Making Takshila in California: A tale of revealing corruption, collusion, and abuse of power by the State of California

 In 2017, when Lt Governor, Gavin Newsom was running around and giving talks on NPR on education and more specifically on computer education, BPPE was running around and sending out threatening letters to computer Boot-camps and crash course centers to CLOSE DOWN or PAY!. Lt. Governor Newsom said that the California education system has been failing us. We need more innovative and creative ways to train our new generation. Does BPPE have anyone who can support that, or at least not hinder the process of innovation in education by putting blocks of 20 years old methodologies under the throat of new and budding innovation educational institutions?

BPPE is - breaking laws, abusing power, lying under oath, fabricating review reports, and extorting money from the very people it supposed to guide and regulate.

 

BPPE/DCA either lied to California Citizen or defrauded Federal Government's Education Depart (Financial Aid Program).

Below are the links to a book, two articles - (i) Abuse of Power, and (ii) Law and Outlaw. 

 

Article (i): Abuse of Power

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TKRVmL6vdnnPJCLjUBV1FIKMEKjC-be-/view?usp=sharing

Article (ii): California Government Agencies and Legal System made Law the Outlaw

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AVJjUgWNfcOF8taiLWpJu31_eQqZQMwo/view?usp=sharing

Book : Making Takshila in California: A tale of revealing corruption, collusion, and
abuse of power by the State of California

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1n6vY3ps5jKBIjCUjB9aaf-6TujMrysYO/view?usp=sharing

Appendices to the book:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yC0Bw6f4vtNoZ8vwf0n8T95-udqAsb4L/view?usp=sharing

The Book is an account of my journey to make an Institution named California Takshila University in California.  It is a tale of revealing corruption, collusion, and abuse of power by the State of California. 

The Bureau for Private Post Secondary Education (BPPE), and Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) of California engaged in abusive and unconstitutional activities. 

Takshila: One of the best performing innovative start-up institution that produced and trained high-tech professionals successfully.  Silicon Valley and rest of the country happily employed CTU graduates.  Now, Takshila is in Limbo. CTU has been bullied, threatened and subjected to injustice, prejudice, and discrimination. CTU and my constitutional rights were violated.

And the question is WHY? 

This WHY will take all of us to the land where state Assembly members, state Senators, the U.S. Congressman, and some media do not want to go. But, we live in an age-of-truth-prevails faster than one can imagine. Thus, I am here to open the chapter that sheds light on some of the state regulator's corruptions, collusions, fabrications that culminated in the spoliation of evidence, lying under oath, and disobedience to civil laws and regulations. When all is said and done, you will be surprised or you may have a hard time believing that your tax money is being used for the salaries of the people who are involved in such heinous activities.

 

We accidentally questioned BPPE, DCA and California Attorney General (both Kamala Harris and Xavier Becerra). We (unintentionally) flashed light on the wrongdoing of the system. That did not go very well. We were, thus, systematically bullied, threatened, discriminated against and violated of our constitutional rights.

During the process of satisfying the abuses, we would end-up uncovering the darts that must not be uncovered. Hence our path with BPPE became treacherous.  This book is an account for that.  We are not a unique situation.  

There are over several hundred may be near thousands of California institutions have a similar story to tell.

Someone needs to ASK. 

All we wanted to do is teach.  And, all we want you - the Senators and Assembly members - to do is perform sincere and honest oversights of the Government agencies and their official, and protect the Californian Citizens from their abuse and corruption.

CTU's MSCS program is a graduate level and met both the original Minimum Educational Requirements in Order to Award a Graduate Degree (Cal. Code Regs., tit. 5, § 71865, subd . (a)):  (Cal. Code Regs., tit. 5, § 71865, subd .  (a)) and the twisted SOI#8 that asks for rigor.   Yet Judge Johnson constructed misleading and false finding and drew a decision that CTU's program did not meet the minimum requirement as stated in the above regulation.  BPPE, DCA and Attorney General sang the same chorus.  Our repeated request to the State senators, Assembly members, DCA Director, and BPPE Chief to carefully review the documents, the facts, and the regulations; failed to get their sincere attention.

