One of the most challenging tasks in growing an organisation is developing a culture. Culture is something that is very important to us in hiring. Shivram Apte, 1995 batch Bulls Eye, runs the IT back office for a big US based pharma company. He put this post on his blog, which I reproduce: We know … Read more

When you solve problems, you come out with solutions which tend to be more intuitive. Works for 90% of the time, but in the 10% that it does not, you are left wondering what could be going wrong? These problems could be varied: How do we manage growth? How does my app become viral? Why … Read more

One of the schools that we want to emulate is Muni International. It is a school for under-privileged children in Delhi. It operates in one of the lower income localities. They have an interesting way of education: the Eklavya System. It positions every child as both a learner and a teacher. Children at Muni International … Read more

Milind Sohini did his BE (Mech) from COEP. He worked with Thermax for a few years before leaving for UT Austin to do his Masters in Manufacturing. He then went on to do his PhD from Georgia Tech. He worked for a few years flying planes, ok make that scheduling planes, for Delta Airlines before … Read more

Recruitment is an expensive affair for most companies. A company like Tata Tech, with a 6000 strong workforce, has an annual budget of Rs. 80 lakh just for travel related to recruitment. And what worries them more is the fact that the number of people who accept is reducing. There was a 90% acceptance rate … Read more

What is the purpose of a school? We often think it is to make kids employable. It is much more than that. It is to prepare them for life. Today we are producing mostly Degree gatherers and Corporate types. We need to move on to producing more Freelancers and Entrepreneurs. From CD –> To EF. … Read more

I met with Prof Ashok Jhunjunwala, thanks to my friend Arvind Gupta. Both are batchmates from  IIT Kanpur. He started by switching on the NSE terminal on his laptop. Prof is the chairman of the SEBI committee on technology, and he likes to keep track of how the site is behaving. Prof was courteous enough … Read more

A three member team spent a day being trained to take the P4C program with school students. The venue was Aryawrat Society near Ghotawade Fata. Venue was courtesy Archana Joshi, who owns a plot in the society. The Joshi family has been benefactors for this program by also offering the hall at Ved Vihar Society, … Read more

THE HONDA STORY What sets apart great people is persistence; they will change their approach many times when faced with failure, whereas most of us just give up. Honda – Soichiro Honda started off his entrepreneurial career in 1938, while still in school, as a self-employed R and D engineer. He invested everything he had … Read more

Got a message from Nidhi Anartak, inviting me to the inauguration of their new campus at Pathar Vasti, Lohegaon. The infra has been built by Anish Jadhav Memorial Foundation. Met with Brig Jadhav and heard the story behind the foundation. Anish was the only kid – and had a deep interest in photography. He transformed … Read more