Rediff's Wave Rider Retires!

After steering the Rediff mothership for close to 29 years, Ajit Balakrishnan, founder, chairman and CEO, did what few businessmen in this country do -- R-E-T-I-R-E. On August 2, 2024, we were......

Dr Kasturi, first Indian prez of IEEE Comp Society

Dr Rangachar Kasturi, who was elected the first Indian- American new president of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers-IEEE - Computer Society, envisages 2008 as the Society's......

'Ayurveda is medicine with intelligence, modern medicine is like a bullet'

‘As such classical Ayurveda is shrinking. Not because people don’t want it but because it is not properly placed in the public mind.’ ‘Health is more and more becoming a......

Infosys, RIL top Indian firms: FEER

IT major Infosys Technologies, petrochemicals giant Reliance Industries and two-wheeler company Hero Honda Motors have been ranked as the top three companies in India for 'overall leadership' in......

Newsmakers of 2009: A scam, a car, a tussle

From a technocrat turned fraudster Ramalinga Raju's confession to the snub-nosed Nano, 2009 offered some forgettable and many memorable moments in business. Not just the domestic turf, in the......

An IIT-ian who dreams of a greener world

Unlike a typical IIT-ian, white-collar jobs did not hold much attraction for Shripad Dharmadhikary. Which is why having passed out from IIT Bombay with a BE in Mechanical Engineering in 1985, he......

The visionary who made Indian IT industry global

One should appreciate the sagacity and audacity of JRD and Nani Palkhivala in founding TCS on April 1, 1968.At that time there was no Microsoft or Intel, SAP or Accenture, much less Google.They......

Is Manoj Night Shyamalan a freak?

It's official: Manoj Night Shyamalan is a freak. A weirdo. A being not entirely of this world. Or at the least he isthanks to a life-changing experience that happened when he was 10 or thereabouts......