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- 21 Feb 2017 19:21
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian IT Industry
- Replies: 1375
- Views: 537593
Re: Indian IT Industry
Both Europe and US have data residency rules, India can make something similar to that and force the providers to hold data India and make them liable for any unauthorized access by a 3rd party.
- 20 Feb 2017 15:36
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian IT Industry
- Replies: 1375
- Views: 537593
Re: Indian IT Industry
in all these discussions there is a common thread - clueless SVP types wandering around with great power and doing great damage. Tell me about it, couple years back, we took one of our EVP's to a customer meeting and after a few hours, the Deputy CIO politely suggested to us to not bring him ever a...
- 20 Feb 2017 12:47
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian IT Industry
- Replies: 1375
- Views: 537593
Re: Indian IT Industry
Agreed, automation is the big key thing in almost any vertical today. But then you cannot compare a S&P 500 enterprise to Uber, Twitter, FB or Netflix. Although negi will cringe, but these companies are born digital. The complexity of operations for a lot of these customers (Oil & Gas, manuf...
- 19 Feb 2017 10:57
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: The Islamic State, the Indian Sub-Continent & its Neighbourhood
- Replies: 905
- Views: 192631
Re: The Islamic State and the Indian Sub-Continent
IS funding is drying up, so more and more attacks will be done by splinter groups, particularly in places like Pakistan. An assessment of their revenue by icsr,
http://icsr.info/2017/02/icsrey-report- ... -fortunes/
http://icsr.info/2017/02/icsrey-report- ... -fortunes/
- 17 Feb 2017 14:49
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian IT Industry
- Replies: 1375
- Views: 537593
Re: Indian IT Industry
+100. Pretty much all the engg grads who can think are no where to be found and if found they ask for a big pay package. We used to hire ITI and cdac diploma holders. The guys we hired were not great in communication,but had the zeal to work and move up. It took us 2 years to stabilize but well wort...
- 17 Feb 2017 12:25
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian IT Industry
- Replies: 1375
- Views: 537593
Re: Indian IT Industry
Agreed, after 15+ years its prolly one of the best units to work for. Just a quick ex, they pay for business class for overseas trips at my levels and my KB will send me inside a suitcase if it can save some money for the company. Infact, we got a surprise email from the higher ups, that we need to ...
- 17 Feb 2017 11:48
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian IT Industry
- Replies: 1375
- Views: 537593
Re: Indian IT Industry
ha, so true. To me, sitting here in India and taking care of the backbone of a company like JPM, Target or Nielsen (Both are TCS customers and believe it or not, TCS-Nielsen alone has more than 5000 people) is a wonder by itself, not only as a delivery head I'm managing TCS but also Nielsen, a compa...
- 17 Feb 2017 11:03
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian IT Industry
- Replies: 1375
- Views: 537593
Re: Indian IT Industry
I really fail to understand the rant on "innovation". My KB does design, engineering, production work for several large behemoths in defense, automotive, aero and med devices. True, eventually the products are shipped out with some one else name, but doesn't mean that these folks do not do...
- 16 Feb 2017 14:39
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian IT Industry
- Replies: 1375
- Views: 537593
Re: Indian IT Industry
In other news, the blood bath,
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- 16 Feb 2017 14:25
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian IT Industry
- Replies: 1375
- Views: 537593
Re: Indian IT Industry
Singha, exactly. Solve new, problems, why solve what's been solved? When FrootCo came up with iPad, an idiot in Hyd or somewhere grandly proclaimed "$35 tablet!". Arre yaar, come up with something new instead of playing this "I can do it for cheap" game. :shock: Don't agree. Not...
- 15 Feb 2017 09:02
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian IT Industry
- Replies: 1375
- Views: 537593
Re: Indian IT Industry
Javee I am not discounting the numbers ; what I am saying is those are just IT transformation or modenisation projects ; Digital transformation is just a re-badging exercise from marketing perspective and don't get me wrong it is not only Accenture specific , I made that observation across the boar...
- 11 Feb 2017 22:46
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian IT Industry
- Replies: 1375
- Views: 537593
Re: Indian IT Industry
negi, farce or not, Accenture is booking big numbers on that LOB (which we know is amalgamation of other transformation groups). They have had strong growth for last 5 years in both consulting and outsourcing divisions (53 to 47%). They are the behemoth to beat, the 700lb gorilla in town. We deliver...
- 11 Feb 2017 16:11
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian IT Industry
- Replies: 1375
- Views: 537593
Re: Indian IT Industry
^^ Total revenue Accenture is around $35B with the services business alone is $16B+. Look at their $100M+ customers, none of the ISP's can match them. Accenture is poised to grow even more bigger,they have the best digital agency in the world and they are beating us down in the larger transformation...
- 16 Dec 2016 08:49
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: South India River Water Issues/Disputes
- Replies: 1213
- Views: 188087
Re: South India River Water Issues/Disputes
Let's not go back to Cheras and Cholas. My native town was supposedly the capital of Cheras during Senguttuvan, does that mean we can claim his old kingdom or should erstwhile Vijayanagara dynasty claim the entire South? Mullai periyar treaty was renewed in the 70s, so while the treaty was signed be...
