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NASSCOM India Leadership Forum 2009
Saturday, February 21st, 2009The three days that I spent at the NASSCOM India Leadership Forum 2009 left an everlasting impression on my thought process. With a number of reputed names in the IT circle interacting with each other, I was bound to listen.
As predicted, the most important topic of discussion was ‘Recession’. Lately, this term has found its [...]
NASSCOM Product Conclave 2008, Bangalore
Monday, August 18th, 2008NASSCOM’s Product Conclave 2008 was an insightful experience in ways more than one, especially for software product startups in India, who, according to its estimates, have been growing at 44% CAGR. Currently pegged at a miniscule $1.4 Billion, the software products industry is slated to grow to $10-12 Billion by 2015.
Dabbling in topics ranging from [...]
NASSCOM’s City Magic Quadrant
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008India as a country has never been about homogeneity. And the ubiquitous rule also applies to the concept of growth and development across cities in India. At the one of the spectrum, there are those truly blessed Metros or “Tier 1″ cities that enjoy maximum attention from the industry - both internal and external - [...]
Let’s go get them American SMEs baby!
Monday, April 14th, 2008SMEs (Small and Medium Enterprises and NOT Subject Matter Experts) really seem to be the flavor of the season (or rather the year). Last night I just turned on the TV and NDTV was talking about it. And so is everyone else whose fancy it has caught.
I read an article in ToI today that I [...]
Sir Richard just called to say he loves the Indian consumer…
Thursday, March 6th, 2008England’s favorite son, Sir Richard Branson is at it again - cracking a different kind of nut, proverbially of course! Sir Branson recently announced the launch of Virgin Mobile, in the not-so-virgin Telco domain in collaboration with Tata Teleservices. Under the agreement, Tata Teleservices will sell mobile services specifically for the youth, which is understandable [...]