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'Modi first PM to realise tech can have big impact'
Rediff.com24 Sep 2015San Francisco Bay Area's investor community hopeful that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Silicon Valley visit will lead to policy changes.
'Make in India missing from Modi's solar energy push'
Rediff.com24 Sep 2015If even a fraction of the 175 GW target is achieved, India's reliance on coal and oil would be reduced, says expert.
Silicon Valley, ready to enhance the link between Desi, Pravasi
Rediff.com24 Sep 2015'This has been an ongoing process,' says Ambassador B S Prakash, India's former consul general in San Francisco, 'but I believe a Modi visit to the West Coast can be a force-multiplier.'
Modi arrives in US; packed schedule ahead of him
Rediff.com24 Sep 2015Officials said Prime Minister Modi will not have a bilateral meeting with his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif during his current five-day trip to the US.
Modi eyes Silicon Valley on US trip as euphoria fades
Rediff.com24 Sep 2015Western businesses and diplomats in Delhi privately say Modi's reputation as a man of action has been hurt by setbacks on economic reform.
Modi trip gives Facebook, Google chance to press on Indian expansion
Rediff.com24 Sep 2015For well-travelled Modi, the first trip to the U.S. West Coast by an Indian leader in more than 30 years is a chance to get help on his top policy initiatives.
In US for second visit, PM Modi has a packed schedule
Rediff.com24 Sep 2015Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who arrived in New York on Thursday on his second visit to the United States, has a "packed schedule" ahead of him, during which he will address world leaders at a landmark United Nations sustainable development summit and interact with top CEOs and the Indian Diaspora in the Silicon Valley.
Indian techies see tremendous opportunity in 'Digital India'
Rediff.com24 Sep 2015There is an overwhelming sentiment among techies and entrepreneurs from the Silicon Valley who are eager to welcome Modi over the weekend.
The new revolution that is transforming America
Rediff.com23 Sep 2015The US is still a place for innovation and entrepreneurship, and it is good to see Indian Americans and immigrants contributing to this in a major way, says K V Seshasayee who visited the US after four years and found the gloom had dissipated.
'This trip will showcase the contributions Indians make to US tech'
Rediff.com23 Sep 2015'What has cemented the renewed bilateral commitment is the maturity of the relationship. This has been reflected at the highest levels, with you and President Obama driving the relationship, and at the citizen-to-citizen level.'
India, US to launch innovation forum next year
Rediff.com23 Sep 2015India and the US also agreed to support the efforts of the Harvard Business School and the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad to develop a cluster map.
Why the anti-Digital India petition must be called out
Rediff.com22 Sep 2015'The anti-Digital India campaign is a vindictive hatchet job rather than a fact based, rationally sound appraisal; a personal attack rather than issue based criticism; an ideological assault rather than altruistic effort. It must be called out for what it is,' says Vivek Gumaste.
Xi, Modi to vie for investments on rare simultaneous US visits
Rediff.com22 Sep 2015Modi is scheduled to meet over 50 CEOs of Fortune 500 companies over dinner hosted in New York on September 24.
Our goal is to be India's best friend, says Joe Biden
Rediff.com22 Sep 2015While inaugurating the leadership summit of the US-India Business Council in Washington, DC, US Vice President Joe Biden said that there was no reason why the two largest democracies in the world should not continue to have a more productive relationship. Aziz Haniffa/ Rediff.com reports.
10 rules of discipline for start-up founders
Rediff.com22 Sep 2015Yes, startups neither have a rigid structure, nor do they have to be uptight about things, but basic discipline is a must, and it is in the hands of startup founders to inculcate some rules within the team.
More than Rs 6 crore raised for Modi's Silicon Valley event
Rediff.com22 Sep 2015The organisers of Modi's Silicon Valley event will have only a few hours to get the stage ready after the Shark Tanks' ice hockey game at the SAP Centre ends.
Modi to address India-US Start-Up Konnect 2015
Rediff.com19 Sep 2015Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the India-US Startup Konnect and share his vision on 'Start up India, Stand up India' as part of his US visit later this month.
A lot in the offing in DC before Modi lands in New York
Rediff.com18 Sep 2015Days before Narendra Modi arrives in the US to speak at the UN, meet Barack Obama, gupshup with the likes of Nadella, Pichai, Zuckerberg, and address desis in Silicon Valley, his ministers will help set the commercial and strategic tone for the prime minister's visit.