Hence, finally, Mr. Dean R. Grafilo's deputy, Mr. Ryan Marcroft, ordered CTU to close down its operation. Fully illegally and all our elected officials looked the other way.   With this, State of California not only committed one count of wrongdoing but also committed over 1000 counts of wrongdoing.   CTU is the only one that has the tenacity and conviction to fight against injustices the, as it states on the Attorney General's Emblem, - "Liberty and Justice Under Law".

 

Earn an MBA in entrepreneurship while doing an entrepreneurial venture

Start-up and

Entrepreneurial Center

Center for Entrepreneurial Development, California Takshila University approved a new program from entrepreneurs - Earn an MBA in Entrepreneurship while doing an entrepreneurial venture.

Have your work space away from home and/or current work place.

Who should join the program?

An entrepreneur of IT-software, Biotech and other related fields who wishes to start a dream project, needs a work space with early-phase entrepreneurial support – professional, academic and unique entrepreneurial emotional bouncer.  Have access to faculties and students.  

Already have a business somewhere else and wishes to open a business development center in Silicon Valley.  MBAs and IT-software students and faculties are available to support your projects too.

Receive:
(1) Business plan development support
(2) Marketing research and market-plan development support
(3) Develop to-the-point presentation/communication skills that draw attention to your subject
(4) Get introduced to  Ankur2Angels, TIE angels and other organizations
(5) Get understanding of Crowd/cloud funding

And, all these work will earn you an MBA that is tailored to your interest, background and dreams.

For detail:
email: outreach@ctuniv.org

Why did we predict Obama would win the 2008 election and why are we predicting he will do it again in 2012?

Gordon Bell and I decided to explore one of the invisible trait of leadership that is as primordial as early points of evolutionary track- the essence.  Most successful leaders (good or bad) of all time had/have the essence.  We felt it from Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Masayoshi Son, Hiroshi Mikitani, Tom Cech, Dalai Lama, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, Desmond Mpilo Tutu, Bill Clinton, and John F. Kennedy. 

   

Leadership that president Obama exercised past four years as our president and before that as a politician is fundamentally of a leadership quality of a politepreneur(tm).  He has taken risks that others dare to charter in, utilized challenges as opportunities, and compromised and collaborated where defeats are certain. 

The reasons we predict his reelection are not political ...they are about humanity.  We may not agree with any or all of a politician’s viewpoints and actions, yet I’ll vote for them based on what I perceive about them as beings.

Thus, the overall reason he will be reelected is his consummate abilities as a communicator.  I believe that Obama wants to do his level best ...as long as the American public wants him on the job.  If he were to lose the election, he would keep on going as he would after serving a second term. 

We honestly cannot imagine a human with his degree of magnitude.  We revel at the man and genuinely believe his critics do not really comprehend him.  He truly is a one-of-a- kind man.  No one on the scene today can compete and win anything from him.

And, who he is readily visible when he walks up to the podium and speaks.  And, it’s also seen in his demeanor when in a casual situation and playing sports, etc.  Let’s say they’re 10 things a speaker can do to be influencing and persuasive and win by just doing 7 of the 10 ...Obama does 11. 

He has ethos, meaning he quickly and easily establishes rapport.  He is as sincere, authentic and transparent as one can be in a system that prohibits sincerity, authenticity, and transparency.

While he is ahead in ethos, a value or characteristic so vital, it alone can win any contest, he does or has more of one other vital element never discussed regarding presentation skills...  essence.

Essence is very difficult to identify and describe, so we will do our best.

Essence is a form of energy.  It is not the same energy used to perform.  It is a deeper energy that used with the energy to perform, creates a glow or a presence.  And, presence is very difficult to describe.  You just sense or feel it.

In the animal kingdom, it is sensed by the others in a group.  One dog in a pack of dogs will fast be the pack’s leader.  They don’t negotiate the leadership, it just happens.  The dog with the strongest essence leads and the rest follow.  When there is a tie, they fight to see who wins.

