Author Archives: Hema Narayanan

About Hema Narayanan

Hema Narayanan is a technology consultant, with 15 years of IT experience in software development, telecommunications and consulting. She is a technical writer, contributing to newspapers and journals. (http://in.linkedin.com/in/hemana)

Is PaaS hard to sell in India?

By Hema Narayanan 8 Comments

[This article is in continuation to our coverage on Cloud Computing startups in India] The buzzword, Cloud computing has been prevailing for a long time globally. However, it has caught up in India over the last year (2009) and despite … Read More »

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Interview with Engenesis Founder, on free tools used in his startup

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As part of covering free tools for startups, we are inviting startups to share their recommendation on free tools that they use. Read More »

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Solar energy opportunities in India – Interview with Enzen Global

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Solar energy opportunities in india – Interview with Enzen, solar startup. Read More »

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Solar Energy in India – The Great Indian Potential

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Solar Energy in India – This article covers the current state of the Industry and the untapped oppportunities. Read More »

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From a Fringe Idea to a Focused Effort: Geoengineering

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Geoengineering – what lies ahead? Read More »

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Infant maternal care in India gets the attention of the Gates Foundation ($41mn Fund)

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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have granted $41 million  for improving maternal, newborn and child health among six countries, India being one among them. It has been granted to an International humanitarian organization, Concern Worldwide to work toward this mission; … Read More »

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Social Entrepreneurship – Interview with DesiCrew [Rural BPO] Founder

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[In continuation with our fortnightly theme on ‘Social Entrepreneurship’, here is presenting an interview with DesiCrew founder, Saloni Malhotra.] About DesiCrew Please tell us about Desicrew. DesiCrew Solutions Pvt Ltd is a rural BPO company incubated by RTBI of IIT- … Read More »

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Social Entrepreneurship – Interview with RangDe Founder (on Business Model, Startup Journey..and more)

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[In continuation with our fortnightly theme on ‘Social Entrepreneurship’, here is presenting an interview with Rangde founder, Ram NK.] About Rang De RangDe.Org is India’s first online peer to peer micro-lending platform that enables individuals to

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Social Entrepreneurship – Interview with Eko Founder [Entrepreneurial Journey, Challenges…and more]

By Hema Narayanan 3 Comments

[In continuation of our fortnightly theme on ‘Social Entrepreneurship’, here is presenting an interview with Eko founder, Abhishek Sinha.] Please tell us about Eko. Eko envisages a world where mobile phones will be the financial identity of the historically unbanked … Read More »

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