Perched on the terrace of Lafarge India's six-storey construction development lab at Andheri East, Mumbai are two very incongruous huts. The structures look out of place in the grey, concrete landscape of the Mumbai suburb. Twenty tonnes of bright red mud and sticks were hauled up the stairs to build them. Here in the sea of dish antennae and mobile towers, they certainly stand out. One of them has been...
01:37 PM, Apr 24, 2012
Four companies are battling for the largest ever public-private partnership project to build a light armoured carrier for the Indian Army"the Future Infantry Combat Vehicle (FICV). The Army needs about 2,600 such vehicles over 20 years. All four bidders"Tata Motors, Mahindra Defence Systems, L&T and the government-owned Ordnance Factory Board (OFB)"have presented their designs and the evaluation is set to move to the final phase within a month. The Rs...
12:07 PM, Apr 09, 2012
Vikram Limaye Age: 45 Career: Joined IDFC in 2005; prior to that, was associated with Credit Suisse First Boston in the US Education: CA, Mumbai University; MBA, Wharton Interest: Likes playing tennis Question: Where will the growth in infra-lending come from? Vikram Limaye: There is not much growth in the environment. Yet, we are clear that IDFC will focus on disciplined, profitable growth with no compromise on asset quality. So,...
04:29 PM, Mar 22, 2012
Greg Case is the president and CEO of Aon Corp. Prior to joining Aon, Case was with management consulting firm McKinsey & Company for 17 years. Most recently, he served as head of the Financial Services Practice. He was previously responsible for McKinseys Global Insurance Practice, and was a member of McKinseys governing Shareholders Committee. Q. As many global economies head into a slowdown and political uncertainty, how are risk...
11:42 AM, Jan 13, 2012
1. The New Brew in Town For those who take their cup of caffeine seriously, there's good news. Starbucks, the world's biggest coffee brand, is likely to make its Indian debut in the first half of 2012. A formal announcement of their retail JV with Tata Coffee is likely next month and those in the know say a search for the country head is underway and an appointment is imminent....
03:23 PM, Jan 04, 2012
Saroj Datta Age: 75 Career: He has been with the Jet Airways group since 1991. Prior to that was with Kuwait Airways and Air India Interests: Listening to Hindustani classical music, jazz, reading crime fiction and translations of Bengali classics Q You has spent two decades building India's largest airline. What were the turning points? Early in the life of the airline, the first call was about coming into the...
08:29 AM, Nov 19, 2011
Ajay Kalsi Age: 49 Profile: Founder and chief executive of London-listed oil and gas outfit Indus Gas Rank: 38 Wealth: $ 1.39 billion Did you know? He is building a new wave pool for his daughter who is fond of swimming. The pool is about the size of four Olympic pools. Ajay Kalsi of Indus Gas is known in Indian oil and gas circles as a maverick with passion. The...
12:12 PM, Nov 08, 2011
At this time last year, Siddharth Verma was scouring the world for an airplane that could land on water " except in pictures he'd never even seen one. He had just launched Mehair, an aircraft venture that had big plans with small planes. Most of the aircraft were to be amphibians that reach places without runways, but with lakes, rivers or dams. Finding an amphibious seaplane " machines that can...
10:57 AM, Oct 14, 2011
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India's performance audit of Air India says the hasty order for Boeing 787s and the decision to allow foreign carriers more flights are responsible for the airlines losses. It ignores the dozens of wrong calls and missed opportunities that have brought the airline down. Strengths Never Leveraged AI Engineering: Excellent maintenance facilities with airplane, engine and avionics shops. Only such certified outfit in the...
10:56 AM, Sep 30, 2011
Tony Haywards visits to India during his years as the CEO of oil supermajor BP was largely to fulfil his duties as a non-executive director of Tata Steel. But his agenda often included a lesser known item " a low-key meeting with Mukesh Ambani, Indias No. 1 billionaire on Forbes India Rich List and the chairman and managing director of Reliance Industries (RIL). The two often caught up to discuss...
12:35 PM, Mar 24, 2011
When Austrian Gustav Baldauf, a former pilot with 14,000 hours of flying experience, took over as chief operating officer at Air India in the troubled times of 2008, many thought it was the turning point that the beleaguered airline had been waiting for. Its day-to-day operations needed as much fixing as its mounting debt and loss of market share did. Yet, on February 28, when Baldauf resigned from the company,...
12:03 PM, Mar 16, 2011
When the MSC Napoli, a container ship, was beached off the coast of Cornwall in England three years ago, not everyone was distressed by the tonnes of bunker oil from the ship's tanks making its way to the shore. With the oil slick, the tide also brought in containers filled with all manner of goods including BMW motorcycles and automobile spares. Police had to be brought in to patrol the...
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LyondellBasell deal could help RIL prove it can succeed outside India. ...
06:41 PM, Dec 16, 2009
National carrier's CMD says he needs three years for a turnaround. ...
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