2 Indian Americans in Class of White House Fellows

Two Indian Americans, Pat Basu of Naperville, Illinois, and Sunny Ramchandani of Rowland Heights, California, were among the 2010-2011 Class of White House Fellows, announced by the White House on......

The geography of joy

If only our roads were less congested, metros less crowded, markets a little more cleaner and air and water purer; our happiness would be greater... feels B S Prakash, India's former ambassador to......

'Genius' Award for Indian American

Vamsi Mootha had nothing on his mind but his new job as assistant professor at the Massachusetts General Hospital. And then he got a call on his cell phone in the last week of September, and got a......

The untold story of Obama's mother

Barack Obama's mother was a truly unusual person, a woman with a curiosity, a keen intellect, and an internationalist orientation much ahead of her times, says B S Prakash after reading A Singular......

What no B-school can teach you

"Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first and the lesson afterwards." -- Vernon Sanders Law.These lines summarise the basic difference between a B-school and what life teaches......

Why B-school grads need the tech edge

I took up my first job at 24. I was among the first batch of management trainees to be hired by the company and was assigned advertising as my key responsibility. Initially, it was exciting since I......

IIM-C the best bet for aspiring managers

When it comes to business schools, reputations matter a lot-- both for students keen to join the best and companies searching for top talent.To help clear the confusion created by presence of......

B-schools upbeat on executive education courses

As the Indian executive education market increasingly recognises the value of world-class executive education programmes and is eager to invest in the same, several Indian and foreign B-schools are......

Magic moments on screen

Nisha Varma/Indianapolis: Straight out of a Sooraj Barjatya Film (right) ??? Well the name Prem I mean!! Well let me tell you one thing for all its flaws (Hero not starved to death , not parched to......