Kapil Khandelwal : Genome on an iPad

cmyk cmyk PAGE 13 BENGALURUMONDAY 19 | SEPTEMBER 2011 QUOTE OF THE DAY Twitter’s chief scientist Abdur Yahoo’s interim CEO Tim Morse got Chowdhury has quit the a 25 per cent pay hike. He now microblogging giant. earns $750,000, up from $600,000. TECHNOMICS Twitter was an amazing experience & even greater set Recession may hit Indian IT cos hiring New Delhi, Sept 18: were signed at extremely more realistic.” Echoing process outsourcing firm, ness. “It is not just pure off- sourcing (KPO) business as colony that retains many of people. Indian outsourcing compa- competitive rates, experts the sentiment, executive said: “The impact of a glob- shoring anymore. The the cost is competitive, it is American cultural values, –– Abdur Chowdhury nies are likely to witness a said. search firm GlobalHunt al slowdown would be mar- model has to be a mix of near the main company ensure better cost arbi- ex- Chief Scientist, slump in hiring activity According to HR consul- Director Sunil Goel said, ginally low than the last onshore, near shore and headquarter and also tech- trage,” Srivastava said. Twitter owing to the current global tancy Hay Group’s “The IT and outsourcing time. Early reports already offshore,” Hay Group’s nical institutions there are India, which was earlier economic scenario, but the Managing Consultant companies have re-aligned indicate Indian IT firms Ganesan said, adding that providing very good talent. preferred for its low-cost bITs decline would not be as “substantial” as was after (Mumbai Operations and Rewards Practice Leader) their businesses, and have a very balanced approach. are picking up more talent than last year from top B- Indian outsourcing firms like Aegis and Wipro “There has been an accel- erated number of compa- advantage, has lost that tag as salaries have gone up in INDIA GETS ITS FIRST the 2008 crisis, experts believe. There is definitely Sridhar Ganesan, “Post- 2008, business planning Though there would be a slowdown, there may not Schools.” Besides, Indian BPO companies in their among others are not looking at only India but a port- nies that have decided to move to places like the last decade, infrastructure cost has increased and ONLINE ART FAIR an impact of the global economic scenario on Indian with high focus on risks and mitigation has been be a complete downfall or a shut down in hiring activi- evolution of business from basic services to more com- folio of locations that will help them win client busi- Philippines, Latin America and Australia, primarily support system cost has also jumped. Companies New Delhi: Art fairs in India IT and outsourcing firms, critical for Indian IT firms. ty.” plex services have also ness based on this model. because of cheaper wages are now looking for newer are entering digital space. however, most of them The precedence of 2008 in Prateek Srivastava, man- realised that clients are Central European coun- coupled with high literacy avenues where they can The country’s first online art have long-term contracts terms of outlook and fore- ager (IT Practice), Elixir looking at the portfolio of tries are getting a lot of the rates. Countries like align their costs. fair, India Art Collective, will with their clients which casts is therefore much Consulting, a recruitment operations for giving busi- knowledge process out- Philippines, a former US — PTI be held from November 19 to 26. Collective director Sapna Kar said: “India Art Collective will allow collectors and art lovers to discover a vast col- lection at a single location ■ Dozens of online retail firms have recently sprung up to capitalise from any place.” on India’s growing Internet use Kapil Khandelwal GOOGLE REMEMBERS UNCLE PAI New Delhi: : Google’s home- page Saturday paid homage to Anant V. Pai, who intro- duced Indian culture and tra- In India, e-commerce Genome on an iPAd A Dose of IT visits you at home dition to millions of his coun- trymen through his Amar Chitra Katha comic series. There was an interesting stood well by practitioners panel discussion called and need consultationsE HEALTHPOINT GETS A ‘Your Genome on an Ipad’ that I attended in New York with experts. The industry that supports the personalPRESTIGIOUS AWARD Bengaluru, Sept 18: Online sales still make last week. The panel included some of the leaders in genomics believes that it is about personal educationNew Delhi: Indian healthcare Several months ago, when up a small portion of over- the human genomics space and empowerment. The iss-provider E HealthPoint has Prabhu Kumar could not all retail spending — one and included executives ues regarding who shouldbeen named laureate of the find a book he wanted in estimate pegs it at $10 bil- from companies like stand between the consum-Tech Awards 2011, a signa- bookstores here, he found lion, a tiny fraction of Illumina, Pacific Bioscienc- er and has the right to seeture programme of the US- it online at Amazon.com India’s $500 billion retail es, 23andme, Knome, App- information about his orbased Tech Museum, for app- for $10. But he had to pay market — but they are lied