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...founder of the global IT giant Infosys. Through his focus on global entrepreneurship (his globalization-friendly compadre Thomas Friedman of the New York Times credits Nilekani for inspiring his book The World is Flat and writes "Seattle has Bill ... Bangalore has Nandan"), Nilekani possesses a bird's-eye view of India's strengths and weaknesses. Though inclined to see information technology as a panacea for India's social ills (he admits he fears being deemed "the computer boy"), Nilekani is quick to caution that safeguarding India's growth requires far more than economic prowess. (Read "Stressed Out in India...
...that message has been passed on to industry and research institutions. A recent DOD acquisition directive requires the military to consider the "fuel burdens" of new technology, while a special office inside the DOD monitors alternative energy efforts at U.S.-based universities and institutions with an eye to awarding funding. DARPA was recently given $100 million for a research project into alternative fuels. (See TIME's special report on the environment...
...Washington will keep Detroit open until the government can afford for it to close. That will not happen during this recession. If the car companies can work their camel though the eye of a needle, it may not happen at all. That is to say, long term, "Made In America" will not be stamped on very many cars...
...Nano - this one fully equipped with air-conditioning - through the highways, cobbled avenues and side streets of Pune. People swerved and tailgated to get a closer look, waving and shouting, "Hey, Nano!" as the car passed. When we stopped, a crowd immediately gathered. "It looks very appealing to the eye," says Bhagwat Pulsandar, 25, a Pune law student. "Possessing a car is a status symbol," says Rajib Das, 30, a shopkeeper in Sukantonagar, West Bengal, who says he wants to be the first in his village to own a Nano. "Who wouldn't want to rise in life?" (See pictures...
David B. Arnold ’71, whose latest photo exhibit is designed to serve as an eye opener to the serious effects of global warming on some of the world’s most remote mountains and glaciers, spoke last night to a small group of students about his observations. The talk—co-hosted by the Harvard Mountaineering Club and the Environmental Action Committee—centered on the new exhibit, which compares pictures taken by Arnold recently to pictures taken in the mid-20th century by former Mountaineering Club president and renowned photographer H. Bradford Washburn...