Are you well-qualified but still without a job? Have you been laid off by your employer and are thinking of the way ahead? Do you want to start your own business with an idea that you have? How do you go about coping with various challenges associated with job layoffs and venturing to start on your own?
Industrial policy isn't dead. It's thriving in the statesand may be the start of a U.S. comeback strategy
Here's how you should prepare yourself for various Civil Services exams scheduled in 2009.
35-year-old Namita Sibal, a mother of two, started her own Web site Indianartcollectors.com three years back. She expects to earn Rs one crore in revenues this year.
What readers feel should be done in the wake of the Mumbai terror attacks
Ironically, one of his greatest challenges during the coming year will be writing himself out of the script.
China's multinationals, powerful as they seem, are still beholden to the Communist Party. That's both a blessing and a burden.
To address questions related to education in the UK, experts Preeti Gadok and Aprajita Kalra, hosted a chat with GA readers on October 10. The transcript.
A few good people who decided to quit good jobs for better ideas.
Unlike investing, saving money on purchases doesn't require any specialized training and is an easy way for anyone to stretch their budget a little farther.
Canada is one of the top destinations for foreign study for Indian students, says the director of the Canadian Education Center (CEC), Maria Mathai.
The most innovative thing in our industry was the idea of creating a software industry around the personal computer.
Valmiki knew Ram to be a human, a noble man, the best of his era and in his time wrote the Ramayana as both were contemporary. He has also shown Ram to possess human traits and emotions, just like any ordinary person. We, in our blind faith, have accentuated the question marks on the historicity of Ram and Ramayana by treating Ramayana like a fable and depicting its noble characters as birds and animals.
"The opportunity to work with our customers to make an impact and change India through technology is very real. Technology can play a major role to impact the lives of hundreds of millions of people in our country and beyond," says Dr Mitra.
A profusion of religious architecture spreads over an ancient agrarian landscape in Tamil Nadu, the deep south of India. Guy Trebay takes it in.
As the co-founder of Comat Technologies, leading provider of e-governance solutions, Sriram Raghavan initiated the concept of rural business process outsourcing units and rural business centres.
Chitra Sood, staffing director at Microsoft India Development Centre, talks about opportunities available to young graduates and interns at MSIDC.
From the universal (catch that rainwater!) to the innovative (a hybrid locomotive!), half a hundred options for cleaning up your business.
A clutch of innovators, entrepreneurs and researchers are heralding a revolution that combines the academic and the real world within the IIT Madras campus.
Burma isn't just another country. It's India's land bridge to Southeast Asia. Nothing has exposed the grave failure of India's recent policy towards its neighbours as its support for Burma's military dictatorship.
No rich relatives? No professional mentors? No problem. Ashley Qualls, 17, has built a million-dollar web site. She's LOL all the way to the bank
Homonyms can be a hassle. Today, we look at more common errors made when words look and sound the same, but have completely different meanings!
An alternative to oil? Check. Completely green? Check. Economical? Check. So why has the entrepreneur been sued, pilloried, and lampooned?
The untold story of how an epic loser engineered what may be the greatest brand makeover ever.
Former US student, Gitanjali Bakshi, who studied in the US for four years, discusses life in America and provides tips for prospective students.
Kevin Woods, a UK visa expert, answering questions about procedure and protocal for students hoping to study in the UK.
Go inside the tech company that lavishes its interns with limo rides, free hotel stays, Broadway shows, and the opportunity to do serious, creative work. So why does it do it?
In the future, the Internet is almost certain to look more realistic, interactive, and social -- a lot like a virtual world.
Find out all about overseas Indians in alternate professions with huge fan followings.
Microsoft boss Bill Gates has a rare gift: he is super smart from, both, the technology and the business perspectives, says S Somasager, corporate VP, Microsoft Corp.
Why Facebook's 22-year-old CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, spurned Yahoo and Viacom to go it alone.
Tata Motors' plans would produce, in real terms, by far the cheapest car ever made.
US deputy assistant secretary of state for academic programmes Thomas Farrell gives advice on application processes, visas and financial aid.
Crumbling roads, jammed airports, and power blackouts could hobble growth.
One Laptop Per Child's breakthrough software replaces the standard PC look with a design for the networked age.
Brenda Dietrich revels in theory but lives in the real world--and her team of math geeks is changing the way IBM works.
Its products are free. Its work force is largely volunteer. Its meetings are open to anyone. It's a nonprofit body. A look inside Mozilla the maker of Firefox and would-be Microsoft-killer.
Businesses are lining up to capture a piece of Second Life.
"I must be the most risk averse person I have met. I am really scared of risks. The point is to keep de-risking at every opportunity," says Sanjeev Bikhchandani, CEO, Naukri.com.
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