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Bill McDermott CEO SAP SE

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The life of Bill McDermott, the American CEO of the German
 company, SAP SE (the world’s leading ERP company for which he currently
 lives in Germany because he says "It’s significant symbolically for me 
to have a residence in Germany."), has traversed through so many 
interesting twists and turns that it is worthy of being documented 
through an inspiring book. If we commoners can gauge that, can’t he 
himself do? Of course he did and released a book called “Winners Dream: A
 Journey from Corner Store to Corner Office”with which he hopesthat his 
story will not just inspire other hard-working youths, but show them how
 to do the same.The man’s entrepreneurial spirit shines through even in 
publishing this book which he himself call a part memoir and part 
business strategy.</div>
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Thus, it perhaps would be futile for the likes 
of us to try and chronicle the various stages of his life that was and 
still is packed with love, hardship, setbacks, and success.</div>
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But, we can surely put forth (briefly)some aspects that can be considered as highlights of his life.</div>
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<strong>Education…</strong></div>
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McDermott
 has a bachelor’s degree from Dowling College and a Master’s Degree in 
Business Administration from the Kellogg School of Management at 
Northwestern University.</div>
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<strong> Entrepreneur all the way…</strong></div>
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Being
 born into a working class family (whose patriarch’s was the great 
baseball player Bobby McDermott) meant that Bill had to take life by the
 scruff of its neck in that he never let an opportunity pass by  without
 putting his best to get the most out of it. You had to do all that and 
much more if you happen to dwell in a house that was so rickety that the
 floor seemed to flood every time it rained, and many more such 
adversities. It was the harsh reality of life that dawned upon young 
Bill that one had to slog it out, persevere, and top it with a bit 
wisdom as indeed courage to be able to make good of it. So it was that 
he went on to do a handful of odd jobs during his schooling and the 
money he thus earned was put to good  use- meet his college expenses (at
 least until Dowling College). In all of this, what is most noticeable 
is his enterprising spirit even at the age of 11 years when he started 
of his paper route business and scaled it into a successful 
multi-product enterprise that included newspapers, greeting cards, 
cookies, etc.) – do you see some cross-sell / up-sell there?</div>
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Anyway
 this was not only enough to subsist but also to meet the tuition 
expenses. But of his early ventures, it was the delicatessen business 
that he ended up owning when he was barely 16 that stands out as the 
testimony to visionary entrepreneur the world would see in later years. 
 It wasn’t planned – there was no room for choice of a type of job that 
one could choose under those circumstances during his childhood – you 
had to make do with whatever was presented to you. He happened to secure
 a job in a neighbourhood deli (Country Deli), and not long after that 
he was offered by the owners to take-over the company in lieu of $7000 
(in promissory notes). It was this deli that is said to have paid for 
most of the expenses throughout his academic life.</div>
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<strong>Into the big league…</strong></div>
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Right
 after graduating out it wasn’t a piece of cake for him to secure a job.
 Circumstances were such that he had to even wait in a block-and-a-half 
long queue of job-seekers to get a job that paid him $2.35 an hour. 
After such short stints at 3 or 4 small companies, he got the big break 
of his life when he got a sales job at Xerox after convincing the 
manager the same day that he was interviewed.</div>
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This association was
 to last for a long duration of 17 years during the course of which he 
had both success and adversities that he had to face such as get 
promoted to be only dealt a pay-cut (such were the times), then when 
entrusted with the responsibility of over-turning the worst-performing 
district of the company (in Puerto Rico) moving there along with his 
family to a location that was beset with sand fleas. But he weathered it
 all and turned it into best performing district and eventually (by the 
end of his 17 years at Xerox), he was the youngest corporate officer and
 division president in Xerox’s history.</div>
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His experience in a 
largely sales role at Xerox and his subsequent stints at Gartner and 
Siebel Systems made him understand and respect that number one truth in a
 pro’s life: Work hard. That as well as treating all the people in one’s
 life with love and respect, keeping a positive attitude no matter what 
life throws at you, etc. were the learnings he got from working at these
 global companies.</div>
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<strong>SAP journey so far….</strong></div>
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He 
joined SAP in 2002 after the company approached him to helm its North 
American business which back then was struggling. But he knew too well 
what he was getting into as just prior to that he was working for Siebel
 – a direct competitor of SAP. Apart from perhaps the realization that 
most of the German staff who were entrusted to look after the North 
American business for the company had failed and, therefore, somebody 
local – an American- might just be able to turn it around for them in 
America, it was the fact that Bill had worked in Siebel that may have 
prompted SAP to approach him.</div>
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So he was made the CEO of SAP, North
 America. As soon as he assumed the responsibility, Bill got down to 
some serious business – change in approach, change in gears. He changed 
the mindset of the salesforce that hovered around engineering (how SAP 
is built) to laying more emphasis on the needs of the customers. Then 
another major shift in business strategy was to move beyond (and not 
away) from the predominantly finance-centered side of SAP which seemed 
to Bill as focusing more on costs instead of growth.  His success 
prompted the company to elevate him to be the co-CEO of SAP (global) – 
partnering a Dane by the name Jim Hagemann Snabe.</div>
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This duo 
envisioned one of the most revolutionary things to come out of – SAP 
HANA – the platform enabling in-memory computing. They didn’t just stop 
there: SAP was heralded into the new age business comprising mobile 
devices and cloud computing.</div>
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He was instrumental in driving home 
the philosophy as indeed the practice of SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) 
being a long term goal than a short-term objective. It didn’t require 
Bill much convincing to do with the board as one of the co-founders 
(Hasso Plattner, Chairman of the board of directors) believed in this 
philosophy and made sure Bill’s efforts to herald long-term growth were 
not impeded by anything.</div>
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And that is how Bill McDermott is helming
 SAP SE – the company employing about 80000 people, serving about 
2,35,000 clients and a revenue of $21 billion.</div>
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<strong>Never say never…</strong></div>
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Haven’t
 we heard it a zillion times as to how when the going gets tough, the 
tough get going? That is manifested beautifully in the life of 
McDermott. If you thought the struggles of his family during his 
childhood when things weren’t hopeless but were certainly very 
challenging and his coming out of it was in line with the saying (above)
 – hold on: It manifested yet again much later in his life when he is at
 the zenith of his professional career. This he did by way of overcoming
 the loss of an eye (his left one owing to a freak accident at his 
brother’s house) that almost threatened to derail his wonderful journey 
of leadership, success, vision, perseverance, and hard-work that 
conjured up a very inspiring entrepreneurial pursuit and rose from this 
apparently bloody blow – all the more determined and enriched (for he 
says it taught him a great lesson of life) -to be back to work, up and 
running within no time.</div>
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This is how he puts his travails after the
 mishap,"There is another way you get knocked down that I’ve got some 
insight into now. You will get your test. The question is what you do 
when you get it."</div>
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<strong>Other Affiliations:</strong></div>
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  still the same guy I was in Long Island. Nothing has changed in terms 
of who I  am as a person. What motivates me is to remain humble and 
second, to stay  hungry."</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" valign="middle"><img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="15" src="https://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/nai_img2.png" width="15" /></td><td align="left" style="font-size: 12px;" valign="middle">"Keep  going global; once you've gone global, there's no turning back."</td></tr>
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  hard. Treat all the people in your life with love and respect. Keep a 
positive  attitude no matter what life throws at you.”</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" valign="middle"><img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="15" src="https://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/nai_img2.png" width="15" /></td><td align="left" style="font-size: 12px;" valign="middle">“Leading
  in any country is all about reading the room, respecting the culture, 
and  understanding the nuances of how people perceive information. You 
have to care  about what the culture needs instead of just focusing on 
your agenda and how to  get it done.”</td></tr>
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Bill McDermott CEO SAP SE

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John “Jack” N. Little Co-Founder&President The MathWorks

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Being the scion of an erudite family can sometimes be very
 daunting to live with and even live up to. Not so much for John N. 