Since we are all essentially the same as animals in this regard, we too elevate the guy with the strongest essence, in this case the politician to leadership ...because, he or she has the essence we respect and even revere.  It is usually an unconscious and seldom if ever spoken about decision.

On the flip side, if we do not like that politician’s policies or affiliations, we tend to have an emotional response and might even demonstrate anger.  We may be followers of other leaders who themselves declare their opposition and so we take sides blowing the theory apart.  So, humans are more complex than animals.

We even witnessed actions that some might consider absolutely insane for the first couple of years of the Obama presidency.  That was simply a knee jerk reaction that grew in magnitude only to match the magnitude of Barack Obama.

 In spite of his more than obvious qualities, some just do not like a person with great essence.  And, because they have exceptional essence, we attempt to fight or respond to the heightened essence in a comparable and often vengeful manner.

The one leader who Obama most resembles in the regard of exceptional essence is JFK (John F Kennedy).  Both JFK and Obama had/have the ability to stand up and remain silent yet communicate in spades.

Allow us to better explain what essence is:

Essence is the virtual inexplicable primal energy we inherit ancestrally through our mother’s and father’s line.  And, their genes changed based on the life experiences they go through, what they adapt to, what they eat, what they think, how long they live, and on and on. 

It goes into the fetal cells from the sperm and the ova into your body.  The original essence is stored in the lower lumbar and feeds the whole body.

It determines genetically:

·         how long we are going to live

·         how strong we are going to be

·         when we are going to go into menopause

·         when we are going to get gray hair

·         when we are going to lose bone density

·         how long our offspring will live

·         how much will, drive and courage we will have

·         how strong, young and vital our body is.

It will determine everything about our makeup, our brain, our psychological outlook on life, whether we have more courage, more fear and how we can adapt to stress.

It’s very fundamental ...one of the most important things about our physical existence that we have to respect and understand. 

Doesn’t this explain the factor that differentiated JFK from Richard Nixon and Barack Obama from John McCain, and now from Mitt Romney?

Essence determines how a communicator will appear, stand or sit.  It influences the expressions through their eyes, their body language, and their entire demeanor.

During the 2008 Presidential Campaign, CNN occasionally put both McCain and Obama on the same screen split down the middle.  John McCain was and is a good speaker; however, he was no match to Obama. 

Obama made many fewer body movements, which unconsciously is perceived as solid, strong, steady, reliable, etc. especially movement of the head. 

No one, not even his opponents can say he has not exuded leadership characteristics regarding his role of Commander in Chief.  He took risks few would and pulled them off with precision.  Of course, he was blessed with a Navy Seals team who’s caliber of expertise was perhaps unavailable to previous presidents.

But that tends to be a part of or accompany the magic such essence.  People with such essence appear to be lucky.  They are more intuitive then most others.

Strong essence is the foundation of their being.  The Indian and other Asian use the candle to explain essence.  They call essence Jing.

In terms of the candle:  The jing is the wax.  The flame and wick are the Atma/Chi or the type of energy needed to move etc., and the flame is what they call Shen or the glow.  Obama simply glows with treasured radiance and has a unique aura.

We predict that enough voters who are responsive to the man and not as much his policies and politics will vote for him as they did in 2008 because no one on the scene as yet can compete with his essence.

                          

                                                                              - Ryan Baidya and Gordon Bell

Bio-business Boot-Camp - @ California Takshila University

We have arranged a workshop/Boot-camp for biotech business professionals - entrepreneurs, scientists, non-science professionals, banker/financials individuals, Government officials and investment communities on September 29, 2012 .

