Vinay Umarji &Amp; Sohini Das

Stories by Vinay Umarji &Amp; Sohini Das

Maruti's first Gujarat site faces land hurdle

Maruti's first Gujarat site faces land hurdle

Rediff.com   4 Apr 2013

For a contiguous plot, the company may need to pay almost three times more for 40 acres at Hansalpur.

Mahindra plans to launch 4-5 variants of electric cars

Mahindra plans to launch 4-5 variants of electric cars

Rediff.com   20 Mar 2013

Company has already put in place around 100 charging points across Delhi and Bangalore.

Maruti hiring for Manesar from Guj

Maruti hiring for Manesar from Guj

Rediff.com   12 Feb 2013

Company has taken preliminary tests of 1,181 candidates from state ITI.

Fewer bells ring for apparel exports this Christmas

Fewer bells ring for apparel exports this Christmas

Rediff.com   20 Dec 2012

They are facing tough competition from Bangladesh and Vietnam.

Online travel portals see rise in festive bookings

Online travel portals see rise in festive bookings

Rediff.com   16 Nov 2012

While the peak holiday season failed to bring in much business to the hotel industry, the online travel booking space has done reasonably well.

Maruti to regularise contract workers

Maruti to regularise contract workers

Rediff.com   17 Oct 2012

Maruti Suzuki India Limited (MSIL), which witnessed labour unrest at its Manesar facility, is set to complete the process of regularisation of contract workers at the unit by November-end.

Maruti plans to export Alto 800 from December

Maruti plans to export Alto 800 from December

Rediff.com   17 Oct 2012

Going all out to market the all new Alto 800, pricing the base variant of the new car lower than the outgoing model, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd (MSIL), today said it will start exporting the car from Gujarat's Mundra port from December this year. The first export market is likely to be Chile in South America.

Amrita Patel on Kurien's ideologies, the road ahead

Amrita Patel on Kurien's ideologies, the road ahead

Rediff.com   12 Sep 2012

Kurien was always clear that the cooperative was a business model, says Amrita Patel.

Farmers mourn the loss of their 'father Kurien'

Farmers mourn the loss of their 'father Kurien'

Rediff.com   10 Sep 2012

As the news of Kurien's demise spread across the state, Anand -- otherwise a sleepy town of Gujarat, woke up to thousands of farmers from far and near who poured in to pay their last tribute to the man who transformed this small town into the milk capital of India.

Maruti's entry sees land prices soar in Hansalpur

Maruti's entry sees land prices soar in Hansalpur

Rediff.com   7 Sep 2012

As expected, land prices in the region have shot through the roof in the last three to four months, rising about 12 times compared to prices a couple of years earlier.

Slowdown skips IIMs

Slowdown skips IIMs

Rediff.com   29 Aug 2012

Pre-placement offers point to a buoyant hiring season

Nestle India enters Amul's home with Gujarat factory

Nestle India enters Amul's home with Gujarat factory

Rediff.com   30 Jul 2012

Nestle India, the subsidiary of Swiss dairy major Nestle, is all geared to set up its ninth plant in the country. The company had acquired about 50 acres of land at Sanand, nearly 30 kilometres from Ahmedabad, for a manufacturing plant, said Gujarat government officials.

How realtors are attracting customers

How realtors are attracting customers

Rediff.com   19 Jul 2012

Acute cash crunch and dwindling sales has forced developers in Ahmedabad to try innovative ways to lure buyers.

Increases in fee pull IIM-A out of the red

Increases in fee pull IIM-A out of the red

Rediff.com   28 Jun 2012

In its latest annual report, IIM-A has said it generated a net surplus of Rs 6.83 crore (Rs 68.3 million) for fiscal 2010-11 against an operating loss of Rs 50.49 lakh (Rs 5.04 million) in 2009-10, and Rs 6.33 crore (Rs 63.3 million) in 2008-09.

IIM-A raises Rs 380 million through alumni

IIM-A raises Rs 380 million through alumni

Rediff.com   2 May 2012

The silver jubilee celebrations for the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) seems to have fructified for the institute. Having hosted several alumni meets as part of its 50 years celebrations, the premier B-school has received close to Rs 40 crore (Rs 400 million) of fund commitments from previous batches.

Indian suppliers survive in rough global scene

Indian suppliers survive in rough global scene

Rediff.com   18 Apr 2012

When set up in 1993 by the Ranka family's Modern Group, this was the first terry towel manufacturing unit in the whole of Asia, to be followed by Welspun and Trident.

IIM-A's paycheck.in to tap global minimum wages soon

IIM-A's paycheck.in to tap global minimum wages soon

Rediff.com   30 Mar 2012

Moving ahead from offering sector specific wage rates within India, paycheck.in will soon monitor global minimum wage standards across regions like Asia, Pacific, Middle East and Europe.

Land Bill: Guj was first, but issues are similar

Land Bill: Guj was first, but issues are similar

Rediff.com   8 Sep 2011

Only in the case of public infrastructure did the government facilitate purchase. Hence, Gujarat would not have to make much changes post the Bill," said C L Meena, revenue secretary.

India needs a strong privacy policy: IIM-A

India needs a strong privacy policy: IIM-A

Rediff.com   25 Jul 2011

Specifically, the study examines the societal value of privacy and explicates strengths and weaknesses of considering privacy as public good.

Cash portion in car buying on the rise

Cash portion in car buying on the rise

Rediff.com   13 Jun 2011

The double whammy of spiralling petrol prices and volatile interest rates on loans is driving car buyers to make payments out of their pockets rather than opting for bank loan.