Nadella, Pichai among Silicon Valley CEOs to meet Modi
Rediff.com18 Sep 2015'Silicon Valley is the best model for driving growth and innovation. Meeting the right people who care about India is a fantastic step. India today stands out as the large potential global economy for growth.'
'Few can match the Indian entrepreneurial spirit'
Rediff.com18 Sep 2015'India will soon have the world's largest and youngest population -- just imagine what tomorrow's citizens of India will be able to accomplish, given the right education, training, and opportunity.'
Indian e-commerce start-ups are overvalued: Vinod Khosla
Rediff.com18 Sep 2015Khosla said 85 per cent of Indian e-commerce firms were over-valued.
Battle rages in US between pro and anti Modi desi academics
Rediff.com15 Sep 2015A coalition of over 150 US-based academicians back Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Silicon Valley next week and counter refute 130 US-based South Asian academics who oppose the Modi visit and his Digital India initiative.
Zuckerberg post on Modi visit gets 172,000 'like's, 7,300 comments
Rediff.com14 Sep 2015This will be Modi's second US visit after he was elected PM.
Zuckerberg to host Modi at Facebook headquarters in California
Rediff.com13 Sep 2015Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Sunday announced that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Facebook's headquarters in California for a townhall question and answer session on September 27.
Obama, Biden to lead high-level US engagement with India this month
Rediff.com10 Sep 2015This would be the highest level of engagement between the two countries after Obama's trip to New Delhi in January to attend the Republic Day parade as the chief guest of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Modi fails to live up to the expectations of India Inc
Rediff.com10 Sep 2015Industrialists have the same complaints as they did in the UPA's second stint.
Future imperfect for Indian startups
Rediff.com8 Sep 2015India'sstartups have a good beginning but will they survive competition is a big questions which needs immediate attention.
Apple ups hiring, but faces obstacles to making phones smarter
Rediff.com7 Sep 2015The company has also stepped up its courtship of machine-learning PhD's, joining Google, Amazon, Facebook and others in a fierce contest
'We want to see an open debate about Modi's record'
Rediff.com1 Sep 2015'We are calling for democratic accountability even as we talk about Digital India.' 'We are not against Digital India and it is important for India, but the government should not see what is applicable just to entrepreneurs but also to the vast majority of Indians who do not have the kind of advantages that many Silicon Valley entrepreneurs have.'
Reverse innovation in India
Rediff.com31 Aug 2015India is the perfect place to innovate because locals are aware of what's needed and have the intellectual capacity and engineering excellence to create and think outside of the box.
'Modi's US visit to focus on innovation, digital economy'
Rediff.com25 Aug 2015Modi is expected to travel to the US late September.
It's small, it's beautiful. It's San Francisco!
Rediff.com21 Aug 2015San Francisco, nobody calls it Frisco, has its own laid back pace and is absolutely inviting. Ansh M visited the city recently and hopes to return some day...
'Life has not changed much at Google after Pichai's elevation'
Rediff.com18 Aug 2015Indians have always been there working for the company.
Donald Trump sounds death knell to H 1B visas
Rediff.com18 Aug 2015Mark Zuckerberg's personal Senator, Marco Rubio, has a bill to triple H-1Bs that would decimate women and minorities.
Why Sergey Brin and Larry Page created their own Alphabet
Rediff.com14 Aug 2015Keeping a company on the cutting edge is about more than making workers happy.
By hiring more women, Tim Cook plans to boost diversity at Apple
Rediff.com14 Aug 2015Apple Inc said it had hired over 11,000 women globally in the past year - 65 per cent more than the previous year - to boost employee diversity.
Sundar Pichai hopes to meet Modi soon
Rediff.com12 Aug 2015'Congratulations @sundarpichai. My best wishes for the new role at @google, Modi had tweeted.
Nikesh Arora's tweet on Pichai: Now I feel cheated
Rediff.com12 Aug 2015In an earlier tweet Arora who recently left Google to join SoftBank Corp and is now its President said, "Brilliant guy, clear thinker, gets things done and a wonderful person at that.
'Sundar Pichai is a man with the Midas touch'
Rediff.com12 Aug 2015'Sundar Pichai is not only a great engineer but a good leader too'
From Google to Alphabet: How the transformation will help
Rediff.com11 Aug 2015Google is learning the ABCs of conglomerate life.