Every week, Indian media reports on how China is trying to intimidate us.  Grabbing land in Arunachal and JK, granting special visas to Kashmiris, blocking our World Bank loans and so on.  The Indian Govt has tried a diplomatic approach in the past which has not worked.  It seems a bully only understands the language of force. More...

Facebook is the hottest social networking site in the world with more than 350 million members.  In India, it is fast catching up with Google’s Orkut. Facebook was founded by billionaire Mark Zuckerberg who is one of the most influential people in the world. In 2008, Techgoss had offered a reward of Rs 10,000 for details of Zuckerberg’s secret visit to India. More...

Many tech firms hold online competitions as a brand building strategy.  Most ensure strict rules so that the contest is free and fair. A rule of most contests is that employees of the company cannot participate to ensure outsiders don’t feel disadvantaged. The Google India Logo design competition barred Google workers and their families from participating  More...

When Google went public in 2004, its brilliant founders Segey Brin and Larry Page spoke about their idealism in the IPO document: “Don't be evil. We believe strongly that in the long term, we will be better served-as shareholders and in all other ways-by a company that does good things for the world even if we forgo some short term gains.” More...

Early 2009, Infosys HR boss Mr. Mohandas Pai (whom many call ‘Quick Sack Murugan’) publicly labeled 2100 juniors that it sacked as ‘non performers’. Senior managers whose variable pay was cut were not labeled ‘non-performers’. Techgoss had then questioned why, like the laws of the jungle, only those who could not fight back were labeled ‘non-performers’. More...

NASSCOM, which is the voice of the booming Indian IT-ITES sectors, announced its Gender Inclusivity Awards in Dec, 2009.  NOIDA-based HyTech Professionals India Ltd was honoured with the NASSCOM Award for Excellence in Gender Inclusivity for the Best Emerging Company which has been in existence for less then 5 years. More...

Violet Blue describes herself as a ‘foremost expert in the field of sex and technology’ and a ‘sex-positive pundit’ in mainstream media.  She has been written about in Forbes and Wired and interviewed by CNN and even the Oprah show. She has even been invited to speak at Google Tech Talks.Violet Blue has just released her list of ‘Top ten sexy geeks 2010’. More...

UK based EquaTerra specializes in IT and business processes and claims credit for more than 2,000 transformation and outsourcing projects across more than 60 countries. While such reports are always subjective, EquaTerra has published UK rating of the different IT-ITES outsourcing companies. In 2009, of the top five, 4 are of European origin and only 1 is Indian. More...

Nandan Nilekani co-founded Infosys, and like his mentor Mr. Narayana Murthy, became an icon of the Indian tech industry.  The Govt of India, impressed with his impeccable credentials, hired Nandan in June, 2009 and gave him a cabinet rank to head the UID Project. Most feel Nandan is the best man for the job. More...

Some Wipro employees in India and overseas will have a good or bad Christmas based on what a Judge in Bangalore rules on Dec 24, the day when the Court is expected to deliver a critical judgment on a harassment case. This case was filed by former Wipro employee Ram Mohan against nine managers at Wipro. More...