OPINION
EDITORIAL
Cultivating Berlin
THE GERMAN CHANCELLOR, Mr Gerhard Schroeder's visit to New Delhi last week can be viewed as just another routine trip by the leader of an important European country, or as an eye-opener for the policy-makers to the major obstacles to investing ...
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CORPORATE
Press Note 18: Preventing conflict of interest, not FDI
PRESS Note 18, which was issued six years ago as a necessary regulatory safeguard to avoid possible conflict of interest, is now perceived as a material obstacle in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI). Scrapping ...
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ECONOMY
Multilateral funding — Whither the management consultant?
Given the right environment, management consultants will indeed be seen to play a key role in putting India firmly on a sustainable growth path and in actively supporting its march to achieving developed country status by 2020.
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BIO-TECH & GENETICS
Gene revolution and patent rights
IN THIS "International Year of Rice," India is being nudged by the US and its cohortsto take up genetically modified rice to "solve the problems" on the this cereal . The Indian Council of Agricultural Research, is ...
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HUMAN RESOURCES
PUBLIC POLICY NOTE
Why India must invest in intellect
India's competitiveness will, in the final analysis, depend on how well the human resource compares with the best in the world. But none of India's over 200 universities and 2,400 colleges figures in the top 200 rankings. This can be remedied by enco uraging academics to publish in top journals and, more importantly, by using some of the vast forex reserves to disburse fellowships to carefully selected candidates for study abroad. The results of such initiatives will be visible soon enough, says Bhanoji Rao.
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LETTERS
Wage hike
Whistle-blowing
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