ONGC Videsh Ltd has much riding on $150 million investment plans in gas and oil exploration that Petroleum Minister Murli Deora says is critical for India's energy security. But apart from this, Myanmar apparently offers rich potential in engineering, fertilisers, tourism and pharmaceuticals for the private sector.
Today there are 1,400 B-schools accredited by the All India Council for Technical Education and countless more -- of questionable credentials or otherwise -- that function without AICTE certification.
The prime minister is right when he exhorts the corporate world to rethink its terms of engagement in a society as poor and in as much flux as India.
Competition-induced consumer awareness creates a virtuous circle of greater corporate responsibility
The policies that kept the Left Front in power for 30 years are proving major obstacles in the state's bid to industrialise.
The finance minister appears to be harking back to the seventies and eighties by prevailing on cement and steel manufacturers to hold the price line despite the hit they'll take on margins.
Like corporations all round the world and of all nationalities, Indian businesses understand the urgent need to acquire global scale and efficiencies to succeed.
Widespread job restlessness and the concomitant evolution of the human resources function are, of course, a good sign of the times.
The ability to manage against the odds that has given Indian entrepreneurs a unique skill.