Little, who co-founded a company, The MathWorks, whose flagship product 
is MATLAB which is known to be used by about a million scientists across
 the globe - to be able to do what they want to do really well 
(innovations, discoveries, solutions, etc.). If you are wondering why 
something that has such an astonishing following and endorsement by some
 of the most brilliant minds on the planet does not have enough told 
about it in the world, then here’s why: simply because when it was 
conceived and developed by Cleve Moler (Co-authored by John Little) – 
the idea wasn’t to create a mass product.</div>
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If anything, it was the 
result of a super-genius’(Moler) quest to put to use his knowledge and 
express it to the community or audience that is likely to make the most 
out of it. That audience being, primarily, scientists and students (in 
later years), it didn’t warrant any PR activity at all. Word-of-mouth 
and the credibility of the co-founders did it for them.</div>
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Both of 
the founders have, till date, (barring the brief period when Moler had 
to work else as The MathWorks was too small to afford his pay, but he 
continued to support them during this phase, nonetheless) lived and 
breathed each day of their lives with The MathWorks.</div>
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If it was the
 ingenuity of Moler, the mathematics champ, then it surely was the 
enterprising self of Little that actually made MATLAB what it is today, a
 fact vindicated by Moler himself when he said “‘I am the father of 
MatLab, but Jack Little is the father of The MathWorks. He is the spirit
 and the brains behind the company. Little had academic training as a 
control engineer at MIT and Stanford so he knew the applications of 
matrices to control theory, which is still one of the main parts of our 
business – and I didn’t know anything about it. When the PC came out in 
1982, Little figured that it could be used for technical computing. It 
was Little who started the company.”</div>
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So, what started with just 
the two MIT grads in the early ‘80s, has now become an organization that
 not only commands much respect from some of the most ignited minds on 
this planet (adopted by more than a million users, 5,000 universities 
and colleges., but also has been able to become and stay commercially 
viable as well as sustainable. The company today has around 3000+ 
employees working for it and it clocked revenues of close to a $billion 
 (App. $893 M).</div>
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All this couldn’t have been possible, as Moler himself expressed, with the wonderful thorough-bred Jack Little.</div>
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<strong>Family & Education and early sparks</strong></div>
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Jack
 Little is the son of renowned MIT (Massachusetts Institute of 
Technology) professor, John D.C. Little, who is best known for Little’s 
Law – an operations research approach that he propounded. In fact, 
Jack’s father is also known to have earned the first Ph.D. in operations
 that was ever awarded in 1955. Not only that he is the founder of the 
concept called ‘Marketing Science’ which he put forth based on his study
 of humans and their buying behavior, besides starting a couple of 
companies.</div>
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It is only natural that with such an upbringing one 
would expect children in such environs to either grow sick of what the 
seniors do or like in the case of Jack, pick up inspiration from them 
and chart a path of success for themselves in due course. And so it was 
that, Jack Little completed his bachelor’s in electrical engineering 
from, where else, but the MIT from 1974-78 and then, as if that was not 
enough, he further went on to do his M.S. (Electrical Engineering) from 
the hot-bed of many great possibilities and that has so given many 
entrepreneurs of the modern world, Stanford University, which he did 
from 1978 - 1980.</div>
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<strong> Serendipitous Rendezvous…</strong></div>
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Around
 the time he graduated from Stanford, a chance meeting with yet another 
of his ilk, Cleve Moler, determined the path for Jack for the rest of 
his life. Given that both were learned men with exemplary educational 
backgrounds, the two got along well and mostly delved into math and its 
application in science. It was their keen study of life in general and 
the life and work style of scientists and engineer that helped them in 
recognizing the need among this specific group of people for more 
powerful and productive computation environments beyond those provided 
by languages such as Fortran and C and, further, in putting to use their
 own expertise and experience in maths, computer science, and 
engineering, for developing a high-performance technical computing 
environment that they would call MATLAB (Short for Matrix Laboratory).</div>
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While
 Moler did the ground-work on the most effective application of matrices
 in scientific work – that was crux of the dev environment (MATLAB), 
Jack helped give it the much needed demand and utility angle propelled 
by the fact that MATLAB combines comprehensive math and graphics 
functions with a powerful high-level language.</div>
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The two men 
respected the fact that while their skills-set were distinct their 
capabilities were complementary. And it was this deep understanding of 
each other and their combined belief in the product / solution they had 
together built for better use, which has led to them being still at the 
company they co-founded more than three-and-a-half decades ago.</div>
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<strong>Modus Operandi…to begin with</strong></div>
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Moler
 had developed MatLab but it took flight after he joined hands with 
Jack. Moler’s objective in creating MatLab was simple – to enable 
students to use the LINPACK and EISPACK math libraries without having to
 write FORTRAN programs. Being the shrewd and visionary man he was, when
 Jack reckonedit is a powerful software with the potential to enable 
engineering, scientific, and technical applications on personal 
computers (which also happened to come around in 1982). Thus with that 
spurring the duo into putting together many such aspects, backed by 
their experience, they further developed it so that it can very 
effective. They worked on it for about 3 years after setting up The 
MathWorks in Boston (MA) around 1982. Once they were sure that it was 
ready to be used, whom did they sell it to?</div>
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You probably would 
have guessed that since it is a platform/solution aimed at scientists 
and engineers and since who better than an institution that has 
historically been one of the most fertile places for innovation, MIT 
which was also in the vicinity of the company (Cambridge, MA). If you 
did then you were bang on.</div>
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MIT was the company’s first customer to
 buy 10 copies of MatLab in 1985 and thus began the saga of great 
