Management and Life

Speech given as chief guest at the graduation ceremony of the 52 nd UXL – Chandigarh batch on 19th October 2012. Dear Asit, dignitaries on the dais, fellow Tuff Trackers and all guests present here, Good Morning!! It is a matter of great pleasure and pride for me to address this august gathering. All of us present here are privileged to be witness of this 'birth ceremony' of future leaders. Yes, indeed, the graduates of UXL Tuff Track course are the most likely leaders of future. They are the most equipped, committed and motivated citizens. These are the people from whom the 'leaders' of tomorrow will emerge.  Leadership is not just about making speeches, leading mass movements or holding high offices. Indeed, all those are symbols associated with leaders. We often see and recognize leaders this way in our daily life. However, the essence of leadership begins with an expanded consciousness of self. It is when one realizes that there is more t...

It is said that 'Entrepreneurship' is tough. It is a difficult activity requiring enormous grit, courage and risk taking ability. It requires the ability to deal with uncertainty and a lot of self motivation. A lot of such things said about the 'Travails of Entrepreneurship' are indeed true. As an entrepreneur, I have experienced many of them, observed them in fellow entrepreneurs and deliberated about the source, implication and remedy for them. Recently I realized another challenge or dimension to entrepreneurship. It is to do with accountability and ownership of results. In a traditional 'Job' scenario, an individual is often not 'solely' responsible for results and he/she works as per the directions of his/her superiors As a result an individual does not need to wait to see the success of his/her efforts to feel a sense of satisfaction or accomplishment. Pacifying the boss or justifying the cause of delay/failure to another source ...

Importance of Genetics (Speech delivered at Toastmasters District D3 Meet, Mumbai) Have you ever wondered….. Why do some of us have brown eyes, or golden hair or a dark skin tone? Why do some of us like cold weather in Delhi while others relish the humidity in Mumbai? Why do some of us land up with a heart attack or a cancer despite a perfectly healthy lifestyle? Human Body has always been an enigma for the mankind Mr. Toastmaster, fellow club members and dear guests Today I shall tell you about a field of science called Genetics which holds the keys to unravel several mysteries of human body. To know about genetics, let us first look at how our body functions. We all know that our body comprises of organs which are in turn made up of cells. Each of us has about 100 trillion cells in our body. It is these cells which carry out the various body functions – be it respiration, thinking, digestion, response to stimuli etc.  How do these cells know what to do? ...

If there is one thing that differentiates the people in their 50s (sometimes even 40s) and those in their 20s at the workplace - it is the comfort with emails. In present times, for most of us, we take emails and internet as a very simple, normal and common element in our lives. (Though, this does not true for millions of people without food, basic amenities, electricity, access to computer and even 'English'). However, among the educated and english speaking professional in the corporate world, the comfort and skills with email/internet are as important or sometimes more important than even proper English itself. Knowledge and comfort with emails has created its own version of 'Haves' and 'Have-nots'. While the number of people who are not comfortable with using emails is certainly depleting, there are still some significant section of people in the professional/corporate setups who are not so 'hands-on' with emails. Most of such professionals or m...