Shameful dereliction of duty by Testing authorities
u knw guys wat v think ki we people are attracted towards the west we never think ki west also has some "buts" now very frankly i say that 2 days ago my frnd mr. vinay dhyani asked me some tips to change his speaking acent to u.s one ..now the question is fixed that"what are the few things wch can't be done with indian english acent..".really this makes me prone ..
1. The testing authority is of a true Yankee pedigree. They hardly understand the Indian cultural milieu, and have tried to transport a whole system from the US to India without adequate and much-needed local cultural adaptations. The IIMs are desperate to make the CAT an international test, and they think that only Prometric can help them do it. (on a philosophical note, I would think otherwise, as we know that the American model of capitalism itself under a dark, ominous cloud)
2. My first brush with their insensitivity was when they uploaded the first training video (for CAT applicants) in August on YouTube, and I found that two Indian looking characters speaking in amazingly irritating American accents were trying to share process gyan with Indian students. My reaction that day was "IIMCAT to gayi paani mey. This company will ruin it this year". Please refer my blogpost on this topic.
3. I strongly feel that in India, there is no point in using an American accent to create and peddle your stuff. Indian accents will do just fine with 99.9% of us (as for the rest, they are already in the US so forget about them!). This video itself revealed two possible thought patterns - a false sense of tremendous superiority, and a total lack of understanding of cultural nuances. My fear was born that day..."ITS not good at all to be "pritam the music chor " rather becoming baba ramdev the yoga legend is much more rewarding..jus c baba ne apni lungi me puri duniya ko chhupa liya.."..n even he meets the senate of england or wethr opening a international yoga center at rosenburg...
4. The entire process of registrations of CAT Applicants was bogged down in procedural errors, and tremendous amount of heartburn for students. . Far removed physically from the scene of action, and now shielded behind the veil of "online" purdah, the IIMs and Prometric did nothing but issue clarification after clarification. Talk to any applicant and she will tell you that the software was uploaded without any testing. It was a beta! A beta, running the CAT process. Imagine.
5. Today, also the 4th day of the hallowed CAT, the entire system came tumbling down.
# The test was cancelled at more than 20 locations in India..making the total upto 125. Thousands of hapless, stressed-out and anxious students were given no clue as to what will happen next. I found students crying, desperate and totally lost out.
# At some location, students were made to wait for upto 5 hours (without food, water, toilet facilities) and then tersely told to either behave or go away (and i will let you know of your test slot by sms and email).
# Countless errors cropped up at almost all test locations. The software acted funny, and students were left totally bewildered.
# Many students lost out even after working the test for almost the entire duration - a girl at Delhi reported that in the last 30 minutes, the screen went blank.
# For several minutes and hours, at many locations, the test was delayed beyond the official start time (that now seems to be the least of their mistakes!)
# The staff present on the scene was either from Prometric, or from the local Engineering colleges hired for testing purpose, or from the party Prometric subcontracted to further - NIIT....HAHAHA LOL!!!
# Students reported that the quality of most of these people was so pathetic that it was useless to expect solutions from them! At one location, one of the invigilators kept informing students reading out from some official document stating that "... and if you do not follow our instructions, we will report a file. We will report a file". Report a file? Or file a report?MORONS...PIGGSHIT BSATARDS i really feel sorry for the level of education AND THE LEVEL OF ENGLISH SPEAKING in the country...even today if i explain or teach some a kid of 3rd class to multiply 2 digits i teach him with full enthusiasum...
# The physical security at all locations was supertight. The actual testing process at many - totally unreliable. It is like putting the best rocket launching pad in place, and then putting a bullock cart hoping it will take off in full gusto to reach the Moon. And beyond (remember, it's a 5 year contract!)
6. To all this going on, the official reactions of IIMs and Prometric (till today evneing) were
(i) There are no problems
(ii) There maybe some rescheduling of tests for some candidates
(iii) These are isolated incidents
(iv) Nothing has been cancelled
(v) No servers have crashed
(vi) Don't un-necessary blow things out of proportion
(vii) Errors will happen, what else did you expect in such a big exercise.
AND JUST ONLY A VIDEO CONFRENCE WAS ORGANISED BETWEEN PROMETRIC AND DIRECTORS OF IIMs...i dont feel that's sufficient to warn the u.s firm..and more further why dont indian b-sch trust TCS and INFY or wipro to conduct these projects as they are much aware of indian scenario...

Things Prometric does not know about Indian students
(and the IIMs ought to have told them)
1. India is a developing nation, not a post-modern society like the US
2. In India, writing a competitive test is not an individual affair, it is a family affair
3. Parents mortgage their possessions and property (in many cases) to help their kids prepare for such tests from big cities...this point gives me much pain as i ev seen the things around
4. The social reputation attached with success (and failure) in writing competitive tests in India is ABSENT in the USA..now this thing is observed by most of educationist
5. People work hard for upto 24 months preparing for the CAT - that's not a joke
6. The local dynamics of India are quite different - when a technician tells you that a job will be done, he means it will be done in the 3rd or the 4th attempt (Hence, at least 2 dry runs must be done before attempting anything as grand as an online pan-India IIM-CAT) for the first time

