Ravi Bhuthapuri

(This article appeared in the Hindu on July 18, 2012.  The text of the entire article is reproduced below too) Projects can run into trouble and frequently do. As the poet Robert Burns might have said, even the best laid project plans often go astray. While poor project management skills may be the single largest […]

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