Experts' Corner

The Experts’ Corner showcases the views and insights of thought leaders in industry. It aims to disseminate the ideas of the corporate sectors’s best and brightest, among the indiamarkets community. These ideas could cover topics of contemporary business relevance, or be drawn from specific domain expertise. We hope this section will provide a forum for discussion on the present and future of business, and contribute to better informed business decisions.

	Name / Address	Topics
	Professor S. Sadagopan Director, Indian Institute of Information Technology 1st Floor, Innovator Tower, ITPL Whitefield Road, Bangalore - 560 066 Tel: +91 80 8410627-9 Fax: +91 80 8410636 e-mail:askss@iiitb.ac.in Web: www.iiitb.ac.in/ss	E-Business too needs Business Centers Why is IT important for SME’s?
	Professor B Mahadevan Associate Professor, Production & Operations Management Bannergatta Road, Bangalore 560076, India Tel: +91 80 6993275 / 6582450 Fax: +91 80 6584050 e-mail:mahadev@iimb.ernet.in Web: http://unix2.iimb.ernet.in/~mahadev	Why Supply Chain Management is important for SMEs?
	Dr. Biswajit Dhar Senior Fellow, Research & Information System for the Non-aligned & Other Developing Countries Zone IV B, Fourth Floor India Habitat Centre Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110 003 Tel: +91 11 468 2177-80, Fax: +91 11 468 2173 e-mail:bisjit@bol.net.in	WTO and SMEs
	Dr.A.S.Firoz Chief Economist, Economic Research Unit ( JPC), Ministry of Steel B-810, Asiad Village New Delhi - 100 049. India Tel: +91 11 6493193, 6492413 Telephone Nos. During working hours +91 11 6517686, 6525182, 6963148 e-mail:asfiroz@yahoo.com or jpceru1@del3.vsnl.net.in	Global steel: mid year blues Investment slowdown weakens steel prospects Reckless capacity growth may take shine off stainless steel WTO is no good for our steel Monetary and credit policy : lukewarm to SMEs. E-trading steel : breaking new grounds Global steel : near term woes, long term solutions Rise and fall of the global steel mart A budget for industry and growth Is Indian steel ready for a takeoff ? Steel - unfamiliar terrain in 2001 Bank credits to industry: squeeze amidst plenty Auto industry may have to turn into the slow lane Are recurrent steel crises systemic ? The Chinese are coming ! Gear up Indian SMEs ! IISI steel optimism is against industry interests Steel and the Euro : more clouds over the two than seen No more Steel Projects please. Begin global dialogue. Global slowdown and trade cases to hit India's steel exports
	Mr Muhamed Muneer F-07, Golden Orchid, 10/8 Kasturba Road, Bangalore 560001 India Tel: +91 080 2231550 e-mail:muneermuhamed@hotmail.com	Working Smart, Making Profit Billing as a marketing opportunity Building National Accounts Getting the Most Out of Trade Shows Do We Really Know Our Customers? A Time For Strategic Alliances Avoiding Waste in Marketing Budgets Communicating Through Newsletters Marketing to Internal Customers Are You Sales-Driven? Getting the most from your agency Make meetings more productive "Customer-Driven" Training Creating Cost-effective Brochures Surviving Tough Times Getting More for Less
	Dr. Ashok Jhunjhunwala TeNet Lab. dept of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras India Tel: +91 044 2352120 e-mail:ashok@tenet.res.in	Towards enabling India through Telecom and Internet Connection