- 15 Dec 2016 12:45
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: South India River Water Issues/Disputes
- Replies: 1213
- Views: 188087
Re: South India River Water Issues/Disputes
Upper riparian should get something in return. It is difficult to sustain one-way traffic for ever. Or else present situation can linger on with rioting, supply disruptions, bad blood etc. Bollocks, we still have a rule of law in these lands. Upper riparian is getting its share of water, so why sho...
- 04 Oct 2016 18:28
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: South India River Water Issues/Disputes
- Replies: 1213
- Views: 188087
Re: South India River Water Issues/Disputes
There! Failure of monsoon is heaped as 'incompetence' on KA government's part. It absolutely is KA's incompetence. Is this the first time in history that there is a failure in monsoon? When there is a monsoon failure, does it mean that the river water can only be used by KA/Bengaluru? What lahori l...
- 04 Oct 2016 16:56
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: South India River Water Issues/Disputes
- Replies: 1213
- Views: 188087
Re: South India River Water Issues/Disputes
Some more politickle, what has the world come to :roll: H.D. Deve Gowda, the former Prime Minister and Janata Dal (Secular) national president , has welcomed the Union government’s move to change its stand on constituting the Cauvery River Management Board. Speaking to presspersons here on Monday, M...
- 04 Oct 2016 15:21
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: South India River Water Issues/Disputes
- Replies: 1213
- Views: 188087
Re: South India River Water Issues/Disputes
Bengaluru drinking water problem or Mandya farmers loan waivers will not be solved by stopping water to TN, it is there because of KA's incompetence. If there is river, water will have to flow through it and reach the ocean, whether it NE monsoon or SW monsoon, not all the water can be hold in a dam...
- 04 Oct 2016 13:47
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: South India River Water Issues/Disputes
- Replies: 1213
- Views: 188087
Re: South India River Water Issues/Disputes
More politickle. Suddenly KA found excess water that they can release to TN :rotfl: The only way to bring KA back to table is via supreme court. I think we all heard it loud and clear. Long term solution is to form a independent river water authority, that can take fact/law based decisions and not s...
- 04 Oct 2016 13:35
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: South India River Water Issues/Disputes
- Replies: 1213
- Views: 188087
Re: South India River Water Issues/Disputes
Spineless GoI (in) action, The very day the Central government filed a plea on Monday before the Supreme Court stating that a Cauvery management board cannot be constituted, the Tamil Nadu government wrote to the Ministry of Water Resources seeking withdrawal of the interlocutory application (IA) an...
- 03 Oct 2016 15:53
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: South India River Water Issues/Disputes
- Replies: 1213
- Views: 188087
Re: South India River Water Issues/Disputes
It predates NTR. This is from one of the ebooks I have on inter state river sharing, Telugu Ganga Project is an interesting project formulated ( first it was initiated in 15.2.1976 and finally historic agreement was signed on 18.4.1983 and 25.5.1983 foundation ceremony was held) to utilize flood wat...
- 02 Oct 2016 03:40
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: South India River Water Issues/Disputes
- Replies: 1213
- Views: 188087
Re: South India River Water Issues/Disputes
I just don't understand this misinformation from the posters here that TN is asking water to grow 2nd and 3rd crop.i and the others here have posted so much information on the ground situation yet they keep harping the same like a broken record. And when discussing Bengaluru water problems, suddenly...
- 30 Sep 2016 21:23
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: South India River Water Issues/Disputes
- Replies: 1213
- Views: 188087
Re: South India River Water Issues/Disputes
It is KA's incompetence and callousness that resulted in this brinkmanship. Every year when the monsoon fails, KA has gone in to a dadagiri mode threatening the lower riparian states that the water is theirs and they will not yield whether it's hell or heaven. It's also because of their incompetence...
- 30 Sep 2016 15:58
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: South India River Water Issues/Disputes
- Replies: 1213
- Views: 188087
Re: South India River Water Issues/Disputes
SC has asked KA to release 6000cusescs a day for 2 days in Oct. KA has successfully stalled the water release similar to prior years. A financial clause should be added so if they are stalling then the farmers can get paid for KA govt incompetence.
- 30 Sep 2016 05:29
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: South India River Water Issues/Disputes
- Replies: 1213
- Views: 188087
Re: South India River Water Issues/Disputes
^ KA can supply all of its share to Bengaluru, no one is going to question that. TN shares the water from its overall share, as long as TN does not demand separate quota from KA for Chennai then it isn't a problem to discuss.
- 29 Sep 2016 21:12
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: South India River Water Issues/Disputes
- Replies: 1213
- Views: 188087
Re: South India River Water Issues/Disputes
This maximalist position has what drove TN to knock on the SC doors every time the monsoon fails.
- 27 Sep 2016 09:29
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: South India River Water Issues/Disputes
- Replies: 1213
- Views: 188087
Re: South India River Water Issues/Disputes
Here is the cropping pattern for delta districts, it has covered the entire spectrum, Atleast now stop misrepresent facts that TN farmers are out to get KA. It has district wise pattern depending on water availability. http://agritech.tnau.ac.in/agriculture/agri_agrometeorology_croppingpattern_cauve...
