After joining the school in the std III in 1973, I got selected for the IES Eng Med. school cricket team in std.VII. With this, I managed to get special concessions – such as leaving school a couple of classes earlier everyday for net practice at Matunga Gymkhana and leeway to bunk school during matchContinue reading “IES Class of 1982 Part #2/2 – School Friends are for Life!”
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Reliving the School Days part #1/2-A Nostalgia trip
In 1971, my father changed jobs from Coca Cola based out of New Delhi to Richardson Hindustan Ltd.(manufacturers of Vicks who subsequently became P&G) and we moved to Bombay (as it was called then ).We settled down at Mahim in a co-operative housing society by the Mahim bay with over 100 families. In those days,Continue reading “Reliving the School Days part #1/2-A Nostalgia trip”
My MBA Tales # 3/3 – From Overhead Projector to WFH days!
Over the years, after passing out, our JBIM 1992 batch kept in touch with at least the Mumbaites trying to catch up once a year at the annual alumni dinner – Nostalgia. A few years back in 2017, our batch decided to celebrate our pass out silver jubilee at Goa. The idea was to timeContinue reading “My MBA Tales # 3/3 – From Overhead Projector to WFH days!”
My MBA Tales # 2/3 – Dhandey Mein Dosti Nahin, Bhidoo !
After our college got going, as the initial euphoria and excitement of being at an hallowed institution like JBIMS (Bajaj) mellowed, we realised that we had to deal with some limitations due to Bajaj being categorised as a Department of the Mumbai University. Unlike the IIMs and some of the other institutes which have theContinue reading “My MBA Tales # 2/3 – Dhandey Mein Dosti Nahin, Bhidoo !”
My MBA Tales # 1/3- Bajaj the CEO Factory!
An MBA curriculum focuses on exposure to an entire gamut of management subjects starting from Finance, Marketing , Sales, Economics, Commercial Law , Production, Operations Research (OR) , Cost accounting, Statistics, Personnel/ HR, Bookkeeping along with sub streams like banking and insurance, digital marketing etc being further added as the commercial world keeps on evolving.Continue reading “My MBA Tales # 1/3- Bajaj the CEO Factory!”
My Corporate Tales from Here and There # 2 – “Barefoot in the Park” Days at Grindlays !
Grindlays having introduced Merchant Banking in India way back in 1967, was always in the forefront in making pioneering moves on the Indian banking scene. So when in the late 1980 and early 1990s, technology revolution in banking had just started to roll in with ATMs (HSBC introduced first ATMs in 1987) and computerisation wasContinue reading “My Corporate Tales from Here and There # 2 – “Barefoot in the Park” Days at Grindlays !”
My Corporate Tales from Here and There # 1 – Grindlays a nationalised Bank?
After my graduation from Podar College in 1987, I was offered a job with IDBI Ltd when Late Shri S S Nadkarni was the CMD. Then IDBI was one of the top 3 Development Financial Institutions (DFI) , the other 2 being IFCI and ICICI. IDBI used to promote cricket and it was happy toContinue reading “My Corporate Tales from Here and There # 1 – Grindlays a nationalised Bank?”
Cricket Diplomacy – India Wins the Match & Lahore Wins our Hearts!
Cricket is a binding glue in our country. Corporates have realised this long time back and have leveraged it to run Rewards and Recognition ( R & R ) programs for internal as well as external customers, corporate outreach programs and fund raising drives for corporate social responsibility. While at ICICI Bank, I have seenContinue reading “Cricket Diplomacy – India Wins the Match & Lahore Wins our Hearts!”
Eknath Solkar and My Cricketing Tales from Here & There
In cricket, even though 1984/85 was the most memorable year for me as we won both the All India Rohinton Baria Trophy for supremacy in varsity cricket and the Vizzy Trophy for being the winners of the inter- zonal championship, it was only in 1987/88, that my good form and scores got me into theContinue reading “Eknath Solkar and My Cricketing Tales from Here & There”
Winning the Battle with my Bulge !!
I’m a 6 ft+ sportsperson (cricket, being my active sport) with a big frame. 26 years ago, when I got married , I weighed 84kgs with a 34 inch waist. Over time, even as I got busy with my career, to keep fit, I tried to keep up with my self exercise routines, occasional practiceContinue reading “Winning the Battle with my Bulge !!”
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