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Hi Rasmus, sorry I didn't get around to doing this earlier, altho had sent two
intro's to you, hope you got them. I am out of India this week, will do this as
soon as I get back to office on Tuesday,
yrs
Carol
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From: Rasmus Lema <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 9:22 am
Subject: Contacts
To: Carol Upadhya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Dear Carol,
>
> Please, can you send the contacts of the firms that we talked
> about? I
> have used up all of my own now (with an unsatisfactory result).
>
> Hope to see you soon.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Rasmus
>
> Carol Upadhya wrote:
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Rasmus Lema" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "Carol Upadhya" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Monday, September 11, 2006 12:13 PM
> > Subject: Re: Coding culture film series on the IT industry in INDIA
> >
> >
> >
> >> Thanks. How about 1.30 PM?
> >>
> >> Rasmus
> >>
> >> Carol Upadhya wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi Rasmus, do let me know what time on Thursday,
> >>>
> >>> Directions are pasted below,
> >>>
> >>> Rgds,
> >>> Carol
> >>>
> >>> Tell the driver you want to go to IISc campus (Tata Institute) via
> >>>
> > Mekhri
> >
> >>> Circle.
> >>>
> >>> At Mekhri Circle there is an underpass, you don't go down the
> underpass>>>
> > but
> >
> >>> take a left turn there.
> >>>
> >>> Continue on that road (CV Raman Rd) thru a signal; soon after
> the signal
> >>> there will be a gate on your right (look for a black
> transformer on the
> >>> right, the gate comes soon after that); this is IISc gate.
> Enter and
> >>>
> > tell
> >
> >>> them you are going to NIAS. Go straight down till the road
> ends in a T
> >>> junction, turn left. When that road ends, turn right; again a
> T-junction
> >>> turn left (there will be a sign for NIAS).Go to the end of
> that road,
> >>>
> > there
> >
> >>> will be a gate in front of you but don't exit the gate, but
> turn right
> >>>
> > into
> >
> >>> the dirt road just before the gate (there are signs for NIAS
> at each
> >>> turning). Enter the gate and look for the Reception in the
> building on
> >>>
> > your
> >
> >>> right. Give me a call from there on my cell, or ask for me, my
> extension>>>
> > is
> >
> >>> 267.
> >>>
> >>> (there is another route to IISc, incase the driver is too
> independent>>>
> > and
> >
> >>> goes that way, he will probably enter from a different gate,
> but you can
> >>> still ask the security there for directions to NIAS, once
> you're inside
> >>>
> > IISc
> >
> >>> campus it is easy. If you're outside the campus it's easy to
> get lost!
> >>>
> >>> yours,
> >>>
> >>> Carol
> >>>
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> From: "Rasmus Lema" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>> To: "Carol Upadhya" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>> Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 4:12 PM
> >>> Subject: RE: Coding culture film series on the IT industry in
> INDIA>>>
> >>>
> >>> Carol,
> >>>
> >>> I am here in Bangalore now. I am based at IIM on Bannerghatta
> Road. We
> >>>
> > leave
> >
> >>> in a flat nearby. (I am here with my with my wife and children
> >>>
> > (approching
> >
> >>> three and five years of age)).
> >>>
> >>> I think we should get together at some point to catch up. I am
> looking>>> foeard to hearing more about your project. I will be
> happy to come to
> >>>
> > IIsc
> >
> >>> and get a chance to see the place (I was there very briefly
> last time).
> >>>
> >>> I am part of an international research team funded by the
> Volkswagen>>> Foundation. We are looking at the changing location
> of innovative
> >>> capabilities across developed/developing country divides (See
> the link
> >>> below).
> >>> So I am in Bangalore to do some IT-related research for this
> purpose.>>> Eventually this should feed into my Ph.d.