- 27 Sep 2016 09:10
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: South India River Water Issues/Disputes
- Replies: 1213
- Views: 188087
Re: South India River Water Issues/Disputes
TN is in fact asking for everything, asking for KA to make good all the shortage of 60+ TMC which is what it would have got in a good year of monsoons. And all articles talk of at least 2+ crops in TN delta, even the one above referenced by chetak. As per TN's report itself , there are three crops ...
- 27 Sep 2016 02:37
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: South India River Water Issues/Disputes
- Replies: 1213
- Views: 188087
Re: South India River Water Issues/Disputes
Mnag, Not sure why you keep mis-representating the facts on 2nd and 3rd crop in TN delta. Do you have any supporting data that the rest of us don't? All the while you are arguing about KA magnanimously releasing water to TN and that they have released 40TMC water for this year. Let's be clear, KA do...
- 25 Sep 2016 16:59
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: South India River Water Issues/Disputes
- Replies: 1213
- Views: 188087
Re: South India River Water Issues/Disputes
More mis-representation of facts - The argument here is that 25 TMC is not KA's share, it is the property of all the 4 states. KA govt has mismanaged Bengaluru and it's water needs, so you want the other 3 states to suffer for KA govts ineptness?? And the icing is that, Bengaluru wastes millions of ...
- 25 Sep 2016 13:54
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: South India River Water Issues/Disputes
- Replies: 1213
- Views: 188087
Re: South India River Water Issues/Disputes
You are going in circles, the point of contention is KA's dams hold water for all the 4 states and not just for KA's own drinking water supply. Yet, time again you are bringing in Mettur to your discussion, the water level is 85ft and with effective dead storage starting at 74ft, there is not a lot ...
- 25 Sep 2016 12:36
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian IT Industry
- Replies: 1375
- Views: 537593
Re: Indian IT Industry
Indian and firang IT companies do solve Indian problems. Passport Seva is prime example. Indian customers are more demanding and cost conscious so it is difficult to work with them. Let me give you an example, this is a global MNC in the corporate food/canteen mgmt. They wanted our help in serializa...
- 25 Sep 2016 11:41
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: South India River Water Issues/Disputes
- Replies: 1213
- Views: 188087
Re: South India River Water Issues/Disputes
^^Again, this is lahori logic. Why is Mettur relevant in this discussion?? We have 7 districts that is looking up for drinking water and irrigation. The water than KA stores in KRS is not KA's property, it's joint ownership of all the 4 states.
- 24 Sep 2016 17:28
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: South India River Water Issues/Disputes
- Replies: 1213
- Views: 188087
Re: South India River Water Issues/Disputes
Sachin,
KA claims the water in its dam is for its own drinking purposes, so it is indeed water thats supposed to go to TN, KL, PY. What they fail to understand is that all the water does not belong to them but to all the 4 states.
KA claims the water in its dam is for its own drinking purposes, so it is indeed water thats supposed to go to TN, KL, PY. What they fail to understand is that all the water does not belong to them but to all the 4 states.
- 23 Sep 2016 09:16
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: South India River Water Issues/Disputes
- Replies: 1213
- Views: 188087
Re: South India River Water Issues/Disputes
To be honest KA thinks that kaveri is like their akshaya pathra, wants to use it fully to its hearts content. They adamantly refuse to understand that if they need water for Bengaluru city, then it has to come from KA's share. It is up to the KA govt to fight it out with their farmers and industries...
- 16 Sep 2016 21:25
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: South India River Water Issues/Disputes
- Replies: 1213
- Views: 188087
Re: South India River Water Issues/Disputes
Solution is already there, the spineless governments at the center and state just don't want to implement the rule of law.SaiK wrote:will both KA and TN accept a 50:50 solution?
- 16 Sep 2016 21:24
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: South India River Water Issues/Disputes
- Replies: 1213
- Views: 188087
Re: South India River Water Issues/Disputes
This sort of name calling without understanding the shortage will just go around in circles. I had posted the availability figures earlier. At 87ft storage as of date, water is at the lowest since 2000. It would be better for both states to sit down, discuss shortage and ways to share available wat...
- 16 Sep 2016 20:14
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: South India River Water Issues/Disputes
- Replies: 1213
- Views: 188087
Re: South India River Water Issues/Disputes
It's better to make UT or nationalize it to counter idiots upstream who claim ownership of the river as their birthright.
- 16 Sep 2016 19:33
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: South India River Water Issues/Disputes
- Replies: 1213
- Views: 188087
Re: South India River Water Issues/Disputes
But i meant only the basin of the river, not the entire state but anyways, even if the point of origin is made a UT, the UT will fight with the other state and SC and other things will still be the same. Sure why not :rotfl: Cauvery river's basin covers four states and Union Territories, as follows...
- 16 Sep 2016 17:18
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: South India River Water Issues/Disputes
- Replies: 1213
- Views: 188087
Re: South India River Water Issues/Disputes
The only way to stop states from usurping rivers because it originates with in their state is by making the origin point as an union territory.
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