Sunday, December 5, 2010
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Solution of Corruption
During Mumbai visit, Mr. Obama and his delegation was praising India for its growth and development over the period. All Indian corporate leaders tried to present India as grown country rather than growing. Global media was presenting the powerful image of India and we all were feeling ‘feel good factor’.
But we will have to face such humiliation in such a small span of time. Nobody thinks about it. Scams after scams are coming out…all media is bringing the matter in front of the whole country and is starting to blame government and politicians for these scams. Now is that the solution? Or to know the culprit and punish them will be the solution? Perhaps, NO.
The reason is government, a virtual entity which is made of the people of the country. So if government is involved in something this means we are involved in it. A single leader cannot be accused of some corrupt act; the people who are working with him will also be doing same. One cannot do such activities without the involvement of the other people under his span of control. If a minister is involved then his secretary, office clerk and babus will also be the part of act. Who are they? They are the common people of our society, to whom whenever is asked, “what is your income?” they will give the answer, “aamdani to itni acchi nahi hai, par upari income acchi ho jati hai”
Now we can all understand who the culprits in such scams or corrupt acts are.
So until and unless, we are not going to bring change in ourselves, these obstacles will occur again and again in the path of development.
So rather than accusing our system, we all should bring Change in Ourselves and make the system transparent and presentable in the whole world.
This may look impractical but it is not impossible. In second week of november,i was in MRA(Moral Re-Armament) centre- Panchgani and I was amazed with their efforts to bring the change in this world.Their methods like to listen your inner voice, sit quiet in the nature for some time and variuos activities like talk about your feelings and relationship,are incredible. They want to bring change in this world through the changes in ourselves.I was astonished after seeing the participation from all across the globe.There were people from countries like US,UK,Vietnam,Latvia,Iran,Afganistan,Sudan,Ethiopia,Bhutan and many more.They all are part of one astounding program - Initiatives of Change
They are basically promoting 4 things to listen our inner voice-Absolute Purity,Absolute Honesty, Absolute Unselfishness and Absolute Love.They also spread the message through "Forgiveness".According to them.the virtue of forgiveness makes us happy and feels better.I also belive that this virtue can also play an important role in eradicating violence and hatred from our society.
So the reason why i mentioned MRA in this article of corruption is perhaps clear now.
I believe that these learning can bring the change in ourselves which we wabt to see in this world.
If you ever get chance to visit Pune, you must visit MRA Centre in Panchgani.It is incredibly beautiful and thought provoking.
But we will have to face such humiliation in such a small span of time. Nobody thinks about it. Scams after scams are coming out…all media is bringing the matter in front of the whole country and is starting to blame government and politicians for these scams. Now is that the solution? Or to know the culprit and punish them will be the solution? Perhaps, NO.
The reason is government, a virtual entity which is made of the people of the country. So if government is involved in something this means we are involved in it. A single leader cannot be accused of some corrupt act; the people who are working with him will also be doing same. One cannot do such activities without the involvement of the other people under his span of control. If a minister is involved then his secretary, office clerk and babus will also be the part of act. Who are they? They are the common people of our society, to whom whenever is asked, “what is your income?” they will give the answer, “aamdani to itni acchi nahi hai, par upari income acchi ho jati hai”
Now we can all understand who the culprits in such scams or corrupt acts are.
So until and unless, we are not going to bring change in ourselves, these obstacles will occur again and again in the path of development.
So rather than accusing our system, we all should bring Change in Ourselves and make the system transparent and presentable in the whole world.
This may look impractical but it is not impossible. In second week of november,i was in MRA(Moral Re-Armament) centre- Panchgani and I was amazed with their efforts to bring the change in this world.Their methods like to listen your inner voice, sit quiet in the nature for some time and variuos activities like talk about your feelings and relationship,are incredible. They want to bring change in this world through the changes in ourselves.I was astonished after seeing the participation from all across the globe.There were people from countries like US,UK,Vietnam,Latvia,Iran,Afganistan,Sudan,Ethiopia,Bhutan and many more.They all are part of one astounding program - Initiatives of Change
They are basically promoting 4 things to listen our inner voice-Absolute Purity,Absolute Honesty, Absolute Unselfishness and Absolute Love.They also spread the message through "Forgiveness".According to them.the virtue of forgiveness makes us happy and feels better.I also belive that this virtue can also play an important role in eradicating violence and hatred from our society.
