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Startups in Bangalore: Rajiv Poddar of Sedna Wireless

05:18 | Kamla Bhatt | Aug 23rd, 2007 12:16pm |

Bangalore is fast-emerging as a hub for wireless and mobile value added servicess startup companies. I recently caught up with Raji Poddar of Sedna Wireless to find out how and why he started his company. Doing startups in India provides some interesting challenges. Recruiting the right kind of person to work is not an an easy task either. I also wanted to find out from Rajiv the connection between getting married and working in startups, since there seems to be an interesting link. Sedna Wireless is an early-stage startup working on a WiFi device called ThinFone, a phone and music player packed into a small portable device, designed for the needs of Indian users. Rajiv is a wireless industry professional with roughly a decade of experience. He is a telecommunication gradauate from R. E. C. Silchar (now NITS), and prior to founding Sedna he worked with Tata Consultancy Services and Lucent Technologies India. Rajiv also co-organizes the Mobile Monday Bangalore chapter.

Weekly Tech News RoundUp from India

03:50 | Kamla Bhatt | Jan 11th, 2007 |

Media- and entertainment-related funding appears to be the trend with angel investors. Recently, MadHouse Media, a movie rental start-up, received their first round of investment from angel investors. The investors included the Band of Angels, Mumbai Angels and some private investors.

Dr. Kumar Shiralagi joined NEA IndoUS Fund which ...
Aloka Naskar On Global Trends in Hiring

20:03 | Kamla Bhatt | Nov 27th, 2006 |

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 ...
Weekly Tech News Round-Up from India

04:44 | Kamla Bhatt | Nov 8th, 2006 |

Stepped up activity is the underlying theme of this week’s tech round-up on India.

There is stepped up activity in VC funding in India. Two 10-year old companies received $10 million this past week. Sulekha, an Indian social networking site received $10 million in funding from Norwest Venture Partners. ...
India Technology 2.0: Result Based Pricing Model

| editor | Oct 4th, 2006 |

Something is happening that could bring about a fundamental shift in the Indian IT industry: A new pricing model that may improve quality could make India more than just a low-cost outsourcing destination. As per this report, India’s largest software company, Tata Consultancy Services, has recently begun ...
TiECON East 2006: TCS CEO Sees Global Network of I.T. Services

10:03 | editor | Jun 17th, 2006 |

S. Ramadorai says sustaining quality and employee competency is one of the big challenges in the industry, especially as the playing field evens out around the world. He is the CEO and Managing Director of the $2.25 billion software company Tata Consultancy Services Limited. “In terms of I.T. services and ...