Biosystems, GNUBio. her genetic code is underlying technology to benefit more than $9 in fees to growing fast. Ever since deCODE the lenses of the regulatoryhumanity. have Amazon ship it to FlipKart says it had rev- Genetics, the pioneers in bodies for a while now. him. enue of 500 million rupees human genomics sequenc- Coming back to India, by Many Indians are ($11 million) in its last fis- ing, launched their web- 2020 around two-thirds of unwilling to use credit cal year, and is now clock- based direct-to-consumer the healthcare expenditure cards online, so some ing sales of about 10 mil- service called deCODEme, will be used to fight chronicINDIA, BRITAIN companies send delivery squads to customers’ lion rupees a SnapDeal.com, a coupon day. personal-genomics services have exploded in the diseases. Our expenditure may double from current doors. and deals site similar to Western world. levels and could be a majorDISCUSS SCIENCE Mr Kumar, a software programmer, said he Groupon, expects sales of 1.5 billion rupees this FlipKart executives, Sachin Bansal, left, and Binny Bansal, in their office ees for an Indian site, Indian government esti- . They plan to expand Moore’s law is occurring in the genomics sequenc- factor for an economic crisis. Therefore the servicesAND TECHNOLOGY would not be doing that again. He now shops on year, up from almost nothing the year before. according to two industry officials. And earlier this mates that household con- FlipKart’s delivery net- sumption has increased work to 25 cities within a ing, as the third and fourth generation sequencing tec- from deCODE Genetics, 23andme, Navi Genomics, India’s answer to Amazon The top executives of the year, Groupon bought an by more than two-thirds year. hnologies are beginning to Illumina, Knome will be — FlipKart.com — which Future Group, India’s Indian Web site,in the last five years, and Sachin Bansal, the com- emerge. With the price of critical to know a patient’s delivers books, phones largest retail company, SoSasta.com. But, like in most of that increase has pany’s chief executive, such technologies within genetic makeup and work and other items in as little says its daily online sales frothy Silicon Valley, come in the purchase of said that by having its the reach of the common on preventing chronic dis- as 24 hours at no extra are on pace to triple some Indian analysts and nonfood items. own staff, FlipKart avoids man, there is a likelihood of eases before their onset. cost. Mr. Kumar doesn’t between now and March. investors are starting to “It seems to be more for paying courier services’ mass sequencing of the pop- However, we are a miss- have to pay FlipKart a “This time it is for real,” question the frenzied real than a flash in the commissions of more ulation in the near future ing the vital link — how do single rupee until a couri- said Kishore Biyani, the deal-making. These skep- pan,” said Kanwaljit than 2 percent to accept and an explosion of infor- we apply the genomic infor- er bearing his books founder and chief execu- tics find it difficult to jus-Singh, who is a senior cash on delivery, which mation as a result of mation, along with the ‘phe- arrives at his door. He tive of the Future Group, tify the high prices ven- managing director at make up about 60 percent unleashing of personal- notypic’ information of the can then hand over cash referring to an earlier ture capitalists are pay- Helion Advisors, which of its orders. It can also genomics revolution. patient, based on preventa- or a credit card. wave of e-commerce ing to invest in unprof- has invested in about a track packages more Companies such as de- tive and wellness health-New Delhi, Sept 18:India “I think it perfectly fits euphoria in the early itable Indian e-commerce half-dozen Indian e-com- accurately. And because CODE Genetics, 23andme, care interventions? Expertsand Britain Friday held dis- the Indian mentality,” Mr 2000s. “This is the biggest firms. For instance, merce sites, including labor costs are relatively Navi Genomics, Illumina at the New York panel dis-cussions to further their coop- Kumar said. thing to happen in India.” VCCircle, a news site, MakeMyTrip. low in India, its delivery and Knome have launched cussion argued that mod-eration in science and tech- While dozens of elec- That rapid growth has recently reported that But capitalising on cost is a modest $1 a pack- services for consumers to ern medicine should acceptnology. Science and tronic commerce firms drawn the attention of FlipKart may soon raise India’s growth online will age. The Bansals say they provide personal genomic such diagnostics undertak-Technology Minister have recently sprung up venture capitalists who $150 million, which would not be easy. Sachin are prepared for competi- information to consumers. en by the consumers withinAshwani Kumar held talks to capitalise on India’s poured $183 million into give it a $1 billion valua- Bansal and Binny Bansal, tion from Amazon. Many critics and purists the main stream.with former British prime growing Internet use, 20 e-commerce firms in tion. (Executives at the