Tuesday, December 19, 2006

Ecosystem India

ECO SYSTEM

$2 bn in 500 startup IT cos in India in 2000 all failures.

Reasons- bubble, Eco system

Serial Entrepreneur

50% of Indians are self employed.

50% of US exports come from companies which employee less than 50 people.

Journey from 1700

India = China = Europe = 25% of world trade

India China Europe

Because of British Raj, India’s self confidence was low.

Licence Raj low quality

Foreign funds are being leverages by Indian companies

Today Sunil Mittal can compete with Hutch

TATA buyin company 4 times its size.

BPO is only 0.2% of all transaction so a lot of scope still there in this sector as 99.8% is still unexplored

1/3 of IT exports are from BPO today

Indian issues

IPR will be difficult in next 5 yrs

Regulatory Issues

Create environment of Entrep’ in India

US students find something big wannna earn money out of it

India students write technical papers and wanna do PhD

US China in 1980s

Low cost advantage produces here and sells in US

US India – Indian entrep are working

Indian people are not bad, great quality but there is a gap.

Services – skills of people required

Manufacturing – No skills required as skill are embedded in machine.

Services in India 52% in GDP don’t go by the name as there is high value added work and low end work too like housekeeping

In India IT companies are doing great –

  • Wellingness to acquire overseas firms to support Indian operations
  • Relentless mgmt experimentation to achieve successful coordination
  • Returning NRIs to make global firms.

Foreign MNC are like subjects of big empire, they will look towards HO for decision rather then market.

India don’t lag talent but execution

70-80s bodyshopping in India and work abroad but trend changing now.

China has a poor IP capacity

VC only new venture of large size

Angel investor can invest in low investment companies too

PE only existing companies

Low collaboration between industry and colleges.

Tipping point for Indian companies was reached in 2000

TiE Event

TiE event…

It had been a dream come true for me… all people whom we consider role models in professional life who had done it be there… the exhaustive list

K V Kamath

Narayan Murti

Nandan Nilekeni

Jerry Rao

Kidwani

Biyani

CK Prahalad

Vijay Malaya

Sameer Sood(google)

Vandana Luthera

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And many more the list was endless. Also the good food and drinks ;)

Cheers!

Ravneet

Thursday, December 07, 2006

Is is Back to the sqaure one???

hi

yesterday, first time in my life ... i was facing an interview where i was not interested even if the Placement was in USA and 10Lacs during very first yr...

they were offering production profile... something i used to do years back and pledged when i left gammon that... i will not come back... after yesterday's interview... i am a bit down... many questions coming into my mind...

did i took the right decision when i took OPERATIONS?
Will i get a job in service industry?
Will i have to go back to production where i spent 2 yrs...?


next 1 month will clear all these doubts.... i dont know whats going to happen but surely know 1 thing.. i have a lot to do in these 30 days.. so that i dont regret later... i have to accept that i am feeling pressure building up in me to perform and also pushing from avneet to workhard...

i am able to see michael porter's 5 point model working on me.... ;) Companies, family, my internal, future and resume... are crushing me.. i have to do something before its too late...

going to make a time table for my next 30 days....

Sunday, September 03, 2006

Overloaded with projects....

the times seems to be good for me as i m getting wht i always wanted.... live projects to work on...

  • ICICI Bank - Cycle time redn for credit cards.
  • Welspun - Retail inventory management.
  • Strategym - Paper on Lean in projects.
  • Workshop for CAT

alsp trying to get something on ERP in Oil n Gas...

but me sleeping in room..

ravneet

Friday, September 01, 2006

Celebrations times... again

hi

it had been a dream come true to work for ICICI bank even if for an project.. and that also on cycle time reduction...

let me see what i can do.... though not paid for this but ICICI will carry a big brand name on my resume....

ravneet

Sunday, April 23, 2006

ACHIEVER'S WORKSHOP 22-23rd April, 2006

ACHIEVER'S WORKSHOP 22-23rd April, 2006

Final chance to meet last years' Achievers.....
hi all i m presenting here the final itinerary for the workshop to be conducted for Wellingkar and CET 2006...by:
1 CET 2005 RANK 1
2 CET 2005 RANK 3
3 CET 2005 RANK 4
4 CET 2005 RANK 13
5 IIT Bombay (HR)

