Raghu Krishnan And Bibhu Ranjan Mishra

Stories by Raghu Krishnan And Bibhu Ranjan Mishra

Devas deal explodes on Isro's launch pad

Devas deal explodes on Isro's launch pad

Rediff.com   24 Feb 2011

The UPA government looks set to give the contract a decent burial and, in turn, redeem ISRO and itself.

I-T dept's refurbished unit cuts red tape

I-T dept's refurbished unit cuts red tape

Rediff.com   9 Feb 2011

This is where 300-odd executives of Infosys and 30 I-T officials, headed by commissioner Sanjai Kumar Verma, process all I-T returns filed electronically (e-filing) across the country and all paper filings of Karnataka.

Meet T K Kurien, Wipro's new CEO

Meet T K Kurien, Wipro's new CEO

Rediff.com   25 Jan 2011

In April 2008, Wipro's technology business saw one of its biggest churns in the wake of the appointment of Girish Paranjpe and Suresh Vaswani as joint CEOs under an experimental management structure devised by Chairman Azim Premji.

IT companies form local bodies in smaller cities

IT companies form local bodies in smaller cities

Rediff.com   10 Jan 2011

Information technology companies in smaller cities are forming regional associations to attract investments and get their demands fulfilled at the local level, as industry body Nasscom is unable to spread its wings in many such cities. Smaller companies in places such as Bhubaneswar, Coimbatore, Madurai, Kozhikode, Ahmedabad, Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram have created regional fora to sell their locations and also lobby state governments.

Festive season brings cheer to PC makers

Festive season brings cheer to PC makers

Rediff.com   5 Jan 2011

The Indian PC market is all set to witness double digit growth in 2010. Backed by increasing demand from the consumer segment, major PC vendors like Dell, HCL, Lenovo and Acer expect a surge in sales, especially during the festive season.

Premji Foundation to set up schools

Premji Foundation to set up schools

Rediff.com   9 Dec 2010

To have at least one demonstration school in every district.

Walmart raises IT sourcing from India

Walmart raises IT sourcing from India

Rediff.com   7 Dec 2010

Selects Wipro, Collabera as vendors; total IT sourcing from India about $1 billion.

Mphasis finds tool to hire 'Right' people

Mphasis finds tool to hire 'Right' people

Rediff.com   26 Nov 2010

Mid-sized IT and BPO services company MphasiS has introduced a hiring methodology which gives candidates even with very poor academic record a chance to make their way into the company if they are good in their logical and reasoning skills.

Sabeer Bhatia's next mega project

Sabeer Bhatia's next mega project

Rediff.com   11 Oct 2010

The Live Documents service offered by the Bhatia-promoted InstaColl is already a big success in India, especially among the education fraternity.

Lenovo wakes up to the power of youth

Lenovo wakes up to the power of youth

Rediff.com   7 Oct 2010

Dell, which recently knocked out Hewlett Packard from the No 1position in the Indian personal computer market, isn't the only one to move from the men to the boys.

Uninor to raise over Rs 9,000 cr debt

Uninor to raise over Rs 9,000 cr debt

Rediff.com   7 Oct 2010

Despite mounting losses from its Indian operations and growing pressure from minority stakeholders back home, Norwegian telecom major Telenor said Uninor, its telecom joint venture in India, plans to raise about Rs 9,365 crore to support its expansion.

All about the rise of Rishad Premji

All about the rise of Rishad Premji

Rediff.com   7 Sep 2010

Clearly part of the grooming of Harvard-educated Rishad Premji, the group appointed the elder son of chairman Azim Premji as chief strategy officer for its flagship IT business.

All of us are very committed to Infosys: Kris

All of us are very committed to Infosys: Kris

Rediff.com   1 Sep 2010

nfosys Managing Director and CEO S (Kris) Gopalakrishnan speaks about the company to Business Standard.

Visa crisis: Infosys plans extreme offshore model

Visa crisis: Infosys plans extreme offshore model

Rediff.com   31 Aug 2010

Against the backdrop of a clampdown on visas by the US and growing antagonism towards foreign workers and immigrants in that country, Infosys Technologies, India's second-largest IT services firm, is mulling an 'extreme offshoring' model to help reduce its dependence on H1 and L1 visas.

IT firms face visa double whammy

IT firms face visa double whammy

Rediff.com   28 Aug 2010

Soon after Washington's decision to nearly double visa application fees as a part of its border security law, a bigger storm in the form of the Comprehensive Immigration Reforms Bill is gaining momentum in the US.

IT cos look for partners to bid for UID project

IT cos look for partners to bid for UID project

Rediff.com   19 Aug 2010

It's one tender that could usher in an era of partnership between domestic and global IT service providers, who compete fiercely for deals in India and abroad.

Lenovo to focus on enterprise market

Lenovo to focus on enterprise market

Rediff.com   11 Aug 2010

Chinese PC maker Lenovo is preparing the ground to occupy the top position in the enterprise PC market in India.

ESOPs back in vogue in IT companies

ESOPs back in vogue in IT companies

Rediff.com   11 Aug 2010

Indian IT companies, which had put ESOPs on the back burner during the global slowdown, are understood to be revisiting it.

Wipro creates grade for faster promotions, hikes

Wipro creates grade for faster promotions, hikes

Rediff.com   22 Jul 2010

It is in these segments that the attrition rate is higher. Wipro witnessed an attrition rate of around 17 per cent in the last quarter. Even as the market awaits its results for the June quarter, the company is not willing to take any chance with its employees.

Infy closes BPO in Bangkok

Infy closes BPO in Bangkok

Rediff.com   16 Jul 2010

The company moves work to India, China.