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Oct 25, 2006 : Are Indians world’s business gurus?
It would seem the world’s business education is being deeply influenced by Indians and their outlook. About 10% of professors at Harvard Business School, Kellog’s, and Michigan’s Ross School are of Indian descent. C K Prahlad, Ram Charan, Dipak Jain and Vijay Govindarajan are but a few of the many prominent business teachers and consultants. It was inevitable perhaps, that the Bhagavad Gita is replacing the thus far fashionable Chinese classic ‘Art of War’.Where aggressive moves in business were earlier taught, Indian gurus -and, American ones- are now teaching selfless, unemotional, fearless commitment to duty and the larger good.
Oct 24, 2006 : Antrix to market images directly
Images from space, generated by India’s satellites are of great demand in world markets. Antrix, the marketing arm of ISRO has been selling these images since 1994 - but through an intermediary. Now Antrix has decided to be more aggressive. It has arranged to download images in Antarctica and sell them through its own network of resellers in Turkey, Brazil, Canada, Greece and Australia.India’s share in the $1 billion space imaging market, is Rs 400 crores and that is likely to increase when ISRO’s new Cartosat-2 begins to send images of one metre resolution. News report
Oct 24, 2006 : India to survey gas hydrates
Although great odds are to be overcome before they are extracted, gas hydrates found deep in the oceans, are a fuel resource no nation is likely to leave alone. India’s stock of gas hydrates is said to be nearly 2,000 times its conventional gas reserves. India has now decided to spend $4 billion to survey 100 sq.km along the Andhra Pradesh and Andaman coasts. No assured extraction process exists yet as one has to contend with technological, environmental and safety risks. But no one is likely to shy away because of that: estimated worlwide reserves are said to be sufficient to meet world’s needs till late 21st century. India has begun to make its own moves.News report A introduction to gas hydrates
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