22, 2009 to replace faulty components that could cause fuel leakages. I knew about … Continue reading →

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India Can Compete thru’ Innovations

Posted on February 15, 2010 by indra

While going through the must-read stories in technology on Techmeme, I hardly find any from Indian companies. Why have Indian companies lagged in developing some real cutting edge technological products? With all India’s image as global IT major power, why … Continue reading →

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Product That Prides: iPad and India’s own Kindle

Posted on January 28, 2010 by indra

Image The techies in US and world over appear to be talking today of only one product iPad that Apple’s Steve Jobs unveiled. Will it be as popular as iPhone or iPod? Anand was the first to send the message … Continue reading →

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