Who is BharatStudent.com?
Who is behind BharatStudent, the latest social networking company on the scene that is rivaling some of the online travel sites in ad spending? According to the site, BharatStudent is…
Profile of Sun Pharma CMD Dilip Shanghvi
Economic Times has a profile of Dilip Shanghvi, Chairman and MD of Sun Pharmaceuticals, which is close to acquiring majority control of Israel-based Taro Pharmaceuticals. At 37% of net sales,…
Audio interview with Avnish Bajaj of Matrix Partners India
Indicast has an interesting podcast interview with Avnish Bajaj of Matrix Partners India where he talks about his career, the Baazee.com story and current VC scene in India. Arun Natarajan…
K@W’s audio interview with Remi Hinduja and Sashi Reddi
Knowledge@Wharton has an audio interview with Ramkrishan (Remi) Hinduja, Chairman of BPO firm HTMT Global Solutions, together with Sashi P. Reddi, CEO of software testing firm Applabs Technologies. I especially…
Losing money on radio
Business Standard Weekend has an article on how the challenges of making money in the FM radio business. The estimates of how much a radio company pays PPL (Phonographic Performance…
Profile of “world’s first live action video gaming” venture
Businessworld has a profile of US-based Pranay Chulet and his soon-to-be-released interactive video-based software game. Everything in Latent Lava — the protagonists, actions, locations, accessories — is real, and not…
Do Indian pharma cos. suffer from overseas shopping addiction?
Economic Times’ Corporate Dossier supplement has a two-part article – here and here – on the voracious appetite Indian pharmaceutical companies have developed for buying overseas assets. In an industry…
Bartronics ventures into smart cards
Business Today has an article on how and why the erstwhile barcoding specialist, Hyderabad-based Bartronics, is now venturing into smart card manufacturing. The idea of smart cards originated 18 months…