http://feeds.business-standard.comThe latest news from India's most respected business daily.enBusiness Standard LimitedSat, 07 Nov 2009 11:55:05 GMTNewspapersBS RSS Generator10http://feeds.business-standard.com/images/logo_small.gifhttp://feeds.business-standard.com14428Business Standardhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Management-Mktg-People-Careers/~3/O2NCCy4uDKY/storypage_c.phpIndian home in celebrating this years festival of lights. While families gathered to pray to the Goddess of wealth, manufacturers and retailers alike breathed a sigh of relief, after the tumultuous last few months. Kishore Biyanis claims of a bumper season with electronics and consumer durables flying off the shelves, further added to the buoyancy of the economic environment. Consumer durables companies like Samsung and Godrej Appliances spoke of 40 per cent and 30 per cent expected growth over the same period last year. Some business dailies reported that retailers were witnessing a 45 per cent increase in footfalls and 30 per cent increase in sales! And finally, as results from the second quarter rolled in, one after the other, there was ringing in of hope and optimism that the festivities will end the dry spell retailers have been facing since the end of last year.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375380Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:55:27 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375380http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Management-Mktg-People-Careers/~3/KMdkYgJtocM/storypage_c.phpThe biggest casualty of the global financial meltdown was real estate. Banks became wary of lending. Home buyers postponed purchases out of fears of joblessness. Companies put their real estate plans on hold or simply dumped them. Of late, things have begun to look up. Takers for reasonably-priced real estate are back. Large buyers of office space, especially the information technology companies, have started to return to the market place.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375075Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:04:00 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375075http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Management-Mktg-People-Careers/~3/CFgs7NbjUJQ/storypage_c.phpUnion Human Resources Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal recently hinted that Class XII students may require more than 60 per cent (the current percentage requirement) to appear for the IIT-JEE exam. Notwithstanding the fact that the suggestion raised a major debate, after which Sibal backtracked, this is not the first instance of the HRD ministry floating an idea to reform the JEE system.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375015Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:29:26 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375015http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Management-Mktg-People-Careers/~3/jMEjBAOGqvc/storypage_c.phpAjit Balakrishnan wears many hats. He is the founder and CEO of Nasdaq-listed portal Rediff.com and Chairman of the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta (IIM-C) Board of Governors. An alumnus of IIM-C, he is the first ex-student of any IIM to be appointed to this position. He was also on R C Bhargava Committee which gave recommendations to improve the IIMs. On the sidelines of Samvit 2009 The Leaders Conclave at IIM-Lucknow recently, Balakrishan in a chat with Virendra Singh Rawat answered some issues that have dogged IIMs.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375012Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:31:09 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=375012http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Management-Mktg-People-Careers/~3/B1g_jN_ChiA/storypage_c.phpProfessor Kuriakose Mamkoottam recently took over as the dean of Delhis Faculty of Management Studies (FMS) from J K Mitra and has many plans for the premier management institute. He shared with Kirtika Suneja his vision for the faculty, students and his expectations from the industry.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=374235Sun, 25 Oct 2009 18:56:37 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=374235http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Management-Mktg-People-Careers/~3/9sl3Za5XdIQ/storypage_c.phpInvestment analysts were bullish on Intel, the worlds largest chipmaker. They had upped their earnings forecast for the company in anticipation of its third-quarter earnings. They reasoned that the demand for personal computers (PCs) in the third quarter of the year (July to September) had been stronger than expected, in particular for notebooks. And Intels Atom processor is the heart of notebooks. They were right. Not disappointing investors, Intel posted sales that surpassed projections by as much as $1 billion. Its revenue at $9.4 billion was up $1.4 billion from the prior quarter although less than the year-ago quarter of $10.2 billion. The company said the numbers offered evidence of a recovering market.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=373668Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:19:59 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=373668http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Management-Mktg-People-Careers/~3/nt6ZU1NO7D8/storypage_c.phpThe issue of faculty salaries caused a lot of heartburn after the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) raised a pay hike demand with the HRD ministry. While the issue has been settled with the premier technology institutes, their management institutes chose not to pursue the matter. In an interview with Pradipta Mukherjee, IIM Calcutta director Shekhar Choudhuri says the institute is devising a model to evaluate exceptions as suggested by Union HRD minister Kapil Sabil.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=373646Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:00:45 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=373646http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Management-Mktg-People-Careers/~3/-RtSdhYdRJA/storypage_c.phpIn August, DuPont announced that it will drive its innovation engines to meet the increasing demand for food, protect people and the environment, decrease dependence on fossil fuels, and capitalise on growth in emerging markets. All four have strong resonance in India.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=373026Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:52:00 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=373026http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Management-Mktg-People-Careers/~3/co81wDI35-I/storypage_c.phpThe Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) have been in news for their public outcry regarding the disparity of salaries and the perceived injustice meted out to them by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD). However, Professor Surendra Prasad, Director of IIT Delhi told Kirtika Suneja in an interview that there are many issues in the education sector which need to be tackled.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=372185Sun, 04 Oct 2009 19:05:31 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=372185http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Management-Mktg-People-Careers/~3/Y2fGWcm4JEI/storypage_c.phpThe executive search business has been in the dumps for a while. Thanks to the economic meltdown, companies overnight put a freeze on hiring at senior levels. Of late, the chill seems to have thawed. Companies have begun to hire people at the top and growth is back on their radar screen. Korn/Ferry is a global leader in executive search.