Kamla's Blog posts on ‘Business’

By Kamla Bhatt • Jun 1st, 2008 • Category: Business, Ideas, Internet and Telecom, Start-ups, Technology, Venture Capital

A couple of weeks ago I had my first article published in Times of India and Economic Times. I did not know this, but recently discovered that Times of India is the largest circulated English newspaper in the world. Earlier today the parent company of the newspapers announced they had bought UK’s Virgin Radio […]



By Kamla Bhatt • May 26th, 2008 • Category: Business, Diaspora, Entrepreneur Interviews, Ideas, India, Infrastructure, Start-ups, TechLife - Financial Express, Technology, Venture Capital

In this week’s column in Financial Express the topic is about cleantech and the connection between Silicon Valley and India. Last week during the TiECon in Silicon Valley  cleantech was a major topic of discussion and I met a venture capitalist and an entrepreneur who are doing some very interesting things in this space. Ravi […]



By Kamla Bhatt • May 18th, 2008 • Category: Business, Entrepreneur Interviews, Events, Ideas, Infrastructure, Internet and Telecom, Planes and Automobiles, San Francisco, Social Media, Technology

This year’s TiECon was a bit low-keyed and somber and was in ways a reflection of the economic situation in the USA. There were about 2,500 that attended the conference. However on the second day it seemed like there were fewer people, when compared to the first day.
The two opening keynote speakers on both days […]



By Kamla Bhatt • May 14th, 2008 • Category: Business, Diaspora, Ideas, India, Planes and Automobiles, San Francisco, Travel

Jet Airways, India’s largest airlines, is expanding its footprint in the US and will now be flying out of the West Coast. Starting June 14th 2008 Jet Airways will operate flights out of San Francisco International Airport to Mumbai via Shanghai. What is interesting is that Jet Airways will become the first Indian […]



By Kamla Bhatt • May 11th, 2008 • Category: Books and Authors, Business, Diaspora, Ideas, India, TechLife - Financial Express, Technology

In this week’s Techlife column in Financial Express the focus was on Research and Development and how that fules innovation. The original title was “What is fuelling innovation and entrepreneurship.”
Here is the article:
There appears to be an upward worldwide trend when you look at innovation and entrepreneurship. Fuelling this trend is good old […]



By Kamla Bhatt • May 8th, 2008 • Category: Business, Entrepreneur Interviews, Ideas, India, Start-ups

Dr. Girish Saraph is an academician turned entrepreneur and the founder and CEO of Vegayan Systems. Two years ago Vegayan was one of the winners of the first TiE-Canaan business plan, which is when I first met Girish. Vegayan is a funded startup based in Mumbai.
In this interview Garish shares his experience on what it […]