Issue Dated 12 Jul 2010
Issue Dated 12 July 2010 (Cover design by Jyoti Thapa Mani)
Cover Story

Venugopal’s New Tunes

The Videocon group enters new, unfamiliar business verticals and is busy getting a makeover

Venugopal N. Dhoot

BW's Rajeev Dubey and Mahesh Nayak asked Videocon Group chairman Venugopal Dhoot how he will manage the transition

Special Report
EDUCATION:  Education Barons

A heady mix of politics, influence and money symbolises the private sector’s established presence in the state’s higher technical education sector


On Point

Freeing just petrol does not reduce subsidy burden or create a level playing field


G20 saw consensus on major issues, but will the promises be kept?


In The News

The seemingly win-win RCom-GTL merger raises more queries than answers


INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY:  Limited Exposure

The US’s plan to cut federal IT spend won’t affect Indian IT firms in the medium term


CURRENCY:  Delayed Identity

The new Rupee symbol might mean new business for the infotech ecosystem


MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT:  Box Office Blues

Flop shows and cricket have ensured a dull 2010 for the Indian film industry


GLOBAL BUSINESS:  Obama For Finance Bill

The US House of Representatives has approved a land-mark overhaul of financial regulations


In Depth

Private players are set to stage a comeback in oil retail


Companies are betting big on merchant power business, but is it sustainable?


Has EXL Service learned the right lessons after the Aviva loss?


Interviews
IN CONVERSATION:  Richard C. Kang

Richard C. Kang tells Uttara Choudhury in New York the fund will give US investors exposure to India


Columns
COMMENT:  Ashok V. Desai

India was once a beautiful country; it can still be, if we would learn how to use our water resources


BOUND TOGETHER:  Nayan Chanda

For France, globalisation might no longer be a dark cloud on the horizon. Instead, it could be a silver lining


OUT OF THE BLUE:  Anjuli Bhargava

The Airport Authority of India has gained more than what it has lost in privatising management of airports


UNBOUND ECONOMY:  Kenneth Rogoff

Needed: an energy policy that attempts to moderate consumption rather than seek


GUEST COLUMN:  Damodar Mall

To compete with bazaars in the mind of the shopper, malls could replicate the bazaar in one part of their premises


Tech Talk
GENOME SEQUENCING:  Genetic Cure

Now genetics can help us understand diseases such as paediatric cancer better


In Vogue
DE-STRESS:  Unusual Therapies

Dead sea salts and exotic oils are passé. Here are five offbeat ways to beat stress


TECHNOLOGY:  LED There Be Light

The incorrigible boffins of the big television companies have now come up with a new “technology” called LED


If your wrist pain persists call up your family doc, for you could be suffering from carpal tunnel syndrome


Bookmark

‘The Great Brain Race’ chronicles the growth of world-class universities, the rapid spread of branch campuses and their impact on global education


SELECTION:  Managing Values

‘Toyota Kata’ examines some of the best practices Toyota has developed through over 75 years of experience in making vehicles


Michael Dusche in ‘Identity Politics in India and Europe’ presents various schools of thoughts on Western perceptions of Muslim identity and its genesis


Spencer Wells unfolds the chain of events leading to unforeseen circumstances for human civilisation suggesting the way out of the impending dangers of the future


BW Opinion
BW OPINION:  Fuelling Inflation

Decontrol of oil product prices could bring competition and efficiency into the oil industry — only if investors believed the government


Editor's Note
EDITOR'S LETTER:  Diversify And Rule

Videocon's Dhoot is candid about his diversification spree - with the oil find in Brazil, he expects to have plenty of cash to fund his new businesses


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