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Delegates at the Economic Growth Summit that comprised people engaged in Industry, Trade and Commerce today resolved to join hands to strengthen economic co-operation. The focus is to "excel together" and ensure balanced economic growth of Punjab.
[VIDEO] Jaspreet Singh, 23, created the company 5 Water Socks to bring people water resistant athletic socks that are breathable, comfortable and soft.
If the grassroots support of the Sikh community diminishes, what will become of this celebrated cheese industry?
Mr Singh takes a simple approach to business, once saying: "My philosophy is that the customer is always right, even when he is wrong."
Microblogging site Twitter has hired Taranjeet Singh as business head for its operations in India. Taranjeet has more than 19 years of sales and business development experience, according to the statement.
Four years after taking the helm, CEO Ajay Banga has turned the payments processor into an innovator. The stock’s response? Priceless.
The event celebrated the Company's recent initial public offering, successfully completed on July 8th, raising gross proceeds of CAN$30.0 million to expand the implementation of its patented and proprietary technology across emerging markets.
[VIDEO] Savneet Singh once dreamed of playing professional tennis. As a teenager, he even beat a young Andy Roddick at a tennis camp. But despite Mr. Singh's talent, he knew a professional sports career would be risky when it came to making a living.
“The edge is where 28% of data resides outside of data centers on mobile devices and laptops, for example. 8% of devices holding corporate data are lost or broken every year—where does that data go?” asks Singh rhetorically.
When Amar Sawhney (Ph.D. chemical engineering, ’92) arrived in Austin to pursue his graduate degree, he had $500 in cash that came from the sale of his mother’s jewelry and two suitcases —... He didn’t know anyone, didn’t have a place to live and wasn’t selected to work on any of the graduate projects he applied for.
In the Executive Mind class, however, professor Jeremy Hunter pulls out decidedly different tools: a brass singing bowl and leather-wrapped mallet. The chimes from three strikes on the bowl quiet the dozen or so students, who have put away smartphones and other devices. They close their eyes.
Cornell grad got the gold bug in 2009 and launched GBI where individuals and institutions (Merrill Lynch is a client) can buy, sell, exchange and store physical gold. Advisory board members include General Wesley Clark and Sallie Krawcheck.
The Reserve Bank of Australia has ended its three-month search for a new chief information officer, appointing former Westpac chief technology officer Sarv Girn to the post.
“We find that most policies affecting indigenous peoples are designed without our participation,” Ojo says. “If this trend continues, it will lead to a vicious cycle of poverty and violence.” If this is how the new green economy is playing out on the ground, it is no wonder that it has sparked resistance.
On his barefoot trudge to school decades ago, a young Ashok Khade passed inescapable reminders of what he was: the well from which he was not allowed to drink; the temple where he was not permitted to worship. At school, he took his place on the floor in a part of the classroom built a step lower than the rest.
That Indians have migrated far and wide for economic opportunities is well known. Yet, stories about specific communities of Indians making a home in a distant part of the world seem to have an enduring appeal.
In an age of technological ease, socially accepted incompetence, and a media-inflated sense of personal entitlement, inspiration to do business can be hard to find. After all, who needs a good work ethic when respect is demanded rather than earned? When mediocrity (or worse) isn’t the exception but the norm?...
For Indians, "navigating uncertainties is an art, not a source of complaint," says INSEAD's dean, Dipak Jain. "We have the training to deal with complexities." Growing up in a nation where resources are often tight "forces you to blow through the constraints and find the answer," agrees Nikesh Arora,..
Despite the booming information technology industry that has made it "the back office to the world," India still lags far behind nimble China in the race to provide universal internet access to its citizens. But as prices for smart phones plunge and India's cost-slashing mobile service providers get ready to roll out broadband-ready 3G networks, India is poised to leapfrog the PC and take pole position in the mobile internet revolution, says McKinsey & Co.
Surrey Mayor Dianne Watts has returned from a trade mission to fast-growing India, saying she's impressed by the power of the country's economy. "The potential is enormous," she said Tuesday. "What surprised me was the readiness of people to conduct business and move forward."
"Cakes by Kaurs" is an Amritdhari run business which provides eggless cakes for all occasions including birthday and wedding cakes. Eggless doughnuts and cupcakes are also available...
The award ceremony was organised by the Sikh Directory and was attended by over 600 people at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London. The awards recognize the top Sikhs in Britain across the areas of Art, Sports, Entertainment, Education and Business.
As you enter Coff's Harbour, tucked between Sydney and Brisbane, it is not hard to guess why the big banana stands as a landmark. The area grows one of the best varieties of bananas in Australia. And the fruit has a dominant Sikh and Punjabi connection.
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