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Friday, May 10, 2013

“Regulatory issues are the biggest bottlenecks”

Chandan Kumar, Dy. Director– Fixed Network Solution, Huawei India, on why India lags behind most countries in both quantity and quality of optical fibers installed

B&E: What is Huawei doing to develop optical fiber infrastructure in India?
Chandan Kumar (CK): Huawei currently provides innovative, advanced and highly competitive solutions to telecom operators in the country to stitch optical fiber networks end to end. This helps operators to utilise optical fiber infrastructure thereby improving the last mile connectivity problem that currently exists because of lack of optical fibers in our communication infrastructure.

B&E: How would you compare India’s optical fiber infrastructure India with that of countries like South Korea andJapan?

CK: Penetration of optical fiber infrastructure in India is very low when compared with most other countries. For example only 10-15% of base transceiver stations (BTS/enodeB) have access to fiber. Optical fiber network in India experiences lot of fiber cuts every day, which affects operators network very badly and causes damage to the optical fiber infrastructure. Moreover, the quality of optical fiber network is not as high as that of other countries like Japan, Korea and US. Also, one big problem in India is that at many places, optical fiber cables have not been laid out properly.

B&E: What are the prime bottlenecks that India faces in its attempt to develop a world class optical fiber network?
CK: The main hurdles to developing a world class optical fiber network in India are regulatory issues like right of way, that requires the service providers to take all needed clearances from the respective owner(s) of land. It is a tedious and expensive process and hence projects become unviable. This issue needs to be looked into urgently.

B&E: What R&D initiatives has Huawei taken to improve optical fiber infrastructure in India?
CK; Huawei’s R&D team is engaged in exploring and developing solutions to overcome limitations of optical fiber cables. It is working to provide solutions to transport higher data traffic over optical fiber infrastructure. Huawei has developed solutions that have enabled the Indian telecom operators to transport tera bytes (TB) per second traffic on a single pair of fiber cable.

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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2013.
An Initiative of IIPM, Malay Chaudhuri

and Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist).

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Saturday, May 4, 2013

Letters to the editor

Insightful magazine
Business & Economy is one of those insightful magazines that I thoroughly enjoy reading. There have been some great cover stories back to back and the issue on “Reverse Innovation” has been one of them. The entire issue was well conceptualized. Reverse innovation has been gradually picking up steam and to stay competitive, companies should maximize its potential since innovation is not only about bringing down pricing in India. I also enjoyed the cover story on ‘Ten Ways to revive Indian Economy’, as the points the package suggested are the ones India needs to thoroughly work on in order to stay competitive. It logically described the ten reforms India should implement not only to refurbish the economy but also the entire socio-economic fabric at large. Comments from Planning Commission and Ministry of Finance were equally thought-provoking. I would look forward to see many more such issues in future.

Sukhamay Paul
Chairman, Institute of People’s Education – Coochbehar, Under Ministry of H.R.D, Govt. of India

Great supplement
Despite having computer problems and a cold that delayed me for a feedback, I thank you for writing and sending the cover story on brain mapping in your supplement “Tech Next”. I enjoyed it very much. The team has good writers and I particularly enjoyed the flow of the cover story. My only criticism is a misplaced fact. Although Rob Williams is my colleague and we have done research together and written articles that have been published, the fact is that he is not a physicist. That was someone else who I mentioned in the interview – a small thing that no one will really notice. I appreciate very much the opportunity to participate in your article.

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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2013.
An Initiative of IIPM, Malay Chaudhuri

and Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist).

For More IIPM Info, Visit below mentioned IIPM articles

BBA Management Education

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

B&E Indicators

Office space absorption to decline
The year 2011 saw record completions and absorption of office space. About 37 million sq. ft. of space was absorbed in 2011, higher than the previous peak of 33 million sq. ft. achieved in 2008. While construction is slated to continue at a high pace, leading to 19% higher completions in 2012 than in 2011, absorption is likely to be subdued. Policy issues and concerns over growth will also keep demand under check.

Trend of large sized leases slows
With the global financial crisis intensifying in 2008, MNCs operating in India, the key drivers of office space demand, started to take their space expansion plans cautiously. As a result, the average lease size declined sharply to 26,980 sq. ft. in 2009 from 89,650 sq. ft. in 2007. Although the industry recovered by 2010 to move up to average lease size of 35,280 sq. ft., it seems that there is still some sluggishness, when it comes to the prime locations in all major cities. Average lease size for H1 FY 2013 is pegged at 25,100 sq. ft.

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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2013.
An Initiative of IIPM, Malay Chaudhuri

and Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist).

For More IIPM Info, Visit below mentioned IIPM articles

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Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Seven Sins by Nielsen in India

The Agency was Supposed to be among the Top Recalled Names in the Indian MR Landscape. Then Why is it being given Such a Unanimous Thumbs Down by Clients?

Where did they exactly go wrong? Well, there is no single answer to that; rather there are seven. Nielsen India has no problems in terms of recall, where it is among the top 3. Even in terms of quality of analysis, network and tools and techniques used, the research agency came out tops, being ranked at 4, 2 and 3 respectively. The trouble comes in the other factors that are so crucial for sustainability where Nielsen got a shocking thumbs down in terms of ranks, which are as follows – reliability and authenticity of data (14), cost effectiveness (15), time duration (19), transparency (14), favouritism (14), impact (17) and associations (14). The net result is that Nielsen gets the horribly unlucky rank of 13.

