Friday, January 27, 2012
Other Sphere l Alike in incompetence
Posted by Anurag Behar in Sustainability
Education in India is in a pathetic state; it does not matter where children study as government and private schools are alike
This sort of embarrassed silence is common across India. One can encounter it often in a room in a school, almost anywhere in India. The room has a group of 20 to 50 sitting on the floor, almost all rural government school teachers. This is a meeting of a voluntary learning group of teachers. They usually meet after school hours or on Sundays. They discuss academic issues, read out papers and try to solve each other’s pedagogical challenges. These are capable and committed teachers.This sort of embarrassed silence is common across India. One can encounter it often in a room in a school, almost anywhere in India. The room has a group of 20 to 50 sitting on the floor, almost all rural government school teachers. This is a meeting of a voluntary learning group of teachers. They usually meet after school hours or on Sundays. They discuss academic issues, read out papers and try to solve each other’s pedagogical challenges. These are capable and committed teachers.
Author
Anurag Behar
Chief Sustainability Officer, Wipro Limited
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Inclusive Innovation
Posted by Narasinga Rao in Technology Trends
It is common knowledge that serving rural areas is fraught with unique challenges. The ongoing trial of various ICT technologies in the rural domain as part of an IIMB led consortium has been an enriching experience and has thrown up interesting insights. The innovation have been largely focused on the Health, Education, Agriculture and rural development sectors and are aimed at providing quality services to the Rural folks. These services could be anything…..timely delivery of income/caste/ land ownership certificates, basic health services, timely availability of seeds and fertilizers, adequate coaching in schools …etc. However it is naive to think that these issues will be solved by just innovating and trying out new technologies in these areas...
Author
Narasinga Rao
General Manager, Innovation and Technology, Member – Wipro Council for Industry Research
Monday, January 23, 2012
Supply Chain Imperatives for Retail
Posted by Pavan R. Prasad in Technology Trends
The latest BMI India Retail report (Q4, 2011) pegs the Indian retail industry at 411 billion USD, projected to double by 2015. That's an enormous growth rate and this only accelerates further when we talk about the organized retail that stands today at 6% of the entire retail pie - at roughly 25 billion USD.
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Cloudburst in the IT services industry
Posted by Madhavan Krishnan in Business Landscape
While the financial turmoil of 2008 drove markets all over the world into a panicked frenzy, the IT industry has managed to weather the changes better than others. That said, the industry is now in a self-assessment mode.
Monday, January 09, 2012
Maintaining sustained growth with Predictive Analytics
Posted by Nitesh Kumar Jain in Business Landscape
The profits of industries the world over have taken a beating as a result of the economic meltdown. As a new world economy emerges, staying competitive means accelerated performance and little room for mistakes. Helping organizations achieve these ambitions is the growing field of predictive analytics. Predictive analytics is the tool to understand, navigate, manage
Author
Nitesh Kumar Jain
General Manager & Global Head Advanced analytics practice, Wipro Technologies