word-of-mouth publicity – the best and most credible form of marketing 
you can get for your offerings – and it was soon getting adopted by 
hundreds and thousands of scientists, engineers, and students across the
 globe it realizing their own potential to create great things – with 
the help of MATLAB.</div>
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<strong>Growth and stability…</strong></div>
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That
 Jack and team had built something absolutely critical for the scientist
 fraternity was beyond any doubt. With that sense of satisfaction, Jack 
continued to make the company scale, attract the best talent, create 
further products and solutions, and generally stick on to the original 
purpose with which it was started (the guiding principle being that they
 reckon, feel, and dissipate the importance of maths as the cornerstone 
of all sciences) – all without going cut-throat commercial.</div>
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In 
fact, for all we know, it was MIT’s initial purchase of MATLAB and 
Jack’s as well as the company’s association with MIT that has lasted for
 so many years that helps to reinforce everybody’s faith and confidence 
in The MathWorks products - especially MATLAB.Asa Fellow of the IEEE and
 Trustee of the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council, he writes 
and speaks about technical computing, Model-Based Design, 
entrepreneurship, and software industry issues.</div>
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Since MATLAB was 
intended at researchers, innovators, scientists, and students, Jack took
 a very bold decision of providing it to students for a subsidized price
 – which initially was resisted and feared by many as a potentially 
counter-productive move, as it could lead to piracy and opportunity cost
 besides, of course, denting into the confidence of regular licensed 
users who would feel kind of robbed. But, Jack was right in this case 
too, like he was always from the beginning, which was proven by the fact
 that the user community in general did let that happen as it ensured 
they used it responsibly. Hats-off to Jack’s vision of ensuring greater 
adoption as well as retaining the faith of existing users.</div>
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<strong>Other associations:</strong></div>
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John “Jack” N. Little Co-Founder&President The MathWorks

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சரியாக இரண்டு ஆண்டுகளுக்கு முன்பு எனது முதல் தொழிலைத் தொடங்கிய கையோடு, பணக்காரன் ஆவது குறித்து சிந்தித்துக் கொண்டிருந்தேன். அரை குறைப் பொருட்களோடு நல்ல வாடிக்கையாளர்களைத் தேடிக் கொண்டிருந்தோம். அந்தத் தொழில் சரியாகப் போகவில்லை. அடுத்த தொழிலுக்குத் தாவினேன்.<br />
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தொழில் நடத்துவது தொடர்பான ஒரு புதிய உலகம் எனக்காக கதவைத் திறந்தது. எனது சக நிறுவனர்கள் மற்றும் வழிகாட்டிகளிடமிருந்து மகத்தான விஷயங்களைக் கற்றுக் கொண்டேன். எங்கள் புதிய தொழிலுக்கு வெளியில் இருந்து எந்த முதலீடும் பெறக் கூடாது என்பதில் நாங்கள் உறுதியாக இருந்தோம். அதிகப் பணம் சேகரிக்க, ஒரு பகுதி நேர விற்பனையாளராக நிறையத் தொழில்களைப் பார்த்தேன். <br />
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தொழில் முனைவு எனது வாழ்க்கை பணியிலும் சிந்தனை முறையிலும் குறிப்பிடத்தக்க மாற்றத்தை ஏற்படுத்தியது. <br />
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தோல்வி வாழ்க்கையின் ஒரு அங்கம் (ஆரம்பத் தோல்வி எனது தோல்வி அல்ல)<br />
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தோல்வியில் இருந்து நீங்கள் கற்றுக் கொள்கிறீர்கள். உங்களை மேம்படுத்திக் கொள்கிறீர்கள். எனவே தோல்வி அடைவதில் ஒன்றும் தவறில்லை. முதன் முதலாகத் தொழிலைத் தொடங்கிய போது எனது பணத்தையும் நேரத்தையும் இழந்த பிறகும் தொழில் முனைவை நான் விட்டு விடவில்லை. <br />
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மற்றொரு தொழிலில் ஒரு சக நிறுவனராக இணைந்தேன். பொருள் தயார், மார்க்கெட்டிங் உரிமையாளர் நான்தான். முதலீட்டாளர்கள் பார்க்க விரும்பும் இலக்குகளை அடைந்தோம். முதலீடுகளுக்குத் தயாரானோம். <br />
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நாங்கள் அற்புதமான வழிகாட்டிகளையும் முதலீட்டாளர் தொடர்பையும் பெற்றிருந்தோம். எங்கள் தயாரிப்பு, தொழிலை நிர்வகிக்கும் திறன் மற்றும் எங்கள் குழு முதலீட்டாளர்களைக் கவர்ந்தது. ஆனாலும் எங்களால் பணம் திரட்ட முடியவில்லை. ஏன்? ஏனென்றால் முதலீட்டாளர்கள் விரும்புமாறு எங்கள் பொருட்களை மாற்ற நாங்கள் விரும்பவில்லை. <br />
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முதலீட்டளார்களைப் பொருத்தவரையில் அது சரிதான். பணம் அவர்களுடையதாயிற்றே. எங்கள் முடிவும் சரிதான். பொருள் எங்களுடையதல்லவா? இந்த இழுபறியில் ஒப்பந்தம் ஏற்பட வழியில்லாமல் போனது. <br />
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அதற்கெல்லாம் நாங்கள் கவலைப்படவில்லை. ஏனெனில் எங்கள் நோக்கம் மிக உயரியது. எங்களைப் பொருத்தவரையில், எங்கள் தொழில் வெற்றிகரமாகத்தான் இருந்தது. உலகத்தைப் பொருத்தவரையில் அது தோல்வி. கல்வியில் நாங்கள் செய்ய விரும்பிய மாற்றத்தை அளவிட முடியாது என்பதை உணர்ந்தோம். மாணவர்களுக்கு மதிப்பெண்களையும் ரேங்க்குகளையும் விற்பனை செய்யும் மற்றொரு நிறுவனமாக நாங்கள் விரும்பவில்லை. அடுத்த கட்டத்திற்குச் சென்றோம். <br />
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தொழில் முனைவு என்பது ஒரு வாழ்க்கை வழி. நீங்கள் ஒரு தொழில் முனைவோராகலாம் அல்லது பணியாளராகலாம். ஒன்று நீங்கள் உங்களது விதியை நீங்களே உருவாக்க வேண்டும் அல்லது உங்கள் முதலாளி சொல்படி நடக்க வேண்டும்,<br />
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நீங்கள் ஒரு ஆரம்ப நிறுவனமாக இருந்து, உங்கள் நிறுவனத்தில் முதலீடு செய்பவர்கள் நீங்கள் பின்பற்ற வேண்டிய விதிகளை நிர்ணயித்தால், பிறகு நீங்கள் உங்கள் தொழில்முனைவின் ஆன்மாவை இழந்து விடுவீர்கள். <br />
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உங்கள் கனவு நிறுவனத்தை தொடங்குவதைக் காட்டிலும் பணம்தான் முக்கியம் என்றால், நீங்கள் இன்னும் வழக்கமான போட்டி உலகில்தான் இருக்கிறீர்கள் என்று அர்த்தம். கார்ப்பரேட் பணியில் அந்தப் போட்டி பதவி உயர்வு, வருடாந்திர சம்பள உயர்வு என்று இருக்கும். தொழிலில் பணம் தேடும் போட்டியும் அப்படித்தான். வாழும் முறையில் என்ன மாற்றம் இருக்கிறது?<br />
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வாழ்க்கை மற்றும் வர்த்தகத்தின் அத்தியாவசியமான பங்கு பணம். ஆனால் நீங்கள் அந்தப் போட்டியில் இருந்து வெளியே வர வேண்டியிருக்கிறது. முதலில் வந்தால் என்ன? பந்தயத்தில் கலந்து கொள்ளும் எலி எலிதானே. <br />
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இந்தப் போட்டியில் பங்கேற்கக் கூடாது என்பதில் நான் தீர்மானமாக இருந்தேன். ஆரம்பத் தொழில்களோடுதான் இன்னும் நான் பணியாற்றிக் கொண்டிருக்கிறேன். வாழ்க்கையை நன்கு அனுபவிக்கிறேன்.<br />
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“எந்த ஒரு எதிர்பார்ப்பும் இல்லாமல் இந்த உலகிற்குக் கொடுப்பதை வழக்கமாக வைத்திருங்கள். பிரபஞ்சம் உங்களைக் கவனித்துக் கொள்ளும்.” எனது வழிகாட்டிகளிடமிருந்து நான் கற்றுக் கொண்டது இதுதான்.<br />
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எதிர்பார்ப்பில்லாமல் செய்யும் சேவையின் ஆற்றலை நிகழ்த்திக் காட்டும் அரவிந்த் ஐ கேர் மற்றும் சர்வீஸ் ஸ்பேஸ் போன்ற நிறுவனங்கள் வெற்றிகரமான நிறுவனங்கள்தானே.<br />
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இந்த விஷயத்தில் நான் குழந்தைதான். இப்போதுதான் தத்திதத்தி நடக்கிறேன். கொடுக்கும் கலாச்சாரத்தை பழகிக் கொண்டிருக்கிறேன். அன்கர்மா.இன் புராஜக்ட்டில் பங்களிக்கிறேன். உலகை சிறந்த வசிப்பிடமாய் மாற்ற முயற்சிக்கும் அனைத்து விதமான புராஜக்டுகளுக்கும், உன்கர்மா.இன் மூலம் நாங்கள் கருத்துரு எழுதும் பணியை மேற்கொள்கிறோம். விலை அட்டையைத் தொங்க விடுவதை விட்டு பரிசுப் பொருளாதாரத்தின் அடிப்படையில் கருத்துருக்களை எழுதுவது என்று முடிவு செய்தோம். <br />
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ஆரோக்கியமான உணவு, தூக்கம் மற்றும் தியானம்<br />
