A P J Abdul Kalam was just a name to me until sometime in 2000, when I had to necessarily meet him on a personal mission. I was CBI Director, and he Principal Scientific Adviser to the PM. He had his office in South Block and the meeting was arranged courtesy my college classmate T […]
Women entrepreneurship, a relatively new but evolving concept, is seen in both urban and rural parts of Nepal. Women entrepreneurs are taking risk and starting their own enterprise. The Government of Nepal at the meantime has its focus on initiating program like Women Entrepreneurship Development Fund (WEDF) to help women entrepreneurs meet their financial need […]
I have nieces and nephews who range in age from eighteen to late twenties. I am sure it was a real drag for them when their fun-loving, risk-taking aunt turned into an overly cautious, suspicious lawyer. Sure, they’ll be happy to have me if they ever get divorced or sued, but until then, I suspect […]
Call it the Pygmalion Effect or a corollary, but those marked for stardom do shine bright. In 2015, The Economic Times released a first-ofits-kind listing of corporate India’s fastest rising women leaders, based on an extensive study conducted by Spencer Stuart. A dipstick survey now shows the 25 women on that list have more than […]
There is a peculiar allure about the female body in India: it invites violence. Sex-selective abortion was outlawed long ago, given that the sex ratio had been indicating that too many girls were ‘missing’. Indians, as a rule, do not want girls. There is a peculiar allure about the female body in India: it invites […]
Given your expertise in the MEA region, how would you assess the present state of the GCC market and across the wider region? The MENA market faced a slowdown last year, primarily driven by the oil crisis in key countries such as Saudi Arabia, and Algeria, and currency devaluation and economic crises in other countries, […]
Given your expertise in the MEA region, how would you assess the present state of the GCC market and across the wider region? The MENA market faced a slowdown last year, primarily driven by the oil crisis in key countries such as Saudi Arabia, and Algeria, and currency devaluation and economic crises in other countries, […]
Generics Medicines Initiative: The Beginning: We have seen a lot of vertical integration in health care, typically different health care providers merging, or providers and health plans. But integration of providers into pharmaceutical manufacturing setting aside a little compounding — is pretty unprecedented. Well I would say necessity is the mother of invention, right? This […]
Generics Medicines Initiative: The Beginning: We have seen a lot of vertical integration in health care, typically different health care providers merging, or providers and health plans. But integration of providers into pharmaceutical manufacturing setting aside a little compounding — is pretty unprecedented. Well I would say necessity is the mother of invention, right? This […]
Compliance and Competitiveness in Indian Pharmaceuticals Industry: by Ms. Priyanka Singh Director Taj Pharma Group The word “compliance” in India took on a whole new meaning in 2012 when key Indian Pharma Products exports pushed to USA and European Markets without much apprehensions. That new status, known as the “Generalised System” of Preferences plus is […]