Alibaug

I never bought a nokia

I never bought a nokia

My first cell phone was the (pre-sony ) ericsson ,then samsung R220
again another samsung (N620) and now motorola
i gifted LGs , samsungs etc
but never never a nokia
maybe i was too irritated by the hype around nokia
maybe i didn't want to pay the premium
or maybe i liked underdogs !

Nokia N95 could change that

Aspiring business leaders reach out to PMO ...

lets say , this is in continuation to my previous post
Our team won the 2nd prize at IIMK - WhiteKnight ,which means the suggestions are going straight to the PMO :)
This event also brings me to the end of competitions and events as a bschooler.
I've participated in whole bunch of events and competitions ,especially second year,and there are some great lessons to be learnt by trying out and ,even better, winning some of the events
Adds to your confidence,soft skills,apply (whatever little )MBA learnings,meet new people,travel ,get away from classes ,and importantly,earn some decent prize money ..
In fact i was thinking i can write an entire posting on the 'business' of bschool events.

anyway ,check out the ET article on the whiteknight below

Aspiring business leaders reach out to PMO with business plans

"Any takers for a project that would transform rural India through a spirit of small enterprise, entrepreneurship and technology?

Well, some time during the course of this month the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) would sit through two award winning presentations detailing social business plans that aim at a radical transformation of the country’s rural economy.

These inputs for possible policy prescriptions are not by economists, planners or academicians. In fact, the detailed road map for social and economic change have been prepared by students who were the participants in a Business Plan contest called White Knight organized by the IIM – Kozhikode.
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The participants in the contest -- with ‘Inclusive Growth’ as its underlying theme – had to come up with ideas that would bring about a marked difference to agriculture, rural development and health care and renewable energy
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ISB, Hyderabad which came first presented the Project Maurya, that seeks to usher in a ‘Golden Revolution’ which will be founded on the principle of small-scale enterprise, industrial growth, entrepreneurship and technology.

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The SP Jain institute, Mumbai, the team that came second, presented a project to correct the lopsided growth and investments.
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Among the hundreds of entries that came in 10 were short-listed. The ten final entries were judged by panel of eminent scholars.
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But the most coveted prize for the top five teams is that their projects would be presented to the office of the most well known economist in the country who incidentally happens to be the most powerful policy maker also - Dr Manmohan Singh "

The lone Knight and inclusive growth

The next bschool event / comptetition on our agenda is the RIL WhiteKnight at IIMK Backwaters.
The event is about driving inclusive growth strategies across various sectors.Our team picked,not surprisingly, "Rural Sector" and proposed four specific implementable ideas under education and livelihood options.
Unfortunately, only one of our team members could go to IIMK for the final presentation to esteemed panel comprising of PMO representatives.

Well ! , will keep you posted about the exploits of the lone warrior.

Meeting Mr Mukesh Ambani

A grand closing to the journey of rural tourism that began 6 months back.
Team Gram Vihaar got to present the b-plan on Jan 6th to none other than Mr Mukesh Ambani,Chairman ,Reliance Industries Limited.
It was an amazing experience ,presenting to Mr Mukesh Ambani himself.

Here are couple of pics from the day as well as some pics from the event itself that happened in IIMA last year.

Seminar on Leadership and Institution Building on Jan 5th

Leadership is a much talked about but scarcely researched domain in India. Today, we have people who have carved out institutions in different domains after much struggle, but research on their struggle and achievements is dispersed, making it difficult to synthesize learning across them.

At SPJIMR, we realize the potential that understanding leadership in different contexts has, and the cross-pollination opportunities it offers. We are keen to research the domain of institution building, which we see as imbuing a culture and value system into creating an sound organization. As a first step towards this, we are organizing this seminar on "Leadership and Institution Building" on 5 January 2007.

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The objective of the seminar is to bring together transformation agents and institution architects from various domains together for a discussion, each sharing leadership practices and institution building in their domains.

Speakers:

Ingrid Srinath (Panelist)
Chief Executive
CRY

Ms. Kimberly Blewett (Panelist)
VP and MD, Morgan Stanley Advantage Services

Mr. P. H. Ravikumar (Panelist)
MD and CEO
NCDEX

Lt. General Aditya Singh, AVSM (Panelist)
Indian Army

Mr. Vivek Law (Panel Discussion Moderator)
Consumer Affairs Editor
CNBC-TV18

Themes for the event:
The panel discussion among these stalwarts in different domains will explore some of these dimensions about institution building:

• Transforming organizations into institutions
• Addressing social needs through business practices
• Creating a responsive, adaptive culture
• Sustaining growth through strong value-based leadership
• Meeting challenges of self, internal alignment, and external demands
• Developing institutional leaders and planning succession

Registration for the seminar:
Registration for the seminar is on a first-come first-serve basis. To register, please send a mail to list@spjimr.ernet.in

Event Details:
Date: January 5, 2007
Timing: 4.30pm - 8:00 pm, followed by dinner
Venue: Auditorium, S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research, Andheri (W), Mumbai