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Entrepreneur Vivek Wadhwa praises what India has achieved with Aadhaar, advocates strong regulations to protect privacy
Tech2 News Staff • 7 years agoWadhwa said that the predisposition for jugaad allowed the people of India to start digitising their currency.
Driverless cars are necessary for India, tackling inadequate road infrastructure is a challenge: Vivek Wadhwa
• 7 years agoDriverless cars are going to wipe out the insurance companies as 40 percent of their business comes from motor accidents.
India may have leapfrogged USA tech industry to become a cashless economy, says Vivek Wadhwa
Fp Archives • 8 years agoThe US can learn many lessons from India's move towards a cashless economy, a top Silicon Valley expert has said while underlining that India "may have leapfrogged" American technology industry with simple and practical innovations.
Delhi chikungunya outbreak: Centre must declare state of emergency, says US academician Vivek Wadhwa
Fp Staff • 8 years agoAccording to a municipal report, at least 6,712 people have been afflicted with chikungunya in the national capital, with 1,473 cases of the vector-borne disease being reported in the last week.
Flame war erupts as Dick Costolo name-calls over lack of women in Twitter
Nishtha • 11 years agoIt’s a crying shame that an issue like inadequate representation of women in the top echelons of a company can cause a flame war on a social networking
Obama's second innings? As a junior engineer in govt service in India
Roy • 12 years agoIs Barack Obama about to sit for an exam for a junior level engineer in India? A man in Rajasthan says he's got an admit card with Obama's picture on it from the Staff Selection Commission. Actually on second thought that might not be such a bad second career for the President.
US bill to hike visas for science grads; Indian students to gain
Choudhury • 13 years agoThe bill will make 55,000 more visas available each year for foreign graduates with Master's and doctoral degrees in STEM courses and who have studied at US universities.
Vivek Wadhwa clinches “Outstanding American” award
Choudhury • 13 years agoProfessor-writer-tech guru, Vivek Wadhwa, received quite an honour this week when the Naturalisation and Immigration Service named him its annual “Outstanding American by Choice” award recipient along with four other entrepreneurs.