Ajay Modi And Kalpana Pathak

Stories by Ajay Modi And Kalpana Pathak

IOC depot fire spews all-round destruction

IOC depot fire spews all-round destruction

Rediff.com   16 Nov 2009

Financial losses at nearby units in crores, air quality severely affected

Companies may be allowed to set up universities

Companies may be allowed to set up universities

Rediff.com   9 Nov 2009

These non-profit multi-disciplinary institutions will have to be registered under Section 25 of Companies Act.

More private investment in farming needed

More private investment in farming needed

Rediff.com   9 Nov 2009

A government that limits its role to regulation would be a great enabler for agricultural growth.

RIL, other K-G gas allottees swap stated end-use

RIL, other K-G gas allottees swap stated end-use

Rediff.com   3 Nov 2009

Reliance Industries Ltd has decided not to use its allocation of gas from the Krishna-Godavari basin's D6 field for petrochemical production; it will, instead, swap it with gas available from other sources. It will use D6 gas only for power generation.

Job offers: B-schools optimistic this season

Job offers: B-schools optimistic this season

Rediff.com   2 Nov 2009

Management institutes are simultaneously inviting more companies to minimise the chances of fewer placement offers this season.

4,000 Mumbaikars may switch off R-Infra

4,000 Mumbaikars may switch off R-Infra

Rediff.com   29 Oct 2009

Several commercial and residential customers of Reliance Infrastructure (R-Infra) in Mumbai are planning to shift their electricity connections to Tata Power Company (TPC).

IIMs plan to join hands for overseas foray

IIMs plan to join hands for overseas foray

Rediff.com   22 Oct 2009

Some directors think pooling their resources - financial and faculty - for their international foray makes eminent sense.

Indian IT firms lift lid on hiring

Indian IT firms lift lid on hiring

Rediff.com   13 Oct 2009

IT companies hire an average of 50 students each from engineering campuses and 20 students from management institutes. Headhunters confirm that many of the IT companies have given them mandates for hiring over the next couple of quarters. "We have seen an uptick in the hiring patterns among the IT firms. We ourselves have received good mandates from firms like Infosys and others.

Govt may choose PPP mode for gas highways

Govt may choose PPP mode for gas highways

Rediff.com   8 Oct 2009

The government may consider a public-private partnership (PPP) mode for setting up national gas highways to ensure distribution across the country.

Govt to split Chiria mines, SAIL gets half

Govt to split Chiria mines, SAIL gets half

Rediff.com   7 Oct 2009

Putting an end to the fierce scramble for India's iron ore resources, the government has decided to split the Chiria iron ore mines in Jharkhand into two and give at least half the reserves to Steel Authority of India Ltd for its expansion plans. The other half will be kept for development by the private sector later, said informed sources.

Govt mulls leasing sick units under PPP

Govt mulls leasing sick units under PPP

Rediff.com   29 Sep 2009

The department had earlier also examined the option of a direct equity sale but opted for a PPP model because it offered revenue sharing opportunities, fertiliser secretary Atul Chaturvedi said. Chaturvedi explained that whereas the outright sale of equity will mean the government will have to wait for the plants to make profits to get a share of revenue, the PPP mode will help it do so in the first year.

SAIL to set up two slag-based cement units

SAIL to set up two slag-based cement units

Rediff.com   26 Sep 2009

Government-owned Steel Authority of India Ltd, the country's largest steel producer, is looking to set up two greenfield slag-based cement manufacturing units with a total capacity of 3 million tonnes through a joint venture.

ONGC to speed up exploration in western offshore

ONGC to speed up exploration in western offshore

Rediff.com   23 Sep 2009

Government-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, the country's largest petro exploration company, wants to hire an ultra deep-sea drill rig, the daily cost of which is about Rs 5 crore.

ISB launches 'CEO auction' for its students

ISB launches 'CEO auction' for its students

Rediff.com   8 Sep 2009

ISB has introduced this concept, christened "Shadow a CEO", to mobilise funds for charity and allow its students to work with the Who's Who of India Inc for a day. Some 16 CEOs have agreed to participate. "We not only want to put the money generated for benefit of the society, but also let our students experience the joy of operating with a CEO for a day," said Ajit Rangnekar, Dean of ISB.

Government ups price, quota of levy sugar

Government ups price, quota of levy sugar

Rediff.com   4 Sep 2009

With production hitting a three-year low of 14.7 million tonnes in this sugar season (October to September), the government is also expected to double the levy quota for the PDS from 10 to 20 per cent to tide over shortages. The levy price and quota act as a notional benchmark for open market sugar prices, which have doubled to Rs 34 to Rs 35 a kg since last September, owing to a global shortage. The price of levy sugar is half that of the open market price.

Rajasthan may finally get refinery at Barmer

Rajasthan may finally get refinery at Barmer

Rediff.com   31 Aug 2009

As Cairn India began to pump crude oil on Monday from its Mangala oilfield here.

IIT faculty seeks Rs 15,000 pay hike

IIT faculty seeks Rs 15,000 pay hike

Rediff.com   26 Aug 2009

The suggestion for this special pay was part of a memorandum that the All India IIT Faculty Federation submitted to the Ministry of Human Resources and Development (MHRD) on August 23, stating that the pay structure proposed is unacceptable and a threat to the IIT system.

Now decide who gets our extra gas: RIL to OilMin

Now decide who gets our extra gas: RIL to OilMin

Rediff.com   24 Aug 2009

RIL's KG basin started pumping gas in April and is currently producing 37-38 mscmd.

AI gets an extra month's credit to pay ATF dues

AI gets an extra month's credit to pay ATF dues

Rediff.com   10 Aug 2009

Currently, OMCs provide A-I a two-month credit. "There was a request from the committee of secretaries to extend the credit on ATF to three months from the existing two months to help Air India.

B-schools going the ISB way!

B-schools going the ISB way!

Rediff.com   8 Aug 2009

Wary of the policing by the All India Council for Technical Education -- the body that regulates technical education in the country -- more and more management schools are going the Indian School of Business way, opting for one-year management programmes and registering themselves as private limited entities under the Companies Act, 1956.