The nuclear option http://www.mydigitalfc.com/my-mind/get-savvy-about-nuclear-power?page=0%2C2 Get savvy about nuclear power By Roopen Roy Aug 03 2008 AFP This is the time to bring experts together to craft a long-term 50-year strategy for nuclear energy India’s energy needs are growing at an accelerated pace. In many ways, our growth momentum is dependent upon…
Month: September 2025
The gentle giant
The Guru of Innovation Clayton Christensen:the gentle giant of disruptive ideas The first time I actually saw Clayton was one morning when I was walking in front of McArthur Hall in Harvard Business School. Clayton starts work very early probably just after 6 AM.What I was struck by was his height and stature. He is at…
The danger of wasting opportunities in a crisis
The danger of wasting opportunities in a crisis In India, we prefer to coin our own terms. We do not like “privatization”, we “disinvest”. We do not like recession, we like to believe that we are entering a phase of “growth moderation”. Some of us truly believe that “India is decoupled from the US economy”…
The comeback of consulting
The comeback of consulting http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_36/b4048056.htm?chan=search SEPTEMBER 3, 2007 The Comeback Of Consulting It’s once more a huge business for Big Four auditors, thanks partly to Sarbanes-Oxley rules Four years ago, the partners at Deloitte & Touche did something radical: They kept the firm in one piece. It was the only one of the Big…
The candidate to watch
The candidate to watch Mitt Romney Consultant in Chief By BRIAN M. CARNEY November 10, 2007 “I love data.” Mitt Romney has been speaking for less than two minutes when he makes this profession. The former Massachusetts governor is meeting with the editorial board of The Wall Street Journal…
The big fight ends in a knock-out
Pradipto Banerjea is the President of Calcutta Club My first experience at the Calcutta Club elections Well-the suspense is over -my friend from school Pradipto Banerjea has decisively won by an impressive margin of 497 votes.The total number of votes cast was 1895 -Pradipto received 1196 votes and the other contestant 699.Congratulations, Pradipto. I must…
The big fight
The Big Fight Night of the big fight The tradition of the argumentative Indian will come alive in the city on Sunday evening when eminent personalities from diverse backgrounds will engage in a war of words at The Telegraph Calcutta Club National Debate. With the general elections scheduled for 2009 and Assembly elections across…
The Sound of a one-handed clap
Sound of the one-handed clap Read this article in FC @http://e.mydigitalfc.com/ArticleImage.aspx?article=30_10_2008_011_007&mode=1 Alan Greenspan had not anticipated the meltdown of the financial system that he had supervised for many years even in his worst “nightmare”. In his autobiographical book, presciently titled, The Age of Turbulence, Greenspan wrote , “Enron and WorldCom officers’ theft of shareholders’ assets…
The Quiet American Revolution
The Quiet American Revolution Roopen Roy (Views expressed are personal) A quiet American revolution has been underway in the last few years. It is a process not an event. The four components of this transformation are : a shift in foreign policy, new energy sources, robotics in manufacturing and an aggressive approach to talent…
The Latest Rumpole
Sir John Mortimer is one of my favourite authors -in this latest Rumpole he turns the Nesbitt cricket test on its head Rumpole and Rthe Reign of Terror John Mortimer’s Latest Rumpole Book The long-serving barrister Horace Rumpole becomes involved in defending a case under the Terrorism Act: John Mortimer is on typically enjoyable awkward-squad…