> >>>
> >>> See you soon. Best wishes,
> >>>
> >>> Rasmus
> >>>
> >>> ***
> >>> Visiting Scholar, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore
> >>> Mobile: 99 00 10 60 46
> >>> Office: 080 – 2699 3740
> >>> Home: 080 – 4150 7835
> >>> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>>
> >>> DPhil Researcher, Institute of Development Studies,
> >>> University of Sussex, BN1 9RE, UK
> >>> Office: +44 (0) 1273 678628 (direct)
> >>> Mobile: +44 (0) 7767 712183
> >>> Fax: +44 (0) 1273 621202
> >>> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>>
> >>> Short project description:
> >>> http://www.ids.ac.uk/ids/global/projects/volkswagenproject.html
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: Carol Upadhya [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>> Sent: Wed 5/10/2006 11:30
> >>> To: Rasmus Lema
> >>> Cc:
> >>> Subject: Re: Coding culture film series on the IT industry in
> INDIA>>>
> >>> Hi Rasmus, good to hear from you, do give a call when you are
> here. Our
> >>> project reports are also getting finalised which I'll give you
> when you
> >>> come.
> >>>
> >>> best regards,
> >>> Carol
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> ________________________________________
> >>> Dr. Carol Upadhya
> >>> Visiting Associate Fellow, Sociology and Social Anthropology
> >>> National Institute of Advanced Studies
> >>> Indian Institute of Science Campus
> >>> Bangalore 560012
> >>> India
> >>>
> >>> office: +91-80-23604351 ext 267
> >>> cell: +91-93413-11453
> >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>>
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> From: Rasmus Lema
> >>> To: Stig Toft Madsen ; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>> Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 7:19 PM
> >>> Subject: RE: Coding culture film series on the IT industry
> in INDIA
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Dear Stig, thank you for forwarding this!
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Carol, this just landed in my inbox. Very in teresting. I
> will be in
> >>> Bangalore - based at IIM - from July and probably until the
> end of the
> >>>
> > year.
> >
> >>> We should meet up again. Will buy the films when I get there.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> All the best,
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Rasmus
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: Stig Toft Madsen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>> Sent: 09 May 2006 14:32
> >>> To: Rasmus Lema
> >>> Subject: FW: Coding culture film series on the IT industry
> in INDIA
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Til Rasmus,
> >>>
> >>> Fra Stig
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Stig Toft Madsen
> >>>
> >>> Senior Researcher
> >>>
> >>> NIAS - Nordic Institute of Asian Studies
> >>>
> >>> Leifsgade 33, DK-2300 Copenhagen S. Denmark
> >>>
> >>> +45-35329542 (off)
> >>>
> >>> +45-22805611 (mob)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> ----------
> >>
> > --
> >
> >>> --
> >>>
> >>> From: Dorte Juul Nyholm
> >>> Sent: 9. maj 2006 12:22
> >>> To: Anja Møller Rasmussen; Stig Toft Madsen
> >>> Subject: FW: Coding culture film series on the IT industry
> in INDIA
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Dorte Juul-Nyholm
> >>> Chief Secretary
> >>>
> >>> Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS)
> >>> Leifsgade 33
> >>> DK-2300 Copenhagen S
> >>> Denmark
> >>>
> >>> Phone: +45 35 32 95 20
> >>> Fax: +45 35 32 95 49
> >>> E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>> URL: www.nias.ku.dk
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> ----------
> >>
> > --
> >
> >>> --
> >>>
> >>> From: AR Vasavi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>> Sent: 4. maj 2006 16:30
> >>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED];
> >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; NIAS Secretary;
> >>>
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED];
> >
> >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>> Subject: Fwd: Coding culture film series on the IT industry
> in INDIA
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Dear Faculty members of the European Alliance For Asian Studies,
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Enclosed please find a flyer for a series of films made on
> the IT
> >>>
> > industry
> >
> >>> in Bangalore, India. The set comes with a booklet which
> provides a
> >>> sociological context to understanding and using the films in
> classes and
> >>> discussion sessions. I request you to please consider ordering
> a copy
> >>>
> > for
> >
> >>> your institute or university.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Thank you
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Vasavi
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> A.R. Vasavi
> >>>
> >>> Sociology and Social Anthropology
> >>>
> >>> National Institute of Advanced Studies
> >>>
> >>> IISc Campus
> >>>
> >>> Bangalore-560012
> >>>
> >>> INDIA
> >>>
> >>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> >>> From: Carol Upadhya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>> Date: Apr 15, 2006 7:37 AM
> >>> Subject: Coding culture film series
> >>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> ______________
> >>>
> >>> CODING CULTURE
> >>>
> >>> A series of three films on
> >>>
> >>> Bangalore's Software Industry
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> July Boys 30 min
> >>>
> >>> The 'M' Way 30 min
> >>>
> >>> Fun @ Sun 32 min
> >>>
> >>> _______________
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> The Indian software industry has emerged as a key node of
> the global
> >>> capitalist economy, and Indian software engineers are now a
> significant>>> category of global 'knowledge workers'. This
> series of films takes a
> >>>
> > close
> >
> >>> look at the software industry in Bangalore and its work culture.
