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By far the most important skill in business,” wrote the London Times’s Sathnam Sanghera in a recent column (also carried in this paper), “is the ability to tell a decent anecdote.” I think he’s right, especially when it comes to the old-fashioned way of doing business — face to face. “Frankly,” said Sanghera, “banter should be taught at school alongside Geography and Maths. Nothing will benefit your career more.”

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India may borrow less after outlay cuts: Finance Secretary
The government might consider selling fewer bonds in the year ending March after announcing expenditure cuts yesterday, Finance Secretary Ashok Chawla said.

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'It may take us two years to get a permanent location of our own'
Almost a year after its inception, the Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar (IITGn) has got its own director in Sudhir K Jain. An expert in earthquake engineering, Jain graduated with a BE in civil engineering from IIT Roorkee before he went on to pursue a masters degree, as well as PhD in structural engineering. In an interview with VINAY UMARJI & CHITRA UNNITHAN, Jain talks about his plans of making IITGn “one of the finest institutions in the world”. Edited excerpts:
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Punjab to set up IT park at Rajpura

The Punjab government has decided to establish a self-contained integrated information technology and knowledge industry park spread over an area of 1,276 acres at Rajpura. Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal gave his in-principle approval for acquisition of common land in contiguity of six villages in one go for the setting up of the prestigious industrial park for IT/ITeS industry. - Pune"s IT, BPO cos see 20% fall in attendance - 50 cities identified by Nasscom for IT, ITeS sector - Red flag over job losses - Subir Roy: The 2020 challenge before IT-BPO">Subir Roy: The 2020 challenge before IT-BPO - IT-BPO promote gender inclusivity - IT-BPO firms on alert The upcoming industrial park would house the companies operating in business process outsourcing, knowledge process outsourcing, legal process outsourcing and engineering process outsourcing. Besides software companies, software testing companies, hardware manufacturing companies, multimedia, graphic, animation and gaming industry, eAdvertising, eMarketing and ePublishing houses, consultancy firms and education & training institutions would also come up in the IT park. The CM asked the Punjab Information & Communication Technology Corporation Ltd. which is the nodal agency to implement this project, to engage the services of some renowned international consultants for designing and developing the project and suggested to invite a global tender for seeking expression of interest from the interested consultants . Industries & Commerce Principal Secretary S S Channy said the project would be developed in a phased manner with residential and social infrastructure facilities such as healthcare, recreation, health clubs and hotels. He said that efficient and reliable power, water, waste management and technology facilities would be provided to the prospective entrepreneurs. A comprehensive network of logistic system encompassing road, rail and air linkages would be ensured besides adequate focus on security and disaster management systems. It had also been proposed to install internet tower with satellite connectivity for direct software export and communication and wi-max technology for high-speed wireless connectivity in SEZ. Exhibition centres including IT-BPO and international trade facilitation centre would also be set up there.


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