Strategies used to handle things so far:
1. Give no time to anyone to react - almost all important instructions come at the last moment, including the eminently enjoyable and farcical gag order for students released 2 days ago advising them to "keep your mouths shut after the test is over or else 2 years in jail" Ha ha ha, lol!
2. Make assumptions about things - how can we be wrong on anything? We are too big to fail
3. Even if we fail, what? - ultimately, can students really do anything, except meekly submit and bear the brunt of our naivete and inefficiences bred out of arrogance
4. Showing a sense of lazyness-a warning to prometric-today after 3days when 110 centers were cancelled…shows the “chmachagiri “ of IIMs to prometric ..agar koi Indian firm aisa united states me karti to usko ab tak desh nikala kar diya hota ..most of times I think its mistake of Indians who have the power of tolerating…
Today, the media was livid at all this. I interacted with many frnds and my past teachers along with some coaching centers faculties in dehradoon
Everyone agreed with same, except maybe those who were responsible for all this.
What has this mess done to the reputation of the IIM-CAT? Well, a lot of damage. And it has personally made me very sad to see a grand Indian institution - the IIM-CAT - go literally down the drain (on the first day) the way it went.

I was also shocked to see the spineless approach of some of my own colleagues and trainers(teachers) from the industry, who advocated in a meet that "Well what's done is done. Let's be positive now". I responded on the spot that "Tell this to the student whose entire effort of 2 years was dashed to dust today by the ignoramuses".

"WHAT WE EXPECT NOW"
1. A public apology by the IIMs and Prometric - come on! Accept that you goofed up big time and say sorry. It will only increase your stature.
2. A "Plan B" - the alternative action plan must have been announced by Saturday evening itself. It was not. Apparently, they were just not prepared. Students of even elementary management science know that contingency planning is the key to successful long term execution.
3. Compensation to distressed students - the time, cost and efforts of thousands of students who were inconvenienced beyond imagination.. is there nothing to it? Will the HRD ministry wake up and take note of what's happening? How long with the ministry allow such an autonomy (which is nothing but a licence to play around with kids' future)
I feel strongly about inefficient Professors masquerading as world-class Project Managers and in the process tarnishing an institution. Honestly sirs, give this test-conduction to me, and I will do a better job of it. You claim to teach best of management science to students, and is this how you put it into practice? Shame. For the kind of moneys being spent, this is hardly the rest of the country and we expect. We were looking forward to a terrific testing experience, and what we got was a weekend adventure trip down the big vertical canyon.

Maybe it's truly time for you to return to basics - as Dr Peter F Drucker would have said "Efforts alone are of little use, results must follow".

May better sense prevail. May the students' efforts get the right benchmark, and may Indian management education once again enter its halcyon days.

DEAR IIMs - RESTORE THE ORIGINAL GLORY OF THE IIM-CAT...even what i feel that IIMs should try to learn from NSE wch conducts its NCFM exams everyday thru out the country..i have spent much time over there but havent seen a single mistake...hope they realize their mistake...
shub ratri shub din aur shub jiwan

for all "graduates"

Similar to the speech I posted about Bryan Dyson. Here’s a motivational speech given by Indra Nooyi, president and CEO of PepsiCo ( PEP ), at the Columbia University Business School on May 15. A little long, but definitely worth the inspirational read it delivers.

Good evening, everyone.

Dean Hubbard, distinguished faculty, honored graduates, relieved parents, family, and friends, it’s a distinct pleasure to be in New York City this evening to celebrate the biggest milestone to date in the lives of you, the young men and women before us: your graduation from Columbia University Business School.

It may surprise you, graduates, but as big a night as this is for you, it’s an even bigger night for your parents. They may look calm and collected as they sit in the audience, but deep inside they’re doing cartwheels, dancing the Macarena, and practically speaking in tongues, they’re so excited. This is what happens when parents anticipate that their bank accounts will soon rehydrate after being bone-dry for two years. So, for everyone here this evening, it’s a very special occasion. And I’m delighted to share it with you.

I am keenly aware that graduates traditionally refer to our time together this evening as the calm before the storm. Some graduates — perhaps those who minored in self-awareness — refer to the commencement address as “the snooze before the booze.” However you describe my comments this evening, please know that I understand. It wasn’t that long ago that I was in your place. And I remember the day well. I knew that I owed my parents — my financial benefactors — this opportunity to revel in our mutual accomplishment. Yet, as the guy at the podium droned on about values, goals, and how to make my dreams take flight, I remember desperately checking and rechecking my watch. I thought, “I deserve to party, and this codger’s cramping my style!”

In one of life’s true ironies, I am now that codger. Well…I’m the female equivalent. A codg-ette, I guess. And I now understand that values, goals, and how to make dreams take flight, really are important. So being a firm believer that hindsight is one of life’s greatest teachers, allow me to make belated amends.

To that distinguished, erudite, and absolutely brilliant man whom I silently dissed many years ago: mea culpa. Big, BIG mea culpa!

This evening, graduates, I want to share a few thoughts about a topic that should be near and dear to your hearts: the world of global business. But, I’m going to present this topic in a way that you probably haven’t considered before. I’m going to take a look at how the United States is often perceived in global business, what causes this perception, and what we can do about it. To help me, I’m going to make use of a model.

To begin, I’d like you to consider your hand. That’s right: your hand.