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என் வாழ்க்கையில் உணவு பற்றியும் தூக்கம் பற்றியும் நான் கவலைப்பட்டதே இல்லை. நான் ஒரு உணவுப் பிரியன். நீண்ட தூக்கத்தை நேசிக்கிறவன். எப்போதாவது தியானம் செய்வேன். <br />
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இப்போதும் அதையேதான் செய்கிறேன். ஆனால் இப்போது விழிப்புணர்வோடு செய்கிறேன். தங்களது உணவு மற்றும் வாழ்க்கைப் பாணி குறித்து மிகுந்த விழிப்புணர்வோடு இருக்கும் மனிதர்கள் மத்தியில் வசித்துக் கொண்டிருக்கிறேன். பாஸ்ட் புட், சர்க்கரை மற்றும் பாக்கெட்டில் அடைத்த உணவுப் பொருட்கள் உட்கொள்வதை இப்போதெல்லாம் மக்கள் விரும்புவதில்லை. இயற்கை உணவை நோக்கி பெரும்பாலானோர் திரும்பி வருகின்றனர். வெல்லம், தேன் என்ற இயற்கை இனிப்புக்கும் புத்துணர்ச்சி மிக்க உணவுக்கும் அவர்கள் மாறி வருகின்றனர். <br />
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அதிகாலையில் எழுந்து கொள்ளும் பழக்கம் எப்போதும் எனக்கு இருந்ததில்லை. ஆனால் தொழிலில் இறங்கியதற்குப் பிறகு அது எனது வாழ்க்கைப் பாணியையே மாற்றி விட்டது. இப்போது, இரவு ஒன்பது மணிக்கெல்லாம் படுத்து காலையில் விரைவாக எழுந்து கொள்கிறேன் (இரவில் சீக்கிரம் படுப்பதற்குக் காரணம் அப்போதுதான் ஒரு எட்டுமணி நேரமாவது தூங்க முடியும்). தியானத்தைப் பொருத்தவரையில் இப்போதும் முறையாக செய்வதில்லை. ஆனால் முடிந்த வரையில் அதை முறைப்படுத்த முயற்சிக்கிறேன். சரிவிகித உணவு, தூக்கம் மற்றும் தியானம் இவை மூன்றும் இருந்தால் நீங்கள் ஆரோக்கியமாகவும் உயிர்த்துடிப்புடனும் இருக்கலாம். <br />
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<u><b>மகனுக்கு மாற்றுக் கல்வி</b></u><br />
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வழக்கமான பள்ளிக் கூடங்களுக்கு தங்கள் குழந்தைகளை அனுப்பாத பெற்றோர்கள் சிலரைப் பார்த்த பிறகு, கல்வி குறித்த புதிய பார்வை எனக்குள் விரிந்தது. குழந்தைகளுக்கு புத்தகங்கள் மற்றும் பரிட்சை போன்ற சுமைகள் இல்லாத இயங்கு முறை பற்றி கனவுதான் கண்டு கொண்டிருந்தேன். <br />
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எங்கள் வட இந்தியர்களைக் காட்டிலும் தென்னிந்தியர்களும் வெளிநாட்டவர்களும் இந்த பள்ளி இல்லா கல்வி குறித்து அதிக விழிப்புணர்வு பெற்றிருக்கின்றனர். <br />
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கற்றலுக்கு முதன்மையானது கற்பவர் தேர்வு அடிப்படையிலான கல்வி என்ற கோட்பாட்டை வலியுறுத்தும் ஒரு கல்வி முறைதான் பள்ளி இல்லாக் கல்வி முறை – விக்கிபீடியா. <br />
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பள்ளியில் இருந்து எனது மகனை நிறுத்தி விடத் தீர்மானித்தேன். சண்டிகரில் உள்ள கோவேதா (coVeda) என்ற ஒரு பள்ளி பற்றி எனக்குத் தெரியவந்தது. இது பள்ளி இல்லாத மற்றும் ஒருங்கிணைந்த கல்வி அடிப்படையிலான பள்ளி. குழந்தைகளைப் பள்ளிக்கு அனுப்பாத பெற்றோர்கள் கூட்டத்தில் நானும் ஒருவனாகச் சேர்ந்தது எனக்கு மகிழ்ச்சியாக இருந்தது. <br />
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40 % நேரம் பணம் சம்பாதிக்க! 60% நேரம் சுய தேடலுக்கு!<br />
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எனது தொழில்களில் நான் தோற்றுப் போகாமல், இந்த கருத்தை நான் கற்றுக் கொண்டிருக்கவே முடியாது. என்னை மேம்படுத்திக் கொள்ள அதிக நேரத்தைச் செலவு செய்ய வேண்டும் என்றும் பணத்திற்காக அலையும் (தேவைக்கு அதிகமாகத் தேடுதல்) நேரத்தை ஒரு எல்லைக்குள் வைத்திருக்க வேண்டும் என்றும் எனது வழிகாட்டி எனக்கு ஆலோசனை சொன்னார்.<br />
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நான் எனக்காக வேலை செய்தேன். எனது வேலை நேரத்தில் 40 சதவீதத்தில் முடியக் கூடிய வேலைகளைத் தேர்ந்தெடுத்து செய்தேன். வாழ்வதற்கு ஏற்ற பணத்தை சம்பாதிக்கிறோமா என்பதை மட்டும் உறுதிப் படுத்திக் கொள்ள வேண்டியிருந்தது அவ்வளவுதான். மற்ற நேரம் முழுவதும் படிப்பு, கற்றுக் கொள்வது, எனக்கு மன நிறைவைத் தரும் எழுத்து (சில நேரங்களில் அதற்கும் பணம் கிடைக்கிறது) என்று செலவு செய்கிறேன். <br />
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<u><b>சிறு ஓய்வு</b></u><br />
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வாழ்நாள் முழுவதற்கும் பணத்தைச் சேர்த்து வைத்து விட்டு ஒரு பணக்காரனாகச் சாக வேண்டும் என்ற கருத்தை நான் ஏற்றுக் கொள்வதில்லை. உங்கள் பொருளாதார வாழ்க்கையை திட்டமிட வேண்டும்தான். உங்கள் சம்பாத்தியம் நின்று போனதற்குப் பிறகு உங்கள் வாழ்க்கையை நடத்துவதற்குத் தேவையான பணத்தை சேமித்து வைக்க வேண்டும்தான். ஆனால் அதற்காக உங்கள் வாழ்நாள் முழுவதும் நீங்கள் ஒரு எந்திரம் போல இருக்க வேண்டும் என அர்த்தமில்லை. காலை 9 மணியில் இருந்து மாலை 6 மணி வரை… சாரி.. காலை 9 மணியில் இருந்து இரவு 9 மணி வரை வேலை பார்க்கிறீர்கள். ஆனால் வாழ்க்கையை அனுபவிப்பதில்லை. <br />
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“நிகழ்காலத்தில் துன்பப்பட்டு எதிர்காலத்திற்கு சேமித்து வைப்பது வயோதிக காலத்தில் அனுபவிக்க காமத்தை சேமித்து வைப்பதைப் போன்றது”<br />
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இதற்கு மாற்றாக நமது மொத்த வாழ்க்கையிலும் அவ்வப்போது சிறு ஓய்வு எடுக்க வேண்டும். முதலில் இது சாத்தியமில்லை என்றுதான் நினைத்தேன். ஆனால் அது சாத்தியம்தான். நினைத்துப் பார்த்து சந்தோஷப்படுவதற்கான சம்பவங்கள் உங்கள் வாழ்க்கையில் பத்துக்கும் குறைவாக இருக்குமானால், உங்கள் வாழ்க்கையின் நோக்கம் பற்றி நீங்கள் மறு பரிசீலனை செய்தாக வேண்டும். <br />
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ஆண்டுக்கொருமுறை சிறு ஒய்வு எடுப்பது பற்றித் திட்டமிடுங்கள். ஓய்வு என்றால் நீங்கள் வேலை செய்யாமல் இருக்க வேண்டும் என்று அர்த்தமில்லை. நீங்கள் விரும்பும் போது வேலை பார்க்கலாம் என்று அர்த்தம். <br />
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எனது முதல் சிறு ஓய்வு கோவாவில் கழிந்தது. ஒரு மாதம் விடுமுறை எடுத்துக் கொண்டு கோவாவில் கழித்தேன். நேரம் கிடைத்த போது வேலை பார்த்தேன். முழுமையாக அனுபவித்தேன். <br />
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<u><b>விழிப்புணர்வுடன் கூடிய வாழ்க்கை</b></u><br />
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இதன் மூலம் நாம் அறிய வேண்டிய பாடம் என்னவெனில் விழிப்புணர்வுடன் வாழுங்கள் என்பதுதான். ஒவ்வொரு விஷயத்தையும் நீங்கள் பொறுப்புணர்வோடு செய்ய வேண்டும். ஆரோக்கியமான உணவு சாப்பிடுங்கள், குப்பைகளை போடாதீர்கள், உங்கள் சுற்றுப் புறத்தை ஆரோக்கியமாக வைத்துக் கொள்ளுங்கள் என்று யாரும் உங்களுக்கு அறிவுரை சொல்லத் தேவை இல்லை. சிறிய அளவு விழிப்புணர்வு இருந்தால் போதும். அதுவே உங்கள் தனிப்பட்ட வாழ்க்கையிலும் வர்த்தக உலகிலும் நேர்மையை கொண்டு வந்து சேர்க்கும். உங்களைச் சுற்றியிருப்பவர்களை நேசிப்பீர்கள். பதிலுக்கு அவர்கள் உங்களை நேசிப்பார்கள். </div>
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Romesh Sobti Managing Director& CEO IndusInd Bank

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Romesh Sobti is an obedient son of an army officer, he 
enrolled for an engineering course in deference to his father’s wish. 
But after completing that, he opted for a career in banking, a choice 
that surprised many. After 35 years of dealing with intricacies of debit
 and credit, the astute banker now leads a promising new generation 
bank. Sobti was a very bright young man with a lot of energy, commitment
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The long winding career path, which began at 
State Bank of India in early 70s, wounds its way through multinational 
biggies like Standard Chartered Bank and ABN AMRO, before Sobti took 
over the reins at IndusIand in 2008.</div>
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<strong>Early days and Education</strong></div>
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He
 completed his Bachelors Degree (Honours) in Electrical Engineering and 
has also done his diploma in Corporate Laws and Practice and Secretarial
 Practice. As per his father’s wish, he would be a doctor or an 
engineer, so he became an engineer. But from engineering at least he had
 the freedom to go into banking, he didn’t stay in engineering even for a
 day. So that choice was his and the academic career choice was 
father’s.</div>
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If not banker he would have been a literature professor.
 Sobti is very fond follower of English literature probably because his 
father is an MA in English literature and he left all his books around, 