 It will be an one-day workshop with hands-on trainings in bio-business. Participants will learn nuts-&-bolts of the industry, will gain inside of investing in either private or publicly trading biotech companies, and will have opportunities to meet other players in the industry for possible future alliances. You will also received a copy of the book Biopreneurs: The Molecular Millionaires. Published by California Takshila University
http://www.ctuniv.org/university-press.htm

Location: Santa Clara (Silicon Valley), California. If you would like to participate in this event and would like to have more info, please send email to: biopreneur@ctuniv.org. Thank you

Press Release

Santa Clara, California – May 31, 2012:  California Takshila University (Takshila) and The Brazilian Agency for Industrial Development (ABDi) signed a collaborative agreement to promote and strengthen cooperative relations between the parties.  The purpose of the Agreement is to develop entrepreneurship and educational collaboration and promote friendly relations between the two parties. ABDi and Takshila recognize the importance of:

(a)    Developing effective global competitive policies and strategies to promote sustainable economic growth;

(b)   Acknowledging that innovation is the driver of future growth and prosperity;

(c)    Understanding that investments in innovation and human capital development contribute to regional, national and international competitiveness;

(d)   Collaboration to promote global competitive policies and strategies to enhance sustainable economic growth;

(e)    Developing entrepreneurship and educational collaboration;

“This agreement underscores Brazil’s commitment in developing an innovation-based economy driven by new generational entrepreneurs,” said Dr. Wilker Ribeiro Filho, Project specialist, ABDi. “We are very excited to work with Takshila that bridges two most important nations of EG4 (BRIC) –India and Brazil being in Silicon Valley, the change setter of technology-based economy,” he added.

Under this agreement ABDi and Takshila will foster exchange and visits of entrepreneurs, staffs and students, exchange of educational materials and publications, cooperation in research and the presentation of its results, establish a strategic partnership to promote high-value innovation business activities, and assist in entrepreneurship- trainings, workshops, forums and meetings.

Dr. Ryan Baidya, Director, California Takshila University said, “ We are very pleased to have ABDi, Brazil as our collaborative partner in spreading the “Silicon Valley-Bug” of entrepreneurship.  We do not teach many things, that one sees many traditional campuses, we teach best what the sustainable economy needs the most –entrepreneurship.”

About ABDi   (http://www.abdi.com.br/)

The Brazilian Agency for Industrial development (ABDi) is an industrial and technology development promotion organization of the Government of Brazil. ABDi’s primary focus is to develop strategic actions for Industrial development , and to promote productive investment, employment, innovation and competitiveness of Brazilian industry.

About California Takshila University   (http://www.ctuniv.org/)

California Takshila University is a Think-Tank style innovative academic institution.  Takshila’s primary goal is to develop, deliver and disseminate entrepreneurial education and spirit globally.  The university is currently developing an innovative project in green energy in India.

MacArthur Fellows-- 2011

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation today named 22 new MacArthur Fellows for 2011. Working across a broad spectrum of endeavors, the Fellows include an architect, a sports medicine researcher, a cellist, a developmental biologist, a radio producer, a neurologist, a conservator, a poet, a technologist, and a public historian. All were selected for their creativity, originality, and potential to make important contributions in the future.

The recipients learned, through a phone call out of the blue from the Foundation, that they will each receive $500,000 in no-strings-attached support over the next five years. MacArthur Fellowships come without stipulations or reporting requirements and offer Fellows unprecedented freedom and opportunity to reflect, create, and explore. The unusual level of independence afforded to Fellows underscores the spirit of freedom intrinsic to creative endeavors. The work of MacArthur Fellows knows neither boundaries nor the constraints of age, place, and endeavor.

"This has been a year of great change and extraordinary challenge, and we are once again reminded of the potential individuals have to make a difference in the world and shape our future," said Robert Gallucci, President of the MacArthur Foundation. "The MacArthur Fellows exemplify how individual creativity and talent can spark new insights and ideas in every imaginable field of human endeavor."

