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Until a few years ago, IT services firms looked at Western India only for talent. But now opportunities in the domestic market are also being explored.

The CII has joined hands with Godrej and Boyce, Mahindra and Mahindra and Tata Consultancy Services to put together a framework to make existing ...

The Chairman, CII Task Force on Higher Education, and Vice-Chairman and CEO, Zensar Technologies Ltd, Dr Ganesh Natarajan, reflects on making the ...

Across industry, services and agriculture, Gujarat's year-on-year growth for five years in a row has been over 11 per cent. 

ONGC has dislodged State Bank of India (SBI) to emerge as the largest advance taxpayer for 2010-11 with a payout of Rs 8,492 crore (Rs 6,283 crore).

Recently appointed the Chairman of CII Gujarat State council, Mr Atul Garg says that his prime focus right now is skill development, along with the ...

There can't be a bigger ambassador than Sachin Tendulkar for the game of cricket. It is possible that future generations of cricketers will break his ...

Amitji (Amitabh Bachchan) has been synonymous with Hindi cinema since the 1970s and 1980s. I think that's when Hindi cinema met him. What he has done ...

The Lakmé Fashion Week (LFW) has managed to integrate Mumbai and India into the Global fashion network. According to Mr Ravi Krishnan, Managing ...

In the last decade, few states have absorbed the spirit of globalisation of economy and economic liberalisation the way Gujarat has. Traditionally, ...

Gujarat is preparing to absorb large investments in the coming decade, having signed 7,936 MoUs with big business houses and MNCs involving investments of Rs 20,83,000 crore.

When Mr Jawaharlal Nehru bestowed upon Pune the title ‘Oxford of the East', he probably knew that it was the beginning of a journey that would take ...

Until we have some stability in commodity prices, there will be no increase in consumer products and subsequently no increase in production. Manufacturing, in general, will be impacted. Mr Jamshyd Godrej, Chairman, CII Manufacturing Summit

I met Mr Ratan Tata when we conferred on him the LP Singhania-IIM(L) National Leadership Award, given away by then President, Mr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.

With a growing number of institutions recognising its potential, Pune is the emerging leader for the design market. 

Kharadi has emerged as a preferred business and residential location for Pune-ites.

While there has always been a hue and cry over the room rates charged by hospitals, little does the public know that, on average, hospitals pay Rs ...

Gitanjali Gems, one of the leading jewellery manufacturers and retailer, has grown its business many folds from just being a cut and polishing ...

A corporate chieftain, who firmly believes that innovation is not the sole domain of the R&D labs, Mr Arun Nanda, Chairman CII (Western Region), ...

If the dabba-wallahs of Mumbai made news across the world, the White Revolution in Gujarat woke up the world with the aroma of a warm glass of milk. The sands of Goa continue to be a mesmerising magnet for leisure globe trotters, even as a vibrant Gujarat woos foreign investment successfully.

There was absolutely no question of corruption, which explains why most industrialists believe Gujarat is the next big thing waiting to happen.The future will see Maharashtra up against stiffer competition from Tamil Nadu as well as from newcomers such as Gujarat. Yet, it will continue to have its own place under the sun.

When customers are not going back to the old ways of banking, the only option you have as a bank is to move forward with them; else they will pass ...

The Government's move for having at least one woman member on the board of a public limited company with not less than 5 directors is more than symbolic.

Lottery operators in Punjab today demanded a rollback of tax hike on lottery draws of other States. They said the hefty increase in taxes on lottery ...