which Sobti read growing up through school and college. He did his 
masters while he was in service and was an army officer. He recalls that
 at the time of his generation, by and large parents decided what you 
would be.</div>
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<strong>The Spark </strong></div>
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with 35 years of 
banking experience in large state owned and multinational banks, 
including ANZ Grindlays Bank (now Standard Chartered Bank) and the State
 Bank of India.  His last assignment has been with ABN Amro Bank as 
Executive Vice President - Country Executive, India and Head, UAE & 
Subcontinent. His responsibilities included consumer and commercial 
businesses in India, Pakistan and UAE support.</div>
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<strong> Initiatives at Induslnd Bank</strong></div>
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A
 large measure of the credit for its success goes to Romesh Sobti, 64, 
who took over as Managing Director and CEO in February 2008, moving from
 ABN Amro Bank which he then headed. He brought along the then top 
management team of ABN Amro as well, including Sumant Kathpalia, Suhail 
Chander, K.S. Sridhar and Ramesh Ganesan. Today, IndusInd Bank's capital
 adequacy ratio is a healthy 13.83 per cent (up from 11.91 per cent in 
March 2008) and non-performing assets (NPAs) a minuscule 0.33 per cent 
(down from 2.27 per cent six years back). Net interest margin is 3.71 
per cent as against 1.37 per cent when Sobti took over.</div>
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When 
Romesh Sobti signed up to lead Hindujas' IndusInd Bank in 2008, not a 
single stock analyst thought it worth covering. Four years hence, more 
than 150 do. Goldman Sachs Group and JP Morgan have top ratings on it. 
Templeton, Vanguard and Blackstone are among stake owners. It was not 
just investors who had a dim view of the bank run by a family embroiled 
in the Bofors arms procurement scandal of the 80s, but even the 
regulator had given up hope terming it an 'outlier'.</div>
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Turning 
around the fortunes of a bank with four-month average liabilities versus
 four-year assets was, of course, a Herculean task for Sobti. Sobti, the
 son of an army officer, had done no extraordinary banking in his 
33-year career. It didn't include billion-dollar deals or trading exotic
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Having worked in all the three spaces of banking 
(the public sector, private sector and the multinational) you really 
begin to appreciate where the three perspectives really come from. He 
got very solid and most valuable grounding at State bank of India where 
he worked earlier. Grass root banking, working in the rural areas that 
give you an appreciation of the fact that development banking is 
essential.</div>
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“It's been a satisfying journey, but there's no room 
for complacency because we have always believed that the future is 
better than the past. Nobody is resting on their laurels: we have had 
both tailwinds, and headwinds. We have been fortunate to ride the 
tailwinds and had the fortitude to fight the headwinds. The big takeaway
 is that if you have a well thought out and clear strategy and if you 
execute it properly, these sort of turnarounds are possible in any 
industry. “ Said Romesh Sobti.</div>
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<strong>Action plan to restructure Induslnd bank</strong></div>
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Sobti’s
 action plan includes restructuring of the balance sheet and 
re-talenting the bank. He believes that, we cannot have the best product
 and services – if you don’t have good quality people. So, re-talenting 
the bank was our first point of arrival. Finally, re-infrastructuring 
the bank...it means technology, infrastructure, premises, processes, 
operations, compliance audit that you do.</div>
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In April 2011, IndusInd 
Bank also bought Deutsche Bank's credit card business. Currently, 
vehicle loans are down to 21 per cent of the total loan portfolio - 16 
per cent on commercial vehicles, and five per cent car loans. In all, 
retail loans, much more diversified than before, comprise 45 per cent of
 the portfolio, corporate loans making up the rest. The latter is 
carefully diversified between large, mid-sized and small industries at 
29 per cent, 17 per cent and 11 per cent, respectively. Sectors such as 
power, food and beverages, gems and jewellery and real estate have three
 per cent exposure each.</div>
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Thus IndusInd is one of the few banks 
where customers can choose the denomination of notes they get while 
withdrawing money at an ATM. It has introduced 'cash on mobile', which 
enables people to withdraw the money transferred to them without a debit
 card, by simply keying in a PIN number received over their mobiles. It 
has a 'quick redeem' scheme which allows credit card users to instantly 
redeem their points after making a purchase. It was the first to 
introduce video banking by which a customer can view bank officials 
while speaking to them. The effort is paying off - IndusInd Bank now has
 five million customers, getting 50,000 to 55,000 new ones a month 
against 4,000 to 5,000 five years ago.</div>
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<strong>Family</strong></div>
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Sobti
 is married and he has two children: a son and a daughter. His wife is a
 homemaker, his son is now 31 years old and he is not a banker. He is 
averse that he will never do this sort of management thing. He is a 
Masters in telecom engineering. He is pursuing his course of action in 
life according to the way he thinks he should go about it. The father 
has a very little influence except that the father has funded him in his
 studies. Sobti’s daughter is also similarly well educated, but she is 
into child education. So both the children are now in a way independent.</div>
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He
 feels that work-life balance can be achieved by really doing things, 
which you do passionately. So even if you are sitting at home working on
 certain things, you do it passionately. Time well spent creates the 
balance because you spent your time well whether it’s at home or at 
bank. You are balanced.</div>
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<strong>Awards  and Achievements</strong></div>
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<tr><td align="center" valign="middle"><img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="15" src="https://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/nai_img2.png" width="15" /></td><td align="left" style="font-size: 12px;" valign="middle">Banker  of the Year award-2016</td></tr>
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<tr><td align="center" valign="middle"><img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="15" src="https://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/nai_img2.png" width="15" /></td><td align="left" style="font-size: 12px;" valign="middle">The  Asian Banker Achievement Awards 2015, Technology Implementation Awards for ‘Best CRM  Project’</td></tr>