Among the recipients this year are:

a radio producer engaging a new generation of listeners with audio explorations of scientific and philosophical questions that recreate the thrill of discovery (Jad Abumrad);
a sports medicine researcher advancing the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of sports-related brain injuries to improve the safety of athletes of all ages (Kevin Guskiewicz);
a technologist inventing low-cost, easy-to-deploy sensor systems to enable users to track household energy consumption and to make buildings more responsive to our needs (Shwetak Patel);
a clinical psychologist deepening understanding of self-injury and suicide among adolescents and adults in the interest of saving lives and influencing mental health care in our society (Matthew Nock);
an architect integrating conventional materials, bold yet functional designs, and ecologically friendly technology in a wide range of striking structures (Jeanne Gang);
a parasitologist/virologist decoding the genomes of virulent human pathogens that cause rare diseases and threaten the lives of millions in the developing world (Elodie Ghedin);
a long-form journalist crafting richly illuminating accounts of ordinary people in such rapidly changing societies as Reform Era China (Peter Hessler);
a percussionist and composer infusing Latin jazz with bold new energy and sound, dazzling technical abilities, and rhythmically adventurous compositions (Dafnis Prieto);
an evolutionary geneticist addressing such fundamental questions as why some species reproduce sexually and why some species carry more than one copy of each gene (Sarah Otto);
a public historian reframing the history of colonial America in works that illuminate the complex relationship between African and Cherokee peoples (Tiya Miles); and
a poet and translator mining the classical world and poetic techniques to craft imaginative explorations of contemporary life that evoke insights about antiquity's relevance for today (A. E. Stallings).

Summary information about the MacArthur Fellows is attached. Additional biographical information, video interviews, and downloadable photos are online at www.macfound.org/fellows.

"The call from the Foundation is the culmination of an intensive year or longer review of the creative efforts and promise of each Fellow. It comes out of the blue and offers the new Fellows the gift of time and the unfettered opportunity to explore, create, and contribute," said Daniel J. Socolow, director of the MacArthur Fellows Program.

The selection process begins with formal nominations. Hundreds of anonymous nominators assist the Foundation in identifying people to be considered for a MacArthur Fellowship. Nominations are accepted only from invited nominators, a list that is constantly renewed throughout the year. They are chosen from many fields and challenged to identify people who demonstrate exceptional creativity and promise. A Selection Committee of roughly a dozen members, who also serve anonymously, meets regularly to review files, narrow the list, and make final recommendations to the Foundation's Board of Directors. The number of Fellows selected each year is not fixed; typically, it varies between 20 and 25.

Including this year's Fellows, 850 people, ranging in age from 18 to 82 at the time of their selection, have been named MacArthur Fellows since the inaugural class in 1981.

2011 MacArthur Fellows

Jad Abumrad, 38, a radio host with WNYC, New York

Marie-Therese Connolly, 54, elder rights lawyer, Washington, D.C.

Roland Fryer, 34. Harvard University economist

Jeanne Gang, 47, Chicago architect

Elodie Ghedin, 44, University of Pittsburgh parasitologist

Markus Greiner, 38, Harvard University physicist

Kevin Guskiewicz, 45, a sports medicine researcher, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Peter Hessler, 42, long-firm journalist, Colorado

Tiya Miles, 41, University of Michigan historian

Matthew Nock, Harvard University psychologist

Francisco Núñez, conductor, Young People's Chorus of New York City

Sarah Otto, University of British Columbia geneticist, Vancouver, BC.

Shwetak Patel, 29 University of Washington computer scientist, Seattle.

Dafnis Prieto, 37, jazz percussionist, New York

Kay Ryan, 65, poet, Fairfax

Melanie Sanford, University of Michigan chemist

William Seeley, 39, UCSF neurologist

Jacob Soll, 42, Rutgers University historian

A.E. Stallings, 43, poet and translator, Athens

Ubaldo Vitali, 67, silversmith, New Jersey

Alisa Weilerstein, 29, cellist, New York

Yukiko Yamashita, 39, University of Michigan biologist

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/09/20/BAHT1L717C.DTL#ixzz1YYQsMpFQ

Entrepreneur-in-Residence

California Takshila University at Santa Clara/Great America Parkway - just launched "Entrepreneur-in- Residence" program.

