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- 28 Feb 2019 12:53
- Forum: Military Issues Archive
- Topic: Indian Forces Strike Pakistan - News Only
- Replies: 338
- Views: 158856
Re: Indian Forces Strike Pakistan - News Only
These pictures have been released through ISPR controlled journalist accounts on Twitter. Clearly they had these from yesterday and chose to release only after it became clear that the blackmail over taking WingCo Abhi hostage is not working. This is their next chaal so to say, in this escalation / ...
- 16 Mar 2015 14:26
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Economy - News & Discussion Oct 12 2013
- Replies: 3978
- Views: 449121
Re: Indian Economy - News & Discussion Oct 12 2013
does anyone know what benefit accrued to Tata from the JLR purchase? it seems they had to promise not to shift production to india and not even to transfer JLR technology into their domestic product lines. Tata bought JLR at a very attractive price - ~ $2.3B. The net income for FY2014 itself was $3...
- 27 Feb 2015 10:59
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Education System
- Replies: 3954
- Views: 765521
Re: Indian Education System
During the UPA rule, governance suffered, period. The illiteracy eradication program, the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, was not tinkered with wrt budget allocation, etc. So, from a policy perspective, there was no change. But delivery failed. And it failed when it actually had to step up, Since post 70%, w...
- 27 Feb 2015 09:29
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Indian Railways Thread
- Replies: 3937
- Views: 722576
Re: Indian Railways Thread
This is a good start. But we should all recognize one issue. Long-term improvement in IR will need structural reforms in how IR is governed. As of now, with excessive centralization, there is no clear accountability for maintaining either trains or stations. As Bibek Debroy states in his series of a...
- 26 Feb 2015 14:56
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Economy - News & Discussion Oct 12 2013
- Replies: 3978
- Views: 449121
Re: Indian Economy - News & Discussion Oct 12 2013
^^ So it looks like GopiN Sir. As we were discussing on the railways thread, it is a very balanced budget. Prudence over populism. Well done Mr. Suresh Prabhu. And now to the big one. I hope the govt realizes that for a country like India it is almost impossible to make everyone happy and still do t...
- 26 Feb 2015 14:27
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Indian Railways Thread
- Replies: 3937
- Views: 722576
Re: Indian Railways Thread
Agree with you, Suraj and Kashi, that this was, more or less, the right kind of rail budget required at this time. Govt has chosen prudence over populism, a welcome change after all these years of "new trains to Bihar and WB" budgets. On the subject of passenger fares, though everyone real...
- 26 Feb 2015 10:30
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Indian Railways Thread
- Replies: 3937
- Views: 722576
Re: Indian Railways Thread
Indian Railways is the perfect case study for how to waste a resource / enterprise through mis-management. Today, in a short while from now, the Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu will present the budget. I'm primarily looking for the following from the budget: 1. Plan / Mechanism to revive the freight ...
- 26 Feb 2015 10:24
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Economy - News & Discussion Oct 12 2013
- Replies: 3978
- Views: 449121
Re: Indian Economy - News & Discussion Oct 12 2013
Indian Railways is the perfect case study for how to waste a resource / enterprise through mis-management. Today, in a short while from now, the Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu will present the budget. I'm primarily looking for the following from the budget: 1. Plan / Mechanism to revive the freight ...
- 25 Feb 2015 13:34
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Bangladesh News and Discussion
- Replies: 2752
- Views: 534740
Re: Bangladesh News and Discussion
Has any plans been given on what exact territories marked out on a map - being exchanged. Many of us here will have the expertise to immediately say whether or not the territory given out to BD is going to consolidate or create advantages for the Islamists. Advantages are not just for peacetime - a...
- 20 Feb 2011 14:10
- Forum: History & Current Affairs Archive
- Topic: The Cricket World Cup Thread
- Replies: 8255
- Views: 906023
Re: The Cricket Thread
CRams>> This is the official website for tickets. has some good options like checking the view from your chosen seat also.
