Month: November 2014

Indian-American Industrialist Rahul Shukla Awarded the Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Samman

Rahul Shukla, CEO of S.S. White Technologies in Piscataway, New Jersey, was recently awarded the Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Samman by the Non-Resident Indians (NRI) Society of India at a ceremony at the House of Lords in London. ‘Pravasi’ refers to diaspora and ‘samman’ means honor. The NRI society is an international organization based in India that connects non-resident Indians with India. The award recognizes those Indians who have made their mark overseas for outstanding services, achievements, and for keeping the ‘flag of India high’. Every year, the group selects 30 NRIs globally for this award. The award ceremony was attended...

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Book Review: Biology and Conservation of North American Tortoises

Editors: David C. Roistal, Earl D. McCoy, and Henry R. Mushinsky Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press – 190 pages Book Review by: Paiso Jamakar Tortoises, once part of the turtle family, are known to live a very, very, long time – up to 200 years. Their longevity makes them standout in the animal kingdom. They split off from the pond turtles about a hundred million years ago, the editors point out. Their other unique characteristic is that they can grow to an enormous size and weight. The heaviest known living tortoises are the Galapagos tortoises that weigh up to...

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Q&A: Would You Buy Property in India, or in the United States?

Investing in Real Estate: Q&A with Mark Mascia Would You Buy Property in India, or in the United States? BIZ INDIA: Investors face an economic situation in the United States today wherein prices of commercial and residential properties have kept on dropping since 2006 (based on data from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis) and the outlook is too uncertain and therefore risky to buy now and see prices plunge further. What would you suggest they do here in the U.S.? Currently Indian and American investors are buying fair-priced properties in the suburbs of Mumbai, New Delhi, and Pune in...

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Getting Ahead in Business: When is the right time to ask your employer for a raise?

By Milton Paris Wouldn’t it be great if it were a perfect world and every employer gave their employees a raise regularly when they deserved one? This would be less stressful for the employee who wants to ask his employer for that raise. However, since oftentimes employees must set goals and remind their employers of their value, let’s look at some strategies for asking your employer for a raise. The strategy you choose might depend on your pay structure. Do you work on commission or are you a salaried employee? Depending on your answer, there is an effective strategy...

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Vonage’s Extensions App Enables Customer s To Make Long Calls to India at Low Rates

By: Barbara Goodstein, Chief Marketing Officer at Vonage How do you stay in touch when you’re hundreds – or even thousands – of miles away from your family? Vonage was built on a fundamental belief that technology should enhance people’s lives through improved capabilities and with a better user experience at lower costs. From the start, we developed flexible, easy-to-use, affordable services to empower people to connect with friends, family and business associates anywhere in the world – through the good times, and the bad – whenever, wherever and in whatever manner they choose. And we’ve continued to evolve...

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