Day 1: 22rd April, 2006
1. 2:30 - 3:00 Psychometric Testing (test + Analysis) by Avneet Bhatia IIT Bombay(HR)
2. 3:00-3:15 Analysis of Scores / Percentiles and All about MBA and JBIMS by Ravneet Gandhi (JBIMS rank 13)
3. 3:15-3:40 Basics of Economics by Ravneet Gandhi (JBIMS rank 13)
4. 3:40-4:00 All u wanna know about stock markets by Ravneet Gandhi (JBIMS rank 13)
5. 4:00-4:20 Management Game by Avneet Bhatia IIT Bombay(HR)Break
6. 4:30 - 5:00 Interview tactics by Harshvaradhana Rao (CET rank 4)
7. 5:00 - 5:30 Questions to answers in by Harshvaradhana Rao (CET rank 4)
8. 5:30 - 6:00 Overall view of CET GD/PI by Varun Khanna (CET rank 1)
Break
9. 6:10-7:00 Group Discussion Basics - by Gautam Sharma (CET rank 3)
10. 7:00 - 8:00 Analysis of GD - by Gautam Sharma (CET rank 3)
11. 8:00 - 9:00 GD Practice by Gautam Sharma (CET rank 3)

ps: (there will be 1 GD per head.. if time permits we can take 2 GDs per head)Break for the day

Day 2: 23rd April, 2006

5pm - 9 pm Personal Interviews by JBIMS students at J.S. Hall, Opp Sydneham College, Churchgate.

i think this is an exhaustive list and will be covering everything... anyhow we are open to ideas... if any one have any suggestion / improvement to this .... you are welcomeps: all JBIMS students are going for their summer projects by 25th May.... so please join the workshop to have the face to face interaction with the last year achievers...

TIME: 2:30 pm - 9pm
DATE: 22nd April, 2006 - 23rd april, 2006
VENUE: Xavier's Boys School, Opp Churchgate station.

for further information or registeration contact me at
Ravneet Gandhi
9820500380
ravneet_gandhi@yahoo.com

Saturday, April 15, 2006

Celebrations....



hi

i am writing this blog though my exams are going on.... my roomie is studying and me as usual waiting for getting into mood of studying...

i just happened to go through India's One day match victory against england and looked at these pics... and i remembered the days i cheered my victories.....

1. Getting into JBIMS me and avneet went beserk over the my getting into JBIMS...
2. My getting 4th in JBIMS 736/1000, i shouted in the College admin office..

well both moments were life time achievements.. but for me it looked like fake.... both the times i thought what is happening is not true... i was thinking that tomm new list will come without my name and new marksheet will come without my name at the top...


i dont know it happens to others but in my case it is true....

chalo see ya.. me going to sleep...

Thursday, March 16, 2006

Marching their way ahead.....

article: Beauty, Brain and Brawn.... i had written an article on army girls marching their way ahead a long back in college days probabally in 2001, describing the sucess story written by army girls like Priyanka Chopra.... they had proved their mattle....

i am back influenced by ET's article on learnings in management from the worlds' most professionaly run organizations...

1. Finesse under fire... they how how to manage their control in the testing time of stress.

2. Take Charge... this shows their responsibilty taking ability even if the stakes of loosing their life are tooo high ....

3. Learning lasts a life time.... during peace time u need to train harder, improve so that ppl n equipment dont fail during hour of reckoning....

4. Take pride in ur regiment... (new for me) once in the team work.. the leader should take pride in what his team is upto to keep the motivation going in the team.... well Arkss is a live example of it....

Sunday, February 26, 2006

Big Bad world out there...

hi

it had been a sad day for me to hear the story of Jassica Lal case.... well its ruthless ending of a 7 years old case... what was the fault of innocent Jassica... all that she stick to the bar rules of not serving liquor after 2am.... and what she got was getting murdered by some youth who think that they are the kings of India with govt in their pocket and police as their bodyguard...

what happen if tomm a middle class 30 years old Software Exec's wife is teased in public by a youth... nothing practically nothing.. no one will bother to see.... Indians are always wary of their family... they just think meri family safe hai to sab theek hai...

but this country is going to go at the same speed as it going.... if u see india's GDP growing at a rapid rate of 8% but see the infrastructure... its bull shit.... it takes an hour to travel even 1 km in some places in kurla / andheri...

god knows what will happen to India... and as an sincere advise to all... plz close ur eyes and say MERA BHARAT MAHAAN....

cheers!
proud to be Indian

Saturday, February 25, 2006

Wannna cry ranked 4th someone.....

