August 2013

Mohammad Anas Wahaj | 15 aug 2013

According to the latest MDG (Millennium Development Goals) Report 2013 released by the UN, India has made substantial progress in reducing its poverty that is visible from its consistently falling poverty rates - 49% in 1994, 42% in 2005, 33% in 2010. If this momentum continues India will be able to achieve its poverty reduction target by 2015. There are eight MDGs that need to be achieved by 2015 - (1) Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger (2) Achieve universal primary education (3) Promote gender equality and empower women (4) Reduce child mortality rates (5) Improve maternal health (6) Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases (7) Ensure environmental sustainability (8) Develop a global partnership for development. Read on...

SME Times: India will meet poverty reduction target by 2015: UN
Author: NA

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Mohammad Anas Wahaj | 13 aug 2013

The challenge to increase employability of Indian engineering graduates and to make them readily-employable is pushing institutions, companies and entrepreneurs seek innovative learning and training models and solutions. In the tough business and economic environment, IT industry employers with their clients wanting more for less and shrinking training budgets, are searching for low cost and job ready engineering talent. According to Swami Manohar, an entrepreneur and former academic, although India produces more engineers than both US and China combined but estimated 80% of these one million annually graduating engineers working in the IT industry were employed in non-core engineering jobs mainly as programmers, software architects, technical and customer support etc. Some experts like E. Balagurusamy, former vice-chancellor of Anna University, even consider the IT slowdown as an opportunity for engineers to explore real engineering related jobs and build things that would add value and contrubute to the national development. Read on...

Live Mint: Striving for quality in India's engineers
Author: Pankaj Mishra

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Mohammad Anas Wahaj | 08 aug 2013

Market research suggests that Indian business-to-business sector is on a growth path and continues to provide opportunities for entrepreneurs. However they require caution and complete understanding of the product offering before treading into the segment. According to experts since volume of B2B transactions is larger than B2C, therefore the marketing strategies need to focus on the customers that businesses are targeting. B2B marketing message concentrates on value, service and trust while B2C on consumer's needs and satisfaction. Read on...

Silicon India: B2B Models of Entrepreneurship: The Blessing or Mess-Up!
Author: NA

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Mohammad Anas Wahaj | 04 aug 2013

Indian IT association, NASSCOM, in its recent report estimates that India will account for more than 1/3rd of the expected US$ 50 billion global software testing market in 2020. Another report by Forrester Research predicts the allocation of 28% of IT budget for outsourced software testing by US and European companies within two years. Reasons for this rise in demand for offshoring of software testing are: Popularization of new technologies like cloud, social media and analaytics have led to the increased demand for 'specialist, independent third party testing service provider'; Shift from GUI based simple testing towards business-driven testing system that considers the underlying business process; Need for agility, faster time to market and low cost has led to newer models of Software Development Life Cycle making offshore testing a viable and attractive option; Need for transparency in performance measurements to ensure quality delivery. To continue as a top outsourcing destination for software testing India has to manage the diminishing labor arbitrage due to rising salary costs, invest in training of workforce, innovate at various stages of testing process and focus on developing a strategic approach to both technical and non-technical aspects of offshore software testing. Read on...

Information Week: Why India has emerged as a preferred destination for outsourcing software testing
Author: Bharti Rao

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