Other than the fact that mine desperately needs a manicure, it’s a pretty typical hand. But, what I want you to notice, in particular, is that the five fingers are not the same. One is short and thick, one tiny, and the other three are different as well. And yet, as in perhaps no other part of our bodies, the fingers work in harmony without us even thinking about them individually. Whether we attempt to grasp a dime on a slick, marble surface, a child’s arm as we cross the street, or a financial report, we don’t consciously say, “OK, move these fingers here, raise this one, turn this one under, now clamp together. Got it!” We just think about what we want to do and it happens. Our fingers — as different as they are — coexist to create a critically important whole.

This unique way of looking at my hand was just one result of hot summer evenings in my childhood home in Madras, India. My mother, sister, and I would sit at our kitchen table and — for lack of a better phrase — think big thoughts. One of those thoughts was this difference in our fingers and how, despite their differences, they worked together to create a wonderful tool.

As I grew up and started to study geography, I remember being told that the five fingers can be thought of as the five major continents: Europe, Asia, Africa, and North and South America. Now, let me issue a profound apology to both Australia and Antarctica. I bear neither of these continents any ill will. It’s just that we humans have only five fingers on each hand, so my analogy doesn’t work with seven continents.

Clearly, the point of my story is more important than geographical accuracy!

First, let’s consider our little finger. Think of this finger as Africa. Africa is the little finger not because of Africa’s size, but because of its place on the world’s stage. From an economic standpoint, Africa has yet to catch up with her sister continents. And yet, when our little finger hurts, it affects the whole hand.

Our thumb is Asia: strong, powerful, and ready to assert herself as a major player on the world’s economic stage.

Our index, or pointer finger, is Europe. Europe is the cradle of democracy and pointed the way for western civilization and the laws we use in conducting global business.

The ring finger is South America, including Latin America. Is this appropriate, or what? The ring finger symbolizes love and commitment to another person. Both Latin and South America are hot, passionate, and filled with the sensuous beats of the mambo, samba, and tango: three dances that — if done right — can almost guarantee you and your partner will be buying furniture together.

This analogy of the five fingers as the five major continents leaves the long, middle finger for North America, and, in particular, the United States. As the longest of the fingers, it really stands out. The middle finger anchors every function that the hand performs and is the key to all of the fingers working together efficiently and effectively. This is a really good thing, and has given the U.S. a leg up in global business since the end of World War I.

However, if used inappropriately — just like the U.S. itself — the middle finger can convey a negative message and get us in trouble. You know what I’m talking about. In fact, I suspect you’re hoping that I’ll demonstrate what I mean. And trust me, I’m not looking for volunteers to model.

Discretion being the better part of valor…I think I’ll pass.

What is most crucial to my analogy of the five fingers as the five major continents, is that each of us in the U.S. — the long middle finger — must be careful that when we extend our arm in either a business or political sense, we take pains to assure we are giving a hand…not the finger. Sometimes this is very difficult. Because the U.S. — the middle finger — sticks out so much, we can send the wrong message unintentionally.

Unfortunately, I think this is how the rest of the world looks at the U.S. right now. Not as part of the hand — giving strength and purpose to the rest of the fingers — but, instead, scratching our nose and sending a far different signal.

I’d challenge each of you to think about how critically important it is for every finger on your hand to rise and bend together. You cannot simply “allow” the other four fingers to rise only when you want them to. If you’ve ever even tried to do that, you know how clumsy and uncoordinated it is.

My point here is that it’s not enough just to understand that the other fingers coexist. We’ve got to consciously and actively ensure that every one of them stands tall together, or that they bend together when needed.

Today, as each of you ends one chapter in your young lives and begins another, I want you to consider how you will conduct your business careers so that the other continents see you extending a hand…not the finger. Graduates, it’s not that hard. You can change and shape the attitudes and opinions of the other fingers — the other continents and their peoples — by simply ascribing positive intent to all your international business transactions. If you fail, or if you are careless, here’s a perfect example of what can happen:

A U.S. businesswoman was recently in Beijing, China, on an international training assignment for a luxury hotel chain. The chain was rebranding an older Beijing hotel. As such, the toilets in the hotel had yet to be upgraded. There were no porcelain commodes, just holes in the floor. Until recently, this was the standard procedure in China.

Now, 8,000 miles removed from the scene, you and I — and most Americans — can shake our heads and giggle at the physical contortions and delicate motor skills necessary to make the best of this situation. We’re simply not used to it. But to loudly and insultingly verbalize these feelings onsite, in front of the employees and guests of the host country, is bush league. And yet, that’s exactly what this woman observed.

In the hotel’s bar, the woman overheard a group of five American businessmen loudly making fun of the hotel’s lavatory facilities. As the drinks flowed, the crass and vulgar comments grew louder, and actually took on an angry, jingoistic tone. While these Americans couldn’t speak a word of Chinese, their Chinese hosts spoke English very well, and understood every word the men were saying.

And we wonder why the world views many Americans as boorish and culturally insensitive. This incident should make it abundantly clear. These men were not giving China a hand. They were giving China the finger. This finger was red, white, and blue, and had “the United States” stamped all over it.

Graduates, it pains me greatly that this view of America persists. Although I’m a daughter of India, I’m an American businesswoman. My family and I are citizens of this great country.

This land we call home is a most loving and ever-giving nation — a Promised Land that we love dearly in return. And it represents a true force that, if used for good, can steady the hand — along with global economies and cultures.

Yet to see us frequently stub our fingers on the international business and political stage is deeply troubling. Truth be told, the behaviors of a few sully the perception for all of us. And we know how often perception is mistaken for reality.

