Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Lessons from Israel

Story from Israel... what I like is how the mandatory military service has imbibed qualities for success in its people.

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Sunday, August 16, 2009

Help Us Pick the HuffPost Game Changers: 100 People Who Are Using New Media to Change the World

My Huffpost game changer

Who: Prajav Jha, Founder http://www.praja.in

What: Online Civic Activisim in India

Why: The portal is now an agent of change in Bangalore, India. With a tagline know, care, participate it is a democratic platform for citizens of Bangalore to track civic issues, gather other interested citizens into interest groups, interact with civic authorities and get involved in developing solutions with the administrators of the city. The online platform has changed the way city administrators percieve citizen participation.
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
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Saturday, August 15, 2009

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Billion strong, but Skills shortage

A SHORTAGE of skills, rather than money, is the biggest stumbling block for India as it scrambles to sustain high economic growth.

As India rushes to build out its infrastructure, it's hampered by a shortage of skilled workers across a whole spectrum: from project managers, engineers, supervisors, to fitters, electricians, pipe layers and others.

Skills, not money, is India's hurdle

Now we have realized why we were stuck at a hindu rate of growth!!! We cant scale up because our schools are so busy cramming the kids on the ABC's that they have churned out vocationally useless people. And the best part, they dont still know!!!
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