the founders of FlipKart, Sachin Bansal, who work- have labeled these services In 2000, President Clintonminister Gordon Brown on they have a problem. the last 12 months, up company declined to dis- have had to do things that ed with Binny Bansal as a as ‘recreational’ genomics announced the completionthe sidelines of the Summer Indians are not yet com- from $61 million for 13 cuss its financial plans.) their American or software developer at to see their genetic code, of 13-years of efforts of theDavos conference under way fortable with shopping on firms in the previous 12 India has 50 million to European counterparts Amazon before starting and learn about their ances- Human Genome Project atin Dalian, China. the Web. Many of them months, according to 100 million Internet would never have. They FlipKart, brushed aside a tors. However in the West, a cost of $ 2 billion. By last “Discussions were held on remain unwilling to use Venture Intelligence, a users, according to vari- have set up delivery oper- suggestion that the firm there are concerns express- year, the same task tookcollaborative projects in sci- credit cards online. So the research firm. ous analysts, and the ations in 13 big Indian would make for an easy ed by the regulators and around a fortnight andentific research, including Indian retailers have The rapid growth has number is growing by cities like Bengaluru, acquisition by Amazon. medical services industry $1500. It is now an era of sci-futuristic and advanced gone to great lengths to also attracted the notice about 30 percent a year. Mumbai and New Delhi “We are very keen on with consumer genomics. fi, where you may be able toresearch in nanotechnology, gain customers. Custo- of American online retail- JuxtConsult, a New Delhi- because Indian shippers going our own way,” he Many have questioned the get your genome sequencedbiotechnology, nuclear safety, mers may pay in cash on ers. Amazon, which has a based research firm, esti- do not have the delivery said. “The opportunity is validity and legal issues and delivered to your iPadmaterial science, astrophysics delivery, and the compa- software development mates that 17 million peo- and package-tracking so large that we would around providing informa- in less that an hour forand green technologies,” said ny fields delivery squads office in Bengaluru, is ple bought something abilities that FedEx and want to grow it to a much tion that is still not under- costs as low as $100 dollars.an official statement issued to ensure shipments get to now building a ware- online this year, up from U.P.S. provide for its bigger level before wehere. Britain also offered customers quickly. house and hiring employ- 10 million last year. The American customers. think of anything.”—NYT Kapil Khandelwal is director of Makven Capital. The viewsassistance for facilitating expressed are his own.achievement of universal edu-cation targets set by India andthe achievement of millenni-um development goals, thestatement said. — IANS START-UPSWORLD WIDE WEB Intel to lower PC New age online comics for Gen YCONSORTIUM SETS power consumption SANGEETHA Harry Potter — is anotherUP INDIA OFFICE CHENGAPPA | DC BENGALURU of Jump’s creations. Stating that most of the comics cater to parentsNew Delhi, Sept 18: The When his arrogance results instead of their kids, SuhasWorld Wide Web Consor-tium’s (W3C) India office was in the escape of a 100 souls from hell, including that of said “The time has come to speak to the new generation MYTH: VIDEOinaugurated by Minister ofState for Communications Idi Amin, Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin, Daksh the in their own lingo with content they can relate to, on GAMES SHARPENand IT Sachin Pilot. half-human son of Lord devices that they have W3C is engaged in develop-ment of common protocols on Yama is banished to earth to retrieve the escaped grown up with. We have tied up with digital comic BRAINthe web, developing of stan- souls and send them back to content distributors to con- Washington, Sept 18:dards and recommendations hell. Then, there is Odayan, vert our content into differ- That playing video gamesfor web access. who uses deceit, subterfuge ent platforms. makes the brain smarter The establishment of new and his prowess in the Shreyas and Suhas, the creators of JUMP The content is available and improves concentra-W3C India office space gives it California, Sept 18: The tating toward always-on ancient Kerala martial art on Apple Store (i-tunes), tion might be a myth fos-a permanent entity and would world’s largest chip- computing devices with a form, Kalari Payattu, to engineering from BMS video games, computers Nokia OVI store and mobile tered by a host of studies.play more active and crucial maker Intel Corporation greater degree of mobili- orchestrate his rise to College of Engineering in and multi-channel televi- phones for those who sub- “Despite the hype, in real-role in proliferation of W3C said it is working on a ty. Mr. Rattner said that power and fame during the 2005, Jump comics embrace sions. Even iconic comic scribe to Vodafone, Tata ity, there