We can do better. We should do better. With your help, with your empathy, with your positive intent as representatives of the U.S. in global business, we will do better. Now, as never before, it’s important that we give the world a hand…not the finger.

In conclusion, graduates, I want to return to my introductory comments this evening. I observed that as big a night as this is for you, it’s an even bigger night for your parents. I ascribed their happiness to looking forward to a few more “George Washingtons” in their bank accounts. While this is certainly true, there is another reason.

Each of your parents believes that their hard work has paid off. Finally! They believe that maybe — just maybe — they have raised and nurtured the next Jack Welch, Meg Whitman, or Patricia Russo.

Don’t disappoint them. Don’t disappoint your companies. And don’t disappoint yourselves.

As you begin your business careers, and as you travel throughout the world to assure America’s continued global economic leadership, remember your hand. And remember to do your part to influence perception.

Remember that the middle finger — the United States — always stands out. If you’re smart, if you exhibit emotional intelligence as well as academic intelligence, if you ascribe positive intent to all your actions on the international business stage, this can be a great advantage. But if you aren’t careful — if you stomp around in a tone-deaf fog like the ignoramus in Beijing — it will also get you in trouble. And when it does, you will have only yourself to blame.

Graduates, as you aggressively compete on the international business stage, understand that the five major continents and their peoples — the five fingers of your hand — each have their own strengths and their own contributions to make. Just as each of your fingers must coexist to create a critically important tool, each of the five major continents must also coexist to create a world in balance. You, as an American businessperson, will either contribute to or take away from, this balance.

So remember, when you extend your arm to colleagues and peoples from other countries, make sure that you’re giving a hand, not the finger. You will help your country, your company, and yourself, more than you will ever know.

Thank you very much....

i was really moved much from this...ek chote se gaun se nikli ye ladki duniya k top most brand ki head bann gyi wo bhi in a short period of time...
"SALAAM KARTA HU MAI AAPKO ...SALAAM "

FINDING the TEARS In the OCEAN...N YES -"we have done it"....!!

look the beauty of the picture n u will surely get what m trying to explain:

The first lecture: glass half full or half empty?
memories of the last summers i fired to lucknow from gole market to get few words from one of my guru prof. kumar(wharton business sch)..i knew that he wont be coming india soon aftr this and me myself being a big fan of this IIT graduate(and cambridge aluminus)..coudn't stop ma self for leaving IIM-lucknow...

his words r still in mind when he was explaining about the racing bikes in the states, "Remember to look THROUGH each turn.... and if you encounter an obstacle, look THROUGH the obstacle to where you want to go. Don't look so hard at the obstacle that you crash straight into it!"

This phenomenon is called target fixation. There's a nice picture about it i have posted

I believe target fixation happens in life as well. If you only see the obstacles, you are likely to hit many of them!

When you look at your first job, what do you see?
• Do you see the glass half empty? Do you see only the humdrum details of what you will be doing from day to day till the weekend comes around and gives you some relief? Do you worry about how you will manage to put up with the boredom or with the hard work, as the case may be?or do u c the benefits u r geting from the work??

If yes, you are probably not going to do as much with your life as you could have. It's sad, but it's true. I am willing to bet on that...(m sure u wud lose)
• Do you see the glass half full? Are you excited by the bigger picture of where the company is headed? Do you feel that you can't wait to get started? Have you already identified the simple skills you plan to learn on the job that will help you in later life?

If yes, you are certainly on your way to success. I am willing to bet on that.

For my first lecture, I joined Dr. J.p kumar, professor at the wharton Business School, as a modestly-paid associate because I wanted to be near the great man and learn from him. As it turned out, those 3hours were very precious..(even though i had a small talk with him during DCS(doubt clearing session)..). I realize today that I have copied many aspects of his style of thinking. Every venture that I have been involved in has benefited from that...n even his adressing style..
N TRUELY i would say wo gazab k insan hai...hats off to him...
now m giving u few xamples my nother guru (included in my FB frnds)Sandeep Manudhane(IIT-D) took up tutoring a few children not because it was a sexy job, but because in his mind was the vision that became Professional Tutorials (now PT Education) and led to Proton and SBM as well.

Tony Nicely joined the insurance giant GEICO as an insurance clerk at the age of 18 and rose to become its CEO. Some people think he may replace Warren Buffet at Berkshire Hathaway as GEICO is an important company in Buffet's portfolio. Not bad for someone who started off as a clerk!

Mark Hurd started his career selling computers in Texas for NCR. That must have been a tough job! But he rose to become CEO of NCR. Then he became CEO of HP!

Steve Jobs started his career with Atari as a technician, trying to save money for a spiritual trip to India. We all know what he did with his life!

Jack Welch was the son of a train conductor and a housewife, and started his career as a junior engineer... at GE.

Even Prof.kumar started his career selling consumer products all over Africa if I remember right, to save money for further education in the US. That was not the kind of job that a typical mechanical engineer from IIT would have liked...

look the pic its just a model to show how much earlier u need to adjust urself before the turn in ur life actually comes..bent ur self n ofcourse "bend it like beckham"


guys Don't get me wrong - all these people had big dreams and ambitions. Most of them had already put in a lot of hard work before they took their first job. But that did not mean that they were snooty about what work they did in that first employment.