So the reason why i mentioned MRA in this article of corruption is perhaps clear now.
I believe that these learning can bring the change in ourselves which we wabt to see in this world.
If you ever get chance to visit Pune, you must visit MRA Centre in Panchgani.It is incredibly beautiful and thought provoking.
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Services in Emerging Market
I am very excited about writing this article on Emerging Market in continuation because coincidently my last article posting was on Emerging Market/Economy and now I am writing with my real experience at a conference on the same subject in ISB, Hyderabad. It was overwhelming experience in ISB. The kind of exposure which I got in two days (23rd -24th sept) with industry honchos, experts, and various professors from universities all across the world was very enthusiastic.
The topic of the conference was: “Services in Emerging Market” or ‘Growth Market ‘as the industry people called it.
The basic characteristics of emerging economies are as follows:
1.Economic Liberalization
2.Low /Middle income country
3.Tech led innovation hotspot
4.Entrepreneur business environment
Nowadays, the world economics is converting from a product based towards a service oriented conception. Business processes are becoming complex in multi layers. So many solutions can be indentified in the market for each problem. Now who will win the market when so many providers are available….of course the one who is better service provider along with the product or solution. (In real meaning, Solution is the combination of Product and Service)
What the customer wants has become more important rather than what you provide them. Kotler’s theory also says don’t push your product; make/design your product as customer wants. The process should be in reverse from Customer to your Production house not from your production house to customer.
As such Service Productivity, Service Quality and Service Innovation exist with the product but now the market demands them to be more integrated.
Now if we talk about the role of Technology then we have to change in the pyramid mode of Service Marketing. Earlier there were 3 corners i.e. Company, Customer and Employee while now we should add Technology (IT) in it because Technology has become integrated part of system.
Source: lecture/presentation given by:
Prof A Parasuraman,university of Miami
Prof N Viswanadham, ISB
FC Kohli, GM,TCS
Guruduth Banavar,VP & CTO,IBM
Dream Place:
The topic of the conference was: “Services in Emerging Market” or ‘Growth Market ‘as the industry people called it.
The basic characteristics of emerging economies are as follows:
1.Economic Liberalization
2.Low /Middle income country
3.Tech led innovation hotspot
4.Entrepreneur business environment
Nowadays, the world economics is converting from a product based towards a service oriented conception. Business processes are becoming complex in multi layers. So many solutions can be indentified in the market for each problem. Now who will win the market when so many providers are available….of course the one who is better service provider along with the product or solution. (In real meaning, Solution is the combination of Product and Service)
What the customer wants has become more important rather than what you provide them. Kotler’s theory also says don’t push your product; make/design your product as customer wants. The process should be in reverse from Customer to your Production house not from your production house to customer.
As such Service Productivity, Service Quality and Service Innovation exist with the product but now the market demands them to be more integrated.
Now if we talk about the role of Technology then we have to change in the pyramid mode of Service Marketing. Earlier there were 3 corners i.e. Company, Customer and Employee while now we should add Technology (IT) in it because Technology has become integrated part of system.
Source: lecture/presentation given by:
Prof A Parasuraman,university of Miami
Prof N Viswanadham, ISB
FC Kohli, GM,TCS
Guruduth Banavar,VP & CTO,IBM
Dream Place:
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Emerging Market:
Few days back, I was reading some articles related to the new markets in the world where the companies are exploring market for their growth.
In this recession recovery period, we all have the same question, what is next? Where to go? Since business is coming at the edge of stagnation in the existing market. Where are the opportunities? Everyone is looking here and there. From automobile to telecom, all domain companies are searching for emerging market.
Then I decided to know what emerging market is? How do we decide that this country can be emerging marketing and I got to know-"Emerging markets are nations with social or business activity in the process of rapid growth and industrialization”. The phrase was defined in terms of economics and levels of wealth. Emerging markets are economies with low-to-middle per capita income.
In recent years, few terms have emerged to describe the largest developing countries such as BRIC (word is given by Goldman Sachs) that stands for Brazil, Russia, India, and China, BRICS (BRIC + South Africa) and CIVETS (Colombia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Egypt, Turkey and South Africa).Some experts believe that they are enjoying an increasing role in the world economy and on political platforms.
Few months before there was a statement from CEO of HSBC bank, he said, "After BRICs, look to CIVETS for growth”. As per his statement-The size of the emerging market middle class will swell to 1.2 billion people by 2030, from 250 million in 2000.hence banking sector has a lot of scope to further grow in these countries.