Start, develop and expand your business being at an entrepreneurial center within an academic center and at the heart of the Silicon Valley entrepreneurial sphere.
Receive thoughtful feedback, access hard-working students for technology and business development through the internship program, and connect with your peers and associates.

It is one of the best way access USA-market through Silicon Valley.
One can establish presence in USA without having to take the risk of committing significant resources and funds.

Takshila Magazine

Takshila Magazine just been published and can be downloaded from
http://www.ctuniv.org/university-press.htm

Magazine can be downloaded from the left-side panel

Best regards,

Medical Device India

India – September 16, 2010
Consumer Medical Devices to Cater to India’s Increasingly Urbanized Middle Class

By the end of this year, over 60% of the entire Indian population will be classified as middle-class, according to a survey by CRISIL. Many live in India’s tier 1 and tier 2 cities, and some may earn as much as USD20,000 per year - or the equivalent of over USD100,000 per year in India when adjusted for purchasing power parity. Changing lifestyles and eating habits, an over-taxed healthcare system and a dearth of healthcare services are opening up new opportunities for the healthcare sector.

Unlike many countries with aging populations, India has a much younger population – and it is still growing. By 2030, India could surpass China as the world’s most populous nation. Its population is projected to reach 1.6 billion by 2050.

According to census data, there were only 290 million people living in cities in India in 2001. By 2008, there were 390 million. Forty-two of these cities had populations of over one million each.

The public healthcare infrastructure in India’s cities is severely stretched and can barely cope with such exponential growth.

India is a market that has caught the attention of personal healthcare equipment suppliers. Patients still depend heavily on medical practitioners and hospitals for medical diagnostic services but a growing number are turning to affordable and easy-to-use self-care medical devices.

Opportunities for self-administered healthcare
With a shift towards urban lifestyles, the incidences of diabetes, cancer, chronic heart diseases and hypertension in India have increased significantly.

The International Diabetes Federation estimates that the number of diabetic patients in India more than doubled from 19 million in 1995 to 40.9 million in 2007. It is projected to increase to 69.9 million by 2025. This is due to a changing diet nationwide that is rich in fat, sugar and calories, as well as the lack of exercise and physical activity.

Portable medical devices that help monitor blood glucose level, blood pressure and heart rate could provide a convenient solution for self-care and self-checks amongst patients with high blood pressure and diabetes.

Foreign companies are banking on the portable devices market, sometimes by partnering with local incumbents. In 2008, Piramal Healthcare introduced a portable self-monitoring blood glucose (SMBG) system with Arkray from Japan. The device simplifies self-monitoring of blood sugar levels into three simple steps and also maintains historical readings. Other global players, Abbott, Bayer and Johnson & Johnson, also carry a large product portfolio of SMBG devices and have started to promote them in the Asia Pacific region. As the market matures, such players are expected to promote their products actively to consumers in India as well.

Other portable devices such as inhalers and nebulizers for asthmatic patients and pain management devices (e.g. TENS devices) are helping to create further potential markets.

The World Health Organization expects the number of asthma patients within urban areas in India to reach 6.6 million by 2011. Approximately 38% of these patients will be between 15 and 40 years old.

Local players such as BPL Healthcare, Infinity Mediquip and MRK Healthcare are actively improving the technology and prices of their compact nebulizers in order to capture a growing customer base in India. Foreign companies are also entering the market through partnerships with local players. In 2009, Piramal Healthcare launched ActiPatch, a drug-free bioelectronic patch for pain management developed by US based BioElectronics Corporation.

Opportunities for fitness and well-being
Urbanization drives the growth of fitness centers that in turn drives the use of simple devices such as body fat analyzers, pedometers, cholesterol meters, and digital thermometers in fitness clubs and homes.

Premium portable equipment produced by foreign players such as Omron Healthcare, FUTREX and COSMED is sold to health clubs and fitness centers through a few importers and distributors.

The health and fitness market is expected to continue to grow at an annual rate of 15% in India. Global fitness and wellness players such as Fitness First and Gold’s Gym are aggressively expanding into major Indian cities while local players like VLCC and Talwalkars have become well established.

