May
4
India: A Services Based Economy
May 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment
More Kiran Karnik, who as I mentioned in my previous post, was the closing keynote speaker at the Indian Business Conference 2008.
As the former President of Nasscom, Karnik focussed on IT and its benefit to society and also on India’s attempt at shifting from a service based economy toward manufacturing.
India’s GDP: 22% agriculture, 54% [...]
May
3
Kiran Karnik, former President of Nasscom, was the closing keynote speaker at the Indian Business Conference 2008. Karnik said, Innovation will the key to India’s future. And good innovation doesn’t just mean product innovation (new products coming out of India), but could also include process innovation. For e.g.
For anyone that has traveled in a crowded [...]
May
3
Five Differences Between India and China
May 3, 2008 | 3 Comments
Rajiv Lall, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Infrastructure Development Finance Company (IDFC), was the opening keynote speaker at the India Business Conference 2008. The India-China economy comparison is inevitable in any business conference. As the head of IDFC, Lall talked about India’s infrastructure issues by comparing it to China’s.
Note: I haven’t had the [...]
May
1
There is a common misconception that dark skinned people don’t get sunburnt. Especially people that have immigrated from warm weather countries, and grew up not using any protection from the sun. But when living outside their motherland - other than sheer irresponsibility and failure to apply Banana Boat, what is really going on that [...]
