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They dont make Upright & Content & Humble like you anymore Dad !

Dad,Aroon, would have been 85 today ~ An Epitome of Always being Upright & Content & Humble ~ and ‘A’ in both Name & Spirit Proud of my Middle Name ‘A’ ~ always flaunt it on my Visiting Card and Email & Other Communications Dad’s Life was IndianOil who he served loyally for @ 30 years having helped set it up ~ Earlier in the 1950’s he was with Standard Vaccuum that was renamed Esso and which we finally know as HPCL today ~ A Decade into Post Independence,India set up IndianOil and Dad sacrificed his multi perked MNC Job to patriotically join the fledgling IndianOil and was initially responsible for setting up West Zone,travelling three weeks in the month….he rose through the ranks donning various roles in Marketing,Supply ,Distribution & Commercial He was incorruptible in a Sector where Corruption was easily induced and even became a norm where Hundreds of Millions of Dollars of

February 22, 2015 2 Comments

Wow ! Item Girl Suzlon up 20% @ Rs 23 as Sun Pharma Promoters buys in !

Wow ! Item Girl Suzlon up 20% @ Rs 23 as Sun Pharma Promoters buys in ! An Open Offer too has been announced Market Guys had sized up Suzlon as the Item Girl of the Market given it’s many controversies and tantalising swings and have been playing it’s volatility and should I daresay being entertained by it in great volumes for long 🙂 The Item Girl’s coming Good now ! Clearly Suzlon Energy is now Energised by the entry of Turnaround Artist Dilip Shanghvi of Sun Pharma It is unlikely the Open Offer for 26% of the Shares will be successful at the Offer Price of Rs 18 A Host of Shareholders from the Shanghvi Family will be allotted 100 crore Equity Shares at Rs 18 and thus bringing in Rs 1800 crs into Suzlon Last Month in January 2015 Suzlon entered into an all cash deal to sell it’s German Subsidiary,Senvion for Rs

February 16, 2015 4 Comments

Generosity of Spirit that combines Intent & Impact shapes your Leadership Footprint

Interesting Blogpost on ‘What Kind of Leader do you want to be?’ from Business Psychologist and Leadership Advisor ,Rebecca Newton She identifies the two central components to successful leadership as being leadership intent (the kind of leader you want to be) and impact(the legacy you want to leave)…she calls these two the ‘leadership footprint’ She quotes Gail Kelly,CEO of Westpac Banking Group of Australia to illustrate such a footprint….Kelly has spoken openly and honestly about her personal leadership legacy goals. She’s described these goals as “generosity of spirit.” There are two key elements to generosity of spirit, according to Kelly. The first is believing in the power of people to make a difference (leadership intent). The second is creating an environment that empowers them to flourish to be the best they can be and thereby make that difference (leadership impact). Are you a Good Leader ? Are Great Leaders Born or can they be Groomed to become such

February 8, 2015 No Comments

Adani Group Demerging and the Australian Mine Controversy continues

An interesting and absorbing and explosive article on the Adani Group by Lisa Cox has appeared on February 7,2015 in The Sydney Morning Herald Tax Havens,Criminal Investigation,Secret Ownership,Murky Money Trails…..the article does state that the Indian Media has reported that Company Officials counter these allegations as being “politically motivated” and a bid to resurrect old cases Wonder if any Indian Media will have the courage to follow up on this SMH post and whether the BSE & NSE will, at least for the record because they simply accept any clarification and post it on their websites and file it and think their job is done for investor awareness and protection!, seek clarification from the Adani Group for all of this …..the article covers quotes from Australian relevant experts of deliberate Non Disclosures and Dubious Accounting in Annual Reports of AEL and the role and pedigree and emergence of Gautam Adani’s brother,Vinod Shantilal Adani as

February 8, 2015 1 Comment

5 Lessons to learn from the 39 year old Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer

Really Sitting Pretty ! Here’s Nicholas Carson’s Five interesting Lessons to learn from the US $ 500 million worth Marissa Mayer ~the 39 year old CEO of a US $ 40 billion Yahoo Choose the opportunity that’s scariest ~ While graduating from Stanford she picked to work at fledgling start up Google becoming one of it’s first 25 employees rather than become a highly paid consultant or teach at Carnegie Mellon Recognize your relative weaknesses~ She was picked as a Coder and struggled for months to build a system which later a new Star Coder joined and crested within weeks.She loved Google and decided that she would not be successful as a coder there and thus looked to find other working roles Identify your company’s problems and solve them ~ She threw herself in many roles and finally zeroed in on three areas where she could add material value to Google Don’t worry too much

February 3, 2015 No Comments

Hey Sandeep & Hemant your TAP GAP Winners hampers have been send yesterday to you

😀 Hey Sandeep & Hemant your TAP GAP Winners hampers have been send yesterday to you and the courier should deliver them to you today Hope you guys love it ! Update : Sunday,January 25,2015 🙂 Now that both have received the Hamper am posting a pic of the Contents that they are enjoying Along with the Book that inspired me a lot,Richard Branson’s ‘Screw it,Let’s Do it’ Sandeep & Hemant have received all of this

January 24, 2015 3 Comments