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NIIR Project Consultancy Services

30/09/200930/09/2009 yazdi

NIIR (National Institute of Industrial Research) PROJECT CONSULTANCY SERVICES (NPCS) is a reliable name in the industrial world for offering integrated technical consultancy services. Its various services are: Pre-feasibility study, New Project Identification, Project Feasibility and Market Study, Identification of Profitable Industrial Project Opportunities, Preparation of Project Profiles / Pre-Investment and Pre-Feasibility Studies, Market Surveys / Studies, Preparation of Techno-Economic Feasibility Reports, Identification and Section of Plant /Process / Equipment, General Guidance, Technical and Commercial Counseling for setting up new industrial projects.

NPCS also publishes varies books, directories, databases, detailed project reports, market survey reports on various industries and profit making business. Besides being used by manufacturers, industrialists and entrepreneurs, our publications are also used by professionals including project engineers, information services bureau, consultants and consultancy firms as one of the input in their research.

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TED call for Entries – Short Films

24/09/2009 yazdi

TED Call for Entries: We’re looking for short films (30 seconds to 3 minutes) to be shown at TEDIndia in November. Deadline 10/2/09. For more details, and to submit your film: http://on.ted.com/3K

Call for Entries: TEDIndia Short Films

Source: http://www.ted.com

The TED Conference is announcing a Call for Entries for its short film program, with selected films to be shown at the TEDIndia conference, Nov. 4-7, 2009, in Mysore. Sprinkled between the speakers, TEDIndia will showcase short films, music videos and commercials, lasting about 30 seconds to 3 minutes – Click here for more

Business Ideas, News

Create Impact Through Human-Centered Design

22/09/200922/09/2009 yazdi

Founded in 1991, IDEO* is an innovation and design
firm that uses a human-centered, design-based approach
to help organizations in the business, government,
education, and social sectors innovate and
grow in three ways:
Identify new ways to serve and support people by
uncovering their latent needs, behaviors, and desires.
Visualize new directions for companies and brands and
design the offerings – products, services, spaces, media,
and software – that bring innovation strategy to life.
Enable organizations to change their cultures and build the
capabilities required to sustain innovation.
*Pronounced “eye-dee-oh”
HIGHLIGHTS & ACCOLADES
Ranked #10 on Fast Company’s list of the Top 25 Most
Innovative Companies (2009)
Ranked as one of the most innovative companies in the world
by Boston Consulting Group (2005 – 2007, Business Week)
Ranked #15 on Fortune’s list of 100 most-favored employers by
MBA students (2009, compiled by research firm Universum)
Awarded the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design
Museum’s National Design Award for Product Design (2001)
Winner of more IDEA awards than any other design firm
20 Red Dot awards; 19 iF Hanover awards
Featured in a 1999 episode of ABC’s Nightline, which followed
an IDEO team as they redesigned the shopping cart in four days.

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Business Ideas, Business Plans, Networking, News, Startups

TATA NEN – Hottest Startups Awards

08/09/200908/09/2009 yazdi

TATA NEN Hottest Startups — India’s first ever people’s choice awards. Hottest Startups will identify, showcase and support the highest-potential young companies in India.

» Why These Awards?
» Who’s Involved?
» What are the Eligibility Criteria for Startups?
» How does Hottest Startups Work?
» How Are the Winners Chosen?
» What do the Winners Get?
» How Can I Engage?
» Competition Audit
» Terms and Conditions
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Business Ideas, News, Resources

Patenting for start-ups, the low-cost way

15/08/2009 yazdi

Patenting is a costly, but essential process in a globalized market. Here is the cheapest patent strategy for a start-up

..if we are to raise money, investors would value our company more if we have more IP (intellectual property)

Under the patent system, a company can claim damages from anyone who seeks to commercially exploit an innovation for which they hold a patent….

Click Here for the full article in DARE

Business Ideas, Motivations, News, People / Stories

New Paradigm of Competitiveness

15/08/200915/08/2009 yazdi

Speech by the ITC Chairman, Shri Y.C. Deveshwar, at the 98^th Annual General Meeting on July 24, 2009

Some excerpts :

A UNDP Report prepared a few years ago, pointed out that 10% of the richest adults in the world own as much as 85% of the world’s household wealth, while the bottom 50% have to contend with only 1% of household wealth.

It now takes the Earth one year and four months to regenerate resources used in a single year. And if this continues apace, the equivalent of two Earths will be needed to support humanity’s resource requirements by mid 2030s. The current global economic model is therefore clearly unsustainable.

…..a competitive low carbon strategy of growth will also have to generate incremental employment and livelihoods. Therefore, for Indian business, this new paradigm of competitiveness will not only require the creation of “green businesses”, but also the generation of “green livelihoods”.

Innovation, Incentivisation and Inclusiveness hold the key to crafting this new dimension of competitiveness.

Click Here for the full speech and Video

Business Ideas, Motivations, Portals

Gandhian Engineering for the World

11/08/2009 yazdi

Dr. Mashelkar, in a wonderful, insightful interview talks about his views on Gandhian Engineering and how it can change the world, as we know it now :

Excerpts :

“…..how traditional mindsets become big barriers for innovation.
“Too risky”. “Suppose it fails?” “Impossible. Never done before” “Somebody has already tried it.”
“Let me play devil’s advocate”.

“All of us have seen the whole family of 4 or 5 riding a two wheeler. We did not see anything beyond that. When Ratan Tata saw it, he saw something no one else saw. He said “This is not on. I want to change this.” That is how the 2000$ car was born.”

“The challenge for Indian innovators is to look at the stars with their feet firmly on the ground.”

“If you have focus you can achieve anything.”

For the full interview – Click Here

For the website which conducted this interview and for more Creative, Business Building ideas – IDEAZRS – Click Here

Business Ideas, News

The Best Designs of 2009

03/08/200903/08/2009 yazdi

IDEA 2009 Gold Award Winners

Over 30 products were given the top award in the International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) 2009, organized by the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA). These ranged from innovative heavy-duty equipment to complex medical systems. The emphasis was on creating an appropriately user-friendly experience, whether that user is a veteran warehousing professional or a seasoned clinician. The Best in Show title was awarded to a company that is working hard to exorcise its past demons: Nike (NKE) won for its Trash Talk basketball shoe, made entirely from recycled materials.

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Courtesy : Nauzad Tantra

Business Ideas, News

Liquid Fuel From Solar Power

02/08/200902/08/2009 yazdi

First came corn and cane as biomass for renewable fuel, then cellulosic materials and algae. Now Joule Biotechnologies Inc. has emerged from stealth mode with a recipe for making transportation fuel without biomass by simply harnessing solar power and carbon-dioxide emissions.

Joule Biotechnologies

The Cambridge, Mass.-based start-up, which is backed by its founders and venture-capital firm Flagship Ventures, has developed a technology using microorganisms that make fuels and chemicals from the photosynthetic conversion of sunlight and CO2. Joule’s scientists incorporated solar converters into the technology to optimize the process that makes what the company calls “solar fuel.”

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