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February-2007 issue
Guru Speak
Author: Poornima Shenoy
A combination of availability of engineering talent, declining margins, and highly dynamic markets has made India an attractive destination for silicon design and development. more>>

Sage Speak

Jeff Fredrick
The developer alone knows what he expected of the code, hence he alone can say whether it is working as expected. more>>
Ravula Ravinder Reddy
Years of seasoning at a particular position prepares one to switch from the technical field to a managerial field. more>>
Sri Manchala
These are the right building blocks for a career in technology. more>>
G. P. Sudhakar
Mid-level managers get the better of the senior management in case of a conflict with subordinates. more>>

People Manager

C. Mahalingam
Motivating People is not a one-time event! The key to it is motivating the self first. more>>

Tech Turf

Shivani Mody
The FOSS.IN group aspires to build an ecosystem and create a platform for the open source initiative in India. more>>

Tech Buzz

ST Team
PayPal, Fujitsu and ThoughtWorks launch new India centers, Tech Mahindra goes to Pune and IBM opens semiconductor unit in... more>>

Company Profile

Vidya Balakrishnan
PMC-Sierra (India)is aspiring to build an entire chip from India by 2008, front-end to back-end, all the way to fab. more>>

Movers and Shakers

ST Team
Dr. Kumar Shiralagi,General Partner, NEA-IndoUS Ventures more>>
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Dr Shirjuo Ghosh, COO, RS Software more>>
ST Team
Pradeep Rathinam, President, Aditi Technologies U. S. more>>
ST Team
Sudha Madhavan, CFO, Subex Azure more>>
ST Team
Sudhir Narang, CEO, Tulip IT Services more>>

HR Talk

ST Team
Lakshmi Rajan, HR Business Partner, Informatica rues the lack of industry-academia tie-ups more>>
ST Team
Vasudha Mangalam, Director HR & Admin, Razorsight talks about employee referrals to beat the talent crunch more>>
ST Team
Rajni Tripathi, HR Lead, Proteans talks about imbalance in recruiting procedures more>>
ST Team
Smitha KP, HR Manager, Yodlee says the change in industry requirements is yet to find a partner in the institutions of learning more>>

Cover Feature

Aritra Bhattacharya
In the last two years, over 10 semiconductor start-ups have taken wings, with erstwhile senior managers of MNC semiconductor... more>>
Aritra Bhattacharya
Sham Banerji, Director-Corp. Business (India), TI has on his hands the task of representing the needs of 1 billion new... more>>
Aritra Bhattacharya
Dr. Nikhil Jain, CTA of QUALCOMM India swears by the 'Real user experience' to discover new market opportunities. more>>
Vidya Balakrishnan
Nivruti Rai, Director CDTGI Chipset Group, Intel is gung-ho about presently designing ‘Intel’s hottest product in line’ more>>
Srini Rajam
When building a design-based business model, there are two key elements: one, how to make the design highly differentiated,... more>>

Cover Story

Pradeep Shankar
Writing software that helps designers design chips gives the Cadence engineers a unique insight into the direction the... more>>

Feature

Krishna Bhagavan
We lack a horde of engineers who love to live technology, and that is why we do not have product organizations ready to take... more>>

Leadership

Harish Revanna
Dr. Bhaskar Reddy, MD-Analog Devices India says honesty is what makes one a leader at all times. more>>

In Focus

ST Team
All about IBM and patents, Aviva and BOT & Yahoo and you. more>>

Editor's Desk

Pradeep Shankar
In India, although we are all witness to the spike in consumption of electronic items, we hardly find young engineers hungry to... more>>

Last Word

Vani Kola
Entrepreneurial leadership is not a popularity contest, but the inner discovery of right and wrong. more>>
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