Gaurav Bhatnagar has a great list of practical tips for hiring for a startup in India; especially hiring programmers.
Arun Natarajan is the Founder of Venture Intelligence India, which tracks venture capital activity in India and Indian-founded companies worldwide. View sample issues of Venture Intelligence India newsletters and reports.
Hring in a hot market like India is especially hard. And for startups, even more so. My experience has been quite in contradiction with common wisdom. And my experiences are probably more relevant for startups and small companies which do not have an army of recruiters and which do not need to hire by the 100s (if not 1000s).
Arun Natarajan is the Founder of Venture Intelligence India, which tracks venture capital activity in India and Indian-founded companies worldwide. View sample issues of Venture Intelligence India newsletters and reports.