In fact, what I really learned - or tried to learn - from Prof. kumar was his unending optimism. He was never negative, always excited, always positive, never snooty. He saw an opportunity in everything.

So to those of you trying to decide on your first job - see the opportunities, don't see the pitfalls.

More to the point, your ultimate success will mostly depend more on what is WITHIN you - what you have learned and what you bring to your job, including hopefully a positive attitude - rather than where you start out.
never think of results give ur best...jo bhi karo puri shiddat se karo..even u get ur first job as a sweeper in a complex never laugh at urself or nevr make a rap of it..(as i see the things around)..just work ur "WORK" in such a way that even aftr 10 yrs the whole complex remembers u.."THERE WAS A SWEEPER OVER HERE WHO WORKED LIKE NO ONE EVER SWEPT LIKE HIM..."
It's very simple. Think about it for a while.
AND U WILL COME TO KNOW THAT WHY I ALWAYS SAY "LAKSHYA KO HAR HAAL ME PAANA HAI"
even though i havent succeded in life yet still m on the way...
"MANZIL MILE NA MILE ...PAR MAZIL KE RASTE PE MERA KAFILA TO HAI..."

"AKSHAR PARAM BRAMAH"

quote of my grand father and a great sashtri:
"AKSHAR PARAM BRAMAH"
EK samay tha wo bhi when we u sit under a tree n guru ji used to give us tables to learn and at one mistake he used to give us 2 dozens of good ones...its time all about ...not offcourse time value of money but indeed "TIME VALUE OF TIME"...THIS IS WHAT m sharing with u today...(and thanks shruti,vaibhav jain,manish and omprakash for ur valued e-mails i ev noted ur sugestions hope i wud work on them in future)
"KM"

HERE "nagarro" is the ideal software for wch we are working on to make it pioneer in the field of KM..its just an ideal but more than a imagination i could have named it ARCHOES but "sab kuch stallions ni ho sakta" ab samjhne wale samaj gaye..!! jo ni samjhe unko mai samjha raha hu...jus go thru the post n m sure "jo na samjhe wo bhi samajh gaye..."

Knowledge management (KM) has been gaining in visibility for several years. As Nagarro grew, we realized that we would have to do something on the KM front if we did not want to waste all the experience and knowledge we were acquiring in different parts of the organization over the years. It was no longer possible to carry all the knowledge of the company in your head!

On the marketing and sales side, we would initially create each proposal and presentation from scratch. It took a lot of time and a lot of mistakes would creep in. We then went in the opposite direction and created a single standard deck, but then it was not very customer- or industry- or technology-specific and so was not very effective by itself. We had to approach this in a more sophisticated way.

With a lot of effort by my colleagues and over some time, Nagarro developed a fairly sophisticated KM process for the sales and marketing material. Presented in a simplified way, this is how it works:
1. When we come across a sales opportunity, a request may go to the KM group asking for slides on, say, "Europe, manufacturing, chemical industry, SAP, automation, manufacturing execution systems".
2. The KM group will go to their Microsoft SharePoint repository and pick out all slides on these topics and send them to the sales or presales (technical sales) folks.

This is the RETRIEVAL and DISTRIBUTION of knowledge.
3. Now, outside the KM group, the slides may be modified for this particular customer, new slides may be added and some may be subtracted.
4. When the presentation is finally delivered to the client, it is compulsory for a copy to be sent back to the KM group. The KM group takes the presentation and stores it as such in its repository in a systematic way.

You may call this the STORAGE of knowledge.
5. But the most important thing the KM group does is to take the presentation, slide by slide, and identify which slides are new, and which slides have been modified from the original. Incidentally, with new Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) technology, such identification can be automatic if the slide was edited while the user was connected with the MOSS.
6. The KM experts give new slides relevant tags (e.g. "factory planning") and store them for future requests after carefully editing out customer-specific details.
7. In parallel, the slides that have been modified are studied carefully to see if they are a) improvements on existing slides, or b) new flavors of existing slides (such as a "Europe" slide with a "Germany" flavor"). Improvements on existing slides are saved as newer versions after checking with senior personnel. New flavors of existing slides are also stored separately as such.

Steps 5-7 comprise what may be loosely called the IDENTIFICATION and CLASSIFICATION of new knowledge.
8. Of course the work does not end there. The slides have to all be kept up to date. For example, if at any time in the future, anything changes on a slide (let us say Nagarro gets a new European quality certification and someone modifies the Europe slide), the different flavors of the same slide must also be updated.

One may term this the MAINTENANCE of knowledge.
I am not an expert in this area, but this cycle of Identification, Classification, Storage, Maintenance, Retrieval and Distribution of knowledge has saved us a lot of time and has tremendously improved our sales efficiency. This is Knowledge Management at work!
well frnds ....You may also want to check out the technology aspects of KM using Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server (MOSS) or look at the Wikipedia entries on the subject
hope u would like the same...
hmmm...now time to leave hope u see me with an intersting post next time till then...
ALLAH AFIS
GURU

