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WATShow.com caught up with GlobalScholar.com CEO Kal Raman who prior to joining GlobalScholar.com, he was the SVP of WW hardlines at amazon.com since Aug 2004. At amazon.com, Kal was in charge of the world wide hardlines business and also in charge of retail technology and online marketing for the entire company. Kal held variety of jobs at drugstore.com from 1998-2004. He was the CEO of drugstore.com from 2001-04 and also served as COO and CIO.

He shares his views on importance of education, raising funds for a business, competition and his success mantra

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This is a guest post by Abhinandan Nardekar. He is a student at BITS Pilani.  
 
Educomp Solutions Ltd on Monday said that the members of the company have passed the resolution to raise up to $500 million. The resources will be raised  through ADR, GDR, FCCB, or QIP, with requisite majority. This announcement comes almost immediately after [...]

Delhi-based Educomp Solutions has acquired a 51 per cent stake in US-based web-delivered curriculum provider, Learning.com for around Rs 105 crore. The deal includes the purchase of existing shares as well as an infusion of new capital into the company. This is Educomp’s second strategic investment after the acquisition of Singapore-based Ask n Learn [...]

Vikram Akula, founder and CEO of SKS Microfinance in a freewheeling interview with IndiaKnowlege@Wharton presented some insights with respect to the future of mobile banking in India and how it can be used to leverage Microfinance models.
 
 
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La Vision Animation, a Mumbai-based animation, e-learning, and edutainment services provider, launched an exciting new global character christened “Buzziboy” along with the launch of their new interactive Web portal Buzziboy.com.
 
 
The service is aimed at children between six and 14 years of age. La Vision claims Buzziboy.com has everything that might interest a children within that age group, i.e. [...]

On a humid friday evening, i ventured out to the Hare Rama Hare Krishna Temple in Mumbai to meet an interesting gentleman who goes by the name of Kal Raman. 
 
 
Kal Raman is the Indian Born CEO and founder of GlobalScholar.com  and hopes to establish the online education platform for teachers, parents, and students in the country of his birth. [...]