The Caltech-MIT Enterprise Forum recently asked me to moderate a discussion on India as a market and as an investor in the United States. You can read the report about it on the India West website. The reporter picked up on a point that that I often emphasize with clients. In dealing with India, there’s [...]
Posted on March 26th, 2009 by Gunjan
If you travel to north India in March, look up your calendar for the date of the full moon or for the Jewish festival of Purim. That generally coincides with the festival of Holi, celebrate over two days. The first night is a bonfire to mark the death of the demoness Holika. On the morning [...]
Posted on March 24th, 2009 by Gunjan
In this global downturn, more attention is turning to India as a market and as a resource. I see that every day in my consulting practice at Amritt, Inc. But The Economist turned to India to start its talk about Entrepreneurship during the downturn. In 1997, I joined an organization called The Indus Entrepreneur (TiE) [...]
Posted on March 24th, 2009 by Gunjan
Tata Nano, the world’s least expensive car, has been launched. Costing just 100,000 rupees ($1,979), the Nano will now go on sale across India next month, with deliveries starting in July. Tata hopes the 10-foot long, five-seater car will be cheap enough to encourage millions of Indians to trade up from their motorcycles. Ratan Tata, [...]
Posted on March 23rd, 2009 by Gunjan
First time visitors to India’s capital are often impressed with the ubiquity of natural gas as a fuel for transportation. All taxis, local buses, even all three-wheeler “scooters” (aka tuktuks in SE Asia) are required to run on Compressed Natural Gas (CNG). Kits to convert “petrol” (gasoline) vehicles to natural gas are common and its [...]
Posted on March 20th, 2009 by Gunjan
