Gunjan Bagla

The trajectory of innovation in countries such as India is taking a different path from the Industrial Revolution in the West. Communications technology such as television and cell phones have leaped across to India...

The Financial Times reports that the French services company Cap Gemini now has 21,000 employees in India compared to 20,000 in its home country of France. Hiring in India is not new to multinationals...

I was recently interviewed by “Change Agent” as part of an article on Marketing/Selling consumer goods in India and what foreign companies must do. This is a subject that my company and think about a lot. Ma...

What a pleasure to have an American President be able to pronounce Lord Rama’s name correctly (so it does not sound like a sports team!). And one who goes into the nuances of Diwali beyond Hinduism to other great religions such as Jainism and Sikhism. ...

Former US President Bill Clinton spoke at the Global conference of the alumni of the Institutes of Technology (IITs)last Saturday. He was as passionate, artculate and direct as ever and he spoke about the work of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) in India, Africa and Haiti...

On September 29th Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has finally confirmed what insiders and keen India watchers have known for a while. Two “nuclear park” sites have been allocated to American technology for construction of new Atomic Power Plants. On...

India plans to sell stakes in at least five state-run firms by the end of the fiscal year in March 2010 following successful IPOs of two firms that raised $1.8 billion...

Midlevel Indian steel firms including Usha Martin, Electrosteel Casting, Bhushan Steel and Monnet Ispat are seen as attractive targets for joint ventures or acquisitions by foreign companies according to the New York Times...

Yesterday AP reported that President Obama had decided to host an “Official State Dinner” for the first time in his Presidency and that the chosen occasion was the impending visit of India’s Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh. With...

The Jacksonville, Florida newspaper runs a column called “Dare to Ask”, where readers can uncomfortable or politically incorrect questions. No...

NASA scientists working closely with the India’s space researchers have discovered water molecules in the polar regions of the moon. ...

When President Obama visited Wakefield High School, in Arlington, Virginia earlier today for his speech to school kids, he also opened the floor to questions from students. Here is a transcript from the White House site. “Let’s get a young lady in here. Go ahead.” STUDENT: Hi. I’m Lilly. And if...

At least for the state-run Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), there is no recession. The company owns and operates massive steel plants in Rourkela, Bhilai, Bokaro and Durgapur (most of which were built with Soviet and German collaboration, since the U.S...