Opportunities for rural usage
Urbanization has another impact on India’s rural areas: a brain drain as doctors and nurses move to the cities. The lack of infrastructure and facilities has also hampered the development of medical services in rural India. Electricity may not always be reliable, transportation can be patchy and local medical practitioners may lack a breadth of experience.

Portable medical devices that run on mobile networks are one solution to such challenges. They are especially useful for roving medical units. In 2009, GE Healthcare launched MACi 400, a portable electrocardiogram in India, which is highly mobile and inexpensive to operate. Siemens and Philips are amongst few other players in the portable mobile devices market.

India’s information and communication technology sector has been developing at a rapid pace and telecom players are exploring the mobile medicine sector. In December 2009, Vodafone Group revealed plans for a new business unit that will work with pharmaceutical companies and government organizations to provide healthcare services using mobile phone technology. With more than 500 million mobile phone subscribers, mobile-based healthcare services offer a huge market opportunity.

Which city to start with?
A recent survey by GIA amongst players within India’s construction and manufacturing sectors indicates that medical and healthcare facilities remain one of the top issues in many urban cities.

When asked “what challenges will urban growth pose?”, respondents from Bangalore and Jaipur said that the greatest challenge in their cities was medical facilities and services, over and above education, transport infrastructure, electrical supply, housing and water supply.

Challenges in developing medical & healthcare facilities by city


Source: GIA survey, 115 professionals from India’s construction and manufacturing sectors. Score: 5=most challenging, 1=not challenging


Though India presents significant potential for innovative portable healthcare devices to meet the challenges in medical facilities and services, players will have to scrutinize carefully and evaluate their own challenges ahead.

The high cost and low awareness of portable self-care products remain significant hurdles, and a loosely regulated healthcare insurance sector poses additional risks and challenges. A carefully planned market entry strategy is therefore crucial to fully exploit the growth opportunities in India.
GIA Geographies Bulletin - India
Consumer Medical Devices to Cater to India's Increasingly Urbanized Middle Class

Open Letter to the President OBAMA - (BP OIL CRISIS)

BP OIL SPILL and PRUDENT SOLUTION:

Dear President and the Crisis Management team:

I have been following public and open information on the BP-OIL-Crisis. A MUST Solution to the Problem may have been overlooked.

We from the California Takshila University would like to recommend to the Crisis management team to at least once look into the "OILZAPPER
Bio-remediation" protocol/process.
This Method have been developed by TERI and used by INDIA-Govt.

It is not only the solution for this current situation but most problems that we have with the oil in the world.

We strongly believe that your attention to the solution will do good to the people here and people around the globe.

California Takshila University is available to provide any help you need.

Best regards,
Ryan Baidya, PhD, MBA

Scientist, Author and Entrepreneur

Entrepreneurship Center

California Takshila University is expanding its entrepreneurship programs to India and Brazil. Over the past two years there are several professionals in India benefited through our distant programs in Management, technology and entrepreneurship. Now many of such professional have the opportunity to attend programs at the CTU-Silicon Valley Campus.

Business in India

DOING BUSINESS IN INDIA

Doing business in India in the 21st century is on one hand not so much different than doing business in any other emerging or industrialized country. On the other hand doing business in India is a unique undertaking if one expect optimum outcome in a reasonable time.

Why this is the case?
India is a country with a distinct philosophy, ideology and ethos. India was under outside threats from the 11th century when her trades and economy were at her peak- The best in the world. People of India lived under outside rulers for 750 years until her independence in the mid 20th century. Ironically all those influences did not affect much of her core ideology and identity. One’s ideology and identity makes the character and personality of the country. Though India externally seems to be reasonably comparable with the western world, India remains an interesting and mystic society – understanding India require serious learning and dedication.

In Max Muller words:

“If I were asked under what sky the human mind has most fully developed some of its choicest gifts, has most deeply pondered on the greatest problems of life, and has found solutions, I should point to India.”

