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There has been a huge hue and cry about Obama's recent move to discourage outsourcing to India. Media has created a sensational buzz of fall of Indian IT industry and my mom is super happy, I moved out of IT world at the right time. However, I think that such a move could actually prove to be the much required impetus for Indian IT industry to leapfrog in the value chain !! First, its not gonna happen that overnight whole outsourcing Industry is wiped off. There may be re-consideration when... Read Full Story

Among several things that I have learnt during my Marketing class, one thing stands out. Understanding of Product SPT, Product / Service bundle, Logit, and market research etc. is all fine. Those are transaction aspects. What I have learnt in larger context via my marketing services course is that life is a full circle and it all comes back. While conducting project work on what shapes a customer to buy a car in India, we ventured to conduct a primary research that included a survey. SURVEY... Read Full Story

I was the last child of a small-time government servant, in a family of five brothers. My earliest memory of my father is as that of a District Employment Officer in Koraput, Orissa. It was, and remains as back of beyond as you can imagine. There was no electricity; no primary school nearby and water did not flow out of a tap. As a result, I did not go to school until the age of eight; I was home-schooled. My father used to get transferred every year. The family belongings fit into the back... Read Full Story

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Have been away from my blog for a shamelessly long period. But this brought me back and hope I continue. I guess even the non-cricket fans will like to read this because there can be a non-cricket fan in India but not a non-Sachin fan. ------------------------------------- "Nothing bad can happen to us if we're on a plane in India with Sachin Tendulkar on it." - Hashim Amla, the South African batsman, reassures himself as he boards a flight. "Sometimes you get so engrossed in watching batsmen... Read Full Story

This post has been long overdue and something or the other kept me away from this. I finally get a chance to write about a typical day at ISB and here goes the same:- 7:15 A:M – The alarm goes off and I immediately put it back to snooze. It’s just 4 hours and this cruel mechanical alarm wouldn’t understand the benefits of a sound sleep. I and my snooze played for 3 more rounds till it told me that this is last time it will snooze. The battle is over. Snooze wins and I wake up. Get ready... Read Full Story

Cam across this wonderful and inspiring blog post about Mr. Subroto Bagchi's speech at IIM- B. I have developed a deep interest in these speeches by great leader. Goes on a long way to put real things, especially for B-school grads, in right perspective. How can I not cover it on my blog. Here goes Mr. Bagchi.... I was the last child of a small-time government servant, in a family of five brothers. My earliest memory of my father is as that of a District Employment Officer in Koraput, Orissa... Read Full Story

A close friend gave an amazing perspective and followed up with the amazing and insightful piece of adds by AVIS rental car. I generally speak about Law of Average and perhaps these adds help put the same thought in perspective. A connected thought shared by one of the professor "Your Biggest strength is your last failure and your biggest weakness is your last success" !! The No: 2 phenomena helps tie up this argument as well into a coherent story. So the moral is that continue to chase the... Read Full Story

I finished up reading this amazing book by Richard Bach. As much I am awed by the story, I am ever further impressed by his unique writing style and insights. Some of the things I noted are: 1. The observer funda – Richard explains something and then prints what an observer, sitting on his shoulder and taking notes would have said at that time – Rates himself and notes the reactions of the situation. An insightful way to write the conflicting parts of yours. 2. He frequently talks of things... Read Full Story

They say, by this time, the worse is over. Dean’s projected happiness curve is set to rise and as Prof. Nerkar put across, with more than 33% done, you guys are good enough to run a business now. All sounds so glamorous and scary at the same time. Term 3 started with a buzz in the student body - with more assignments submissions than total number of days in the term, with three out of four subjects heavily quant oriented, with advice from Alumni that Term 3 is the peak of your MBA life. If I... Read Full Story