IT Services & BPO: Are the best years behind us?
There are now several voices raising concern on the future of the Indian IT Services and BPO sectors. Business Standard has kicked off a four part article series on the…
Real Estate funds begin to tap retail investors
Businessworld has an article on how more and more real estate funds are tapping retail investors (with Rs. 25 Lakhs as the minimum investment amount). Realty fund deals are being…
Moving first in Tier II
Business Today has an interesting article on companies that have successfully launched their operations in Tier II cities rather than the metros. It’s not just in China that global retailers…
Going for broke
Business Today has an article on the flurry of deal activity in the stock broking sector. Underlying the frenetic deals in the industry is the realisation that the traditional model…
FirstSource’s acquistion of MedAssist
Businessworld has some numbers on the $330 million acquisition of the US-based healthcare BPO. Louisville-based MedAssist is one of the largest revenue management service providers to the US healthcare industry.…
Can you build a product company in Bangalore?
Riya.com’s winding up of its Bangalore development center has created a lot of discussion online. Now, there’s going to be a interesting panel discussion on the same topic offline at…
Nasscom, ICICI Knowledge Park to launch early-stage fund
NASSCOM and ICICI Knowledge Park have promoted the NASSCOM ICICI Innovation Fund (NIIF) to stimulate technology innovation in India through providing seed capital funding for opportunities in emerging technologies. The…