The growing health consciousness, affordability factor, double-income families and medical insurance cover are expanding the healthcare market.
Even as venture capitalists and private equity players are combing the Indian landscape for deals, here comes competition from least expected of sources.
The global wellness 'fever' has caught the fancy of luxury hotels in Bangalore, with many revamping their existing menus to serve up a healthy fare.
Over $4 billion belonging to various global realty funds is ready to enter the Indian real estate sector on the back of $1 billion which has already come in, according to Bobby Parikh, managing partner, BMR & Associates.
The initial focus of the hub will be to formulate marketing strategies and create marketing deliverables for print and online.
More and more domestic companies are setting up business process outsourcing units in district headquarters, tier-III cities and non-IT clusters to save on real estate costs and stem attrition rates.
Although there are fears that the revelations mean tougher times for Indian medical professionals seeking employment in the UK, the fact is that the UK is no longer the El Dorado it was once for Indian doctors.
Technology has long been shrinking physical distances, but now comes one that can virtually wipe them out.
RoHS-compliance is still at an awareness stage in India.
Signalling its increasing dependence on India for R&D requirements, Cisco, the global networking solutions provider, has set up a new business unit in Bangalore - the first by the company to be based outside the US.
Aztecsoft, a Rs 300 crore (Rs 3 billion) Bangalore-based outsourced product development firm, is witnessing the exit of its key board members.
India will be the first country to have a separate ranking.
As a part of its Tox Tech campaign, Greenpeace in 2005 issued a list of demands on Wipro, including introduction of a take-back policy, recycling and a policy for phaseout of hazardous materials.
Agilent Technologies, a $5 billion measurement solutions provider, plans to ramp up its R&D presence in the country significantly in the next two years.
In the second half of July this year, when Rishad Premji, the eldest son of Wipro Chairman Azim Premji, joins the company as a business manager, Pratik Kumar, executive vice president-HR will have a tough time.
The company has zeroed in on eyewear and is mulling golf goods and kidswear in the near future.
Altair Engineering, specialising in advanced engineering software and grid computing technology, is betting big on India for growth.
The Dubai-based Landmark Group is in the process of bringing in more foreign brands into India, in addition to the four foreign brands they have already tied up with for India operations.
The finishing schools aim to train students from the tier-II and tier-III institutions who aspire for IT jobs and don't get it.
Despite rising salaries, the country can sustain the cost advantage for another 10-15 years.
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