Interviews

Elitecore Technologies, a provider of Telecom Software (OSS/BSS) solutions recently announced 10 successful wins for WiMAX 16e & 16d in SEA, APAC & Eastern European regions. The company has experience in serving Tier1-Tier 3 service providers in deployment of the WiMAX 16e &16d CSN platform.

Question: Please let us know about the policies and initiatives taken by the government of Tamilnadu to promote tourism in the State.

A: Tamilnadu Tourism has taken many initiatives to promote tourism in the State. Apart from marketing the core destinations like Chennai, Madurai, Thanjavur, Rameswaram and Kanniyakumari, we have identified 32 less known tourist centres which have high potential but lack infrastructure.

Q: Could you tell us little bit about MC X?

A: MCX stands for Multi Commodity Exchange of India. We are a quite young company; we started trading in November 2003. We take commodity futures. We are the largest in India. We have market share of more than 80 percnt. We take contracts in products like gold, silver, crude oil, a number of agricultural products. We have grown fast. We are one of the fastest growing exchanges. We are the sixth largest commodity futures exchange in markets. Our trading value of last year was $1.24 trillion.

Question: Briefly, please describe the kind of product and services your company supplies

Question: Karnataka is known as a knowledge hub of Asia. What policies has the government of Karnataka taken to become this hub?

Answer: Yes, nowadays Karnataka is a knowledge hub. Our government is a stable government. In the IT sector, it is still the Silicon Valley of India. Everybody knows that the IT sector is in Bangalore. But in the 80s, when the place was just set up, we had Karnataka State Finance Corporation. It was a state funded finance company which gave loans to Infosys as one of the ways to promote industry in the 80s. It gave loans to IT companies and subsidies to manufacturing companies.

Also, we set up the first software technology park in the 1990s with the help of the government of Singapore. The software technology sector of India was established to promote connectivity to the IT industries. We set up and established it in Bangalore first. Karnataka also has a history of education in the private sector. The first college was set up in the 1950s.

Question: Can you please tell us know a little bit about your company, such as a brief history, for the benefit of our readers?

Answer: Barnet & Company, Exhibition & Convention, was founded in 2005, and provides export marketing, consulting, trade services, and education services as a knowledge services specialist company.

Recently Government of Bangladesh appointed Dr. S A Samad as the Executive Chairman of BOI in the rank and status of Minister.  With more than 35 years of experience as a civil servant, economist, academic and development consultant Dr. SA Samad brings a great wealth of experience and expertise to the post.  He has held various positions including Principal Secretary, Economic Advisor to the Honorable President of Bangladesh, Secretary, Energy & Mineral Resources, Secretary, Post & Telecommunications and Program Director / Coordinator (Economic Management & Information Technology) of the United Nations Asia Pacific Development Centre. He was professor of economics, business administration Division, at the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Korea, for the period 2007-2009. Here are the excerpts  of his interview with Asia – Pacific Business and Technology Report.

Hyundai Motor broke into the Indian market in the early 1990s and has since established itself as one of the country's most competitive brands. Arvind Saxena, senior vice president, marketing and sales, Hyundai Motor India Limited, answered these questions exclusively for Donald Kirk, long-time correspondent in Seoul and author of "Korean Dynasty: Hyundai and Chung Ju Yung" and numerous articles on the Hyundai empire:

CEO of Sejong Technology Transfer & Commercialization Center

Question: What makes Sejong unique as a company?

Answer:  Sejong has focused all of its attention on establishing a network for effective technology transfer and commercialization. We have the expertise and the range of partners to quickly and accurately assess all the needs for a new technology and get the necessary patent and technical certification done fast. In today's competitive world, that speed is important.