-Max Mueller, German Scholar, 1823-1900

Successfully doing business in India requires an array of complex skills and sound understanding of the nation and its people compared to the knowledge needed to do business in most other emerging and western countries. Followings are a few key areas one might build competence in:

(1) Origins of India: Historical and Contemporary India
(2) Culture of India: Society, Spirituality, Belief-systems, Rituals and Customs
(3) Economics, Business and Politics of India
(4) India as an Emerging Market: A two Market system
a. Commercial Center Markets (Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai, and New Delhi)
b. Rural India- Market
(5) Work-force and human resource management in India
(6) Management Style
(7) Communication, Negotiation and Deal –sealing in India
(8) Education and Educational Institutions in India
(9) Living in India – the Infrastructure and Public Services

WHAT IS INDIA
India is not simply a geographic location. It is a concept that is continuously shedding, shaping and reshaping like an epidermis-outer layer of an organism. India is alive with both multiplicity and continuity. It is an unusual blend of cultures, religions, races and languages. The nation's identity and social structure remain protected by a rich cultural heritage that dates back at least 10,000 years, making India one of the oldest formal social-systems in the world.

Recent genome analysis: Indian is the mother of all Asians. The ancestors of the contemporary population of China, Japan and other East Asian countries migrated from India, according to a research study conducted by a team of scientists from 10 Asian countries. India, China, Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand were all part of this scientific study and analysis.

ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING MARKETS
The Indian market with its over 1.1 billion populations, presents attractive and diverse opportunities for international companies that have appropriate and suitable products, services, and commitment. India’s requirements for equipments and services for major sectors such as energy, environmental, healthcare, education, research, high-tech, infrastructure, transportation, and defense will exceed tens of billions of dollars as the Indian economy further expands internally and globally. India’s middle class is estimated to be as large as the entire population of the United States. India’s GDP grew at the rate of 8.7% in 2007-08, and it has potential for a sustained growth of 7-10% for the next ten years.

India as an emerging Market


SOME FACTS AND FIGURES OF INDIA

Official Name: Republic of India
Independence: 15 August 1947 (from British)

Government type: Federal Republic
Capital: New Delhi, Financial Center: Mumbai
Legal system: Based on English common law; limited judicial review of legislative acts;
Currency: Indian Rupee (Rs)
GDP: $1.16 trillion, Per Capita (PPP): $4,139 (2007-08)

Geography: India has vast open ocean-fronts (east, south and the west) and on the north it has Himalayan mountain range.
• Location South Asia bordering the Arabian Sea to the west and the Bay of Bengal to the east. India shares land boundaries with Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma, China, Nepal, and Pakistan
• Area 3,287,590 sq km

Population
Total - 1,129,866,154 (July 2007)
Urban population (% of total) - 28.4

Age structure:
• 0-14 years: 34% (male 189,487,322; female 174,123,490)
• 15-59 years:56.9% (male 303,400,561; female 282,238,162)
• 60 years and over: 7.5% (male 37,768,327; female 38,853,994) (2001 census)

Population growth rate: 1.60% (2007 est.)
Life expectancy at birth: Total population: 68.59 years (2007)
Male: 66 years (2007), Female: 71 years (2007 est.)

Literacy (2001census): Definition of Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write
Total population: 64.8%
Male: 75.3% Female: 53.7%

Religions
Hindu 80.5%, Muslim 13.4%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 2%, Buddhist 0.8%, Jain 0.4%, other 0.6%

Languages
India's 1.1-billion people speak more than 6,500 languages and dialects, according to the 2001 census. However, many of the spoken languages and dialects are in the verge of extinction due to low population and none or little use for livelihood.
The major official language of the India is Hindi that is the primarily used by over 300,000,000 people. Other most common regional official languages are: Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, Oriya, Punjabi, Assamese, Kashmiri, and Sindhi.

English enjoys associate status but is the most important language for national, political, and commercial communication. English has become a "lingua franca" and is the accepted language for business and government.