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Dear
Friends,
Greetings!
 This issue brings to you a
timely discussion between Kuldeep Goyal, CMD, BSNL, who
was a participant during the ISB Kellogg Global Advanced
Management Programme, and Professor Srini Rangan, the
mentor for the programme. It now becomes clear how a PSU
is surviving competition from other telecom operators,
including foreign players,
in the third-generation space. The mantra is strategic
changes in operation and vision.
Continuous learning is the key driver to build and
sustain organisational growth. We at CEE believe that
investment in learning generates results unsurpassed. In
an article penned by me, I somewhat justify why it is
vital for a firm to invest in big time learning.
We met with more alumni in various cities, and each
meeting has made me believe that we have now created a
strong network of leaders and doers. Each Alumni Chapter
has a lot of action in the pipeline.
I look forward to stay connected with all of you through
more forums.
Read on, and do share feedback.
Best Wishes
Deepak Chandra
Associate Dean, CEE
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Alum
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Alumni Meet
CEE Alumni ‘Glue
Together’
During the last few months the CEE Alumni
met at Bangalore, Mumbai and Delhi.
Bangalore Chapter Meet
At Bangalore a huge gathering of CEE alumni
met at ITC Windsor Manor.
Present at the occasion were Professor M Rammohan Rao, Dean of ISB, Deepak Chandra,
Associate Dean, CEE, and senior management
members from CEE.
Chandra welcomed the gathering, urging the
alumni present to use the occasion to
“create camaraderie with a purpose”. Dean
Rao shared with the alums the growth story
of the ISB, and the milestones achieved so
far.
Manish Sinha, CEE, informed the alumni about
the common goals and agenda that the various
alum chapters were to observe. He also
briefed the gathering about the process of
election for office bearers. It was followed
by a systematic secret balloting, and the
end of the evening saw the President and the
Secretary of the Bangalore Chapter proudly
take their new bastions.
The office bearers elected to the Bangalore
Chapter are:
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President:
Rajesh Gupta, Managing Director,
Bearing Point
Secretary: Rajmohan Krishnan,
Sr. Vice President, Kotak
Mahindra Bank Ltd.
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Mumbai Chapter Meet
Braving rain and water logging in
several parts of Mumbai, a large number of
CEE alumni met at the Grand Central in Mumbai. The evening provided valuable
insights into the experiences of the CEE
alumni, about their learning while at ISB,
and how executive education programmes had
helped them in their careers and
organisations. It was also a great moment of
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The office bearers elected to the Mumbai
Chapter are:
President: Ashok Malhotra, Managing
Director, Mettler Toledo
Secretary: Amarjit Batra, Head, New
Business & Global Trade, eBay India Ltd.
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Delhi Chapter Meet
At the Delhi meet a gathering of CEE alumni relived their
experience while at ISB. Dean Rao and Deepak
Chandra shared the vision of ISB on its way
forward. At the Delhi meet too the secret ballot
process was adopted, and Chapter officer
bearers were elected.
The office bearers elected to the Delhi
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President: Vijay Kiyawat, Special
Advisor, Duraline Corporation
Secretary: Krishan Malhotra , Executive
Director , Pricewaterhouse Coopers Pvt. Ltd. |
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Chapter Representatives Meet at ISB
On September 14, 2008, all the Chapter
officials met at ISB to take forward their
plan of action for the Alumni Chapters, and
discuss about the focus for the first year.
Students from the Class of 2009 at the ISB,
belonging to the Consulting Club, carried
out an assignment and recommended a plan of
action for the ISB-CEE Alumni Chapters. The
recommendations were based on primary
research, secondary research, benchmarking
and in-depth analysis. Dean Rao and Deepak
Chandra also put forth their expectations
from the Alumni Chapters. The Chapter office
bearers presented their views on their Chapters and indicated their area of focus.
Several details like frequency of the
events, web portal requirement, nature of
activities, and the details of the task
ahead were deliberated upon. Everyone agreed
that getting all alumni to ‘glue together’
would be a vital component, and needs to be
executed on priority. The core team will now
take ahead the vision and plan the
activities.
This meet of the Chapter officials was an
occasion to experience the possibility of
creation of a highly empowered platform
which could bring together the industry and
the academia, and leverages it extensively
for the benefit of all.
The meeting provided
valuable insights into the experiences of
the CEE alumni, about their learning while at ISB, and how the executive education
programme helped them in leaps and bounds in
their careers.
It was also a moment of coming together and
envisioning the road ahead.
Alum Selected for LSE Programme
Alumni Dipankar Ghosh, Vice President -
Strategic Initiatives, Infotech Enterprises
Ltd,
has been selected for the Chevening
Scholarship for the Gurukul Leadership and
Excellence Programme, 2008 at the London
School of Economics and Political Science.
Gurukul is a unique 12-week, advanced
leadership programme, created by LSE
specifically for India’s future leaders.
Each year, the Chevening Gurukul Scholarship
Programme enables twelve exceptional Indian
men and women to participate in an intensive
exploration of the challenges of top
leadership in a globalising world through a
programme of academic studies, field visits
and seminars, debates with practitioners,
and individual projects of direct personal
relevance. The Programme addresses the
issues faced by leaders in all fields - “how
to lead more effectively”- by encouraging
the scholars to analyse changing ideas and
practices of leadership and exploring the
implications for Indian leaders. It provokes
critical thinking and provides unique
opportunities for scholars to test their own
hypotheses with policy makers and
practitioners, as well as with academics and
opinion leaders
Dipankar attended the CEE AMP Programme in
November 2007. He will be at LSE between September
24 to the December 22 2008 and can
be reached at
dippyg@gmail.com
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Alum Mural |
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The programme opens your eyes to
fundamental values, which you forget when
you are engaged in business,
- Rahul Kothari, Director, Pakona Engineers, during the Leadership in Family Business Programme,
2008
The course came at the right time, gave me an idea to work upon, and hopefully I will create a business out of it
- Samdani Basha, Programme Manager, GE Infra, during the Leveraging IT in Core Business Functions, 2008
A programme to inject leadership in the
blood
-Kishore S, Assistant General Manager, Grasim Industries Limited, during
the Leadership Skills for Top Management Programme, 2008
Academics, like spiritualism, is in our roots. We only need to rediscover it by regular engagement
-Sanjay Kothari, Managing Director, RadhaMadhav Advisory Sevices, during the Venture Capitalist Development Programme, 2008 |
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