Year: 2011

  • FDI in retail offers something to all

    I was amazed at the ruckus created after the Union Cabinet decided to allow 51 percent foreign direct investment (FDI) in the retail sector. An objective, non-ideological and apolitical view will surely show how hollow the arguments of the opposing parties are. Everyone talks of front-end or kirana outlets in the entire chain of retail…

  • Airlines in trouble

    When Vijay Mallya took over Air Deccan, he had not seen the writing on the wall. We tend to do what we are. However, this may not work well in managing businesses efficiently. Yet, many are not able to resist such temptation. The operation and management of Kingfisher Airlines have borne the imprints of Vijay…

  • Measures to improve quality of students

    There was quite a media buzz after Infosys chairman emeritus N.R. Narayana Murthy’s recent observation on the quality of IIT students. One of main reasons cited for the downslide in quality is the shortage of faculty. Such a qualitative downslide over the years has been experienced by the industry even in colleges, which did nor…