En-route

A journey that began in India has seen many destinations en-route and the dynamic venture capitalist has been instrumental in igniting the minds of millions of entrepreneurs who now model their thoughts and aspirations on Promod Haque. As we ended our enlightening discussion with one of the most respected VCs, we were pretty certain that more and more global entities would be benefiting from this vanquisher’s visionary insights, just the way we did!

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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2007

An IIPM and Malaya Chaudhuri – Arindam Chaudhuri Initiative

Rusty steel frame

Bureaucrats need to learn humility and compassion
It was about 20 years ago and I was a lapsed Marxist youngster, who was wondering what had gone wrong with India. The state of Orissa, where I grew up, was in turmoil because the government had ‘nationalised’ a fleet of private bus operators that connected the major towns of the state. My uncle, an IAS officer, happened to be the Transport Commissioner and responsible for the decision. When I asked him why the step had been taken when private operators were doing such a good job (in the absence of any state-run transport system), my uncle pronounced, “The point is not that bus fares have gone down and people have more options. The point is that, without state interference, there will be jungle law in the road transport sector.” My fading Marxist ideals were virtually buried when ‘nationalisation’ resulted in passengers getting a raw deal.

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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2007

An IIPM and Malaya Chaudhuri – Arindam Chaudhuri Initiative

World Economic Decorum!

It was not like the last time at World Economic Forum held at Davos this year. ‘India Everywhere’, last year’s vibrant campaign was missing in action. However, India was everywhere! Mentioned in virtually every discussion at the forum, the stupendous and stunning growth rates achieved by India and China were identified as one of the powerful drivers of global ‘power shift ’. If the American economy’s slowing down and its ill effects on global trade were a matter of concern for Western business community, then they were certainly upbeat about the prospects of India shining brighter in the coming years.

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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2007

An IIPM and Malaya Chaudhuri – Arindam Chaudhuri Initiative

Upgrade to Vista

Microsoft said that PC users will want to upgrade to Vista for its 3D interface and speedy desktop search function. It also boasts of improved security and parental controls. Consumers can download it, buy it off the shelves or find it preinstalled in new computers. Bill Gates compared the launch of Vista to the release of Windows 95 almost twelve years ago and said that “Vista will be key to its era” just like “Windows 95 was key to its era.” The release of Vista for the consumers is also expected to create some new next-generation hardware, software and entertainment devices and services for Microsoft .

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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2007

An IIPM and Malaya Chaudhuri – Arindam Chaudhuri Initiative

Global Warming

With the kind of ecological hype generated by the issue of global warming, courtesy over-zealous environmental groups and hungry media consorts, and with consequence, the matter largely having been relegated to one of the widespread contention, it’s only natural to ask what substance the freshest dissertation on the theme brings to the table. Well, for starters I would say... a deluge of revelations (pun intended). The most disconcerting among the same is the IPCC pegging the likelihood of the connect between global warming and human perpetration at a staggering figure in excess of 90%, a sharp spike from the 66-90% chance given in the previous study (undertaken six years back).

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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2007

An IIPM and Malaya Chaudhuri – Arindam Chaudhuri Initiative

Company's Marketing

The company’s marketing efforts have also caught the public eye through their brand ambassadors, be it Kajol and Ajay Devgan or Sourav Ganguly and Irfan Pathan. Speaking exclusively to 4Ps B&M, Abdul Khan, Vice- President & Head–Marketing, TTSL expressed confidence in his marketing efforts as, “When we launched this service quite sometime back, what we imbued upon this business was a sense of – what you see is what you get!” With its long term focus being consolidation of position as a premier service provider, the road ahead seems rough...So is it ready to take a call?

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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2007

An IIPM and Malaya Chaudhuri – Arindam Chaudhuri Initiative

Dish TV

That’s nothing short of henomenal. Since its launch in October 2003, Dish TV has built one of the strongest subscriber bases of 1.7 million homes and a viewership of 10.5 million. With the claim of having reinvented cable viewing in India, and of educating consumers all across the nation to a point where they now understand the difference between set top boxes, cable wires, and DTH feeds, Dish TV has brought in the D-word into a most respectable usage not only in the household space, but even in corporate India. Dish TV peacefully, yet forcefully, slides into our top 25 startups list. And one suspects they’re not going anywhere...not soon!

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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2007

An IIPM and Malaya Chaudhuri – Arindam Chaudhuri Initiative