Archives for the ‘India’ Category

Microsoft’s Paul Murphy on Entrepreneurship and Innovation in India Part-1

By kamla bhatt • Jun 18th, 2008 • Category: Bangalore, Business & Tech, Featured, Ideas, India, Los Angeles, USA, Video
 
 Paul Murphy of Micrsoft: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Entrepreneurship, innovation, startups and Microsoft is what makes Paul Murphy tick. Paul is Director of Innovation at Microsoft and his company has pretty ambitious goals about fostering and creating opportunities forand innovation in India, especially among the student community.
When Paul is not working out of his office in Bangalore, he is […]



WiMax in India

By kamla bhatt • Jun 8th, 2008 • Category: Business & Tech, Featured, Ideas, India, Internet & Telecom, San Francisco/Silicon Valley
 
 Shankar Prasad of Tata Communications: WiMax in India: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Consider this: there are about 3.2 million broadband users in India out of a population of over 1 billion. Clearly there is a huge latent demand for broadband services in India. The question is should the path for broadband be via wired line or via wireless? Is WiMax the way to go in India? […]



NEA’s Ravi Viswanathan on CleanTech and Building Companies

By kamla bhatt • May 25th, 2008 • Category: Business & Tech, Diaspora, Featured, Ideas, India, San Francisco/Silicon Valley, VC & Private Equity Funding
 
 Ravi Viswanathan of NEA: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Ravi Viswanathan is a partner in New Enterprise Associates (NEA), a prominent venture capital firm headquartered on the East Coast with a strong presence in Silicon Valley. NEA has committed capital of about $8.5 billion and has invested in over 550 companies with over 160 that have gone public.
Ravi joined NEA in 2004 […]



In Conversation With Pico Iyer Part-1

By kamla bhatt • May 10th, 2008 • Category: Books and Authors, Diaspora, Featured, India, People
 
 In Conversation With Pico Iyer Part-1: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Pico Iyer is a well-known  author and essayist, whose new book about the 14th Dalai Lama The Open Road: The Global Journey of the 14th Dalai Lama has received excellent reviews.
“In The Open Road, Pico Iyer transcends his celebrated excellence as a travel writer,” comments Peter Matthiessen, while the Economist writes that Pico has […]