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January-2007 issue
Cover Story
Author: Vidya Balakrishnan & Rishi Das
The two-part cover story explores the 'happening' trends in campus placement. And more importantly, the plight of the large numbers for whom campus placement is a just a dream shattered to bits. more>>

Guru Speak

Naresh Gupta
The 'right' people, rather than just people, are the most important asset that an organization has in the IT industry. more>>

Career

Mary Elston
Your attitude to work is often impacted by whether you report to a great manager or a lousy one. And to make life tougher,... more>>

People Manager

C Mahalingam (Mali)
Managers are often caught between increasing pressure to deliver on time and ensuring that the team remains intact. more>>

Entrepreneurship

Sharad Sharma
Most entrepreneurs start with the U.S. as their initial market, but if you are launching a mobile content business, India is... more>>

Last Word

Kiran Deshpande
With the exception of institutes like IISc and BITS Pilani, it is the Government that has created and funded top tier... more>>

Tech Turf

Shivani Mody
The MEDC Bangalore is trying to create awareness about Windows CE and Windows Mobile 5.0 among embedded software professionals... more>>

Company Profile

Aritra Bhattacharya
Bundling fuctions of various networking devices into a single box has fetched NetDevices favorable reviews, and also a stall in... more>>
Aritra Bhattacharya
MROTEK started as a reselling agency in '85 and is today a manufacturer of networking products; but it lost the opportunity to... more>>

How I Got Where I am Today

Aritra Bhattacharya
Raghu Belur, Director of Engineering at LifeSize Communications holds the work ethic he inherited from his father as his prized... more>>

Tricks of a Good Manager

Aritra Bhattacharya
Ramachandra Raghavendar's approach to project management is all about ensuring that all stakeholders in the project are 'on the... more>>

Woman Achiever

Vidya Balakrishnan
For Sheela Singh, Head of Human Resources at Perot Systems, career is not about challenges but “opportunities that are... more>>

Leadership

Harish Revanna
For Samu Devarajan, Managing Director, Cisco Systems, first line managers are the measure of motivation, happiness, performance... more>>

Sage Speak

Chitra Kasthuri
Giving employees a caring working environment is one of the solutions to address attrition. more>>
Raghu Santamavattur
People are attached to what they like and are dismissive of what they don’t. Unfortunately, this is not recognized enough at... more>>
Joga Ryali
Most techies are confronted with one doubt—should they be working for a big company or a small company? The simple answer is:... more>>
Subhash Menon
As an organization grows, the culture of innovation declines dramatically. Therefore leaders need to put in extra efforts to... more>>
Srini Rajam
Only “holistic” innovation, across organizational functions can enable a global footprint of customers and market segments... more>>

In Focus

ST Team
Read all about NASSCOM's IT Women’s Leadership Summit, Chamber's Mission India and Sybase's new User Group more>>

Tech Buzz

ST Team
Cellebrum, Thales, Zmanda to ramp-up India operations; Aperto to build local manufacturing facility more>>

HR Talk

ST Team
Sonali Singh, Manager- Human Resources, e4e says it is important to establish a sound recruitment policy to cut out negative... more>>
ST Team
Candidates often turn on a charming personality for the interview but switch faces once they are in, says Charu Mohan, Director... more>>
ST Team
Savitha Karanth, Head HR, iPass India believes in handing out a standard questionnaire to all people a negative employee... more>>
ST Team
Krishna Setlur, General Manager- Human Resources, Samsung India says most of an employee's dysfunctional behavior can be... more>>

Movers and Shakers

ST Team
Dr C Mohan, Chief Scientist, IBM India more>>
ST Team
H. Venkatesan, Senior VP, Global Human Resource, ISGN Technologies more>>
ST Team
Manu Sasidharan, Manager (India Operations), STS Infotechnologies India more>>
ST Team
Rajan Mehra, Country Manager, eBay India more>>
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Samir Sariya, Head Business Development, MSN India more>>
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Dr. Prasad Bhaarat Ram, CTO, Google India more>>

Editor's Desk

Pradeep Shankar
On the surface, the campus hiring phenomenon looks rosy. Underneath this placement hype, the reality is quite different. more>>
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