Category Archives: management

‘Nano’mania

Posted on January 11, 2008 by indra

January 10, 2008 was a special day for the Indian manufacturing industry. It had never happened. A new product has covered the front pages of all newspapers in India. Media all over the globe covered the news of a small … Continue reading →

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Manufacturing Melts and Vanishing Jobs

Posted on December 1, 2007 by indra

The rupee strengthening more than 15 per cent in last few months against the dollar have severely eroded the margins of exporters and competitive advantages. What can be done to cut the costs to shore up the bottom lines of … Continue reading →

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Renu Khator and CK Prahalad

Posted on November 10, 2007 by indra

Renu Khator Perhaps the biggest joy for me in pre-Diwali news reports have been the information about two American Indians who have been awarded or rewarded for their outstanding work in their respective areas. On last Monday, the Board of … Continue reading →

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Hope and Endeavours Making Difference

Posted on November 3, 2007 by indra

While one way of going for inclusive growth is reservations, perhaps the most effective way will be bridging the gap between the needs of industry and the skill-sets of the socially disadvantaged. Many states have started initiatives that focus on … Continue reading →

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Manufacturing India-III

Posted on October 31, 2007 by indra

Auto Sector Provides Lead For all the developed countries, be it Germany, US, or UK, the automobiles led the industrial development. It happened in the same way for Japan as well as South Korea. It is happening in China and … Continue reading →

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Manufacturing India-I

Posted on October 10, 2007 by indra

India can compete with China only with a booming and competitive manufacturing sector. India has the talent and skill. A change of mindset among the techies will be necessary to appreciate its need. India can switch over to hardware sector … Continue reading →

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Chinese Toys- Lessons from Mattel Story

Posted on September 28, 2007 by indra

Many years ago, I had read a story in Readers Digest about the quality of a Japanese doll that was getting inspected. The inspector rejected it as the doll had some sharp feature that could hurt the child using it. … Continue reading →

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Tata’s Rs 1 lakh Car: Evolution and Impact

Posted on September 20, 2007 by indra

It was a summer of 1959. Five mechanical engineering students from IIT, Kharagpur were on vocational training in TELCO, Jamshedpur. TELCO was its abbreviated name and that is today Tata Motors. I was one of the five. Even at that … Continue reading →

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Booming and Bubbling India- XVIII

Posted on September 17, 2007 by indra

The politicians have been busy obstructing Indo-US Nuclear Deal and Sethusamudram Canal Project. Mayawati and Uma Bharati are creating problems for Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Fresh. However, India’s economy grows faster than ever; and its newly confident companies are showing their … Continue reading →

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Booming and Bubbling India- XVII

Posted on September 10, 2007 by indra

I have gone through a wonderful story in Fortune, ‘On the Road: Why India can win on some points against China’: M.V. Kotwal, a director of Larsen & Toubro (L&T), India’s largest and most international heavy engineering group, said that … Continue reading →

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