TATA steel the last darling of FIIs

TATA STEEL KA "HAAL"

today while returning back from deepak sir's class i was wondering for a post...siting in the vikram i was goin thru the fantasies ...atlast reaching ballupur the indiabulls incident ocuured in ma mind n just to make pple aware about the scenario...made me to post this
A while back I wrote an article discussing the different factors that influence the price of a stock. We began by saying “The prices of stocks constantly fluctuate as buyers and sellers hug towards a mutually agreeable price to buy or sell at any point of time. But can it be that the fundamental worth of each of those companies is actually changing every minute? And is that fundamentally the only thing that determines the changes in the prices of stocks?”
u will find many pple siting in brokerage houses predicting the reason for it "THE DEMAND & SUPPLY" laws around ...they are the pple who create speculation among the simple mind investors...they even dont understand the full form form of FIIs or DIIs and they claim themselves to be one of the best investment consultant or market analysts...now..
What better case study than India’s premier steel company Tata Steel to answer those question. Its price over the last one year or so has been nothing short of a rollercoaster ride, with some very extreme fluctuations in either directions. It touched just about Rs 1,000 in October 2007. Astonishingly, within a span of just one year, by December 2008 it had fallen to a low of Rs 149. A company that was being valued at Rs 603 bn in the market was suddenly being valued at only Rs 108 bn within the matter of a year, a fall of over 80%. At that price, Tata Steel was trading at a P/B of merely 0.4 times!
So, Corus was performing badly and was said to continue to do so for some time. The economic outlook was uncertain and most major economies were forecasted to perform badly for the next year or so. That’s it, nothing else had changed. It was the same company, with the same management, and the same business, but was now being valued at dramatically low levels. Could there be any justification for that? The adjoining chart may offer some clues.

Note: The price of Tata Steel has been divided by 30
for the sake of appropriate graphical presentation with the theme of the article.
Data Source: CMIE Prowess
The fall in price that ostensibly seemed due to a grim outlook, actually had many more layers to it. One of them was most definitely the heavy selling activity from FIIs (foreign institutional investors) in a very short period of time. These institutions presumably had to meet many commitments back home. Redemption pressure from their own investors and an extreme liquidity crunch in their home countries could be two such reasons why they had no option but to sell, even if that meant receiving very bad valuations for their stock. And so began the distressed selling where FIIs reduced their shareholding in the company from 20.55% at the end December 2007 to a low of 12.98% at December end 2008, causing company’s share price to get beaten down to some very irrationally low levels. So there’s the culprit!
What is also interesting to note is how the momentum of buying and selling by FIIs caused a momentum in the share price that lasted much after the buying and selling by these entities stopped. For example, when FIIs were aggressively buying between March 2007 and June 2007, the rise in the share’s price lasted much after the buying stopped.
The story is somewhat similar on the downside. An explanation for that could be that when the price of a stock is seen rising or falling in a big way for an extended period of time, speculation becomes rife in the stock, with speculators trying to cash in on the momentum. However, after a certain point, the speculator’s themselves start affecting the stock’s price in what can be called a self-fulfilling prophecy(or satta baaji), until the time that such a price (either too high or too low compared to fundamentals) is no longer sustainable.
Did all this have anything to do with Tata Steel’s business or its standing as a company? No. Did that stop it from affecting its share price? No!
And so, the moral of the story is that the price quote of a stock you see everyday does not always reflect the fundamental worth of the company. A intelligent investor will always do well to take advantage of these differences from fundamentals by either buying or selling the stock when the price gets way out of sync with its fundamentals...
so frns jus belive in ourself in in ur analysis not in speculators or thr "REGULATORS"
amazed ..????
but yes its true the regulators often act as obstacles...

my cell-sony ericsson k310i

it was a spring of 2006-2007...i was in PT education jus to listen a guest session of the founder chairman of PT education sandeep manudhane being invited by dixit mishra faculty at PT...i think that was the day from when learn'd to be satisfied in my life...one statement of sandeep manudhane that made so much impact in my life...m sharing the same with u.it was like this:
"DUNIYA ME SABSE SANTUSHT INSAAN WOH HAI JO YE KAHE KI..MAI AGLE 5 SALON TAK YEHI CELL PHONE USE KARUNGA..."(the most satisfied person in the world is one who belives to use his same cell phone for next 5 yrs)

and belive me frnds it has been 3yrs m using this cell...even its keypad is almost dead..joystick is not working n screen is cracked..its not all because m kind of "kanjus" guy but just only becoz ...m learning to be satisfied in my life..even last yr i was strong enuf to afford a blackberry n one of my frnd LUCY (more than a cliet- from ukraine) was gifting me i-phone few months before..my hands were willing but mind was not...how ever i managed to control my self but that regret'd me for couple of weeks...i still remembr when i was at rashmi's palce few months before..while arguing wid me
she said "tu ye khatara sa phone kyo use kar raha hai???"
me-"paise ni hai agrib aadmi hu.."
rashmi-"achha...tere pe paise ni honge to kispe honge..m not a fool.."
i answer'd-"if m generating 20% of the revenue of a single firm with this phone i don't feel changing it"
rashmi -"change kar le n-95 le le ..then u will generate 40% of the revenue..."
huuuh...!!! i took a long breath looked down and the first thing came to ma mind was...
"THIS IS INDIA"
i know she knew evrything but i was helpless to make her understand...ki revenue is generated from the data and markets n not from the cell phones..
and suppose if she would b rite ..i mean revenue generation would b thru cell phones models then a new thesis wud take birth....

My best sales lesson:

hey guys just go thru this n m sure u will get so much to learn from next few lines:
Last year I was once in a room (in jaypee sidharth –patel nagar-new delhi)with DANIEL MOSS (VP-EAST AFRICAN co.) and a bit of a sales legend.
I asked DANIEL,"How do you pull off these multi-million dollar deals?"

daniel replied, "When I leave the customer, the customer must believe that I BELIEVE THAT I AM THE BEST OPTION FOR HIM OR HER."