is little solid evi-standards among ICT indus- host of futuristic tech- Intel’s multi-core technol- reign of the Zamorin of a new genre of “dark fanta- book characters like Docomo and Aircel services dence that games enhancetry and users to make India nologies that would ogy, in which more than Calicut. sy” and is a blend of science Batman and Superman at just `15 per story. We cognition at all,” saidtruly a knowledge-based soci- improve the power effi- one processing engine is The adventures of Daksh fiction, martial arts and have been re-launched glob- have had 10,000 smart Walter Boot, assistant pro-ety. “Activities initiated by ciency of PCs 300-fold in built into a single chip, and Odayan, the new age survival horror stories that ally in their new avatars phone downloads of our fessor in psychology atW3C India office will go a long the next 10 years, as well has become the accepted comic avatars in Jump, one are narrated in a style that over the last few months,” comic stories so far.” Florida State Universityway in accelerating the as ensure the security of methodology for increas- of India’s latest monthly combines Japanese, said Suhas, Creative Jump is available across who led the study.growth of web in indian lan- data and user identities. ing performance while comic magazine, will be American and Indian art- Director, Jump, who previ- leading bookstores in India Many of those studiesguages,” said Pilot on the Speaking on the final keeping power consump- available online at work and story-telling tech- ously worked with and can be bought online on compared the cognitiveoccasion. “This step will facil- day of the Intel Developer tion low. www.comicjump.in for free niques. Cognizant USA. level10comics.com or skills of frequent gamers toitate information access on Forum (IDF) 2011 here, These technologies from the third week of “Having grown up on a Suhas and Shreyas (for- through dial-a-book service non-gamers and foundworld wide web regardless of Intel Chief Technology would enable faster web September. Most of the diet of comics spanning mer manager, Unilever with cash on delivery. gamers to be superior, thelanguages, location, Officer Justin Rattner access, improve PC user characters in Jump are Amar Chitra Katha, India) quit their jobs to Starting with sales of 5,000 journal Frontiers inability,generation age and said the company was security and reduce the inspired by larger-than-life Indrajal, Diamond and Raj start Level 10 copies a month that has Psychology reports.income,” he added. —IANS developing technologies requirement for wireless Indian and international comic series, with charac- Entertainment Pvt Ltd and now grown to 20,000 copies However, Boot with doc- to take computing to the infrastructure to provide mythic heroes, supermen, ters like Karna, Surya, create comic book content and a Facebook fan base of toral student Daniel next level, with better the optimal online experi- sports icons, Bollywood Phantom, Mandrake, in April 2010. some 16,750 youngsters, the Blakely and Daniel Simons performance and lower ence, among other bene- superstars etc. And some of Bahadur, Dara and Nagraj They came out with their season finale of JUMP is from Illinois University power consumption. fits, he said. the older popular stories filling our leisure hours, we first issue in May 2010 due for release on points out that this does Energy efficiency was a Mr. Rattner demon- like Shaurya (India’s equiv- realised that there are which catered primarily to November 10, 2011 and will not necessarily mean that key theme of the three- strated a new technology alent of Superman) and the hardly any Indian comics the 18-30 years old male feature tributes to iconic their game experience cau- day IDF summit this year for better PC security, Rabhas incident, a zombie that can hold our attention audiences. While one of the characters from the Indian sed better perceptual and and a number of Intel wherein users would be horror story set in these days. Most of the recent issues of Jump fea- comic pantheon. cognitive abilities. It could executives demonstrated able to see images and Bengaluru will also be comic content and charac- tures a tribute to superstar The Indian comic be that individuals who the efforts being taken by other data on social net- available for free download. ters have not evolved Rajnikanth, executed in book/magazine market is have the abilities required the company in this working sites and other The brainchild of enough to capture the Manga inspired artwork estimated at `300 crore to be successful gamers are regard. The move platforms only if the com- Bengaluru boys, Suhas attention of Generation Y, style, Batu — a hero who is with 12.5 crore comics sold simply drawn to gaming, assumes significance in puter recognises his or Sundar and Shreyas who are digital natives and modeled as a cross between across the country per according to a university light of consumers gravi- her face. — PTI Srinivas, who completed have grown up in a world of Sachin Tendulkar and annum. statement — IANS

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