> >>>
> > Produced
> >
> >>> as part of the NIAS-IDPAD project on Indian IT workers, the
> films are
> >>> packaged with a booklet outlining the sociological
> significance of their
> >>> themes. For more information, click on:
> >>> http://www.iisc.ernet.in/nias/codingculture.htm or scroll
> down to the
> >>> bottom of this page.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Orders may be placed with:
> >>>
> >>> Dean - Administration
> >>> National Institute of Advanced Studies
> >>> Indian Institute of Science Campus
> >>> Bangalore 560012
> >>> Tel: 080-23604351; Fax: 080-23606634
> >>> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>>
> >>> Please copy your orders to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>>
> >>> Price for all three films, with the booklet:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Within India:
> >>>
> >>> Individuals - Rs 250/-
> >>>
> >>> Institutions - Rs 500/-
> >>>
> >>> Plus Rs 50/- postage
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Outside India:
> >>>
> >>> Individuals - US $10
> >>>
> >>> Institutions - US $50
> >>>
> >>> Plus $15 postage
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Payment should be made by demand draft or banker's cheque in
> favour of
> >>> National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, India.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> From outside India, payment may also be made by direct bank
> transfer;>>>
> > the
> >
> >>> details are as under:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Beneficiary Name: National Institute of Advanced Studies
> >>>
> >>> Beneficiary A/c No.: 10270575077
> >>>
> >>> Bank With : State Bank of India, IISc., Branch,
> >>>
> > Bangalore,
> >
> >>> India
> >>>
> >>> Branch Code No: 02215
> >>>
> >>> SWIFT CODE NO: SBININBB425
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >
> _________________________________________________________________________>
> >>> __________________________________
> >>>
> >>> Coding Culture - Bangalore's Software Industry
> >>>
> >>> A series of three films by Gautam Sonti
> >>>
> >>> in collaboration with Carol Upadhya
> >>>
> >>> produced by National Institute of Advanced Studies,
> Bangalore, India
> >>>
> >>> supported by Indo-Dutch Programme for Alternatives in
> Development, The
> >>> Netherlands
> >>>
> >>> The Indian software outsourcing industry has emerged as a
> key node of
> >>>
> > the
> >
> >>> global economy. The series of ethnographic films, Coding Culture:
> >>> Bangalore's Software Industry, explores the cultures of
> outsourced work
> >>>
> > and
> >
> >>> the moulding of a new workforce to cater to this global high-tech
> >>>
> > services
> >
> >>> industry. Each of the three films focuses on a single company,
> >>>
> > representing
> >
> >>> one of the major types of software company found in Bangalore: a
> >>> medium-sized Indian-owned company software services company
> (Mphasis:>>>
> > The
> >
> >>> 'M' Way); the offshore software development centre of a U.S.-
> based IT
> >>> company (Sun Microsystems: [EMAIL PROTECTED]); and a small 'cross-
> border' startup
> >>> company that produces its own software products and markets
> them to
> >>>
> > global
> >
> >>> customers (July Systems: July Boys). All three companies are
> engaged in
> >>>
> > the
> >
> >>> production of software products or services for markets
> outside of
> >>>
> > India,
> >
> >>> but the nature of their work and their position in the global
> economy>>> differ, producing significant variations in their
> cultures of work. Each
> >>> film revolves around a distinct theme that is central to the
> outsourcing>>> industry as a whole, but that also has wider
> sociological significance:
> >>>
> > the
> >
> >>> systems of time and people management that are typical of
> these new
> >>>
> > global
> >
> >>> workplaces; the functioning of multicultural 'virtual teams'
> and the
> >>> absorption of Indian software engineers into a global
> corporate culture;
> >>>
> > and
> >
> >>> the new identities that are emerging in this highly
> transnational sector
> >>>
> > of
> >
> >>> the Indian economy.