Emerging markets are characterized by strong economic growth, resulting in an often marked rise in GDP and disposable income. As a result, people in emerging countries are often able to buy goods and services that they previously would not have been able to afford. This provides international companies with the opportunity to tap large, new customer bases, potentially driving significant growth for a number of companies and industries. Though disposable incomes in emerging markets are rising, many of their citizens are still relatively poor. Luxury goods such as high-end automobiles and designer clothes are sure to benefit from the increased purchasing power of emerging economies, but everyday luxuries such as cell phones and brand name food products are becoming popular much more quickly. For example, the number of wireless subscribers in India grew at a compound annual growth rate of 91% from 2000 to 2005, and coca-cola company predicts that the BRIC countries will account for 41% of the company's growth by 2008.
Companies that benefit from growth in emerging markets:
Auto companies:
Ford Motor Company (F), General Motors (GM), Toyota Motor (TM), Honda Motor Company (HMC), and other car companies would benefit from increased demand for automobiles. As emerging countries improve their infrastructure and their GDPs continue to rise, the demand for cars is likely to increase as well.
Food and beverage manufacturers
Coca-Cola Company, PepsiCo, Kraft Foods and other food and beverage manufacturers have seen strong growth in emerging markets in recent years. As incomes rise, packaged food becomes more accessible for a larger percentage of the population, stimulating demand for these companies' products.
Mobile (telecom) companies:
The Indian telecommunications industry is one of the fastest growing in the world. According to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), the number of telephone subscriber base in the country reached 653.92 million as on May 31, 2010, an increase of 2.49 per cent from 638.05 million in April 2010. With this the overall tele-density (telephones per 100 people) has touched 55.38. The wireless subscriber base has increased to 617.53 million at the end of May 2010 from 601.22 million in April 2010, registering a growth of 2.71 per cent.
Not only will India surpass China in terms of the total number of active subscriptions by 2013, but, according to Informa's forecasts, the Indian market will have a higher subscription penetration rate (75 per cent ) than China's by the end of 2011 (69 per cent ). By the end of 2014, India's subscription penetration will be 101 per cent.
Raw material suppliers:
BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and other integrated mining companies have already benefitted from the explosive demand growth of emerging markets, especially China.
Industrial gas companies:
Praxair, Air Products and Chemicals, and other industrial gas companies stand to benefit as demand for their product grows; current per capita gas consumption in emerging markets is very low compared to developed countries. As consumption rises, demand for industrial gases will be stimulated.
Advertising Firms:
As growth in advertising spending slows in mature markets such as the United States and Western Europe, advertising conglomerates like Omnicom Group (OMC) and Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG) are shifting their focus to Russia, China, India and other emerging markets, where advertising spending is growing at much higher rates.
In this recession recovery period, we all have the same question, what is next? Where to go? Since business is coming at the edge of stagnation in the existing market. Where are the opportunities? Everyone is looking here and there. From automobile to telecom, all domain companies are searching for emerging market.
Then I decided to know what emerging market is? How do we decide that this country can be emerging marketing and I got to know-"Emerging markets are nations with social or business activity in the process of rapid growth and industrialization”. The phrase was defined in terms of economics and levels of wealth. Emerging markets are economies with low-to-middle per capita income.
In recent years, few terms have emerged to describe the largest developing countries such as BRIC (word is given by Goldman Sachs) that stands for Brazil, Russia, India, and China, BRICS (BRIC + South Africa) and CIVETS (Colombia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Egypt, Turkey and South Africa).Some experts believe that they are enjoying an increasing role in the world economy and on political platforms.
Few months before there was a statement from CEO of HSBC bank, he said, "After BRICs, look to CIVETS for growth”. As per his statement-The size of the emerging market middle class will swell to 1.2 billion people by 2030, from 250 million in 2000.hence banking sector has a lot of scope to further grow in these countries.
Emerging markets are characterized by strong economic growth, resulting in an often marked rise in GDP and disposable income. As a result, people in emerging countries are often able to buy goods and services that they previously would not have been able to afford. This provides international companies with the opportunity to tap large, new customer bases, potentially driving significant growth for a number of companies and industries. Though disposable incomes in emerging markets are rising, many of their citizens are still relatively poor. Luxury goods such as high-end automobiles and designer clothes are sure to benefit from the increased purchasing power of emerging economies, but everyday luxuries such as cell phones and brand name food products are becoming popular much more quickly. For example, the number of wireless subscribers in India grew at a compound annual growth rate of 91% from 2000 to 2005, and coca-cola company predicts that the BRIC countries will account for 41% of the company's growth by 2008.