Note, not "good enough" but "the best". And note the emphasis on what the sales person believes.

daniel explained, "The customer may or may not believe that I am the best option, but he or she must be sure that I at least believe so."

Then daniel said, "Further, the customer must REMEMBER THE TWO OR THREE REASONS WHY I BELIEVE that I am the best option for him or her."
Wonderfully put! I memorized daniel's lines and have used them profitably ever since. They are worth memorizing, because much of professional life involves the rhetoric of sales.


A footnote for the graduating class:

Even in a job interview, you cannot simply portray that you are good enough for the job. There must be thousands who are good enough! IMHO, you have to believe and convey - with all appropriate humility and tact - that you are the best for that particular role. And you have to arrive at the two or three reasons why you are the best for it. It could be your background, it could be your skills, it could be your interest, it could be your sincerity, it could be your desire to work for less money, it could be your openness to learning, it could be your knowledge of the city, it could be your skills with a language, it could be your personality - whatever

And believe me that one lesson changed ma working style…yet m the same for ma family and frnds but I know I have changed ma self in a great way..
Thanks daniel..i dont know how to contact u again but this is a salute to u...
jai jai GURU

Estimating the Diwali spend on pyrotechnics

I am no expert on firecrackers and firewords, but this Diwali I was awed by the sheer amount of explosives and light on beautiful display at Dehradun. I thought I would estimate the total spend.
I was at the outskirts of the city. I could hear a steady bursting of crackers. It was a continuous sound in the background. I estimated about 20 crackers were going off every second within my audible range.
For perhaps 3 hours (including the previous day's crackers etc.)
*now the question is fixed::
How much did each "pop" cost? I had no idea. But I estimated it at Rs. 10.
So Rs. 200 per second.
3600 seconds an hour or Rs. 720,000.
Three hours = Rs. 21 lakhs.
I guessed my audible range was 1 km. The city is 5 km in radius, say. 75 sq km, of which I was hearing 3 sq km. I had to multiply by 25.
25 times 21 lakhs = Rs. 5 crores.
Is this the right number?
I don't know. But I checked on the net a few minutes ago and it seems that Lucknow spends Rs. 30 crores on firecrackers each Diwali.
So Rs. 5 crores may be reasonable.
I tell you,I love this number-checking...
but more than it i love to tell u that u pple are the future citizen of the country and should come forward in the society to take the responsibility...for last 3yrs m spreading awarness in dehradun and neighbouring cities with a help of an NGO...
best wishes
jai jai GURU

"PICTURE OF THE MONTH"

nanaji in j=his unique "sutta" style ..totally differnt in smoking from others ..
as i always feel "BE DIFFERENT TO SURVIVE"
Just c:
*lamarck's theory of girafe being differnt..and he survived
*today out of numerous of bollywood stars only 1 shines AAMIR KHAN..rang de basnti,lagaan,fanaa,mangal pandey,taare zamein par,ghajni...totally differnt from each other n other movies...
*just take xample of todays babas ramesh bhai ojha ,asamram bapu or shankracharya they all do the same thing preaching of hindhuism n spritual things..but baba RAMDEV stands out of the crowd he uses yoga and is succesful...in the world opening indian cultural centers and yoga centers across the world..wch indian govt couldn't do...
NOT GOING ALONG THE CROWD CAN HELP U STAND OUT IN THE CROWD ...SOMETIMES BEINNG URSELF IS THE HARDEST THING TO.GOING ALONG WITH THE CROWD MAY SEEMS EASY, BUT BEING AN INDIVIDUAL WILL BE MORE REWARDING.DONT MAKE UR CHOICES BASED ON THE CROWD MAKE UR CHOICE ON UR FEELINGS ..ON UR VALUES AND ON UR NEEDS..
THINK AND ACT POSITIVE ..HE REALLY ROCKS
jai jai GURU

october begins

LAST WEEK OF SEPT AND START OF OCT...spending a night at bhupi bhai's wedding ..
meeting mithun there and doing sum mischiefs with him...in the room ...really a good exp..
may god bless both of them..
AMEN-
jai jai guru

