The pain of innovation

The power to cause societal pain, at least to some segments of society, is intrinsic to the nature of technological innovation, says Ajit Balakrishnan. Whenever the talk about innovation bubbles up......

How F C Kohli and TCS conquered the world

Shivanand Kanavi salutes the visionary IT leader F C Kohli who passed into the ages recently. IMAGE: Faqir Chand Kohli. All photographs: Kind courtesy Shivanand Kanavi   Part 1: The......

How to generate the 'big idea'

While creativity means the generation of new ideas or concepts, innovation can be defined as idea selection for a specific application, its development and commercialisation. Companies and......

India an innovation giant? Yes!

There is a need to look at innovation in the wider sense. We must consider the "flat world" as our market place and countries and companies must ensure that an ecosystem is built to support......

Argo, Life of Pi win at Oscars 2013

The 85th Annual Academy Awards have been announced. Here's a quick glance at the winners, listed in bold: Best Picture Amour Argo Beasts of the Southern Wild Django Unchained Les......