Intel Corporation, the $39-billion global chip maker, is set to make India its design and development hub for driving innovation at a global level, a top company official hinted here on Sunday.
Even as its new CEO Paul Otellini comes calling on Tuesday, a flurry of activities is on at Intel India here to play the perfect host and showcase the country’s growing prowess in technology and research.
"Though Mr Otellini came to India three years ago, this is the first time he is visiting us as Intel’s president and CEO. It is also his first visit to any emerging market after the company announced its "World Ahead Programme: May 2" at Austin in Texas," the official said. The $1 billion world ahead initiative is aimed at extending Intel’s efforts to make technology benefits available to everyone, everywhere.
With India becoming one of its key emerging markets, Intel plans to make its development centre, including the research and development facility, here.
Intel eyes Indian market
May 26, 2006, 10:05 am‘English for all’ will create jobs for all
May 26, 2006, 10:03 am
The profile of student intake into India’s elite educational institutions have been morphing over the last ten years. A significant percentage of those who qualify for IITs and IIMs are from socially and economically challenged backgrounds.
The story is no different for the Indian Civil Services. Nobody seems to have accurate data on the IITs and IIMs, but my guess is that a lot of these meritorious students are indeed scheduled tribes and castes as well as OBCs whose financial disposition may not be the healthiest. These students have come this far primarily because they have grappled with the English language in adverse situations and still mastered it. They had the vision to appreciate that without English proficiency, a sustainable career in the globalised business environment is virtually impossible. I salute them.
These young achievers ought to be the beacons for those politicians who are pursuing a blatantly divisive agenda with an eye on the upcoming Uttar Pradesh state elections. What economically disadvantaged OBC students really need at the primary stages of their education is strong exposure to the English language. The selection process of almost all professionally managed companies is conducted in English and this is precisely where students with sound technical knowledge, but weak communication skills often fail to make the cut.
Can’t Arjun Singh and other votaries of reservation ensure that English is taught in every government-funded primary school? We keep reading that most of India’s state-funded schools don’t even function. Even if they do, teachers are conspicuous by their absence. Should not these truants be penalised for this misconduct, which borders on criminality? Let us all join the chorus of "English for all".
Undergrad Options
A growing number of students passing out of the schooling system in India are exploring business administration courses at the undergraduate level. But their choices continue to be rather limited in that the only few credible institutions who offer this option are Jain College and Christ College in Bangalore, Symbiosis in Pune and Amity in NCR. The others are either not reliable or are far too new like St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata. Consequently, many students are driven to overseas colleges who offer this course. Since a regular B.Sc, BA or B.Com (unless one is pursuing chartered accountancy) is no longer a ticket to a sustainable career, educational authorities ought to consider expanding the options for BBA, which could turn out to be a strong alternative to engineering and medicine as a career driven degree.
More Talk Than Action
Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee is turning out to be the icon of West Bengal’s chattering classes as the recent election results will testify, but the state is just not being able to create the kind of incremental jobs that Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu are doing. All of West Bengal has about 23,000 IT and ITeS workers, which is a number that one would find in just one location in Bangalore’s International Technology Park.
Votaries of Bhattacharjee’s brand of progressive leadership have been talking about the revival of the state, but it is turning out to be mere talk rather than action. There is still an element of scepticism about whether Bhattacharjee will be able to carry his more "dogmatic" party colleagues along the road of capitalism. It also does not help that Bengalis have not excelled in the tech industry as much as they would have liked to.
The story is no different for the Indian Civil Services. Nobody seems to have accurate data on the IITs and IIMs, but my guess is that a lot of these meritorious students are indeed scheduled tribes and castes as well as OBCs whose financial disposition may not be the healthiest. These students have come this far primarily because they have grappled with the English language in adverse situations and still mastered it. They had the vision to appreciate that without English proficiency, a sustainable career in the globalised business environment is virtually impossible. I salute them.
These young achievers ought to be the beacons for those politicians who are pursuing a blatantly divisive agenda with an eye on the upcoming Uttar Pradesh state elections. What economically disadvantaged OBC students really need at the primary stages of their education is strong exposure to the English language. The selection process of almost all professionally managed companies is conducted in English and this is precisely where students with sound technical knowledge, but weak communication skills often fail to make the cut.
Can’t Arjun Singh and other votaries of reservation ensure that English is taught in every government-funded primary school? We keep reading that most of India’s state-funded schools don’t even function. Even if they do, teachers are conspicuous by their absence. Should not these truants be penalised for this misconduct, which borders on criminality? Let us all join the chorus of "English for all".
Undergrad Options
A growing number of students passing out of the schooling system in India are exploring business administration courses at the undergraduate level. But their choices continue to be rather limited in that the only few credible institutions who offer this option are Jain College and Christ College in Bangalore, Symbiosis in Pune and Amity in NCR. The others are either not reliable or are far too new like St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata. Consequently, many students are driven to overseas colleges who offer this course. Since a regular B.Sc, BA or B.Com (unless one is pursuing chartered accountancy) is no longer a ticket to a sustainable career, educational authorities ought to consider expanding the options for BBA, which could turn out to be a strong alternative to engineering and medicine as a career driven degree.
More Talk Than Action
Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee is turning out to be the icon of West Bengal’s chattering classes as the recent election results will testify, but the state is just not being able to create the kind of incremental jobs that Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu are doing. All of West Bengal has about 23,000 IT and ITeS workers, which is a number that one would find in just one location in Bangalore’s International Technology Park.
Votaries of Bhattacharjee’s brand of progressive leadership have been talking about the revival of the state, but it is turning out to be mere talk rather than action. There is still an element of scepticism about whether Bhattacharjee will be able to carry his more "dogmatic" party colleagues along the road of capitalism. It also does not help that Bengalis have not excelled in the tech industry as much as they would have liked to.
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