Archive for June, 2009
India’s Curse now a Demographic Boon
When I was growing up in India, my parents had nothing positive to say about India. Every time I had a conversation about issues of India with my father, his acidic reaction was always funneled through a long list of complaints on corruption, quota system, infrastructure, ruthless politicians, bureaucracy, red tape and on and on.
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Metamorphosis of Nandan Nilekani’s book into TV Show
Nandan Nilekani outsourcing guru and co-founder of Infosys is going to co-host along with CNBC-TV18’s Shireen Bhan a weekly series discussing everything from India’s infrastructure to India’s role in Globalization. The Imagining India select panel will include business professionals, venture capitals, economists, writers and sociologists.
Youth will drive 3G market in India
Kiran Kuchimanchi, senior vice president, Global Delivery, ValueLabs, says youth in India is extremely mobile savvy and will be the early adopters of the 3G services. Read the interview with him here. ValueLabs, a company that has been in the mobile space for the last eight years, is actively involved in the telecom sector building [...]
Young Indian business delegation to UK
The Young Indian (Yi) is integral part of CII (Confederation of Indian Industries) which comprises of a group of young Indian achievers and professionals below age 40. Yi is leading a 15 member delegation to United Kingdom according to the article ‘CII’s Young Indians’ take delegation to the United Kingdom’. Yi through this venture is [...]
Bright Prospects in Rural India
Because of buying power of the rural India, the Economy in the fourth quarter of the fiscal year (January-March 2009), the economy grew 5.8% against expectations of less than 5%. Is rural India’s growth a short term anomaly or a secular trend that is going to aid India’s long term growth? Knowledge @ Wharton article says that it could be a long term trend.