When you look closely at the parameters, one undercurrent that’s clearly visible is the lack of confidence in the research agency. This undercurrent was expected due to the flak that some of Nielsen’s surveys in the past have generated, but what was surprising was the degree. It would still be fresh in the minds of the industry how FMCG giants Dabur and Perfetti Van Melle India had taken up the cudgels against Nielsen for underreporting their sales numbers last year. It was also reported that they terminated the services of the agency. Dabur officials confirmed their displeasure when contacted by 4Ps B&M. In fact, another official from a research agency we contacted revealed that the list of clients exiting Nielsen’s services is not restricted to these two companies.

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Wednesday, March 6, 2013

The strategies that have worked for them in India

Gaurang Pandya, the newly appointed MD of Carrier India, reveals to B&E the strategies that have worked for them in India

B&E: But doesn’t this at times act as a hindrance to the company’s growth?

GP: You can talk about long term, short term benefits and hindrances. But a corporation like Carrier that has been in the business for almost 100 years, believes in sustainable growth. Therefore, our practices are governed by policies which are sustainable in the long run.

B&E: Which segment contributes more to your topline in India – residential or commercial?

GP: Actually both are almost at parity with each other. Further we have got the entire product range which gives us an edge over the competition. From packaged units to ducted units, from small chillers to huge chillers with a capacity of 2,500 tonnes, we can boast of almost anything when it comes to ACs. This gives us the power to cater to anyone.

B&E: Carrier has been betting big when it comes to green initiatives. What is the biggest hurdle that you come across in this area?

GP: No doubt there is a lot of work going on in this field, but the problem is that we are not the only manufacturer involved in such initiatives. There are others too that have been participating in such drives. Moreover, there is a huge cost involved in it. But we believe that if you move in the right direction then people will automatically follow you and that’s the reason we have been working closely with Bureau of Energy Efficiency. In fact, it’s been a healthy relationship with the government where we keep them pushing on various issues.

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Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Missing the Ambani touch?

The venture was flawed from the beginning in more ways than one

The Indian retail sector has grown at a stupendous rate and is touted to touch $450 billion by 2015 (as per McKinsey). At that rate, it is not surprising how major business houses have made inroads into the sector. But the chequered journey of Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Retail in this sector merits analysis.

It was the winter of 2006 when Ambani announced the arrival of his Rs.250 billion retail gamble – Reliance Fresh convenience stores in India. Reliance Fresh had to face the wrath of all be it middlemen, small retailers or politicians. The company had to shut down shops across the country amidst vehement protests. Gibson Vedamani, ex-CEO, Retailers’ Association of India points, “Reliance Fresh failed because it was too aggressive with its strategies and wanted to capture the entire market without leaving any space for the middlemen and local retailers.” The company planned a number of formats viz. hypermarkets, supermarkets, convenience stores & specialty stores. This attracted unwanted media attention & got them into trouble.

With the looming spectre of economic slowdown, Reliance has had to cut down severely on its expansions. It merged the management of its hypermarkets, supermarkets and convenience stores last year to save on administrative, man-power and operational costs. However, the biggest blow came earlier this year, when Ambani, after deferring the launch of its wholesale market, finally scrapped its cash & carry (C&C) model and showed the door to the entire team of 36 professionals headed by Harsh Bahadur (erstwhile CEO of Metro AG’s C&C business in India).

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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2012.
An Initiative of IIPM, Malay Chaudhuri

and Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist).

For More IIPM Info, Visit below mentioned IIPM articles.

Thursday, October 11, 2012

North by west... to the killing fields

A billion dollar firm with a billion reasons to be called inglorious

The last one among the world’s largest defence contractors that deserves to be in our inglorious list is Northrop Grumman. It is more famous for its designing, system integrating, and manufacturing of defence electronics and many other military and commercial weapons. Among various kinds of military products that the company produces are aircraft, aircraft carriers, military vessels, missile satellite systems, electronic censors and information systems. Northrop is one more truant company witnessing growth in employment and sales revenue. During 2007, there were about 122,600 people employed in the firm globally; by the end of 2008, the figure reached 1,33,570 – an 8.9% increase in employment in 2008 during the current global economic mess. And one doesn’t need to wonder about the reasons. Similarly, its sales revenue has also gone up from $30.11 billion in 2006 to $32 billion in 2007 and finally to $33.9 billion in 2008. Northrop is one of the firms filing the highest number of patents – in 2007 alone, the company filed over 8,511 patents. Northrop acquired companies like Integic Corporation in 2005, Essex Corporation in 2007 and 3001 International in 2008.

Expectably, Northrop Grumman has equal contributions in war crimes. Although 90% of its products go to the US government, most of its weapons go to US aided undemocratic countries who are accused time and again of breaking international laws. Its sophisticated deadly weaponry also goes to countries like Korea, Taiwan, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Saudi Arabia and UAE apart from Australia, India, Japan, UK, US, NATO, Italy, Germany etc. An example to their reach is that Israel’s reserved A-4 attack aircraft, TA-4 training aircraft and even the AH-64 attack helicopter are made by Northrop Grumman.

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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2012. An Initiative of IIPM, Malay Chaudhuri
and Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist).

For More IIPM Info, Visit below mentioned IIPM articles.

Zee Business Best B-School Survey 2012
Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri’s Session at IMA Indore
IIPM IN FINANCIAL TIMES, UK. FEATURE OF THE WEEK
IIPM strong hold on Placement : 10000 Students Placed in last 5 year
IIPM’s Management Consulting Arm-Planman Consulting
Professor Arindam Chaudhuri - A Man For The Society….
IIPM: Indian Institute of Planning and Management
IIPM makes business education truly global
Management Guru Arindam Chaudhuri
Rajita Chaudhuri-The New Age Woman
IIPM B-School Facebook Page
IIPM Global Exposure
IIPM Best B School India
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