- 02 Mar 2010 14:17
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian IT Industry
- Replies: 3916
- Views: 613058
Re: Indian IT Industry
PS: Suvod, HTC was made big by Compaq. It started them off in handhelds and look at them now. They along with Foxconn do most of the ODM manufacturing for smart phones (Foxconn manufactures Ipods, Iphones etc along with the last seven HP handhelds/smart phones, Dell handhelds, Fujitsu handhelds). T...
- 01 Mar 2010 18:08
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian IT Industry
- Replies: 3916
- Views: 613058
Re: Indian IT Industry
What to the Gurulog think? vina and GD discussed the fight for supremacy between netz, IBM and Yech Pee - is that fight distracting them? Will Yech Pee continue to stay out of the handhelds market and go the way of say, IBM? Just came back from a mobile conf and panel discussion - HP will buy a mob...
- 28 Feb 2010 21:41
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Sports and Entertainment Industry
- Replies: 6364
- Views: 1384843
Re: Nukkad-55
BTW Pak is ranked 7th in the world, while India is ranked 10th. By the performance in today's game, it doesn't look like their team is any better.
I don't know how we stand against Aus, Ger or Hol though.
I don't know how we stand against Aus, Ger or Hol though.
- 28 Feb 2010 21:34
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Sports and Entertainment Industry
- Replies: 6364
- Views: 1384843
Re: Nukkad-55
4-0
- 28 Feb 2010 21:18
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Sports and Entertainment Industry
- Replies: 6364
- Views: 1384843
Re: Indian Sports and Entertainment Industry
Pak trying to come back into the agme in the 2nd half. Putting some pressure on India. But defense holding good so far.
The Pak Goalie is having a great game. Has made 4 saves till now.
The Pak Goalie is having a great game. Has made 4 saves till now.
- 28 Feb 2010 21:14
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Sports and Entertainment Industry
- Replies: 6364
- Views: 1384843
Re: Indian Sports and Entertainment Industry
3-0
completely outplaying Pak!!!
really amazed by the speed at which India's playing.
completely outplaying Pak!!!
really amazed by the speed at which India's playing.
- 28 Feb 2010 19:26
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Sports and Entertainment Industry
- Replies: 6364
- Views: 1384843
Re: Nukkad-55
which channel will telecast the hockey wc matches?
edit: got answer in sports thread - DD and Ten Sports.
Thank you Stan.
edit: got answer in sports thread - DD and Ten Sports.
Thank you Stan.
- 24 Feb 2010 12:04
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian IT Industry
- Replies: 3916
- Views: 613058
Re: Indian IT Industry
my take on Saas - the transaction volume perspective : makes sense for applications that see a limited or fluctuating volume of transactions. also for applications which don't need too much customization. if we do a cost-benefit analysis of Saas (say for example salesforce.com in place of Oracle's S...
- 24 Feb 2010 11:51
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian IT Industry
- Replies: 3916
- Views: 613058
Re: Indian IT Industry
Can any of the Gurus on the forum give me an idea of salary ranges in the Biz Dev (Sales, Account Mgmt, Pre-Sales, etc.) function of Indian IT services companies for exp around 7/8 years?
Have posted this query in the careers thread too.
TIA
Suvo
Have posted this query in the careers thread too.
TIA
Suvo
- 28 Apr 2009 22:05
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian IT Industry
- Replies: 3916
- Views: 613058
Re: Indian IT Industry
In my earlier IT engagement for a metals company, we were using vmware to host the dev and qa application servers of non-enterprise level applications. we were running different versions of rhl as on intel boxes. and have seen a general shift in the industry at large towards virtual systems. this ha...
- 23 Apr 2009 16:28
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian IT Industry
- Replies: 3916
- Views: 613058
Re: Indian IT Industry
The Cobol Sangam == the comp which also builds steel & nano, saar. the news is correct. steps taken to reduce costs...performance based terminations (which the company is calling 'involuntary attrition'!!), sending back non-billable personnel (bdm/brm/pmo/etc) from onsite locations. and surprise...
