The U.S. Department of Commerce and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) launched the IPEF Upskilling Initiative, in support of the objectives of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF). The Initiative will be a public-private endeavor to support sustainable and inclusive economic growth by providing primarily women and girls in...
Indian Professionals Favor American Employers, Overwhelmingly
Multinational organizations, especially American ones, continue to dominate the list of technology companies that are the best workplaces as rated by the Indian employees on the job-site Indeed. Adobe Inc. has emerged as the best technology company to work for in India, followed by computer gaming company NVIDIA and Microsoft...
15-Year-Old in India Innovates “Green Wood”
Watching the mounds of grain chaff burning at her family’s farm in India’s northern city of Amritsar, the then 15-year-old Bisman Deu decided to research the pollution caused by this activity. “I started researching pollution,” she says, “then I researched the properties of rice husk; it has a high silica...
Capitalizing on the Indian Online Market
"500 million people will be coming online over the next three to four years on inexpensive smartphones," said Vivek Wadhwa, an Indian-American academic and entrepreneur. "This will create an Internet revolution that will make our (American) dot-com boom seem lame." These soon-to-be connected consumers are also young -- making them...
HP Takes Medical Services to Rural India
Hewlett Packard along with Narayana Health has been running cloud-enabled portable eHealth centers in rural India. These are built in shipping containers and placed in states such as Uttar Pradesh, where thousands of people are being given medical aid. These containers are easy to transport and are equipped to deliver...
How Dell Computer Became the Market Leader in India
According to CNN'S FortuneTech, before Dell Computers' success, India’s computer market was ruled by Hewlett-Packard and Chinese computer maker Lenovo. HP arrived in 1989 when its only competition was IBM. Both HP and Lenovo had factories in India, and their products were available off the shelf through a vast retail...