Monthly Archives: January 2011

IIM Ahmedabad ranked 11th by FT

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Basab Pradhan

The Financial Times has its Global MBA rankings for 2011 out. IIM Ahmedabad is ranked 11th. It was not ranked in previous years. So this is completely out of the blue. The Economist recently also published their MBA rankings. IIM … Continue reading →

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Tiger Moms and Indian Parenting

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Basab Pradhan

Amy Chua made waves with this piece in the Wall Street Journal. She also had a very successful Davos visit where she found herself debating Larry Summers, which is a daunting task, even on a subject that you might think … Continue reading →

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TVU Immigration Scam

Posted on January 30, 2011 by Basab Pradhan

From The Hindu This could become one of the largest immigration frauds to ever hit the U.S. university system With 95% of the students involved said to be of Indian origin, hundreds may face deportation Tri Valley University, here in … Continue reading →

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Week’s Tweets 2011-01-30

Posted on January 30, 2011 by Basab Pradhan

This is what would happen to me if someone called and offered me the award of a lifetime. http://t.co/ee0X60A # DNA Blogs – Abhay Vaidya – Why politicians build education trusts, not rural hospitals http://bit.ly/eh6BAP # “@jonahlehrer: Where have all … Continue reading →

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A Leg Up for Indian English

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Basab Pradhan

In the mornings when I drop off my daughter at school, I generally have BBC on the car radio. (It’s Disney if I pick her up. That’s the deal with her. I can subject her to BBC in the mornings … Continue reading →

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Week’s Tweets 2011-01-23

Posted on January 23, 2011 by Basab Pradhan

RT @felixsalmon RT @rdfuhr: Can you top this: The volume of a pizza of thickness 'a' and radius 'z' is given by pi*z*z*a # everything in Davos is ridiculous…like Disneyland. So long as you suspend your disbelief, you’re fine. Felix … Continue reading →

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Week’s Tweets 2011-01-16

Posted on January 16, 2011 by Basab Pradhan

a historic day for the burgeoning Indian aerospace industry and military aviation http://bit.ly/g7mACv # iGate acquires Patni http://on.wsj.com/gPYxLC # Notion Ink, Bangalore has a Tablet in the works with both bright LCD and e-ink modes. See video on GigaOm from … Continue reading →

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iGate acquires Patni

Posted on January 10, 2011 by Basab Pradhan

iGate announced its acquisition of a majority stake in Patni. iGate with Apax Partners, will acquire 63% of the company for the final price of Rs. 503.50 effectively valuing Patni, the company at $1.5 Billion. By Indian law, iGate will … Continue reading →

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The Marginal Cost of Software

Posted on January 9, 2011 by Basab Pradhan

Fellow Enterprise Irregular, Bob Warfield calls me out on my claim that software has no marginal cost in my blog post App Stores Galore. I write about the economics of Information Products often and have used the term marginal costs … Continue reading →

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Week’s Tweets 2011-01-09

Posted on January 9, 2011 by Basab Pradhan

The trouble with FB going public | Felix Salmon | http://reut.rs/f2zAOE # Shivraj Puri of Citi India must have run a Madoff style Ponzi scheme for it to have worked. http://on.wsj.com/hCu1X9 # It's getting harder to make out Google ads … Continue reading →

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