Mallika Nawal
Mallika Nawal is a professor-cum-writer. She is a best-selling author of three management books and has taught at reputed institutes like Xavier Institute of Management Bhubaneswar, S.P. Jain Center of Management Dubai and IIT Kharagpur. She was also part of the subcommittee on Management Education and made recommendations to the Ministry of HRD for the 11th Five-Year-Plan.
Standardised Trains: India’s Next Big Move
In business, there are two very important concepts — Standardisation and Customisation. These two strategies, however, are not polar opposites; nor is one contrary to the other. Thus, it came as a welcome surprise to hear that the Indian Railways now intends to standardise the size of its trains, that is, standardise the number of coaches for each train.
Currently...
Whose State Honour Is It Anyway?
Once upon a time, state funerals was a reserved affair. That is, it was reserved for a select few; such as the current and former Prime Ministers, Union Ministers and Chief Ministers. What’s more, the decision whether to accord a state funeral or not rested solely on the Central Government. Of course, much has changed since then.
For starters, there...
Shouldn’t serving Indian military officers keep a low profile away from media glare?
Do you know how important the military is? If there was no military, there would be no United States of America. That’s right, it was an organised army that earned America its freedom from the clutches of Great Britain. If there was no organized military, Hitler would have probably wiped half the world off! Thus, organised military is the...
Lingayats Get Religion Tag: How Congress is pitting Hindus vs Hindus
Minority politics is neither new for the Country or for the Congress. For centuries, the Congress party has shown a strange proclivity towards pitting one community against another. Then again, why wouldn’t they? For it has often yielded positive results for them.
Hence, it is not surprising to see the Congress, after a string of electoral losses, once again turn...
Should the Indian Army Be Used for Civil Works?
The Centre’s decision to bring in the Indian army to help rebuild the collapsed bridge at Mumbai’s Elphinstone Station, that saw a death toll of 20 pedestrians during the stampede, has managed to create quite a furore. Politicians and bureaucrats have been quick to decry the move that has been rightfully dubbed as preposterous.
In fact, today I am not...
