Kanwal Rekhi is the founding father of the IndUS Entrepreneurism (TiE). He is actively focused on helping young entrepreneurs getting started.

In this interview, Kanwal shares why he started TiE and his keen interest in politics among other things.

Kanwal recently gifted $2 million to IIT Bombay, his ...

Popular in Eurpope and Asia, the Smart Car is finally coming to America. Unfortunately, not until 2008. This cute, two-seater is affordably priced, starting at under $13k, so it benefits our wallets, and the planet, with the company’s exploration of an alternative fuel propulsion platform. “Superbly Manufactured And Reliable ...

Pradeep Kar founded Microland in 1989. Microland manages the IT infrastructure of companies worldwide.

Pradeep also founded Planetasia, Indya.com which was acquired by News Corporation, and Net Brahma, which was acquired by a U.S. telecom equipment company in 2001.

Pradeep is member of the Technology Advisory Panel to ...

Intel CFO Andy Bryant says that 2006 was a year when chipmaker AMD won some marketing battles with better products. But that changed in the 4th quarter of the year when Intel was able to start applying pricing pressure to its rival. More to the point: Intel will retool ...

“Content is King and distribution is God,” says Rajesh Sawhney, president of Reliance Entertainment.

The company, part of the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani group of companies, has a large and comprehensive plan to expand its footprint in the media and entertainment space in India. Rajesh is focused on building ...

Who will bid and acquire Hutch Essar? That’s the big question in the telecom and mobile service sector in India. Hutch Essar is a joint venture partnership between Hong Kong’s Whampoa Hutchison and the Essar Group of India. Whampoa Hutchison owns 67 percent of the stake and the Essar Group ...

A professional-turned-entrepreneur, Deep Kalra promoted India’s most successful online travel company, MakeMyTrip in April 2000. [tag]MMT[tag] is a comprehensive travel services provider for leisure travel to, from and within India.

Over the past 5 years, MMT has grown rapidly to become the market leader for U.S.-India travel. MMT’s domestic launch ...

Dushyant Mehta and his company, IndiaPicture, has been in the news recently for signing up a deal with Corbis to be their exclusive distributor in India.

Corbis is a company owned by Bill Gates and it is the world’s second largest stock photo website.

Dushyant’s passion for rich media and ...

Recruiting for Indian IT companies is proving to be a challenge. In an interesting twist, companies like Texas Instruments are turning to hires in the U.S. when filling positions in their offices in India.

Aloka Naskar is managing partner of Brown Venture Associates, a boutique search company based in ...

Why do Indian companies pay such scant respect for usability? We ask Amit Ranjan, who heads the Delhi office of Uzanto, a Silicon Valley startup. He heads the product development team that has built two of Uzanto’s products, SlideShare & MindCanvas. SlideShare is a Web 2.0 application for ...

At the Forrester Consumer Forum Conference 2006 in Chicago, Forrester Researcher Michaela Ion spoke with PodTech’s Michael Johnson. Ion studies patterns in the adoption and use of technology in Asian/Pacific consumers.

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That familiar term IPO is making a comeback in India. Info Edge India Pvt Ltd opened its Initial Public Offering for subscription from today through November 2, 2006. Info Edge owns properties like Naukri.com, a job search portal; JeevanSaathi.com, a matchmaking portal and 99acres.com, a real estate ...

Driving in Karachi is an exercise in confusion, damped-out road rage and sheer fun. The roads are mostly quite wide, but the combination of a large variety of vehicles and quaint driving styles makes for what the ancient Chinese legendarily called an “interesting life.”

Kalyan Varma is an award-winning wildlife digital photographer. He is also the chief technology officer and founder of IT security company Secuprise.

Venture funding is picking up its pace in India. Quattro BPO Solutions received $100 million in funding from Olympus Capital.

Venture Capital firm Matrix Partners made its first investment in India.

Kolachi is one of the traditional names for the port city of Karachi, in Pakistan’s coastal southern province of Sindh. The city too is a peculiarly South Asian blend of old and new, crowded marketplaces competing for space with massive concrete office blocks housing an overwhelmingly large part of Pakistan’s business — well over one third of the economy comes out of this bustling city of 12 million. It also has a vibrant arts and culture scene.

Synergy and convergence were just two of the themes echoed today during the CTIA expo at the Los Angeles Convention Center as RealNetworks announced a deal to acquire WiderThan for $350 million, or $17.05 per share. The tender offer, which is expected to be completed during the first ...