Mumbai: Financial research and analytics company Copal Partners today said that it has been named as number one Knowledge Process Outsourcing (KPO) company in the latest edition of the Black Book of Outsourcing 2008. The company has been ranked first for its investment research and analytics, a press release said.
BACK in 2006, an international funding agency was shocked when it found out that the $100,000 it paid to an NGO's handicraft project for providing employment to under-privileged women was not used for the intended purpose. On the face of it there was nothing suspicious about the project—delivery system, quantification of benefit, business plan...everything looked perfect on the paper.
It's brain drain in reverse order. For years, the best and brightest people from India were lured by the glamour and big bucks of the West. Now, it's India's turn to seduce them back. Indeed, the prodigals are returning home. But they are not alone; making the journey to this country — considered a difficult posting not so long ago — are numerous expats who are choosing to work here.
