My Dream Job!!!

On this very special day, let me wish you a very happy Diwali!

I love to think (or should I say 'dream'?). Few days back, I was asking myself 'what would be my dream job?'... Well, I am not planning to leave TCS! It's just something that came to my mind. And what was the answer? Well, in a matter of few seconds, two options came to my mind:

• Professor, Harvard Business School (Like what Michael E. Porter does!
• CEO, Berkshire Hathaway (taking over from legendary Warren Buffett!!)

It didn't take much time for me to narrow down on final choice - CEO of Berkshire Hathaway.

I know these are nightmarish days for all investors - well not for all. Mr. Buffett is an exception. He believes that "You want to be greedy when others are fearful. You want to be fearful when others are greedy. It's that simple.".



Check out Mr. Warren Buffett's recent interview after the US Financial crisis broke out.



Hope this gives a sense of optimism as an investor on this day of Diwali - Festival of Lights! Wish you and your family a very happy Diwali and Prosperous New Year!

TCS makes it to the Dow Jones Sustainability Index

A great news for India Inc, TCS and Tata Group.

TCS has made it to the Dow Jones Sustainability Index released in September 2008. TCS is one of the only two companies from India to form a part of the list. The other company from India to become a part of the Index is also a Tata Group Company – Tata Steel.

The Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) was established to track the performance of companies that lead the field in terms of corporate sustainability. The index was started in 1999, and is maintained by Dow Jones in conjunction with SAM Group, a Zurich-based research firm that conducts detailed sustainability analyses of thousands of global market-cap leaders each year. Each company represented in the index has its corporate sustainability assessed through an intricate weighting system that looks at economic, environmental and social metrics, as well as industry-specific criteria.

Just at right time when we are preparing for SAM presentation, we have got a great news. Isn't it a good news to share while presenting the SAM in our class?

Sweet Memories: Nayan's 2nd Birthday

Sprite Team: All White, Clear Hai?!

It was Sunday morning and our group was sporting "White" to convey message of "All Clear" soft-drink. Don't know who all noticed that, but there was one thing that everybody noticed that day. And that was quality of our group's presentation. The presentation on positioning strategy of Sprite soft-drink in India was a big hit in class:-). The attitude of Sprite also reflected in our presentation - "Seedhi Baat, No Bakwaas, Clear Hai?!"

Well done, everyone! It felt very good to hear the encouraging feedback from Dr. Amit Rangnekar!

What followed was a lunch at Amar Juice and a "photo shoot" just outside NMIMS. Have a look at those picture right here right now...

Quiz: Are you a good negotiator?

Here is a quiz that I found on CNN website. Take this quiz not just to test your negotiation skills, but also to brush up some finer aspects of negotiations...

Click here when you are ready for the quiz...

All the best! Don't forget to write your comments / feedback / opinions on this blog...

Making of Mindtree

I wanted to publish this entry more than a month back. But, I thought let me share it with one friend (Our own Anand) first. Because, I wanted to validate if it was just me who loved this piece or others also like it... Secret it out... It's an unbelievable knowledge artifact that you may also appreciate.

We read and analyze case studies or companies that are successful or have failed. We read about good stories of how Infosys was built. Now read some "real thing". Read how Mindtree came into existence and learn what it takes to build a new company.

• Making of the MindTree - I
• Making of the MindTree - II

Thank you Mr. Subroto Bagchi for writing this gem of a piece.

Excellent resource for Economics

Being an Engineering graduate, the Economics terms used to sound like Greek language to me before I joined MPE. Now that we have learned Micro-Economics and are about to compete Macro-Economics course, it has started making sense.


Still I often come across many new Economics terms that I would not know much about. In such cases, there is one resource that comes to my rescue. It's the Economist.com website.


Check out this link and you would get brief description about virtually any economic term or concept...


http://www.economist.com/research/Economics/alphabetic.cfm?letter=A


Hope you find it useful as well...