Being Twitter deft or Twitter dumb: is that the question?

Social networking has assumed immense importance in our lives. Over the last few months, we have seen how a tweet, a profile status or personal information on Facebook can cost some people their job, marriage, image and much more.

In fact, there is an ongoing debate on whether blogs, tweets and..... Read more »

Tags: Sonia Gandhi, Manmohan Singh, microblog, Twittergate, Congress, Bharatiya Janata Party, Facebook, Twitter, Shashi Tharoor, Twitter Inc.

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Will India finally see 3G spectrum auction in December?

The auction for 3G spectrum was to happen in December 2008, but a host of issues (such as lack of agreement between ministries over the reserve price for the spectrum, the forthcoming general elections, the global financial meltdown coupled with telecom operators' reluctance in making huge expenditure on 3G) led..... Read more »

Tags: 3G, Swati Prasad, MTNL, BSNL, DoT, ARPU, Auction, Spectrum, Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd., average revenue per user

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Why don't we want to pay our teachers more?

In March 2007, I got the opportunity to visit the Indian Institute of Technology in Mumbai. It was interesting to visit the alma mater of thousands of successful engineers and Silicon Valley entrepreneurs. The faculty members were fondly narrating episodes of some of their brightest students.

But, throughout the day-long visit,..... Read more »

Tags: Faculty Member, Salary, Indian Institute of Technology, Human Resources Inc., virtualization, IIT, Education, teacher, professor, Social Networking

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Swati Prasad

Swati Prasad is a New Delhi-based freelance business journalist. Over the last 15 years, Swati has worked in both Delhi and Mumbai as a correspondent and editor for India’s leading publications, such as The Economic Times, Business Standard and Business Today. As a freelance journalist, she regularly writes on technology, economy and corporate issues.