Md. company to collect $40M for computerizing prestigious Indian test

BALTIMORE, Md. – Prometric Inc. has bagged a $40 million deal to computerize the Indian Institutes of Management’s Common Admissions Test.

CresaPartners’ Bangia backs shift from one-off deal focus

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – Vik Bangia has a vision for a more evolved corporate real estate world and his passion for this has taken him to CresaPartners.

University of Va. business students win backing for Clean-India

CHARLOTTSVILLE, Va. – Four newly-minted graduates and at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business have devised a way of cleaning up the water in Tirupur, India. Ravi Yekula, Baijnath Ramraika, Matt Dixon and Charles Ransler hatched Clean-India, a company aimed at water detoxification used by large textile companies during the dyeing process.

India Strategy Consulting credits continued growth to “laser focus” on India

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – While many business consulting firms are feeling the bite of the bear market, executives at one such local firm say their company remains busy.

WASHINGTON – Business Roundtable, an association of chief executive officers of leading U.S. companies, has emphasized in its “Regaining the Initiative: A Blueprint for U.S. Trade and Investment,” that domestic economic recovery efforts cannot deliver their full potential without policies that facilitate American economic leadership and competitiveness in the global marketplace.

Shrewd brand-driven acquisition helps push Guru.com to top of online freelance industry

PITTSBURGH – What’s in a name? If you ask Inder Guglani, chief executive officer of Guru.com, he will tell you: “Everything.”

Cempra Pharmaceuticals Inc., an antibiotic development company, recently raised $46 million in third round funding.

The funds will be used for the continued clinical development of CEM-101 and CEM-102, oral antibiotics for infections, such as pneumonia and staph infections, according to the Chapel Hill, N.C.-based company.

Duke researcher finds Indians still flock to United States for school, but increasingly plan to return back to India

DURHAM, N.C. – For years, talented young people in India looked to the shores of the United States as a beacon for career opportunities. Many would book one-way airline tickets, enroll in American colleges and live out their lives as American citizens and highly productive members of the nation’s workforce. But according to recent research, India’s love affair with the United States, at least in regards to its job market, may be cooling.

Are U.S. drug practices hindering a viable and proven medical alternative?

There are a growing number of patients in the United States looking backward through time to the ancient Indian practice of Ayurveda to fill the void they say both modern medicine and the pharmaceutical industry leave behind. But whether patients can access this holistic treatment is being tested.

Kids of moms below 4’9” much more likely to die

BOSTON – Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health have found a link between a mother's height and the health of her children in a study using national data from India. 

WASHINGTON – As promised, the Asian American Hotel Owners Association annual convention, held in Washington, D.C., from April 22-25, showcased the group’s growing political clout.

Ex-banker buys, converts six corporate restaurants

BALTIMORE – For Baja Fresh Mexican Grill franchisee Sumeet Goel his second attempt to get a helping of the Mexican food chain has been a charm.

What does the term “diversity” mean to you? To many, diversity simply relates to the matter of race, but in the workplace this term takes on multiple meanings. An individual’s age, gender, race, talent, culture and even physical attributes make them diverse in their own way.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – Senator Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., chose the recent Asian American Hotel Owners Association’s Annual Convention & Trade Show as the stage to announce his appointment as the Democratic co-chair of the U.S. Senate India Caucus.