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<tr><td align="center" valign="middle"><img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="15" src="https://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/nai_img2.png" width="15" /></td><td align="left" style="font-size: 12px;" valign="middle"><em>Business  Standard</em><em> </em>Banker of the Year for 2013-14</td></tr>
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Quotes</div>
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  long as long as I have the energy and the drive to run the 
organization, I am  not going to retire. The day, I feel that I do not 
have the energy and do not  enjoy coming to work, I will leave. But as 
things are today, I am going to be  around for some time.”</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" valign="middle"><img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="15" src="https://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/nai_img2.png" width="15" /></td><td align="left" style="font-size: 12px;" valign="middle">“It
  was not about salaries or bonuses. It was about governance. We said it
 can't be  treated as another company in the group. Whatever we asked 
for, it was shown to  us. “</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" valign="middle"><img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="15" src="https://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/nai_img2.png" width="15" /></td><td align="left" style="font-size: 12px;" valign="middle">“We are on<strong> </strong>a network expansion mode and  plan to raise Rs10bn by the end of this calendar year."</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" valign="middle"><img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="15" src="https://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/nai_img2.png" width="15" /></td><td align="left" style="font-size: 12px;" valign="middle">"But
  it is not just about getting ideas, it is also about translating ideas
 into  reality, which has to be an orchestrated effort."</td></tr>
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Kenichi Ayukawa MD & CEO Maruti Suzuki India Limited

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Mr. Kenichi Ayukawa is Treasurer at Society of Indian 
Automobile Manufacturers.  Kenichi Ayukawa's management philosophy—a mix
 of Japanese and global practices—is helping Maruti Suzuki achieve 
unprecedented success. He was awarded ‘Best CEO – Multinational Company’
 award at Forbes India Leadership Awards (FILA) 2016 in Mumbai. Kenichi 
Ayukawa was appointed as the MD and CEO of Maruti Suzuki India Limited 
to drive the company towards the ‘next phase of sustainable growth’ and 
to make ‘deep-rooted changes in the organization’. The Jury recognized 
his achievements as the CEO of the company which includes adaptability 
to change, vision for India, strategic approach and innovative thinking.
 He feels that sticking to the double digit growth path for the upcoming
 year is a tough challenge right now for the company.</div>
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<strong>Education</strong></div>
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Mr. Kenichi Ayukawa received his graduate degree from Osaka University, Japan.</div>
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<strong>Employment History</strong></div>
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Kenichi
  is a graduate in law from Osaka University, Ayukawa has been 
associated with Suzuki Motor Corporation for over three decades. He 
spearheaded operations for the Japanese auto major in Pakistan (2004) 
and has previously served as the treasurer of SMC’s American operations 
(1997). In 2008, he was appointed deputy executive general manager in 
charge of global marketing. He has also served as a director on the 
board of Maruti Suzuki.</div>
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<strong> At Maruti Udyog</strong></div>
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Ayukawa,
 had earlier served in the US, Japan and Pakistan. He took over as MD 
& CEO of Maruti Suzuki in the year, 2013 and since then has 
contributed immensely to the growth of the company. In recent years, 
Maruti Suzuki has launched highly successful models like Baleno, Brezza,
 Ciaz, Celerio and S Cross. It has also redefined car buying experience 
and has attracted new categories of customers through its new channel, 
Nexa. For Ayukawa, Nexa is an investment for the future. “Through Nexa, 
we are challenging something that we have not done. We have a basic 
concept business, which is a small car, a middle-sized car. Nexa is 
(meant for) a little bit different kind of products which we want to 
supply. We want to check and recognize what is the customer expectation.
 Based on that information, we want to develop products not only in Nexa
 but also in the existing channels,” Ayukawa said.</div>
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Kenichi Ayukawa
 became chief executive officer of Maruti Suzuki India Ltd on 1 April 
2013, when India’s largest carmaker hadn’t quite recovered from a 
horrific riot at its plant in Manesar, an industrial town in Haryana 
state near New Delhi. Suzuki Motor Corporation manufactures automobiles,
 motorcycles, and their related parts. The Company has production 
facilities in USA, Japan, Taiwan, India, Pakistan, Indonesia, Thailand, 
and Hungary. Kenichi Ayukawa has shown extraordinary skills and 
adaptability in driving the growth of Maruti Suzuki India Limited. Under
 his leadership, Maruti Suzuki has launched several successful models 
like Alto K10, Celerio, Wagon R Stingray and Ritz besides making immense
 contributions to improving India’s sanitation, quality of education and
 youths’ skill sets and employability. These acts show the diversity, 
value and selflessness of the company. Kenichi Ayukawa is a well – 
deserved recipient of the ‘Best CEO – Multinational Company’ award. His 
performance is extraordinary and we can only imagine how much further 
the company will grow under his leadership.</div>
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Ayukawa takes over at a
 time when a series of labour unrest over two years at MSIL’s facility 
in Manesar, Haryana, has wiped off nearly seven percentage points from 
the company’s share in passenger vehicle sales. Despite the success of 
new launches Ertiga, the sub-4 metre DZire and premium hatchback Swift, 
the company has been finding it tough to grow sales in the sluggish 
domestic market.</div>
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Nakanishi, who played a significant role in the 
formative years of Maruti Udyog Limited in the early 1980s,  steered 
Maruti Suzuki for six years . He has served in various capacities 
including as chairman when Jagdish Khattar was the MD. He was appointed 
MD & CEO in Decmeber 2007. His tenure was extended in 2010 for three
 years.</div>
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He first came to be known in the 1990s, when the 
government and SMC waged a bruising battle for control of the joint 
venture company. Soon after the dispute was resolved, he retreated again
 into the shadows, only to emerge again towards the end of 2004, when 
misgivings gained ground between the two partners over fresh investments
 in the company. Nakanishi is not known to have taken credit for the 
resolutions, both of which saw Suzuki emerging stronger in the tie-up. 
