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COVER STORY
$1 billion and counting
The industry has already crossed $1 billion in exports this year, double its performance just two years ago. Can it keep up the pace? Maybe, if the players think big enough. A survey of the Indian auto components industry.
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IN DEPTH
Beyond call centres
How does the ITES industry grow beyond call centres - the BW-Nasscom roundtable.
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IN VOGUE
A fingerprint for the future
They were seen in military installations and Steven Spielberg films. But now, biometric solutions are set to take over your life. God wills it.
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IN THE NEWS
On a slimming regimen
IL&FS recently sold its mutual fund schemes to UTI. And now it is looking for a way out of the other businesses that don't fit its core mandate of infrastructure financing. Is all this in preparation of a merger with Infrastructure Development Finance Corporation?
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"Animal houses expressed inability to do our tests"
It has managed to arouse a lot of curiosity. For the first time research director Satish Totey speaks about the company's research on stem cells.
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The price of terror
What are the costs of continued conflict between India and Pakistan? The Gross Terror Product of the two countries gives an idea.
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Mandir, masjid, or both?
What was behind prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's statement that the Ram temple is still an unfinished agenda?
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COLUMNS
COMMENTS : Ashok V. Desai
Towards a BJP trade policy
If import duties on gold and silver are removed, Indian jewellers will be able to compete better with global rivals.
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ARBOR MENTIS: Subroto Bagchi
Building respect, brick by brick
India must build companies of global standing if it is to consolidate its position in the world.
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THAT'S IT : Mala Bhargava
Smart phones for the rest of us
PDA phones just got smarter - but companies must work on educating customers on how to use them.
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BW OPINION
A policy tailspin
The recommendations of the Naresh Chandra Committee are a package and shouldn’t be adopted piecemeal.
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COVER STORY
Eastward bound
Foreign auto components makers are relocating plants to India. But is that really good news?
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Moving up the value chain
India has started making forays into design & development, but R&D is not on the horizon yet.
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Caveat venditor
Indian companies must understand issues of product liability and recall. Else they may run up millions of dollars in losses.
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New players, new learnings
There's a new breed of auto parts exporters in India. It is no longer a case of the Bharat Forges and the Sundram Fasteners monopolising exports.
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The weak link
Future industry growth depends on how many quality Tier III suppliers develop. But too few of them are around today.
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The agitation of auto ancillaries
Indian companies face a real threat from Thai companies in supplies to original equipment manufacturers. But they can use this as an opportunity to expand into the global market.
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IN DEPTH
Saving the valley
Can Bangalore save Valley VCs?
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Ads in the big picture
What is worrying ad film makers?
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Prescription for change
Medybiz finds a niche.
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CASE STUDY
Are we cookie cutters?
Organisations decide what they want and the education system produces accordingly. But does real innovation need a different approach?
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