Companies that benefit from growth in emerging markets:
Auto companies:
Ford Motor Company (F), General Motors (GM), Toyota Motor (TM), Honda Motor Company (HMC), and other car companies would benefit from increased demand for automobiles. As emerging countries improve their infrastructure and their GDPs continue to rise, the demand for cars is likely to increase as well.
Food and beverage manufacturers
Coca-Cola Company, PepsiCo, Kraft Foods and other food and beverage manufacturers have seen strong growth in emerging markets in recent years. As incomes rise, packaged food becomes more accessible for a larger percentage of the population, stimulating demand for these companies' products.
Mobile (telecom) companies:
The Indian telecommunications industry is one of the fastest growing in the world. According to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), the number of telephone subscriber base in the country reached 653.92 million as on May 31, 2010, an increase of 2.49 per cent from 638.05 million in April 2010. With this the overall tele-density (telephones per 100 people) has touched 55.38. The wireless subscriber base has increased to 617.53 million at the end of May 2010 from 601.22 million in April 2010, registering a growth of 2.71 per cent.
Not only will India surpass China in terms of the total number of active subscriptions by 2013, but, according to Informa's forecasts, the Indian market will have a higher subscription penetration rate (75 per cent ) than China's by the end of 2011 (69 per cent ). By the end of 2014, India's subscription penetration will be 101 per cent.
Raw material suppliers:
BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and other integrated mining companies have already benefitted from the explosive demand growth of emerging markets, especially China.
Industrial gas companies:
Praxair, Air Products and Chemicals, and other industrial gas companies stand to benefit as demand for their product grows; current per capita gas consumption in emerging markets is very low compared to developed countries. As consumption rises, demand for industrial gases will be stimulated.
Advertising Firms:
As growth in advertising spending slows in mature markets such as the United States and Western Europe, advertising conglomerates like Omnicom Group (OMC) and Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG) are shifting their focus to Russia, China, India and other emerging markets, where advertising spending is growing at much higher rates.
Friday, April 16, 2010
Blogger's Meet: An Acknowledgement from Indiblogger
It was my first chance to attend the Blogger's meet.Fortunatly, since i am in hyderabad and my blog is also listed from Hyderabad so of course it was on my card to attend this beautiful event on 11th April.I feel very charged after coming from this meet because i was filled with such innovative ideas which i never thought in my life.I met with so many kind of people from different backgrounds...from software engineer to doctor to banker to professor...to home maker and student. All with such a brillient ideas.People are writing on social issues ,economic issues ,senior citizen rights,technical blogs,about their life and life in their surrounding... even there were people who are writing on topic like cookies ..so now you can understand that in this world,there is so much around us that we can write on anything, just we have to concentrate on those things.Am i right? Actually ,we never think seriously on such things.But I am sure that if we will think on them then we can find something from nothing.
I like three things most -
1.Great Ideas: which are not only so impotant for our personal growth but also our society too. You can create any magical thing with your writing that i can understand now.I have the answer why J.K Rowling has become one of the top richest person in the world.
2. Twittering: Tweets tagged with #indihyd were streaming over the big screen live.
This was the humurous aspect of our meet and really i still giggle whenever i think
about it. On the screen, there were three vertical section. first one for the people who registered themselves,second for twitter and third,for people who had walked in the premise.
So in the Twitter section, there were live comical comments on people and on their talk.
3. Hitler Video: I will not write anything about it because it is complete in itself.It is just to watch.Although, i could not get Hyderabad-Hitler meet video but i got Chennai-Hitler meet video. I will very soon upload our Hyderabad-Hitler video because that shows Sania-Sohaib Saga with the twist of Hitler......Lol..........and here it is INDIBLOGGER MEET Hyd
There are few pictures of the event, hope you will like them....
I like three things most -
1.Great Ideas: which are not only so impotant for our personal growth but also our society too. You can create any magical thing with your writing that i can understand now.I have the answer why J.K Rowling has become one of the top richest person in the world.
2. Twittering: Tweets tagged with #indihyd were streaming over the big screen live.
This was the humurous aspect of our meet and really i still giggle whenever i think
about it. On the screen, there were three vertical section. first one for the people who registered themselves,second for twitter and third,for people who had walked in the premise.
