Sun Pharma readies new leadership team Taking forward its acquisition of Ranbaxy Laboratories  , Sun Pharma  has put in place a team of top executives, including Dilip Shanghvi’s son Aalok Shanghvi, to lead the businesses of both the organisations. While the leadership team is comprised mainly from the representatives of Sun Pharma, it also has executives from Ranbaxy, drawing upon ... Read More »

Leadership Lessons From Virgin Hotels, Courtesy Of Richard Branson And CEO Raul Leal “Here’s a great story about how Richard (Branson) works with his companies, in this case ours,” Raul Leal, CEO of Virgin Hotels, tells me. “We picked this building (the former Old Dearborn Bank Building in downtown Chicago) to build out as the future flagship of Virgin Hotels ... Read More »

Suven Life Sciences gets patents for neuro-degenerative drug  Pharmaceutical firm Suven Life SciencesBSE 0.45 % has been granted a patent each by Eurasia and Israel for drug used in the treatment of neuro-degenerative diseases. Neuro-degenerative ailments include Alzheimer’s disease, Schizophrenia and Parkinson’s disease. In a BSE filing, the company said it has received “grant of one product patent from Eurasia ... Read More »

Productivity Killers at the Workplace Four of the top work productivity killers and solutions to beat them   Meetings and conference calls Surfing the internet Email Traveling and commuting   Courtesy : Entrepreneur Magazine Read More »

Sun Pharma, SPARC hit new high on USFDA nod for ELEPSIA XR Shares of Sun Pharmaceutical Industries and Sun PharmaAdvanced Research Company (SPARC) have touched their respective record high after SPARC announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have approved its new drug application (NDA) for ELEPSIA XR (Levetiracetam extended-release tablets 1000 mg and 1500 mg). The product ... Read More »

Reduce your Trash Think about how much trash you make in year. Reducing the amount of solid waste you produce in a year means taking up less space in landfills Buying concentrated or multipurpose products also helps to lower your trash output At work, when taking your lunch hour, avoid buying take-away meals, which produce large quantities of waste, especially ... Read More »

“Attitude Matters” Once a Bird asked a Bee: After constant hard-work, you prepare honey. But a man comes & steals it. Do you  not  feel  sad ? Wonderful  reply  by  Bee: Never…  Because  only  thing  man  can  do  is  to steal  ‘my  honey’…  not  the  ‘art  of  making  honey’… In  this  world,  anyone  can  copy  your  CREATIONS  but  no  one  ... Read More »

Grow Trees Save Environment Every day number of tress disappear from the face of the earth. Every tree that is planted soaks up many tons of carbon from the atmosphere while it grows Four trees planted around a home can save up to 30% on summer cooling costs Forty trees remove 80 pounds of air pollutants annually Four hundred trees ... Read More »

Would you like to contribute to the future of cancer treatment in technology? Would you like to contribute to the future of cancer treatment in technology? iManageCancer project is trying to find out how mobile healthcare (mHealth) and serious games might help people with chronic illnesses and in particular cancer. Significant improvements due to cancer research have led to more cancer ... Read More »

Excellence in thoughts & actions can make every moment of life a worthwhile A German once visited a temple under construction where he saw a sculptor making an idol of God. Suddenly he noticed a similar idol lying nearby. Surprised, he asked the sculptor, “Do you need two statues of the same idol?” “No,” said the sculptor without looking up, ... Read More »