Kamla's Blog posts on ‘Technology’

By Kamla Bhatt • Dec 3rd, 2009 • Category: Business, Ideas, Internet and Telecom, Social Media, Start-ups, Technology, Web 2.0

How are marketing heads in Silicon Valley adopting to the new, tough economic environment? What are their marketing weapons of choice in this brave, new world?  Social media and Web 2.0 are the weapons of choice for some of the marketing heads in major corporations and start-ups. How are companies effectively using […]



By Kamla Bhatt • Oct 1st, 2009 • Category: Business, Diaspora, Ideas, Interviews, Podcast, Technology

Earlier this week Shatanu  Narayen, President and CEO of Adobe Systems was named to the Board of Directors at Dell Inc, the second largest maker of personal computers. An experienced dealmaker Shantanu will be part of the board’s leadership development and compensation committee and will be paid $50,000 for serving on the board in 2010 […]



By Kamla Bhatt • Jul 1st, 2009 • Category: Bangalore, Business, Ideas, India, Infrastructure, Internet and Telecom, Internet and Telecom India, Technology, YouTube Videos

Networking giant Cisco Systems is aggressively pursuing smart energy or green tech initiatives through its concept of Smart Connected Buildings.Cisco announced today that it is introducing the first of its product in the smart energy category called Network Building Mediator that was incubated in Cisco’s Globalization Center East in Bangalore, India. This is the first […]



By Kamla Bhatt • Apr 28th, 2009 • Category: Diaspora, India, Life, Only in India, Technology

The 15th Lok Sabha elections in India is through its half-way point and as expected turnouts in the various constituencies have been pretty strong bordering 50 percent and above. Young voters (t 18-28 years) might hold the key in some of the constituencies.
We bring you a series of digital vignettes that will hopefully give us […]



By Kamla Bhatt • Apr 24th, 2009 • Category: Bangalore, Bombay/Mumbai, Chennai/Madras, Diaspora, Ideas, India, Life, Living In America, Only in India, Start-ups, Technology

Are IT workers and marketing folks considered as toxic assets in the Indian marriage market? Well, if you read this latest article by The Financial Times it seems that appears to be the case. Here is what they write:
Since the recession, Indian families have been increasingly cautious about marrying their daughters off to […]



By Kamla Bhatt • Apr 14th, 2009 • Category: India, Technology, Video, YouTube Videos

Millions of people are gearing up in India to participate in the world’s largest democratic election in the world. A clear trend in this year’s election campaign is the spurt in online grassroot political movement, esp from  urban areas. The goal of these grassroot movements is to educate and make voters aware of their political […]