He authored the new ‘Joint Venture Agreement’ between Suzuki and the 
government in early 2006.</div>
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<strong>The Turnaround at Maruti</strong></div>
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The
 riot took a heavy toll on Maruti; the production halt hurt sales, 
taking its market share to 39% in 2012-13 from 45% in 2009-10 (it did 
make up for the one-month manufacturing halt by stepping up production 
in the remainder of the year). At its peak, the carmaker used to sell 
one of every two cars bought in India. Its operating profit margin 
plunged to 7.2% from 13.5%. Maruti shares fell to a 52-week low of 
Rs.1,047 in the immediate aftermath of the violence. Maruti’s image took
 a beating as well. Following the labour trouble, it was being widely 
perceived as a company with a hard-nosed and cost-focused management 
that cared little about workers’ welfare.</div>
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Kenichi Ayukawa says 
Maruti Suzuki has executive officers in the age group between 50 and 55 
and needs to develop a new generation of leaders as that kind of a 
transformation is very important for the auto maker.</div>
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In three 
years under Ayukawa, Maruti Suzuki has bounced back, prompting the 
management to reward him with a two-year extension until 2018. At 47%, 
the carmaker’s market share is at its highest since 2000. Last year, it 
surpassed its parent in terms of market capitalization and sales, and 
exported a made-in-India car to Japan, a first.</div>
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In the meantime, 
Ayukawa’s efforts to communicate regularly with the workers seem to have
 paid off. There has been no significant labour strife under his 
leadership.</div>
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<strong>Corporate Social Responsibility</strong></div>
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Maruti
 Suzuki has also taken up social initiatives in India on a larger scale.
 It had doubled its CSR spend last year. The company has contributed to 
rural health and sanitation in India.  It has built sewer systems, 
household toilets and implemented new and efficient waste management 
processes. It is working to improve retention and learning levels in 
schools across India and also the infrastructure in India. It has also 
put in efforts to increase the skill development across the country, 
especially in the domain of driving skills to increase the employability
 of youths in the country besides making the roads of India safer.</div>
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<strong>Affiliations</strong></div>
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Mr.
 Kenichi Ayukawa is on the Board of Directors at Denso India Ltd., 
Subros Ltd., Maruti Suzuki India Ltd., Jiangxi Changhe Suzuki Automobile
 Co. Ltd., Krishna Maruti Ltd., Magyar Suzuki Zrt, PT Suzuki Indomobil 
Motor, SKH Metals Ltd., Suzuki Australia Pty Ltd., Suzuki Austria 
Automobil Handels GmbH, Suzuki Auto South Africa (Pty) Ltd., Suzuki 
Automobile Schweiz AG, Suzuki Egypt SAE, Suzuki Finance Europe BV, 
Suzuki GB Plc, Suzuki International Europe GmbH, Suzuki Italia SpA, 
Suzuki Malaysia Automobile Sdn. Bhd., Suzuki Motor (China) Investment 
Co., Ltd., Suzuki Motor (Thailand) Co. Ltd., Suzuki Motor Czech sro, 
Suzuki Motor de México SA de CV, Suzuki Motor Iberica SA, Suzuki Motor 
Poland SP zoo, Suzuki Motor RUS LLC, Suzuki Motorcycle India Pvt Ltd., 
Suzuki New Zealand Ltd., Suzuki Philippines, Inc., Suzuki Servicios de 
México SA de CV, Taiwan Suzuki Automobile Corp. and Vietnam Suzuki Corp.
 Mr. Ayukawa was previously employed as Non-Executive Director by Asahi 
India Glass Ltd., Managing Director & Non-Executive Director by Pak 
Suzuki Motors Co. Ltd., Treasurer by American Suzuki Motor Corp., and 
Senior Managing Executive Officer by Suzuki Motor Corp. Mr. Kenichi 
Ayukawa is Treasurer at Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers. He 
also served on the board at Suzuki Motorcycles Pakistan Ltd.</div>
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<strong>Awards</strong></div>
</td></tr>
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<tr><td align="center" valign="middle"><img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="15" src="https://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/nai_img2.png" width="15" /></td><td align="left" style="font-size: 12px;" valign="middle">“We
 trust our people.  Sometimes, people make mistakes. We have to check 
those kinds of things  for...we are a listed company. We have 
shareholders. We have to comply with all  the regulations, etc. If 
something unexpected like that has happened, we have  to take a decision
 based on the legal requirements.”</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" valign="middle"><img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="15" src="https://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/nai_img2.png" width="15" /></td><td align="left" style="font-size: 12px;" valign="middle">"We
 are aware  that the life and priorities of our customers are fast 
evolving. If we have to  keep pace, we must demolish traditional 
categories and think afresh. Just like  the customer is thinking,"</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" valign="middle"><img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="15" src="https://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/nai_img2.png" width="15" /></td><td align="left" style="font-size: 12px;" valign="middle">"In
 the last 36  months, we have introduced four new models: Ciaz, S-Cross,
 Baleno and Vitara  Brezza...these models were either in a new segment 
or in a segment where Maruti  Suzuki wasn't a leader."</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" valign="middle"><img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="15" src="https://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/nai_img2.png" width="15" /></td><td align="left" style="font-size: 12px;" valign="middle">“While
 we retain the  positives from the past, it is more critical that we are
 alive to the present  and ready for the future. This has defined our 
working style in the last few  years as we move towards our medium-term 
goal of two million unit sales in  2020.”</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" valign="middle"><img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="15" src="https://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/nai_img2.png" width="15" /></td><td align="left" style="font-size: 12px;" valign="middle">“I want to rewrite  the 30-year-old history,”</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" valign="middle"><img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="15" src="https://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/nai_img2.png" width="15" /></td><td align="left" style="font-size: 12px;" valign="middle">“I reiterate that in  every quarterly meeting.”</td></tr>
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Kenichi Ayukawa MD & CEO Maruti Suzuki India Limited

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Neeru Sharma Co-founder Infibeam.com

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There is no denying the fact that education and 
entrepreneurship are the keys to women empowerment. This is why many 
perceive Neeru Sharma as an empowered woman. She is one of the few who 
are at the helm of big businesses in a male dominated industry. However,
 according to her, there is no difference between men and women when it 
comes to entrepreneurship. It is all about perseverance and 
determination, which makes a person, excel in their particular field.</div>
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Neeru
 Sharma is the Co-founder of Infibeam.  Infibeam focuses on developing 
an integrated and synergistic e-commerce ecosystem offering cloud based,
 modular and customizable digital solution under the brand name 
BuildaBazaar.</div>
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After working for Amazon and Alcatel, she had clear 
ideas about her intentions: she wanted to start up on her own with the 
support of innovative and energetic young people. Infibeam is a very 
successful e-commerce platform in India for automobiles, books and 
electronics. Headquartered in Ahmedabad, it counts 1300 employees, and 
has offices in other three cities. It acquired few other companies like 
Picsquare in 2008 and ODigMa.</div>
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For Sharma, Indra Nooyi is a 
visionary. “Nooyi has taken PepsiCo to the next level. She is 
representing India at the international arena and so strongly and 
consistently at that. She stands apart from all business professionals.”</div>
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<br /></div>
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<strong>Early Days and Education</strong></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Neeru
 come from a middle class service based family. Her father tried his 
hands in business, but he suffered a major loss. That's when her mom 
stepped in from being a housewife to becoming a businesswoman, by need, 
so dad could step out and cover the losses through a stable job. She has
 seen financial crisis situations but her parents ensured our education 
never suffered. She is a quick thinker, very thorough, supportive, and 
very open to new ideas. This is why she is a perfect example when it 
comes to empowered women in tech industry.</div>
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She holds an MBA from 
Carnegie Mellon University and an Engineering degree in Computer 
Science. Pre-MBA, she spent 5 years working in the technology sector, 
most recently working as Product Manager, Alcatel India where she led 
R&D related projects in the Intelligent Network services domain for 
major telecom partners in India, Australia and France. She holds 
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Engineering from Maharshi 
Dayanand University, Rohtak and a Master's degree in Business 
Administration from Carnegie Mellon University, USA.</div>
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<strong>Early Spark</strong></div>
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Neeru
 completed Bachelors in Computer Science from MDU and worked for 6 years
 in the tech sector with biggies like TCS, Alcatel and worked around the
 globe. Post this, got married and her husband convinced to go for an 
MBA from Carnegie Mellon along with him. Since then, she has tech 
profile and entered the business world with Amazon, her first business 
job. She returned to India after a few years of experience and entered 
the world of entrepreneurship.</div>
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With an MBA and an Engineering 
degree in Computer Science under her belt, she has been associated with 
Amazon in media retail and Alcatel India as product manager. After 
gaining ample experience in top positions across various organizations, 
she went on to start her own venture Infibeam. Most people associated 
with her think her approach and maturity is beyond her young age.</div>
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Ms.
