Subir Roy, Raghuvir Badrinath &Amp; R Raghavendra In Bangalore

Stories by Subir Roy, Raghuvir Badrinath &Amp; R Raghavendra In Bangalore

TutorVista to train students in UK, Korea

TutorVista to train students in UK, Korea

Rediff.com   17 Sep 2007

While the offering in the UK is similar to that in the US, English language tuition to Koreans is being seen as testing waters that also lap the shores of China and Japan.

Vangal, US firm tie up

Vangal, US firm tie up

Rediff.com   14 Sep 2007

Entrepreneur-investor Ramesh Vangal is likely to team up with US-based business process outsourcing (BPO) firm Sutherland Global Services to wrest majority control in Cambridge Solutions. Vangal holds 13 per cent stake in Cambridge.

Esops: IT firms want FBT load on employee

Esops: IT firms want FBT load on employee

Rediff.com   7 Sep 2007

The fringe benefit tax (FBT) was levied on ESOPs in the Union Budget this year and the IT industry is still grappling with the issue of how to factor in the tax.

India: Elusive healthcare for the poor

India: Elusive healthcare for the poor

Rediff.com   5 Sep 2007

By all accounts, straight forward, publicly provided healthcare is working well in Tamil Nadu which is emerging as the next big human development success after Kerala.

L&T to invest Rs 1bn in Rangsons

L&T to invest Rs 1bn in Rangsons

Rediff.com   9 Aug 2007

Larsen & Toubro is set to invest Rs 100 crore (Rs 1 billion) in Mysore-based Rangsons Electronics for a 40 per cent stake.

Bangalore realty to see Rs 2000 cr PE investment

Bangalore realty to see Rs 2000 cr PE investment

Rediff.com   8 Aug 2007

Companies like Brigade Group, Shriram Properties, Confident Group and Skyline Builders are in the final stages of completing the paper work of tying up these investments.

Cafe Coffee Day to expand across India

Cafe Coffee Day to expand across India

Rediff.com   3 Aug 2007

Forget Starbucks coming into India. Witness the expansion of Caf Coffee Day, which is set to mushroom across the country.

'We need to move to world class'

'We need to move to world class'

Rediff.com   3 Aug 2007

An interview with Bhaskar Bhat, managing director of Titan Industries.

Google joins hands with Band of Angels

Google joins hands with Band of Angels

Rediff.com   25 Jul 2007

The company, which has been acquiring mature companies across the world, is doing something different in India taking the angel investing route in an effort to tap ideas and talent pool.

India-focused PE funds raise $3 bn in 6 months

India-focused PE funds raise $3 bn in 6 months

Rediff.com   24 Jul 2007

Blue-chip names such as Bessemer Venture Partners, Google, JP Morgan Asset Management are taking strategic bets in the Indian market.

Beedi manufacturers, gold merchants turning VCs

Beedi manufacturers, gold merchants turning VCs

Rediff.com   24 Jul 2007

Even as venture capitalists and private equity players are combing the Indian landscape for deals, here comes competition from least expected of sources.

StanChart, IL&FS to raise $1 bn core fund

StanChart, IL&FS to raise $1 bn core fund

Rediff.com   17 Jul 2007

Standard Chartered and IL&FS Investment Managers are close to signing an agreement to raise a $1 billion India-focused infrastructure private equity fund.

Biocon preparing ground for overseas listing

Biocon preparing ground for overseas listing

Rediff.com   2 Jul 2007

Bangalore-based company aims to raise around Rs 300 crore

How to stop SBI's decline?

How to stop SBI's decline?

Rediff.com   29 Jun 2007

SBI clearly needs to use information technology extensively to overcome the management challenge created by its size

An example of branding wizardry

An example of branding wizardry

Rediff.com   27 Jun 2007

Shining Emotional Surplus' founder and strategist on how he created a system which keeps the client satisfied both in the short run and the long run.

Global, out of India

Global, out of India

Rediff.com   18 Jun 2007

ABB's Uppal symbolises the rise of Indian manufacturing, management, IT and also authentic Indianness. That's saying a lot.

Private equity bets on core sector projects

Private equity bets on core sector projects

Rediff.com   22 May 2007

India's infrastructure sectors, for long shunned by investors due to long gestation periods and hazy policies, have finally become attractive.

Sun never sets for Scott McNealy

Sun never sets for Scott McNealy

Rediff.com   21 May 2007

Scott McNealy, who is leading Sun Microsystems' two-pronged battle against Microsoft on the operating systems front and IBM on the infrastructure segment, is not a man to give up.

Railways face cleanliness audit!

Railways face cleanliness audit!

Rediff.com   21 May 2007

For the first time in its history, the department of the comptroller and auditor general (CAG) has conducted a cleanliness audit for the Indian Railways.

CAG raises a stink over railways

CAG raises a stink over railways

Rediff.com   21 May 2007

For the first time in its history, the department of the comptroller and auditor general (CAG) has conducted a cleanliness audit for the Indian Railways.