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Sukhi’s – A Blender And A Bucket And The Start Of An Entrepreneurial Journey

By kamla bhatt • May 6th, 2013 • Category: Diaspora, Featured, Ideas, India, Women Achievers Special

Meet Sukhi Singh. She started with a blender and a bucket in her kitchen and conjured up different curry pastes and thus began her entrepreneurial journey. ”We bring Indian food to the mainstream table,” is how she describes her company. Today, her company – Sukhis- is part of the fastest growing ethnic food market in [...]

Cisco’s Padmasree Warrior

By kamla bhatt • Apr 15th, 2013 • Category: Diaspora, Featured, Ideas, India, San Francisco/Silicon Valley, Women Achievers Special

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Padmasree Warrior is Cisco’s Chief Technology and Strategy Officer. She joined Cisco in 2007 after having spent many years working at Motorola in Chicago. At Motorola she was an Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer (CTO). In this wide ranging interview we talk about role of CTO to Cisco’s strategy in an economic downturn [...]

Usha Raghunathan – Never, Ever Quit

By kamla bhatt • Apr 1st, 2013 • Category: Business & Tech, Chennai, Featured, Ideas, India, Video, Women Achievers Special

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Usha Raghunathan’s motto is never, ever quit. Be a survivor is her advice for those who want to do do something in their life, especially women. Usha should know what it is like to survive and make your dreams come true in a tough and conservative environment in South India. Brought up in a liberal [...]

Mrinal Pande on Technology & Media in India

By kamla bhatt • Mar 24th, 2013 • Category: Books and Authors, Featured, Ideas, India, New Delhi, Women Achievers Special

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Mrinal Pande shares her thoughts on technology, media and the vibrant, youthful energy in India. Pande has over 30 years of experience as a writer and journalist, and a decade as editor-in-chief of a leading newspaper. Pande was the first woman to become the chief editor-in-chief (2001-2009) of a leading Indian newspaper – The Hindustan Times, [...]