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    Securing India’s energy future

    2020-09-21T08:50:33+00:00December 11th, 2016|2016, Sector Focus, Year, Yearend 2016|

    India has got its electricity under control but still does not have an answer to its unrelenting thirst for imported crude. India has invested heavily in building up power plants to the extent there is a glut-like situation today. This year, India’s installed power capacity crossed 300 GW while peak power consumption is estimated in the range of just 140 GW. At least part of this excess capacity is lost as, at 27 per cent, the distribution and transmission losses [...]

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      Driving into the world

      2018-09-06T10:13:15+00:00December 10th, 2016|2016, Sector Focus, Year, Yearend 2016|

      The automobile industry continued to make a mark in global sweepstakes during 2016 and looks set to drive through further barriers in the New Year. While unveiling the new version of its compact sports utility vehicle EcoSport at the 2016 Los Angeles Auto Show earlier this month, Michigan-based Ford announced it would be exported to its home country – US – in 2018 from its factory in Chennai. In itself this may not be a big deal. Over 650,000 units [...]

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        The future of Indian IT

        2018-05-18T13:04:36+00:00December 10th, 2016|2016, Sector Focus, Year, Yearend 2016|

        Bright sunny days over, Indian IT industry braces for big churn

        With revenues of $ 160 billion employing a workforce of nearly 4 million, the Indian information and technology (IT) sector is without exception the first industry that showcased India’s prowess at low cost problem solving to the wide world. Kick-started largely thanks to the Y2K scare that gripped the world in late 1990’s, India firmly established itself at the forefront of outsourcing game.

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          India uses tech to overcome challenges

          2018-05-18T13:04:38+00:00December 9th, 2016|2016, Sector Focus, Year, Yearend 2016|

          Mehul Kapadia is the vice-president of Tata Communications and managing director in charge of the Formula One Business of the firm. F1, one of the most technologically advanced sports in the world, holds races across five continents and 21 countries. Here the Tata Comms chief explains why they chose the Indian tech giant and how the year 2016 has been a good one.

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            India’s global quest for energy security

            2020-03-12T14:52:21+00:00December 9th, 2016|2016, Sector Focus, Year, Yearend 2016|

            As India looks set to increase its GDP fivefold, to about $10 trillion, by 2040, it is axiomatic that the country’s energy demand will rise in tandem.

            India recently took a small first step towards ensuring its energy security by commissioning three underground storage units of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve Project with a combined capacity of 5.33 million metric tonnes of crude.

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              Time to switch gears and speed up innovation

              2018-05-18T13:04:37+00:00December 9th, 2016|2016, Sector Focus, Year, Yearend 2016|

              India’s auto industry has arrived on the global stage but has to learn to adapt to go further.

              With annual sales of over 20 million units, the Indian automobile industry is one of the largest in the world. It is the fourth largest market for cars behind China, US and Japan and trails only China in the global pecking order for two wheelers. It has also been one of the fastest growing automobile markets in the world at a time when there are fewer takers for cars around the world. Many believe India will emerge as the third largest market for cars as early as the turn of this decade.

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