As every big challenge provides a big opportunity, there is a two-pronged approach for improving the after sales services:

  The service bugbear can be overcome through a Service Van (SV). This SV will have all the essential testing equipment installed with suitable power supply and loaded with all the spares. After the careful diagnosis done […]

After Sales Services Scenario By and large the after sales services of both Indian-based companies and multinationals are unsatisfactory. What is even worse is that the warranty period promised for the products is not being adhered to?
This is where an opportunity arises for the brand equity if the company wants to make an impression on […]

Companies are Foraying in India with full gust with new Swanky products, but the basic consumers problems in Indian still remains unlisten, Although consumer durables market has been tapped effectively in the urban region there is still a lot of scope in the rural segment. Competition is getting tougher and tougher in this segment because […]

With the IT world changing everyday, there is a need for a “quick”, “immediate” and “simple” understanding of terms and topics. These terms could be from any area of discussion, ranging from IT, and finance to space technology and history. A recent initiative to bring this quick understanding of such varied topics has been in […]

Today, activities that are happening worldwide are dominated by the new age technologies. All these technologies are changing at a rapid pace. We notice that the Web 2.0 is gaining prominence in almost all spheres of life.
Talking about Web 2.0, a form of technology that is used here is Blogs. A blog (short name […]

Gurukul a word that today’s generation probably does not think about. Education, a term often confused with literacy, a statistic measuring development. EXPOs, a new-age phenomena where everyone gets to showcase almost everything! 
In the internet age where everything has to happen NOW, the concept of EXPOs has its proven merits. On the other hand, India’s […]

With just 99 more days to go for Olympics, let us go behind the history of creating Olympic mascots.
The first mascot in Olympic history made its appearance at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games. Olympic Mascots have now become one of the major elements of the Olympic image. A mascot, usually taken as a unique […]

For most of us, studying solar system in science text books would be the easiest and closest trip to space. For someone who follows this science, a Soyuz D2, Challenger or Sunita Williams is something to look for. And for the rest of common public almost any science is rocket science.
We barely realise that most […]

My domestic help, Esther,  is Zulu, which a majority of South Africa is.  Her mother is from Zimbabwe, which is also not unique, as the two countries share a border and as it happens all over the world, people move to the economically developed country.
Now, what is of interest is that early this year, her […]

People may think that I am obsessed with this word”employability”. True, I am to a great extent. The reasons being that I see this action of employment from many angles.
As a HR professional, as someone attached with academics, as a mother of growing children and of all as a concerned individual.
My brother once said,” I […]

Peter Way from Linkedin had an interesting question on what is the best way to serve start ups.  This is what he wrote:
I would like to know how to provide business planning or marketing services at a reasonable cost to startups. I see that startups could get the most value from understanding the market and […]

The daily travel by bus makes me think about the definition of Civility and Education seeing the attitude of the public.   What you mean by Education - knowledge in basic skills, academics, technical, discipline, citizenship or is it something else? 
“A man is marked as educated not by his complicated answers but by his clear, simple […]

The other day I waited for an hour on the Delhi-Gurgaon toll plaza. An hour! On an expressway! Aren’t they supposed to make distances shorter? Well, apparently not. And then it struck me that it’s not only the expressway, there is a problem everywhere. Along with a new flyover, comes a new traffic line –up. 
So […]

  
Let us be true to ourselves and find an answer to a question asked very frequently - Are you able to manage your time very well? If at all yes, are you able to manage this time productively? 
In a business set-up, we have several pressing work demands for the same time period and we often […]

Sania Mirza, Rajavardhan Singh Rathod, Chak De to name a few have added the ‘multi’ dimension to Indian sports which till late was synonymous with cricket. And the stock market has touched new peaks showing that the Indian story doesn’t quite end with IT.
But why talk of these two in the same breath. What do […]

It’s a common fallacy across the board that Communication is mainly about Talking / Writing. You tell or ask something in written words or speech, ergo, you are in communication.  And if you should start a conversation on this, the other person is likely to say – “Oh no, its so much about non-verbal communication […]

Presidential Elections have just got over in
Russia and Dmitry Medvedev won a landslide victory in these elections that were held on March 2. Medvedev has been provided with a mandate to step into the rather large shoes of Vladimir Putin. In the final vote count, Medvedev got 70.2 percent of the vote with 99.7 […]

 
Have you ever wondered how some English phrases have their origination from the various games and sports that people play? 
Sport is defined as a physical activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively. Also, it is defined as a physical activity that is engaged in for pleasure […]

“I can’t believe you speak such fluent English,” is the comment we (my husband and I) get every time we meet a South African. My first thought is “you will be shocked if you visit India, where even daily labourer can string together a sentence in English.”
The statement shows little exposure people here have to […]

 
New Delhi, 29 February 2008:  The 2008 budget is highlighted by the single largest give-away in
India’s fiscal history – Rs 60,000 crore loan waiver for farmers. On one hand, assistance to small farmers by way of credit is a socio-economic necessity; the manner in which it is being executed displays a considerably abrupt response […]