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My India, After 10 Years (Part 4)
By Jorge Freyer, Guest Author In Bombay I saw several signs of progress that may point towards a future India. The housing projects in Powai (Hiranandani Gardens) was well rationalized. This massive complex offers attractive housing, well laid out streets, ample parking, with dedicated green areas and local shops within walking distance. The campus is
My India, After 10 Years (Part 3)
By Jorge Freyer, Guest Author I did see changes that impressed me this time. The internal airline service is superb. Hot meals, a smiling crew, on time, new and clean planes, and a large choice of airlines. The other is the relatively few number of beggars that can be seen in Mumbai. It is as
Defying Google: Adify CEO, Russ Fradin (Part 8)
SM: You are then providing the ad network infrastructure to these aggregators? RF. Yes, we are a technology and services platform that allows any network operator to build and maintain their own highly targeted ad network. If we had existed back in 2004 our pitch to FM would have been that instead of spending millions
India’s Fuel Basket For Power
By Satish Dey, Guest Author Starting from where I had off left in my last post, India is gearing to use a basket of fuels for meeting its burgeoning power needs. It aims at generating 65.6% (84,400 MW) Thermal, 26.6% (33,942 MW) Hydro, 3% (3,900 MW) Nuclear and 4.8% (6,191 MW) Renewable power by 2012.
Beyond Bangalore
India’s development needs to spread well beyond Bangalore at this point, as is evident from data and arguments presented in a series of previous pieces such as Team of Twenty One, India’s Scale Concerns: Real Estate, India’s Real Estate Concerns, and India’s Real Estate Concerns Point to Second Tier Cities. Meanwhile, billions of dollars get
India’s Real Estate Concerns Point to Second Tier Cities
Real Estate in Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi are all too expensive. The IT/ITES industry scaling needs to happen elsewhere: :: Kolkata is gradually undergoing a transformation which will have a long term impact on the city and its future growth. Earlier, Dalhousie Square (BBD Bag) gave way to Park Street, Chowringhee Road and Camac Street, as
India’s Scale Concerns: Real Estate
Economic Times, India confirms that Bangalore is bursting at the seams: :: The realty juggernaut brushed aside slowdown concerns in Bangalore going by the just released office space absorption figures for 2006. With Bangalore continuing to be a major IT/ITES hub, the absorption figure in 2006 in the country’s IT capital has reached a new
India’s Power Scenario Brightening Up
By Satish Dey, Guest Author [SM: Business Week’s Cover Story on India’s infrastructure challenges are being addressed. Here is an update from Satish Dey on the Power issue.]
