iAccelerator… the most promising startup incubation program yet in India

February 28, 2009

If you are looking to join an incubation program for startups, check out iAccelerator. Modeled on YCombinator, this program is being conducted at IIM Amhedabad, India’s premier business school and kicks off in May for a 5 month period. Who’s running the show there? iAccelerator is being conducted Freeman Murray, a technology professional with excellent [...]

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Who says the Indian IT/Tech industry is boring? Check out these music/dance videos…

February 14, 2009

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. This adage is true for the Indian IT & tech industry as well. The team at NASSCOM works SO HARD all the year around giving the industry a purposeful direction and keeping it a torch bearer for the Indian economy. The economic downturn, Satyam saga [...]

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Closing Keynote: C K Prahlad@ NILF2009

February 14, 2009

Dr. C K Prahlad gave the closing keynote to draw the curtains on the Nasscom India Leadership Forum 2009. He has recently released his latest book titled “The New Age of Innovation” (after The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid”) and he sought to drive home the point that the economic crisis is an [...]

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NILF session: Shashi Tharoor, Former UN Under Secretary General, Fellow USC Center on Public Diplomacy

February 13, 2009

I blogged this NILF2009 session on the Nasscom Leadership forum blog… just reproducing it here for the benefit of the readers of this blog as well. Shashi Tharoor’s session was inspiring to say the least. Possibly he is unmatched in his perspective of Indian politics, business, economics, culture and how these interact will each other. [...]

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The Nasscom India Leadership Forum 2009…

February 11, 2009

The Nasscom India Leadership Forum gets underway in Mumbai today and it promises to be a great gathering. The event is going to feature some of the top tech business folks from not just India but overseas as well… Check out the list of speakers. I’m going to be attending this and shall be blogging [...]

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Join the “PinkChaddi campaign”…

February 10, 2009

I read about this in the Times of India today…. surprised to find someone has taken the trouble of putting this into a slideshow… and uploading to slideshare… take a look. The Pinkchaddi Campaign View more presentations from Avalok Sastri. (tags: pink chaddi) As for the debate, while what the saffron brigade is doing is [...]

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Weekend Break: 25 of the most awesome Twitter cartoons… enjoy

February 7, 2009

Top 25 Twitter Cartoons View more presentations from Chad Richards. (tags: media twitter) The ones I liked best- 5, 9, 10, 14, 16, 19, 20…. don’t miss them

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Employee First, Customer Second…. how bold is this?

February 4, 2009

Check out this presentation from HCL technologies about a HR initiative called “Employee First, Customer Second“. This appears to be part of a stated strategy from the IT giant about putting their own employees ahead of their customers. Sounds typical HR speak? Maybe yes, ….but in a country whose IT prowess/future hinges on the ability [...]

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Good startup read… How Twitter was born?

February 2, 2009

Twitter’s startup story is fascinating. It sprung up as a new business idea from the creators of Odeo, the audio/podcasting startup which was going nowhere. From the 140characters.com blog “The company had just contributed a major chunk of code to Rails 1.0 and had just shipped Odeo Studio, but we were facing tremendous competition from [...]

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Why is L K Advani spamming me?

February 1, 2009

Because it is election time, I guess. As the snapshot below indicates, the email emphasizes that L K Advani is “BJP-NDA’s prime-ministerial candidate“. Also not to be missed is “India’s largest political portal“, which indicates BJP’s keeness to project itself as a internet savvy political force. Maybe they are taking a few cues from Obama’s [...]

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