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...confused with Reliance Industries Ltd., another massive conglomerate owned by Anil Ambani's even richer brother Mukesh), gets an entry into Hollywood and some of the biggest names in the business. "If they [Reliance] identify a particular segment as high-growth they go all-out for it," says Smita Jha, an analyst at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC). "This has as much to do with the way Reliance does business as it does any overall industry trend...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spielberg's Bollywood Wedding | 6/23/2008 | See Source »

Enter Bangalore's finishing schools. "We spoke to companies, educational institutes and students across three states while preparing our course curriculum, and they all said there was a huge need to develop personal leadership and interpersonal and communication skills among graduates," says Pallavi Jha, chair of Dale Carnegie Training's Indian partner, Walchand PeopleFirst Ltd. A large part of the coursework is overcoming cultural differences. "The handshake, if you are a woman, is tricky," says Neetika Verma, a Dale Carnegie instructor. "We tell our female students, 'If a man doesn't reach out to shake your hand, take the first...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Postcard: Bangalore | 4/24/2008 | See Source »

...Enter the finishing schools. "We spoke to companies, educational institutes and students across three states while preparing our course curriculum, and they all said there was a huge need to develop personal leadership, and interpersonal and communication skills among graduates," says Pallavi Jha, chairman and managing director, Walchand PeopleFirst Ltd., which is partnering with Dale Carnegie Training to offer courses in India. "We've had requests to train people at vice president level in presentation and networking skills...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dale Carnegie Comes to India | 4/15/2008 | See Source »

...reverse cultural acclimatization is also under way, however, as growing numbers of former expatriates and Indians born and raised abroad begin to work in India. "Until 10 years back, the only foreigners were at the CEO level," says Jha, "but today, they're at all levels." Various informal expat clubs offer tips to ensure a soft landing for first-timers, and even books are available containing tips on avoiding cultural faux pas, doing business in Bangalore, and on taxation, banking and foreign exchange regulations in India. "No matter where you're working in the IT industry, in three to four...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dale Carnegie Comes to India | 4/15/2008 | See Source »

...absolutely outrageous that there are veterans in America who don’t have health insurance,” said Ashish Jha, a professor at the School of Public Health. “Frankly, I have been very surprised at how little political traction the issue of uninsured veterans has gotten, but maybe in a presidential election year, this study will have a larger effect...

Author: By Cora K. Currier, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Veterans Swell Ranks Of U.S. Uninsured | 11/1/2007 | See Source »

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