- 21 Apr 2009 12:01
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian IT Industry
- Replies: 3916
- Views: 613058
Re: Indian IT Industry
IMHO, good deal for both Oracle and Sun. More so for Sun than Oracle perhaps. Solaris is saved as a platform. And Oracle has been trying to be full spectrum player for quite some time. Now they have it - from OS to applications.
- 11 Mar 2009 11:25
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Education System
- Replies: 3954
- Views: 765521
Re: Indian Education System-2
vsudhir, ISB placements used to be 1 week 100% type, but from this year, it is being stretched. 2 weekends in January + 1 whole week in Feb. The current batch size is 440, but it has been increased to 560 from my batch. The student body is a mix - current batch has 19 bideshis (4%), around 20% inter...
- 11 Mar 2009 11:15
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Education System
- Replies: 3954
- Views: 765521
Re: Indian Education System-2
Disclaimer: Am NOT a guru in anything by any count Andy, If the only objective of your masters is gaining knowledge b4 an eventual MBA, then IMO a CFA L3 will serve you very well. You can work, gaining valuable work-ex while pursuing your interest in finance. rgds Suv Gurujano: I am currently about ...
- 11 Mar 2009 11:10
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Education System
- Replies: 3954
- Views: 765521
Re: Indian Education System-2
derkonig, I'm not saying - IIM all bad, ISB/Ivy League all good. I have no doubts about the quality of education that the IIMs provide. But they do not stand comparison with the Ivy leagues because of the reasons I panned out in an earlier post - a flawed admissions process which leads to largely ho...
- 25 Jan 2009 13:25
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian IT Industry
- Replies: 3916
- Views: 613058
Re: Indian IT Industry
Therein lies the mystery sir. This was a T&M engagement where the client must have had considerable control. As you correctly pointed out - cost reduction by productivity increase, process standardization, effective capacity utilization in FP projects is what makes the situation a win-win for bo...
- 24 Jan 2009 11:40
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian IT Industry
- Replies: 3916
- Views: 613058
Re: Indian IT Industry
Indian IT services has already started to feel the pinch(or the punch really!). IT budgets are being cut drastically across the board in all major customers. This is 'budget season' in the US and the picture is becoming clear. Trend - no capital projects in 09 and maybe 10 too. So, ADM/Pkg implement...
- 23 Jan 2009 17:58
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian IT Industry
- Replies: 3916
- Views: 613058
Re: Indian IT Industry
@Singha
I believe he is talking about java certs from Sun.
For security, CISSP is the most imp cert to have. It is hard to get and acknowledged in the industry. Also, it deals with security across domains/platforms and is not focussed on Network/Server Admin like the Cisco or MS ones.
I believe he is talking about java certs from Sun.
For security, CISSP is the most imp cert to have. It is hard to get and acknowledged in the industry. Also, it deals with security across domains/platforms and is not focussed on Network/Server Admin like the Cisco or MS ones.
- 23 Jan 2009 12:21
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian IT Industry
- Replies: 3916
- Views: 613058
Re: Indian IT Industry
As Calvin has rightly pointed out, backend pre-sales work is the road to frontline sales positions like BDM, Relation Managers, etc. if you are coming from service delivery. And things can really 'happen' for you if you are part of a growing company. As for me, I was doing solutions design and effor...
- 22 Jan 2009 18:33
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian IT Industry
- Replies: 3916
- Views: 613058
Re: Indian IT Industry
Bhai Log, How wonderful (Or stupid) this idea is to move from S/W Consulting to Pre-Sales ? No I don't have a job offer in hand but I am planning to work on those lines. Target is before fall this year, I should be part of the attrition statistics in my current group. Is it like moving from Eye-raa...
- 29 Nov 2008 17:11
- Forum: Terrorism Archive
- Topic: Terror Attacks in Mumbai - III
- Replies: 1969
- Views: 320164
Re: Terror Attacks in Mumbai - III
There is a prayer meeting at the Police Gymkhana at 5pm tomorrow to pay tribute to the policemen who gave their lives. It is open to the public too.
