Topic: New Delhi

7 Offbeat Eco Trips

You’ve slept in a yurt in Big Sur, cruised the Galapagos and roared with the grizzlies in Denali. Ready for some new eco-travel ideas? Here, seven unexpected trips worth a look.READ»

• The Green Traveler: Seven Offbeat Eco Trips
• Voluntourism: 14 Vacations for the Socially Conscious

Beyond Firewood: Alternative Fuel = Safer Women

Turns out firewood isn't just bad for the environment. There's a straightforward, yet relatively unexplored link between collecting firewood and violence against women. In refugee camps in regions from Sudan and Sri Lanka to Ethiopia ...READ»

Change Management: Combining Management with Ancient Philosophy

New Delhi is getting a makeover in preparation for the 2010 Commonwealth Games to be held in the city. And the government has gifted the capital city its latest showpiece, the state-of-the-art Tube, the Delhi Metro Rail. Already ...READ»

In Today's Papers

You know your work day gets crazy when you can't read the news until after work: Bangalore Latest Indian City to Drop English Name "High-tech capital to be 'Bengaluru,' but not everyone likes the switch" Chief of Wipro Says US ...READ»

Feedback

Medical Tourism / Our May cover story -- on Silicon Valley startup Ning and its CEO, Gina Bianchini -- attracted plenty of interest, but it was a thornier subject that drew the broadest range of comment: the outsourcing of health care ...READ»

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Behind the Scandals: Men at Work

Recent business scandals have less to do with corrupt individuals than a narcissistic--and male--organizational culture.READ»

Consumer Generated Media

It's so timely that Heath mentions BK's subservient chicken campaign, because it was one of the examples used today by Vipul Gupta during his talk on Consumer Generated Media (CGM) at the International Conference on Cognitive Systems ...READ»

United States The World's Number One Innovator?

The Global Innovation Index, a ranking of 130 countries released yesterday, calls the US the world's number one innovator. The index was created by Soumitra Dutta, a professor at French business school INSEAD, along with New Delhi ...READ»

BRIDGING THE DIVIDE BETWEEN RURAL AND URBAN INDIA IS MUST

BRIDGING THE DIVIDE BETWEEN RURAL AND URBAN INDIA IS MUST This seems to be pre-occupation with the Federation of Indian Chamber of Agriculture, Trade and Services to address the issue of industrialisation of rural space in India in a ...READ»

HABITAT ENERGY PARKS- HOW TO EVOLVE LOCAL LEADERSHIP IN INDIA!

LOCAL POWER SOLUTIONS BY NEW GENERATION OF LEADERS! HABITAT ENERGY PARKS- HOW TO EVOLVE LOCAL LEADERSHIP IN INDIA! Could we imagine that sons and sons of Chief Ministers would be logical choice of leadership for us Indians? ...READ»

Change Management: Outsourcing's Dark Shadow Looms on Indian Society

Outsourcing is creating ripples – not just in global business, but in the social fabric of India. As more Indian youth turn to outsourcing work, a relatively easy career option, cracks are beginning to show in youth culture and ...READ»

Up and Coming Indian Cities for Outsourcing

Outsourcing consulting firm Alsbridge has compiled a list of India’s top five up and coming cities for setting up outsourcing centers. A multitude of reasons ranging from infrastructure breakdowns to rising salaries and turnover ...READ»

Now February

A calendar of events this month.READ»

A Blog Masala

Take a virtual voyage to the subcontinent and its emerging economy via these Indian business-related blogs.READ»

Social Inequality Threatening India's Economic Stability

Can a country where a third of the population is illiterate be an Information Technology superpower? Can a country where 78 million rural homes have never seen electricity be an economic superpower? Can anyone feel safe living in ...READ»

Parental Consent

In India, companies discover that when it comes to winning talent, mom and dad can help.READ»

Careers: Would You Fall Into The Gap?

Until recently, Gap Inc. was on my short list of leading socially responsible corporations in this country. This is a company that has trailblazed new paths in how it treats employees, the community and the environment. How many ...READ»

Dreaming of a Global Career? Think Bangalore

There was a time, not too long ago, when being sent to work in India could be considered a punishment posting; when an India stint would include a ‘hardship allowance’. Well, times surely are changing. Today, getting an India ...READ»

25 Top Women Business Builders

Meet the winners of our first-ever awards for women business owners. They're a dynamic, inspiring group -- with lots to teach us all.READ»

Medical Leave

Your next heart surgery could well be in Bangkok -- but don't worry, it'll be "in network." How your health care is taking wing ...READ»

• The Most Innovative Ways to Nap

The King of Green Investing

Vinod Khosla is pouring his own millions into science experiments to counter global warming -- and to prove he's the smartest guy in the Valley. READ»

• Khosla's Green Ventures
• Silicon Valley's Green Angel Investors
• The Music Industry Goes Green

Dr. Brilliant Vs. the Devil of Ambition

If baby boomers had their own Faust, he'd be Larry Brilliant, a man who's found himself at the center of almost every defining moment of his generation. His biggest battle: taming the devil of ambition.READ»

The Perfect Vision of Dr. V.

At the Aravind Eye Hospital in Madurai, India, 82-year-old Dr. Govindappa Venkataswamy has solved the mystery of leadership: He brings eyesight to the blind and light to the soul.READ»

The World's Most Innovative Companies

We canvassed the experts, analyzed the products, and crunched the numbers. From visionary upstarts to storied stalwarts, here are companies that dazzle with new ideas -- and prove beyond a doubt how business is a force for change. We call them the Fast 50.READ»

• Presenting the 2008 Fast 50
• The Faces and Voices of Google
• Slideshow: The World's 50 Most Innovative Companies