So in the Twitter section, there were live comical comments on people and on their talk.
3. Hitler Video: I will not write anything about it because it is complete in itself.It is just to watch.Although, i could not get Hyderabad-Hitler meet video but i got Chennai-Hitler meet video. I will very soon upload our Hyderabad-Hitler video because that shows Sania-Sohaib Saga with the twist of Hitler......Lol..........and here it is INDIBLOGGER MEET Hyd
There are few pictures of the event, hope you will like them....
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
M F HUSSAIN:A Chapter in INDIAN SECULARISM
There is a lot of conflict in my mind or I can say that i have few contradicting questions whenever i think about Mr. M.F Hussain.
At one side,he is recipient of Padma Shree (1955),Padma Bhushan(1973) and Padma Vibhushan(1991) awards which are symbols of the contribution in Indian Culture and On the other hand, He is into exile, shuffling between London and Dubai.
Now the question is how do we see this whole issue?What perception do we have? Should we let him go ( we are knowing that he has been offered to Qatar citizenship.) or Should we proud to have such versatile artist in our country?
I believe that we are forgetting something which makes us proud to be Indian.India is one of the largest democratic country which has sent message of secularism from time to time to the world.
Here we all have our rights to express ourselves in whatever way we want.
The Artists,Painters,Film-makers and Actors,they all have their right in their individual form.
They are free from social taboos.It is their imagination or thought which they express in their work.We must acknowledge it with broad minded views.
If we talk about his controversial paintings about Hindu's deities,then there are few questions which should be answered like ......
why do we not vandalise Khajuraho or some Hindu temples specially in south India?which are epitome of nudity.Khajuraho is world famous and we are proud of it and have made a part of our Indian history study.
So Are we being hypocrite in our own values? This needs to be addressed.
This issue also shows the lackadaisical nature of our legal system.This 95 yrs old man is having more than thousands cases against him.When will these resolve? No idea.
I think he took a wise decision in this regard.
But our government is owed for three things.... our Sovereignty,...Indian secular society....and Efficient Legal system.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Jago Mumbai-kers!!!
It feels really pathetic whenever I stuck with any such incident which are related to regionalism whether it be related to Mumbai or Australia.I feel pity for the people how stupid they are who fight among themselves.Some people do it for knowingly while some become a part of it indirectly,Thanks to some political parties (very honestly, Shiv Sena and MNS both)which as such do not have any political agenda or their ideology but are making fool to the people.
In Mumbai, whatever is happening with other states people is very similar to what is happening with Indians in Australia.How Hippocrates are these Shiv Sena /MNS leaders can be judge by their statement for Australian players that they will not allow Australia to play in Mumbai during IPL-3? Even at the same time, they are doing ill treatment with other-state people in their own state Maharastra.
Without going into other controversies over IPL or SRK which are also become( they are being forced to..) a part of this chauvinistic politics,I just want to join the voice of those people who want to eradicate this hatred within ourselves.
We talk about Global economic condition of India, GDP, Growth of India or Blah..Blah!!!! These all thing will become nonsense if we continue to fight in among self. we must actively protect our self from such non-social elements.
and I think the real answer to this problem,which can be given by none other than only Maharastrian People.They must positively act with their own senses,not remotely driven by these idiots politicians.They should set example to eradicate regionalism from this country.
In true sense,Jai Ho.....for Marthi Manoos
In Mumbai, whatever is happening with other states people is very similar to what is happening with Indians in Australia.How Hippocrates are these Shiv Sena /MNS leaders can be judge by their statement for Australian players that they will not allow Australia to play in Mumbai during IPL-3? Even at the same time, they are doing ill treatment with other-state people in their own state Maharastra.
Without going into other controversies over IPL or SRK which are also become( they are being forced to..) a part of this chauvinistic politics,I just want to join the voice of those people who want to eradicate this hatred within ourselves.
We talk about Global economic condition of India, GDP, Growth of India or Blah..Blah!!!! These all thing will become nonsense if we continue to fight in among self. we must actively protect our self from such non-social elements.
and I think the real answer to this problem,which can be given by none other than only Maharastrian People.They must positively act with their own senses,not remotely driven by these idiots politicians.They should set example to eradicate regionalism from this country.
In true sense,Jai Ho.....for Marthi Manoos
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