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IITian In Trouble

After covering the proceedings of PanIIT 2007, I saw this news ‘Savarkar’s grandson found begging in Pune’. And the whole thing was simply distressing. Fifty-seven-year-old Prafulla is an IIT-Delhi graduate in chemical engineering. In 1980s, Prafulla suffered severe burn injury … Continue reading

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Compassion – The Way

Here are two references about the importance of compassion that we must try to practise with all including the animals. Last week the Dalai Lama said, “I knew a Tibetan monk for a long time. He was taken away to … Continue reading

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Manufacturing Sector Getting, Setting, And Going

As reported, besides higher level of confidence in overall economy, Indian business owners are most optimistic globally about growth of their business turnover. This is according to an International Business Report (IBR) survey published last week by Grant Thornton International. … Continue reading

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China Presents New Opportunity for Indian Manufacturing Sector

The Economist recently published a report, The problem with Made in China‘, that details why the manufactures are switching over to a strategy of ‘China plus’ in Asia. India may be candidate of that China plus destination. But it will … Continue reading

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Recent Alliances with Global Automobile Majors

For all practical purposes, Tata Motors and Mahindra & Mahindra are the only two Indian companies in automobile manufacturing, particularly in passenger cars and SUVs. And if the two enterprises, wish to remain the major players in domestic market or … Continue reading

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Makara Sakaranti

Makara Sakaranti falls on Sunday this year. The date is always January 14, as it is September 17 for Viswa Karma Puja. We have been celebrating the day in a particular manner for many years. After taking bath early in … Continue reading

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Bihar Global Meet

Patna, the state capital of Bihar, must be busy in the arrangement of the global meet (Barat, as friend of mine told me on when I referred to the show) being held in Patna between January 19 and 21. It’s … Continue reading

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Automobile Sector And India- biased Design Changes

Since the early days of Indian automobile industry, the local design engineers had been making the desired changes in the product of the foreign collaborators. One very obvious desired change used to be the clearance from the road to take … Continue reading

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India Matters Today

Recent media overtures about India as an important economic power have become a daily affair. Every day some exciting news or report keeps on appearing somewhere or the other in media that confirms the inference such as India has arrived … Continue reading

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Visions for India And NRIs

Management guru C K Prahalad’s vision for India of 2025 is one with  100 per cent literacy  200 million graduates and 400 million trained technicians  25 Indian firms in Fortune 500  10 per cent of the top universities of the … Continue reading

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