Sparring Over Sorafenib: How Will Natcos Move against Bayer Affect Pharma...
Multinational pharmaceutical companies are closely following India's recent grant of a "compulsory license" to Indian mid-sized firm Natco Pharma. This license allows Natco to make sorafenib, a...
View ArticleA 'B-school' in India Reaches out to Rural Women
The Mann Deshi Business School in India is a unique initiative: It seeks to provide rural, illiterate women with business and management skills, and to help them become entrepreneurs. In the past six...
View ArticleWith RSBY, India Tries to Curb the Health-based Poverty Trap
India's medical insurance initiative for the poor -- the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojna -- was rolled out in 2008. Among other things, it provided hospitalization coverage of US$600. This is not the...
View ArticleShaadi.coms Anupam Mittal: A Bachelor Finds Success as an Online Matchmaker
Anupam Mittal is founder and CEO of shaadi.com, the world’s “oldest and most successful” online matrimonial service. Shaadi.com recently celebrated its 15th anniversary. In an interview with India...
View ArticleHarVa: Creating Value within Rural India
HarVa, a social enterprise, believes that it is a huge mistake to treat rural India as a consumerist economy. Instead, what is needed is to create value within that sector. Experts say that HarVa is on...
View ArticleReserve Bank's G. Gopalakrishna: 'We Have No Target for the Rupee'
The Indian rupee has been falling very sharply in recent months. G. Gopalakrishna, executive director of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), says that the central bank's principal job is to monitor...
View ArticleIn a Quake's Wake, Hunnarshala Builds Homes -- and Entrepreneurs
The devastating earthquake in Gujarat in 2001 brought death and misery to many. It also brought Hunnarshala, a nonprofit that was established to help people rebuild homes -- and lives. By preferring...
View ArticleRavi Venkatesan: Winning in India Can Help Companies Win Globally
Under Ravi Venkatesan's leadership from 2004 to 2011, Microsoft India's revenues grew fivefold and the country became one of the fastest growing markets for the software firm. Last year, the...
View ArticleMyanmar Is Opening Up and the World Is at Its Doors
After 50 years of military rule in Myanmar, which began with a coup in 1962, there seems to be some movement towards democracy. In April this year, a limited general election saw the National League...
View ArticleLeading Question: Can India Be the First 'Fallen Angel' to Fly Again?
Over the past few months, one crisis after another has gripped India. The problems of coalition politics have paralyzed the reforms process. A campaign against rampant corruption in the government and...
View ArticleGlobal Yogurt Franchises Attempt to Brand a Homemade Indian Staple
Yogurt, better known in India by local names such as dahi and taire, is a staple of the Indian diet and even finds dominant mention in Indian mythology. But it has traditionally been a generic product,...
View ArticleGEs Gopichand Katragadda: Building Capacity to Solve India's Toughest Problems
The John F. Welch Technology Center in Bangalore is General Electric’s (GE's) largest research and development center worldwide. Earlier this year, Dr. Gopichand (Gopi) Katragadda, who has been with GE...
View ArticleIndian Tourism Finds a New Focus in the Domestic Traveler
India has passed through several foreign exchange crises, which have distorted government policy in many areas. In tourism, for instance, the approach has been to woo the foreign traveler who pays in...
View ArticleConnected Universities: Much Greater Than the Sum of Their Parts
With over 13 million students enrolled in higher education, India is the third largest country behind China and the U.S. in student enrollments. However, that reflects a Gross Enrolment Rate (GER) of...
View ArticleIndia's Education Sector: Moving Toward a Digital Future
Indian schools are getting a makeover. Technology is increasingly becoming an important part of the teaching-learning process. The current market size for digitized educational solutions in the country...
View ArticleVijay Mahajan: Rebuilding a Stronger Microfinance Sector in India
The microfinance sector in India has gone through turbulent times in the past couple of years. The central government has now stepped in with the Microfinance Institutions (Development and Regulation)...
View ArticleIn India, the Three R's Are Being Joined by an 'F': Financial Literacy
India has had several stock market-related scams in which investors have been taken for a ride. Ordinary people are also being erroneously sold financial products, such as insurance and mutual funds,...
View ArticleHave Global E-tailers Missed the Bus in India?
The online retail space in India is at an inflexion point and poised for tremendous growth in the coming years. Indian firms are gearing up to make the most of the opportunity. But global players are...
View ArticleAnother Day, Another Scam: How the CAG Report Impacts India's Overall Outlook
Yet another major scam has surfaced in India. According to a recent report by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), allocation of coal blocks without auctioning them has led to a loss of US$33...
View ArticleIndian Banks Have Catalyzed Growth: Now They Have to Grow
Bankers in India are facing critical issues these days. The Reserve Bank continues to keep interest rates high, which increases the danger of assets turning toxic and impacts corporate borrowing. At a...
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