Beyond the barbed wire and watchtowers, though, lies a story that casts more than a little doubt on whether this dream will ever be realised. Praveen Swami reports.
Bankers say it's a question of survival for debt-heavy companies.
The New Year, like 2014, will see brisk hiring. But, specialisation and strong domain skills will decide who gets hired.
Anant Gupta, HCL Technologies' chief has an amazing success formula to get things done.
Choose insurance from stable companies that have been in the business for a long time
Like Mr Trump, says Kanika Datta, politics tempts many businessmen.
Nasscom President R Chandrashekhar discusses the ramifications of Trump's 'Buy American-hire American' agenda with Raghu Krishnan.
Once a stock market darling, the jewellery chain heads for liquidation.
Infosys is an ethical company with solid processes that respects its customers and this is not going to affect their business, he added.
One should appreciate the sagacity and audacity of JRD and Nani Palkhivala in founding TCS on April 1, 1968. At that time there was no Microsoft or Intel, SAP or Accenture, much less Google.
They needed a person who could build and execute their vision: A frontiersman; a problem solver and an institution builder. It was their and India's good fortune that Faqir Chand Kohli more than measured up to their requirements and indeed laid the foundation to take TCS to unimaginable heights and to the giant success that it is today. Shivanand Kanavi salutes the incomparable F C Kohli, who passed into the ages last week.
50-odd biz leaders are part of Modi's entourage for the 3-nation tour
The IT services company is building underlying tech for connected cars
Niraj Bhatt discovers how a CFO 'without a finance background' made it to the corner office at TCS.
He wants you to join him in his transformation journey.
While companies having fewer visa holders in the US seem to be less exposed to rising protectionism, most front-line IT stocks are trading at attractive levels and, to a large extent, factor in near-term headwinds.
India'sstartups have a good beginning but will they survive competition is a big questions which needs immediate attention.
High visa processing fees, social security issues and the decision by Administrative Appeals Office to reapply for H1B on location change make life tougher for highly skilled professionals from India, Nasscom chief BVR Mohan Reddy tells Ritu Jha/Rediff.com
'When I used to shoot my friends or cousins, I used to tell myself: I want to make them look a better version of themselves.' 'That's how I started: "I don't care who you are or who you think you are. When you are in front of my camera, I'll make you look better than what you think you are".'
The industry employs about 10 million workforce.
It is advisable to stick to mid-caps with sustainable financial metrics rather than those offering the promise of faster growth.
A Molotov cocktail of lies, abuse and bigotry is blowing up social media.
Truth be acknowledged, Rajinikanth is not known for wanting to leave his comfort zone to take the politico-electoral plunge, even if it meant his becoming the chief minister of a state that has conferred Tamil cinema's superstardom on him over the past 25 years. Today, his fans belong to the younger generation all right, but their numbers are far fewer than their counterparts in the '90s. They are not devoid of personal ambitions and agendas, unlike what Rajinikanh wants them to be, if he and they were to enter politics, says N Sathiya Moorthy.
The idea of modernising railway stations under a PPP arrangement was aired several years ago by the then railway minister, Lalu Prasad, who visualised attracting Rs 15,000 crore (Rs 150 billion) investment in 22 stations.
Despite lay-offs and the threat of automation, the industry will continue to be an important driver of growth in employment and GDP, says Ashok Soota.
The strategy of returning cash to shareholders through stock purchases could hinder their digital expansion plans
Like everything else, the structure of banks may change, and banks may depend more on digital technologies and artificial intelligence for dealing with both their customers and employees.
'The RBI is not releasing Rs 2,000 notes for the last 10 days; probably they have stopped printing it.'
Such a move, Obama argued would attract larger foreign direct investment to the US.
Only 11 antibiotics in clinical trials have received qualified infectious disease product status from the US FDA, of which five are Wockhardt's drugs.
To secure a work visa in the US, students have to find an employer who can sponsor it.
Transcript of the Ganesh Natarajan chat on rediff on Friday.
Rajeev Mehta says the slow beginning in North America was primarily on account of some health care clients, evaluating the impact of the Affordable Care Act before deciding on their technology spending.
Gamification has the potential to trigger immediate positive responses to learning that an organisation wishes to impart.
It has been a difficult year for Singh, whose fate from the start has been closely tied to that of the Gandhi family.
The 30-share Sensex was up 188 points at 28,415 and the 50-share Nifty was up 58 points at 8,584.
IT industry body Nasscom said it is quite hopeful the final contour of the bill would be much more balanced than it is at present.
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After announcing the September quarter results on Tuesday which showed a 34 per cent increase in net profit to Rs 4,702 crore (Rs 47.02 billion), its chief executive officer and managaing director N Chandrasekaran had hinted at ramping up hiring for the fiscal.
'India is no longer the India of the '70s and the '80s.' 'It's a large country with the fastest growing economy.' 'In working with India, you just can't go and humiliate the nation publicly.' USIBC President Mukesh Aghi tells Aziz Haniffa/Rediff.com about how he advises American companies to do business with India, what he thinks of Modi's government and the way forward for the India-US relationship.
Amid headwinds across global markets, US issues fresh restrictions on H-1B visas. Ayan Pramanik & Raghu Krishnan list out the many ways in which this impacts the Indian IT industry.
Even if the new body focuses on long-term planning, it is unlikely to do so through five-year Plans.
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