What’s up at Reliance Life Sciences?
Business Today has an article on Reliance Industries’ ambitious foray into the biotech sector. Arun Natarajan is the Founder of Venture Intelligence, which tracks private equity and venture capital in…
“Businesses that VCs are dying to fund”
According to the Business Today cover story, the list of businesses include Clean Energy, Healthcare, Mobile, Hospitality, Infotech, Education, Financial Services, Entertainment, ITES and Internet. Arun Natarajan is the Founder…
The race for organized pharma retailing
Business Today has an article on how major business houses (like the Reliance ADAG Group) as well as start-ups are racing each other to get into the organized pharmaceutical retail…
India cos. targeting PE-backed firms for overseas acquisitions
Business Today has an article exploring the trend of Indian companies buying out PE-backed firms to quickly ramp up their overseas presence. Says Aditya Sanghi, Country Head-Investment Banking, yes Bank:…
From vendor to strategic partner: K@W interview with Shiv Nadar
Knowledge@Wharton has an interesting interview with HCL Technologies Chairman & CEO Shiv Nadar. If you want to know what will become not just one of our biggest business lines but…
“Indians now purchasing higher value products online”
Businessworld has an article with data on the e-commerce market in India. Major online shopping sites Fabmall, Rediff, Indiatimes and Sify report that during 2005-06, Indian consumers have spent Rs…
“This time, it’s different”
Businessworld has a cover story on the resurgence in tech entrepreneurship in the country. The article points out painstakingly why things are different this time around compared to the last…
“Reach of English language media – including online – capping out”
Anand Sridharan quoting National Readership Study 2006 points out that “without significant inroads into vernacular content and reduction in bandwidth/PC costs” the size of Internet users in India is not…
“Notoriety is not a bad thing”: Air Deccan CEO
Businessworld has an combative interview with Captain G.R. Gopinath, Founder & CEO of Air Deccan, the pioneering low-cost airline which is, unfortunatly, best known these days among travellers for its…
India’s epinions
Business Today has an article (in its personal finance section) on Indian consumer rating web sites. “We are trying to create a network of consumers who can trust each other…