meeting some "EXTRAORDINARY faces " at Paschim vihar

"RINKAJ"= CHINTU ek bahut he sharif LADKI hai ..ooh sorry ladka hai...
REF chintu here nd aftrwards...have been mine ever best subject to make a research on..nevr mind u shake hands with him u will find some thing wet on ur hands..kuch to hai beta..a sweet guy always surrounded by girls from all the sides..u ask him WOH SADAK PE KHADI LADKI KON HAI??
answer is - FRIEND hai ya fir SISTER hai...now there r 2 probablities of an single answer either of being a sis or a funtoo it means
prob of sis + prob of frnd - prob (frn x sis)..and the answer results to be totally different from both cases...u knw guys ye meri JAAN hai..n offcourse everyday i remember him..i call him every evening but he never picks up my call....kitna busy ho gya hai ye...paise k piche ki apne bhai tak ko bhool gya...chote me subha uth kar he used to touch ma feet n took ashirwaad for his rest of the day...n i used to thrash him if he would do any dirty work...chote me itna bigada hua tha na ye he use to speak bad things aur tab mai iski pitai karta tha...apne dada ke dande se...
ye aage aage bhagta aur mai piche piche...n i still remember the day
"ISNE MERE LEGS PAKAD LIYE AUR BOLA SORRY BHAIYA AAJ K BAAD KABHI ULTE KAAM NI KARUNGA.." mujhe bechare pe daya si agyi n i left him...uske baad se ye chup chup sa rehne laga...JAB BHI MILTA THA ..TO NAZREIN JHUKA K CHALTA THA ..SHAYAD KEHNA THA ISKO KUCH...PAR YE MUJHSE DARTA THA...hahaha...(oye hello chintu beta maja aa raha hai padne me apni purani yaadein taaja ho ri hai)..
wo ek time tha n aaj ye bhi ek time hai when he is avoiding me ..wo bhi mujhe jisne iski jindagi me parivartan kiya...aj ye mera majak uda raha hai duniya me ..\
FUNTUGIRI ME ye sab hota hai beta...hota hai...
further he never cooperated with me n pankaj during late nites when v used to make some outstading figures in the park...ye cell pe baatein karne lag jata tha n i had to do all the work with pankaj...
lets c his portfolio:
rinkaj
monthly income 25-30 k
expenses 7k
funtugiri outstanding xpenses 10k
market investments-5k per month
he is left'd with aprox 7k ...n isme se he cannot spend 10rupees in calling me...
he nver agreed to become memeber of GMPC n work for the welfare of comunity..
ye waqt hai beta waqt..
"waqt rehta nahi kahin tik kar iski aadta bhi admi si hai...sham se ankh me nami si hai aaj fir apki kami si hai...daffann kar do hume ki saans mile nabz kuch der se thami si hai..."
mujhe dekh kitna sharif n bhola sa hu..ghar se bahar tak ni nikalta...coz i respect gals..
mujhe pata hai ki tere ander mere liye wo pyaar abhi baki hai n m sure wo jagega,,,
uski pyaar ki intzaari me ..
GURU
GOD BLESS U "LITTLE GIRL" ...ohh sorry little boy
ye kya ho raha hai rinkaj...???

kya kahu yaar CHAUDHAVI KA CHAND YA FIR KUCH AUR..??
waise ek baat to hai ladka smart hota ja raha hai ??i have been analysing him since few years...aur ye bhi shayad meri wajha se ..he copies my dialogues ("mukka maar k khatam kar dunga..,aur chaudhary... baabu kya hal hai...,tere jaise 50 mai apni jeb mai rakhta hu,aur mera leg break dialogue "tu mere sath chalega"..all of them in ma style)without any copyrights shyad section 140 file karna padega tabhi sudherga..
hey girls if u r going thru this.. plz join this guy...iska cell 10-12 pm busy rehta hai...kuch to hai???
and this really makes me think dat r we growing with the rate of 7.73% as dr.MANMOHAN SINGH ji says at pittsburgh G-8 summit..
aur ye niche dekho tang bhi tudwa di mujhe bola ki gir gya ...ab pta ni sach me he gir gya gya ya fir FUNTU k baap ne tod di...

chintu's right feet..
his limbs got hurt while he was running behind a girl at prem nagar chowk...
mai piche se chillata raha" bhai ruk ja bhai ruk ja..please..".par meri sunta he kaha hai..??and didn't noticed a few bricks lying on the way in his excitment for the girl.."kaise widambana hai ye...duniya kitni badal gayi hai...humare time pe to ladkiyo ko devi k sthaan pe rakhte the aur ye ajkal k ladke ptani kaha tak pohnch gye hai..."
get well soon buddy
god is there.. ni to mai to hoon he koi dikkat ho to boliyo

SU ,vinita and vicky + "chintu " in extras(har photo me ghusa rahega)

vinita(su's sis)-a cool girl always living in fantasy and fashion...
bade time baad,aaj mauka mila "SU" k bare me kuch likha jaye...
ek aise ladki jiski jitni taarif ki jaye kam hai..she loves to laugh n smile..i have never seen her angry..or shouting over sum1..i mean m not geting the rite words to define her...spending time with her was really good...i even gave her some tips to become slim trim like "katrina kaif" par ye manti he nahi hai...jo mai kehta hu...
she need to go for jogging ubha 5 baje uth kar...she needs a change n yes she can
more i missed to tell u dat she is a fan of MEENA RANA (A GARHWALI play back n play front singer)she is champ in dancing ...a nice girl

POOH...
hmmm... inke bare me likhne se pehle 2 times sochna padta hai kahin thappad na maar de....kasam se..when i met her she greeted me with a "handsome slap"...and the process went till i vanished from the place..
more often i ask her to remove that stupid nose ring (or tops-whatevr u call it) she wears..n what i get?
answer-NOTHING MORE THAN A SLAP & GIGGLING as a free gift...!!!
but she has a sweet smile...and is a good cook too(even she have never offerd me a self made "DOSA")....very "baad" POOh ..make sure that u r ready next time when i come..

deepak..still searching for an example of MONOPOLY..once i asked him xmple f monopoly n he replied INDIAN RAILWAYS...i asked who told u this he replied rinkaj sir(B.sc,MBA*,CFA*)...i aprochd hm for anothr xample??---and no answer!!!!
this is the only ans m hearing across the country from almost all of the eco students..n this made me to think of the measures to raise the standards of education over the country..