The brightest Indian-American stars in the US

Indian Americans are not just shining in the fields of technology, education and management. You can now spot them everywhere -- in politics, in research, in the movies, even on YouTube, says......

Star-studded economic panel marks Stalin's break with past

Chief Minister MK Stalin has shown that he is cut from a different cloth when it comes to embracing what is current, modern and absolutely necessary. Thus, even while retaining the spirit and......

After Lehman Brothers and StanChart, it's DMK time!

Why is an NRI banker with an MBA from MIT canvassing votes in Madurai?Saisuresh Sivasawamy/Rediff.com A Ganesh Nadar/Rediff.com reports. IMAGE: Palanivel Thiagarajan has a ready smile, and......

Seven Indian Americans awarded for cancer research

The Society of Asian American Scientists in Cancer Research last month presented awards to seven doctors for their outstanding contributions to cancer research. The awards were presented by Rajvir......

Professional manager, businessman...

Ajit Balakrishnan on mapping the Business Serengeti.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The other day, when I was introduced at a conference as 'a businessman', I found myself squirming. I......

ISB students invited to ring closing bell at Nasdaq

Four students from the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad and a student of MIT Sloan School of Management were invited to ring the closing bell at the Nasdaq OMX Stock Exchange in New York on......

The vanishing middle manager

Can business schools re-invent their role, asks Ajit Balakrishnan.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Business schools are in such a period of boom -- with the leading ones struggling to deal......

Opening American eyes to India

Do all Americans believe India is a land of snake charmers and fakirs? Certainly, 31 students from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Sloan School of Management have had their eyes opened......

Aus Open PIX: Nadal, Kyrgios ease into 2nd round, Bencic sends Venus packing

IMAGES of the all the action from Day 1 of the Australian Open played at Melbourne Park on Monday IMAGE: Rafael Nadal hits a shot against Victor Estrella Burgos of Dominican Republic. Photograph:......