Hi

i just wanna scream at the top of the voice or rather will scream my lungs out to say that i m one of the toppers at JBIMS.. one of the top B Schools...

welll others dont score or i out performed.. i dont know... all i know is that i m topper.... thats i guess something new in my life or rather anyone in my family....

ya ya ya.. some ppl say i cheated and used chits in exams.... yes i did but thats cuz i cant remember ( rather dont wannna put efforts to mug things....)

but at the end of the day.. i have not forgot the slap of Summers still.... i reallly have to improve stemmering to come out as a overalll topper in college....

lets see in the second sem... i will be more serious and will study hard to maintain the top ten ranking space....

cheers

Ravneet Gandhi

Sunday, January 29, 2006

Goals inspired by MAVERICK

Book maverick tells to make a list of some aims of life and always tick against them when they are completed… so here I am with my list of wishes…..

Short Time
Learn from Bajaj as much as possible
Enjoy life go pubbing/ clubbing.
Enjoy my last years (or rather year) of single life (lots of careless life and drinking)
Going to GYM and make body
Remove stammering from my life

Mid Term
Lead a team to a common goal
Give lectures in corporates and B school
Do something regarding my PhD
Getting Married and making my life hell!
Have kids $#^(*^&*#@^^%^%#* no comments

Long Term
Lead a loss making organization to a profit making unit.
Positioning myself as a turn around companies expert
Get a CEO name infront of my name.

Corporate
Lead a team to make loss making unit positive
Teach at JBIMS/IIMs
Do PHD to have Dr name infront of my Name: Dr Ravneet Gandhi


Romance
Go on a trip to mountains / naldeera(shimla)
Go on a trip to oceans / laksdweep/andamaan
Drive bike with my kid sitting on the tank of the bike.
Drive a car with kid on my lap steering the handle (even if he/she not able to look out of glass)


kinky
Sex in bath tub
Sex on the beach
Sex in the water/pool
Sex on the roof top
Sex on Yacht
L*** ***** of my girl (censored by avnee)
L*** *** of my girl (censored by avnee)

The list is not ending here…. only 27 i can remember now!.. This will be edited for time to time…..

cheers
ravneet gandhi

Wednesday, January 18, 2006

NCFM an eye opener....

hi

today i have sour throat and realise how difficult it is to speak..... zooming back to NCFM days... avneet had bad throat and i know how much pains she had taken to make me study and it was all her efforts that i passed with 62 marks (quite decent marks.... no!) actually the passing marks were 60 only (too high).... well thats a different story that avneet got 89 marks...

i am afraid that she might use her marks to degrade me that she is more intelligent then me but now i got my trump card.... CAT 2004 scores to keep her shut...

coming back to her caring nature... this is not the first time she is taking care of me.... when i came from home after diwali i was having running stomach and it was avnee who took care of me...

well thanks to god for giving me such a wonderful girl.... well its much more than a stupid jatt like me deserve.... well but i also promise to good to keep her happy and take care of her throughout life....

with love
ravneet

Monday, January 09, 2006

hi JBIMS placements rocks!

hi

well it had been a long time i am back to write abt... well this time its abt the college Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies ( JBIMS )..


JBIMS has not impressed me much in terms of my expectations but something is there about the college to talk about. Well the placements has overshoot my expectations (maybe my expectations were low).

before joining the college... these salary figures sounds as if they had been bloated but seeing them really true had been a shock to me if not surprised.

lemme just tell u some of the organizations that impressed me:

Mc KEN 16 LACS
INTEL 8-14 LACS
BHARTI 8.25
TSMG 9+
ITC 9.5+
VOLTAS 7.5
DABUR 7.5
PERFETTI 7.5
GOLDMAN SACHS 6-7

the list is exhaustive... well this year the average might be well above 7.06 of last years'. but these is a fear in my mind regarding myself. i have a fear for stage and interview, i perform drastically during interviews.

have to improve 2 things in this 1 year;
Communication Skills
Knowledge base
Physique

hope i achieve all of them cuz next year i will be at same seat in which seniors are sitting..

all the best to me....
cheers

Ravneet