- 29 Nov 2008 17:05
- Forum: Terrorism Archive
- Topic: Indian Response to Terrorism
- Replies: 2748
- Views: 417381
Re: Indian Response to Terrorism
Rahul: No offense taken and no apologies required.
Meanwhile, CNN-IBN is reporting that Zardari has promised access to Hafiz Sayed. What does access mean? Deport?
Meanwhile, CNN-IBN is reporting that Zardari has promised access to Hafiz Sayed. What does access mean? Deport?
- 29 Nov 2008 16:43
- Forum: Terrorism Archive
- Topic: Indian Response to Terrorism
- Replies: 2748
- Views: 417381
Re: Indian Response to Terrorism
Rahul: I do understand that the Moscow and Mumbai situations have nothing in common except perhaps the scale and audacity. And I'm not doing a qualitative or for that matter quantitative of the nobel-winning variety, comparison of the two. Just wanted to point out that Mumbai was secured with minimu...
- 29 Nov 2008 16:00
- Forum: Terrorism Archive
- Topic: Indian Response to Terrorism
- Replies: 2748
- Views: 417381
Re: Indian Response to Terrorism
Brando: I have to concede that the initial reaction by the Mumbai police was chaotic and lacked a clear strategy. But if you really sit to scrutinize the actions of the Indian SF, I think the whole operation was executed very admirably. None of us are couter-terrorism experts and our only knowledge ...
- 29 Nov 2008 15:29
- Forum: Terrorism Archive
- Topic: Indian Response to Terrorism
- Replies: 2748
- Views: 417381
Re: Indian Response to Terrorism
No one here is discounting the fact that there were failures and shortcomings, at various levels. But to compare this with how the US agencies would have reacted in a similar situation is neither warranted nor needed. Especially when the analysis comes from CNN 'experts'. Much of the perception of a...
- 29 Nov 2008 14:57
- Forum: Terrorism Archive
- Topic: Terror Attacks in Mumbai - III
- Replies: 1969
- Views: 320164
Re: Terror Attacks in Mumbai - III
It does not matter whether she was Hindu or Muslim. She was an Indian. It is all that matters. Rest in peace sister. I agree, let's not get into specifics here. India is united and I am damn glad it is. Now is the chance for us to Strike and Strike hard. The world is behind us. It was never my inte...
- 29 Nov 2008 14:39
- Forum: Terrorism Archive
- Topic: Terror Attacks in Mumbai - III
- Replies: 1969
- Views: 320164
Re: Terror Attacks in Mumbai - III
CNN-IBN saying that one of the pigs was from Yemen. They used Blackberrys, and were heavily drugged. Also that Dawood may be involved. All from ATS sources.
- 29 Nov 2008 14:30
- Forum: Terrorism Archive
- Topic: Terror Attacks in Mumbai - III
- Replies: 1969
- Views: 320164
Re: Terror Attacks in Mumbai - III
Sabina was not muslim. Her full name - Sabina Sehgal Saikia. Saikia is an assamese hindu surname.
- 29 Nov 2008 14:21
- Forum: Terrorism Archive
- Topic: Indian Response to Terrorism
- Replies: 2748
- Views: 417381
Re: Indian Response to Terrorism
at least we don't have a. politicians like Bush who recites nursery rhymes while terrorist land planes inside buildings b. crisis mgmt agencies (!!) like FEMA who handled Katrina so brilliantly c. security forces who are brave only when fighting from 20,000ft above the ground somebody put a tape on ...
- 29 Nov 2008 13:59
- Forum: Terrorism Archive
- Topic: Indian Response to Terrorism
- Replies: 2748
- Views: 417381
Re: Indian Response to Terrorism
SSridhar, I hope you are proved wrong. But in my heart, I know you are correct. Yes, nothing will happen. Perhaps this is precisely what Obama "instructed" MMS when he called this morning. But what about pressure from the Indian public? Doesn't he feel the pressure to at least show a sembl...