Archive for the 'Coimbatore' Category

I had my 30 seconds with Bill Drayton

Friday, December 18th, 2009

Last night, I had the privilege of meeting Mr. Bill Drayton at a speech he gave at Princeton University. He is one of my role models and I don’t think its an exaggeration if I see him as a modern day version of Gandhi. He is on a mission to identify, encourage and support [...]

Son of the Soil

Sunday, May 17th, 2009

If I am the son, then the soil is town of Coimbatore, India. Technically, I am not an original ’son of coimbatore soil’ since I was born in Chennai, and moved to Coimbatore when I was about 4 years old. Few people remember exactly what happened before they were 4 and I am certainly not [...]

Coimbatore - The next nexus

Tuesday, September 14th, 2004

Wipro finalising land purchase in Coimbatore
Its a major boon to the local business and economy of coimbatore as Wipro’s Billionaire Chariman Mr.Premji recently announced the acquisition of land in Coimbatore for their software development center. Through other unofficial sources I have also learnt that the land being targeted near the beautiful landscapes at the foothills [...]