> >>>
> >>> The 'M' Way: Time + People = Money
> >>> The 'M' Way was shot inside MphasiS Limited, a medium-sized
> Indian IT
> >>> software services company that typifies this highly competitive
> >>>
> > business, in
> >
> >>> which the provision of high quality and low-cost service is
> the key to
> >>> attracting and retaining customers. The film focuses on two
> teams (one
> >>>
> > for
> >
> >>> software development and one for testing, or quality control)
> that work
> >>>
> > on a
> >
> >>> single project for a U.S.-based customer, depicting the high-
> pressure>>>
> > work
> >
> >>> atmosphere that prevails in this industry. Activities must be
> tightly>>> coordinated within and between the project teams, and
> also with the
> >>>
> > customer
> >
> >>> site, with which the Indian engineers are in constant
> communication.>>>
> >>> Fun @ Sun: Making of a Global Workplace
> >>>
> >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] is an inside look at work and work culture in the
> software>>> development centre of a large American multinational
> company, Sun
> >>> Microsystems, located in Bangalore (Indian Engineering Centre,
> or IEC).
> >>>
> > The
> >
> >>> film highlights the multiple ways in which 'culture' operates
> as a
> >>> management tool in the new global economy. In offshore centres
> such as
> >>>
> > IEC,
> >
> >>> work is organised through 'virtual teams' comprised of software
> >>>
> > engineers
> >
> >>> and managers located in Bangalore and Santa Clara, U.S.A. To
> integrate>>>
> > their
> >
> >>> employees and sites across cultural and geographical space,
> Sun attempts
> >>>
> > to
> >
> >>> initiate the Indian software engineers into Sun's corporate
> culture. The
> >>> film depicts the techniques through which this American-style work
> >>>
> > culture
> >
> >>> is transplanted into the Indian subsidiary, such as induction
> programmes>>>
> > and
> >
> >>> 'soft skills' training programmes. The film also points to the
> >>>
> > contradictory
> >
> >>> ways in which 'culture' is invoked in the global corporate
> workplace:>>>
> > while
> >
> >>> cultural sensitivity training programmes validate cultural
> difference,>>> Indian software engineers are expected to conform
> to the dominant model
> >>>
> > of
> >
> >>> global corporate culture by learning appropriate communication and
> >>> behavioural styles.
> >>>
> >>> July Boys: New Global Players
> >>>
> >>> July Boys focuses on a small 'startup' company in Bangalore that
> >>>
> > designs
> >
> >>> and produces software products for cellular service providers
> in Europe
> >>>
> > and
> >
> >>> the U.S. Turning the tables on the usual outsourcing story,
> July Systems
> >>>
> > has
> >
> >>> leveraged U.S.-based venture capital and Indian technical
> expertise to
> >>>
> > break
> >
> >>> into the latest high-tech markets. The film explores the
> creation of a
> >>> Silicon Valley-style work culture within this 'cross-border'
> company>>>
> > that
> >
> >>> has one leg in Bangalore and the other in Santa Clara,
> California. It
> >>>
> > also
> >
> >>> highlights the emergence of new kinds of identities (global,
> >>>
> > transnational,
> >
> >>> cosmopolitan) that incorporate and transcend pre-existing
> identities>>>
> > such as
> >
> >>> the national (Indian) and the regional (Tamil). But the
> narratives of
> >>>
> > the
> >
> >>> film's characters reveal a tension between their assumed global
> >>>
> > subjectivity
> >
> >>> and their nationalist pride in July's achievements as a
> company founded
> >>>
> > and
> >
> >>> run by Indians that makes 'cutting edge products' for the
> global market.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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----- Original Message -----
From: Suresh Ramasubramanian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 8:49 am
Subject: Re: [silk] Linked In group?
> Venkat Mangudi wrote:
> > I suggested this to Udhay some time ago. How does everyone feel
> about a
> > Silk linked in group? Does it even make sense?
> >
> > venkat
> >
>
> Quite a few silklisters on linkedin as far as I can see.
>
> If anybody wants to add me - http://www.linkedin.com/in/hserus
>
>
Carol Upadhya
Visiting Associate Fellow
National Institute of Advanced Studies
Indian Institute of Science Campus
Bangalore-560 012
phone: 080-23604351
cell: 93413-11453
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