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HSPM : AN INNOVATIVE TOOL TO ADD VALUE FOR YOUR HR COILS – Sanat Bhaumik, Sr. Vice President (Flat Products), DANIELI India

Sanat Kumar Bhaumik a first class mechanical engineering graduate from Bengal Engineering College, Shibpur, University of Calcutta with MBA from All India Management Association, New Delhi has more than 37 years of total experience in MECON Limited, Wean United Inc., Siemens VAI Metals Technologies and Danieli India in the areas of design, technology, proposal engineering, project management, erection …

A strong US dollar is good for India : Umesh Shanmugam

The US dollar (USD) is seeing renewed strength and this strength is giving asset classes across the globe a new direction. Equities have rallied and oil prices have fallen over the last two years on the back of the USD strength. Indian equities and bonds are benefiting from the dollar strength. The Indian rupee (INR) …

The warm side of work : productivity pills for everyone – Chawm Ganguly

Productivity has become a matter of great concern. Employers are concerned. Employees are worried about their downward spiral. Consultants like us are waxing and waning about ways and means of increasing them. Workshops and Seminars are pouring out reams of advice. Gadgets aimed at making life easier – productivity aids – are at times hailed …

Koffee with Khetan: Sumit Khetan – master of mine plays

Sumit Khetan is a man in a hurry. His travel bags are always ready as is his connectivity – wired through a complex network of laptops and smart phones, for he globe trots around the world with the drop of a hat. Sometimes even before the hat hits the ground. Meet the man who is …

Consider Your Children’s Needs While Buying A Home In Pune : Kishor Pate, CMD – Amit Enterprises Housing Ltd.

There are several good reasons why your children should be a major factor to consider while buying a home in Pune. It is no secret that everything that transpires within a family is directly or indirectly concerned with its children. The psychology involved in this dynamic is quite interesting – to some extent or the …

Indonesia may rethink coal export ban – Umesh Shanmugam

As coal prices fall and China gets out of the seaborne coal trade, Indonesia may not want to rock the boat Indian power generators can rejoice. The sharp rise in coal prices which had come to haunt them since 2010 may reverse to a large extent in 2013. Globally, coal prices have cooled off by …

The Three Kinds Of People That Hate Warren Buffett – Umesh Shanmugam

1. Conspiracy theorists who can’t let go of the fact that one of the world’s richest men probably has some advantages and influence that others don’t have. To which I say grow the f— up, this is how the world works, read a book about the Roman Empire or the Renaissance or even the elitist philosophy of …

Why I’ve increased smoking (Chit chats from Chit Fund land ) – Chawm Ganguly

The first warning bell was when a certain company started advertising in the popular media exhorting one and all to invest in their lucrative “potato bonds”. The ads offered as bait too good to be true returns on investment for short periods of time and I was genuinely irked. I called a friend who owns …

EDITORIAL: Ganga saga part II: redesign dams, not rivers by Sunita Narain

Engineers require re-training, not the Ganga. This is where I had left our conversation last fortnight. Why did I say this? The inter-ministerial committee I participated in as a member was discussing how much the ecological flow—the water that should be left in the river for ecosystem and livelihood purposes—should be at all times. How …

Kundli Real Estate – A Good Long-Term Investment Bet : Santhosh Kumar, CEO – Operations, Jones Lang LaSalle India

The real estate market at Kundli in the Sonipat District of Haryana holds great future potential owing to several current and proposed developments such as the Kundli–Manesar–Palwal or KMP Expressway, the Rs. 5000 crore Rajiv Gandhi Education City at Sonipat, the 100-metre-wide road from the IGI Airport to Narela, improved rail connectivity (Kundli is proposed …