 Neeru Sharma is Co-founder of Infibeam Incorporation Limited and has 
been its Head of the Platform Department at since 2015. Ms. Sharma 
joined Infibeam Incorporation on April 1, 2015. Prior to Infibeam 
Incorporation, she worked at Alcatel Development India Private Limited 
for two years, at Tata Consultancy Services for approximately three 
years, and at Amazon Global Resources, Inc. for two years. She also 
worked briefly with EDS-Electronic Data Systems (India) Private Limited.
 She worked with NIGPL for over six years.</div>
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<strong>At Infibeam</strong></div>
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Neeru
 heads Corporate and Business Development at Infibeam.com, one of the 
leading ecommerce portals carrying over 100 lakh Stock keeping Units 
(SKUs). Before this venture, she worked with Amazon, US in Corporate 
Development and Media retail. Sharma chose ecommerce as a venture since 
the space was new, growing and previous experience had given her a lot 
of exposure and insights into ecommerce. According to her, the 
challenges are the same for every entrepreneur irrespective of gender - 
forming the right team, sticking to the core vision, making the right 
investments and generate value for the shareholders.</div>
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Infibeam is 
an e-commerce website that started in 2007, around the same time when 
India’s digital story began. Sharma credits her previous work experience
 at Amazon for inspiring her to come up with her own e-commerce idea. 
Started as retail portal, but the Big Idea was to develop an integrated 
distribution framework which can enable inclusive growth of the commerce
 eco-system in India by empowering merchants to create online identities
 fueled by an e-commerce engine. Thus, democratizing the online retail 
industry and opening the opportunity to millions of individuals, SME’s 
and large retailers & brands, to reach and serve audiences beyond 
geographical boundaries. Today they have both B2C and B2B business live 
and growing.</div>
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“The reason why women entrepreneurs are much more 
successful is that being women, we understand the market in a much 
better way, as even today, in the traditional setup, the household 
income comes to the woman. We understand relationships better, we are 
more trust-worthy and our perspective adds a unique richness as by 
nature we are bound to see more dimensions because it is our role. If we
 add up these three four things, then it makes it the most successful 
business formula,” Sharma says about women entrepreneurship.</div>
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<strong>Growth</strong></div>
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Neeru
 has started a parallel platform business model which began with 
formulating a product equipped with industry best processes, tools and 
online learnings from our experience at Infibeam. As industry, customer 
behavior and technology evolved, the product became richer by the day, 
hence providing a comprehensive online solution to retailers across the 
web. New ecommerce solutions were devised for ticketing, digital 
content, digital marketing to enable multiple platforms of ecommerce 
serving diverse needs. This is the service and depth of ecommerce that 
they are offering through their ecosystem.</div>
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Infibeam is an 
ecommerce solutions company with Infibeam.com as our B2C customer facing
 arm. Buildabazaar is a technology platform offering multiple business 
solutions to serve diverse business needs of merchants, retailers, 
brands.</div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;">
Infibeam is not just an online retail portal but an 
ecosystem of portals where ecommerce transactions are performed in any 
way, shape or form. Ecommerce is a mode of purchase but there are 
multiple business needs where such solutions are required. Their 
integrated business model enables us to provide comprehensive, 
multi-channel and multi-screen value added service to partners.   
Infibeam is all set to make investment in payment gateway company 
Avenues (India) (CC Avenue). And after becoming India’s first listed 
e-commerce company, it is now also venturing into Dubai to become the 
country’s first e-commerce player to take on international expansion.</div>
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<strong>Other  Affiliations</strong></div>
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Quotes</div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" valign="middle"><img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="15" src="https://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/nai_img2.png" width="15" /></td><td align="left" style="font-size: 12px;" valign="middle">'“Family is the strongest pillar in life and they deserve  their space always.”</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" valign="middle"><img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="15" src="https://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/nai_img2.png" width="15" /></td><td align="left" style="font-size: 12px;" valign="middle">“Work hard, be resourceful, network and maintain  the passion.”</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" valign="middle"><img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="15" src="https://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/nai_img2.png" width="15" /></td><td align="left" style="font-size: 12px;" valign="middle">“Work smart not just hard. Delegation to the  right team helps you work on the business rather than work in it all the time.”</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" valign="middle"><img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="15" src="https://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/nai_img2.png" width="15" /></td><td align="left" style="font-size: 12px;" valign="middle">“If we have a strong family support system, then  nothing is a challenge.”</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" valign="middle"><img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="15" src="https://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/nai_img2.png" width="15" /></td><td align="left" style="font-size: 12px;" valign="middle">"Don't get too busy making a living that you  forget to make a life!”</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" valign="middle"><img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="15" src="https://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/nai_img2.png" width="15" /></td><td align="left" style="font-size: 12px;" valign="middle">“Nothing will work unless you do.”</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" valign="middle"><img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="15" src="https://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/nai_img2.png" width="15" /></td><td align="left" style="font-size: 12px;" valign="middle">“Positions
 and profiles of people you meet are  important but more important is 
that it is a human talking to another at the  end.”</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" valign="middle"><img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="15" src="https://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/nai_img2.png" width="15" /></td><td align="left" style="font-size: 12px;" valign="middle">“Hard work never fails!”</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" valign="middle"><img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="15" src="https://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/nai_img2.png" width="15" /></td><td align="left" style="font-size: 12px;" valign="middle">“The
 percentage of women founders might be lower  than men, but the 
percentage of successful entrepreneurs, in my view, will  definitely be 
higher than men.”</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" valign="middle"><img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="15" src="https://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/nai_img2.png" width="15" /></td><td align="left" style="font-size: 12px;" valign="middle">“If
 you have a vision and you convert that into  action and just keep going
 on with the hard work and not getting distracted by  how the market is 
changing or how the client is reacting, then we can achieve  whatever we
 want to achieve.”</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" valign="middle"><img alt="" class="soc-quotes" height="15" src="https://www.wisdomjobs.com/spark_images/nai_img2.png" width="15" /></td><td align="left" style="font-size: 12px;" valign="middle">“It
 is not just necessary for women to dream  big, it is equally necessary 
for men as well. But women perhaps face more  challenges not because a 
woman is an entrepreneur and corporates see her  differently. But by 
design, our society does not accept women to work on  revolutionary 
ideas.”</td></tr>
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Neeru Sharma Co-founder Infibeam.com

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