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=371516Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:06:00 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=371516http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Management-Mktg-People-Careers/~3/z7GiwHi2PhM/storypage_c.phpPrometric Testing Private Limited (Prometric India) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Prometric Inc which provides testing and assessment services. In 2009, the company was awarded a contract by the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) to conduct the Common Admission Test (CAT) for entry into top management schools in India.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=370722Sun, 20 Sep 2009 19:22:00 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=370722http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Management-Mktg-People-Careers/~3/f37YTc7C0zg/storypage_c.phpIndian bikers have never had it so good. Top names in the business want to launch in the leisure segment. The temperature just got a few degrees hotter when Harley-Davidson, the American icon, announced its entry through a wholly-owned subsidiary, Harley-Davidson Motor Company India. The Indian operations will be spearheaded by Anoop Prakash, an American of Indian origin who has come straight from the administration of former President George W Bush.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=369335Mon, 07 Sep 2009 18:38:00 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=369335http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Management-Mktg-People-Careers/~3/xMNcBtJLXZw/storypage_c.phpThe Institute of Management Technology (IMT) Dubai is one of the few Indian business schools to have got an approval from the UAEs ministry of higher education and scientific research to offer an accredited MBA programme and executive education to companies operating in the UAE. IMT Dubais director Farhad Rad Serecht told Kirtika Suneja how the institute plans to remain different from other B-schools.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=369283Sun, 06 Sep 2009 19:07:00 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=369283http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Management-Mktg-People-Careers/~3/1_lF_31G-WI/storypage_c.phpTerry Savage, chairman, International Advertising Festival, Cannes Lions, is in India to promote the recently instituted Spikes Asia Awards that are to be held in Singapore. In this interview with Sapna Agarwal, he says that the global slowdown will accelerate the trend of agencies becoming selective about award festivals.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=368562Sun, 30 Aug 2009 18:52:45 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=368562http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Management-Mktg-People-Careers/~3/4UP4cLcYr-A/storypage_c.phpThe premier Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) say the recommendations of the Goverdhan Mehta committee report on the pay scales for the premier institutions were not fully accepted by the government. However, the author of the report, Goverdhan Mehta, believes that while the angst of the IIT faculty members is understandble, they should not have acted in an unbecoming manner, especially since it could affect the image of Brand IIT. In a chat with Leslie DMonte and Kirtika Suneja, he explained, inter alia, the challenges and limitations while drafting the report.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=368555Sun, 30 Aug 2009 18:51:49 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=368555http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Management-Mktg-People-Careers/~3/nAZpmmRTOMI/storypage_c.phpCar makers the world over are in a fix how to get customers back to their showrooms. The liquidity crunch, depressed stock markets and fears of joblessness have dented consumer sentiment badly, though there seems to be a recovery of sorts in India. Synovate Motoresearch, the automotive research division of Synovate, the global market research company, has come out with its Tipping Point Study which seeks to address these concerns of automobile makers.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=367948Mon, 24 Aug 2009 18:39:00 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=367948http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Management-Mktg-People-Careers/~3/4DXYlP_mSt0/storypage_c.phpThe Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has been at the forefront of scientific research in India for nearly a century. The institute, the brainchild of the visionary Jamshetji Nusserwanji Tata, has produced many luminaries in science who have been at the vanguard of India's progress. At a time when the government is looking to setting up more IIScs across the country, the credibility of the new institutes could come under a cloud. Professor P Balaram, Director of IISc has a tete-a-tete with Praveen Bose & Bibhu Ranjan Mishra on the status of research in the country and challenges.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=367894Sun, 23 Aug 2009 19:24:05 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=367894http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Management-Mktg-People-Careers/~3/2jaW6rCzgK0/storypage_c.phpWay back in 1996 when people were still struggling to understand the relevance of the internet and digital platforms, Olivier Fleurot, who was then with the French newspaper Les Echos, launched the first online French news website. Fleurot, who has taken over as the chief executive of Publicis new PR structure, which includes MS&L, Publicis, and Kekst & Company, and Publicis Events Worldwide, speaks to Sapna Agarwal on his target to increase the contribution of the Bric nations to his firms overall revenues to 25 per cent. Excerpts.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=367874Sun, 23 Aug 2009 19:07:21 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=367874http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Management-Mktg-People-Careers/~3/tP9iOmfcckw/storypage_c.phpFor Sunil Lulla, being the director of Real Global Broadcasting, the company that launched the Hindi general entertainment channel (GEC) REAL in March this year, couldnt be easy. One, the channel was launched at the peak of the economic downturn.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=367217Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:30:00 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=367217http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Business-Standard-Management-Mktg-People-Careers/~3/P19Zx83gPMY/storypage_c.phpThe Ministry of Human Resource Developments plans of allowing foreign education providers to enter India have found support from the Vice Chancellor of Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) who says if foreign universities offer the same facilities and atmosphere to students here, the brain drain will be curbed. In a chat with KIRTIKA SUNEJA, Professor V N Rajasekharan Pillai spoke about the challenges in higher education especially distance learning.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=367153Sun, 16 Aug 2009 18:32:29 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=367153