India

Ratan Tata Donates $50 Million to Harvard Business School [Corporate Philanthropy]

By arvind 8 Comments

Ratan Tata, Chairman of Tata Sons announced $50 million gift to Harvard Business School, Boston through their philanthropic arm – the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust and the Tata Education and Development Trust. “The money, the largest from an international donor … Read More »

29 Sep

Milestone Achieved–First UID Issued in India Today

By Pratyush Prasanna 2 Comments

Today the first set of Indian citizens from the village of Nandurbar, Maharashtra will get their UIDs. It is heartening to see that the talk is finally resulting in the walk. With Mr. Nilekani heading this project, there was never … Read More »

19 Aug

ET’s Power of Ideas & Paul Graham’s Content? [Updated]

By sinha 19 Comments

First things first – I respect big brands (like ET and everybody else) promoting entrepreneurship in India and bringing in much more focused programs to create awareness about entrepreneurship. Having said that, it saddens me that ET’s power of Ideas … Read More »

15 Aug

Happy Independence Day [Must See Videos]

By Team PI 2 Comments

At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom. A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new, when an age ends, and when the soul of a nation, long suppressed, finds utterance. It is fitting that at this solemn moment we take the pledge of dedication to the service of India and her people and to the still larger cause of humanity. Read More »

06 Aug

30 Jul

Internet Advertising to grow by 20.1% and Gaming by 25.2%: [PwC Entertainment and Media Outlook 2010 report]

By Kanupriya Sindhu 1 Comment

Indian Media & Entertainment industry is poised to grow by 12.4 per cent cumulatively over the next five years. The industry is slated to touch Rs 1040 billion by 2014, after going through a low growth rate of 2.2 per … Read More »

29 Jul

Consumer Confidence Index: Indians are Super Confident [2010 Q2 Survey Results]

By Kanupriya Sindhu 1 Comment

While it was 127 in last quarter, it’s 129 for this quarter; Indian consumers remain most upbeat in the word despite food prices crisis at home and improving outlooks elsewhere. With a two point increase, at 129 points Consumer Confidence … Read More »

17 Apr

RIP Prof C K Prahalad

By sinha 7 Comments

Prof C K PrahaladProf C K Prahalad is no more and his death is a huge loss to business world as well as academia. An IIM alumnus, Prof Prahalad is known for his BoP philosophy and he pretty much saw the future of telecom revolution as well as FMCG revolution in India. Read More »

10 Apr

Foreign Universities Entering Indian Market – Will they bridge the gap?

By sinha 8 Comments

[Part of our coverage of Education Industry in India, we bring one of the most important step Indian government has taken in the recent times, i.e. the decision to open up the education system for FDI]. Huge gap exists in … Read More »