Leadership Lessons From India

I highly recommend reading this very relevant article from the Harvard Business Review.
Leadership Lessons From India

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, India's Mother of Invention

Listen to Kiran's story of how she reached success. Kiran Mazumdar-Shah is Chairman and Managing director of Biocon. She is responsible for evolving Biocon's strategic intent from an enzyme manufacturer to a biopharmaceutical company. In 2004, she became India's richest woman.

India Travel Checklist

I found a travel checklist that can be used for the trip. Of course we may not need some of the items listed but is a good start.

http://www.heartspace.org/travel/TravelChecklist.html

Budget 2010: Will Rural India Get a Fair Deal?

Here's an interesting article in the Indian Edition of WSJ that provides insights into India's Fiscal Budget process.
-Harsh

Course Description

Supply Chain Department of RBS is offering an India Travel course during the Spring 2010 semester. The course will meet on a few Saturdays during the semester and will include a field trip to India during Spring Break (March 10 to 20, 2010).

The plan is to visit New Delhi, Bangalore and Mumbai to meet with business, governmental and social leaders along with a visit to a rural village to learn about micro finance. The course will provide hands-on learning opportunity, and students will meet business and governmental leaders to investigate broader policy oriented questions and learn about economic, political and practical aspects of doing business in India.

The trip includes visits to corporate sites to understand India's supply chain process. Previous trips have met leaders from Ministry of Commerce, Reserve Bank of India, Dr. Reddy's Labs, ICICI, Biocon, Infosys, Boeing India, HDFC Bank, Tata AIG, the Dabbawalas etc. Besides, the course will also include some sight seeing to get acquainted with India's rich culture and history.