India Entrepreneurs

Dubai-based Indian doctor in bid to solve water problem in Kerala

Press Trust of India | Tuesday June 11, 2013

A Dubai-based NRI doctor-cum- entrepreneur has initiated a campaign in Kerala to promote water preservation using a cheap rain harvesting device.

Form start-ups to tap global markets: Kerala Chief Minister

Press Trust of India | Saturday June 8, 2013

Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has suggested young entrepreneurs to set up start-up ventures in travel and tourism sector by tapping the potential of digital technology to foray into overseas markets that remained unreachable through traditional...

Michael Dell's success mantra: Be crazy and don't seek too much advice

Press Trust of India | Tuesday June 4, 2013

"Be crazy and don't seek too much advice on what you propose to do", this is the mantra that Michael Dell, has given to budding entrepreneurs for becoming successful.

US honours Indian-Americans as 'Champions of Change'

Press Trust of India | Thursday May 30, 2013

Highlighting the achievements of immigrant innovators and entrepreneurs, the White House presented three Indian-Americans with prestigious Champions of Change awards.

Entrepreneur seeks to offer quality education at fraction of cost

DD Guttenplan, The New York Times | Monday May 27, 2013

When Sunny Varkey was 4 years old, his parents left him in the care of family members in his native India while they "went to seek green pastures" teaching English as a second language in Dubai in the late 1950s, in what was then a sleepy British pro...

'Speed money' puts brakes on India's retail growth

Reuters | Sunday May 5, 2013

Hong-Kong entrepreneur Ramesh Tainwala spent 18 months operating branded clothing retail stores in India before deciding it was impossible to succeed without paying bribes.

Tahrir square movement leader Waleed Rashed to address Indian entrepreneurs

Press Trust of India | Sunday April 21, 2013

Youth activist and co-founder of Egypt's Tahrir Square movement, Waleed Rashed will address Indian entrepreneurs on April 26, which will mark 'India Internet Day 2013' event.

Narendra Modi vs Rahul Gandhi: how their speeches compare

Edited by Mala Das | Tuesday April 9, 2013

When Narendra Modi began to speak at a power gathering of women in Delhi today, many expected him to take on the Congress' Rahul Gandhi, who had addressed India Inc. only days ago.

Narendra Modi's address to women entrepreneurs at FICCI: Highlights

Edited by Shamik Ghosh | Monday April 8, 2013

After Rahul Gandhi's debut performance before a fawning India Inc, seasoned speaker Narendra Modi is interacting with women entrepreneurs in Delhi today. Mr Modi is speaking at FICCI, the rival of industry body CII, that hosted Mr Gandhi last week.

British-Asian billionaires double in past year

Press Trust of India | Friday March 22, 2013

Britain's Asian entrepreneurs have defied the recession with some becoming billionaires from millionaires, according to a latest report on some of the country's richest businessmen.

Indian startup aims for the moon - and $30 million

David Lalmalsawma, Reuters | Wednesday March 20, 2013

Rahul Narayan, who describes himself as a serial entrepreneur, is the founder of Team Indus. It is the only Indian team in a race to the moon by privately funded groups competing for the largest international incentive prize of all time - the Google ...

Robert Vadra deal was clean, cancelling it was wrong, finds enquiry

Vikram Chowdhary | Thursday March 7, 2013

Entrepreneur Robert Vadra's sale of 3.5 acres in Haryana to real estate giant DLF for Rs 58 crore was fair and he did not receive illicit discounts from the Congress which has governed the state since 2004, a government committee has concluded. It ha...

India's best known philanthropic businessmen

Friday March 8, 2013

"After a certain point in time, money cannot make a difference in your life. I feel that it's not even called charity, it's about accountability and responsibility," Sobha Group founder P.N.C. Menon said, when he announced he would donate half of his...

Premji effect? Sobha Group's Menon to donate $300 million, half his fortune, to charity: report

Thursday March 7, 2013

Dubai-based Menon, a first generation entrepreneur who began his professional career by setting up an interior decoration firm in the Sultanate of Oman in 1976, told 'Arabian Business' that he plans to open education institutes in India and Oman.

Ban on web pages linked to IIPM lifted by Gwalior court

Edited by Prasad Sanyal | Tuesday March 5, 2013

Nearly 70 URLs or web-pages that were blocked by a court in Gwalior for allegedly hosting defamatory content about entrepreneur Arindam Chaudhari and his business schools will be made available again.