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MBA E & FB
March 2012
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Cover Story: Young Turks ……………………………………....8
Aami Shotti Bolchi ……………………………………………..16
Industry Insights: GPI ………………………………………...20
Technology Shift Towards ERP..Is It Required..?? ………………..22
Inter– State Competition..The Only Way Forward..?? ……….……23
To Shine– Just For Her ………………………………………..24
Meet The Jain’s …...…………………………………………..26
Life After FMB-God Of Small Things ……………..………...31
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French Connection ……………..…………………………...40
Professors Speak ….………………...……………..………...39
Current Batch Speak…………….………………..………...43
Timeline ……………..………………………………….......34
Achiever's Club……...…………………………………….46
Meet the Batch Of 2010-12 ………………………………….52
Inspirus 2011 ………………………………………. ……..66
Happenings Of 2010-12 …………………………………….48
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I, as Dean of School of Business Management
(SBM), take immense pride in the students of
MBA-Entrepreneurship and Family Business as
they continue the legacy of Envisage, their mag-
azine and yearbook, which was launched at In-
spirus 2011.
Dr. Debashish Sanyal
Dean
Management’s Foreword
I congratulate the students of MBA-
Entrepreneurship and Family Business for
coming out with the 2nd
edition of Envisage.
It is good to see the students work towards a
common objective, understanding the im-
portance of team work and gaining leader-
ship skills in the process. It will nurture them
into well rounded entrepreneurs. In a coun-
try where SME’s contribute immensely in the
nation’s economic growth, a strong academ-
ic guidance was always needed. NMIMS as an
institution has been entrepreneurial and in-
novative and has identified the requirements
in this field. This is reflected by several academic initiatives taken by this
institution, one of which is the two years full time programme for MBA -
Entrepreneurship and Family Business. The programme’s contribution has
been widely recognized by the business owners as also by the academi-
cians. I wish “Inspirus” and “Envisage 2012” a huge success.
Dr. Rajan Saxena
Vice Chancellor
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The level of talent at our school is remarkable. In
MBA- Entrepreneurship and Family Business Pro-
gram, we admit some of the best and brightest stu-
dents from different parts of India and around
the world. As the Director of this program, it is my
privilege to work with the talented people that
walk the halls of the School of Business Manage-
ment. It is my responsibility to nurture this talent
in a way that maintains and extends NMIMS’s
stature as one of the most prominent business
schools in the world. We are very proud of our
Alumni(500+) who are doing great work and
showcasing their Entrepreneurial traits, leading towards success.
Expect to see even greater accomplishments for our family business team in
the future. I wish my each and every student good luck for their Annual
Corporate-Cultural fest “Inspirus” and “Envisage”. Here’s hoping for a
grand success. Once again, three cheers for the family of Family Business.
Seema Mahajan
Director, Centre of Family Business
& Entrepreneurship
The theme of the magazine revolves around how one makes way for his
own destiny and I couldn’t agree more to this. SMEs have played a pivotal
role in the development of this country. I am confident that these wonder-
ful students are going to take their ventures to the next level. I really wish
them good luck in their endeavours and really hope Inspirus and Envisage
a huge success.
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Carl Louis Ward Hamza Puthawala
Mitalee Mehta Taruna Gupta
Harsha Haridas Khushboo Doshi
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From the editor’s desk-
It gives us immense pleasure in presenting to you Envisage 2012. The vision which was developed last year has been nurtured and has paved way for a bet-ter path ahead.
This year’s edition includes more of you. Your journey and experiences are the highlights. It has been a life altering experience for each one of you at NMIMS and its essence has been well captured in the magazine. It is a wonderful compilation of entrepreneurial stories, industry related articles, life experiences, fun and entertainment. We have made sure there is some-thing for everyone. Our efforts were mainly focussed towards encapsulating every moment you have cherished in the past one year so that you take away unforgettable memories for life.
We hope Envisage 2012 truly captures your heart.
Team Envisage
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Passion, dedication, commitment and hard work are synonymous with an entrepreneur’s
journey. As budding entrepreneurs, we look out for inspiration from everyone. Through-
out the journey from a student to a business owner, we learn certain life-changing les-
sons. During such a phase, we came across 3 young men, all of them coming from dif-
ferent walks of life but with an extraordinary ride towards entrepreneurship.
Meet Our Young Turks
Sony Joy
Nikunj Bubna
Mudit Agarwal
These young men are all a part of the Enterprising India. With their fearless attitude and
never say die spirit, they are leading the band wagon for entrepreneurs. They have gone
through so many phases, from failure to success in their entrepreneurial ventures.
Let’s have a look at their amazing journeys.
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Sony Joy- The Tech Entrepreneur
It’s quite rare to hear entrepreneurs emerging
from “God's Own Country”. Yes I’m speaking
about Kerala. It’s even more surprising when the
concerned person is a tech entrepreneur. Meet
Sony Joy, the CEO of MobME, who represents the
care-free, passionate, unconventional and risk
taking generation.
The beginning
But where did it all start? Of course, in the arche-
typical ‘garage’. Or in Sony’s case, the college was
his garage.
Sony Joy hails from a middle class family in Kera-
la which imparted in him, the conventional val-
ues of working hard and getting a ‘good job’. Like
any average middle class Indian boy, Sony joined
the College of Engineering in Trivandram for his
B.Tech in Electronics & Telecommunications.
Back then, Sony was just a regular guy who en-
joyed college life. Everything was flowing along
fine, until he entered the 2nd Sem. It was then
that he started getting weary of it all. He was ab-
solutely bored with his humdrum life. He realised
this is not his cup of tea and life had to have a
different meaning, a different purpose. Fortunate-
ly, he had like-minded engineering buddies who
always wanted to do something that would pro-
vide them with a different kind of ‘kick’.
Opportunity well identified
Circa 2005, the Mobile revolution in India was
well and truly gaining momentum. The mot-
ley bunch decided to capitalize on this trend.
They approached BPL with a unique business
idea of selling customized SIM card plans to
students. And surprise surprise! BPL actually
agreed. The group managed to sell 500 SIM
cards within a week’s time with their unique
viral marketing techniques. The company was
surprised and asked them to expand their
reach to other colleges.
Experiencing the sweet taste of success
What started out as a “earn extra pocket mon-
ey-cum-get rid of college boredom” initiative,
became a roaring success. They sold the cus-
tomized SIM cards in about 84 engineering
colleges across Kerala. Ultimately, they man-
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14000 connections in a mere 3 months and
were rewarded with Rs.10,00,000 for their con-
tributions. That’s truly a huge amount to earn
for anyone still in the initial stages of college
life. Sony and his friends toasted their collec-
tive success. They partied like there was no to-
morrow.
Time to get serious
But now, BPL wanted something more stable
and concrete. The company threw them a new
challenge. They asked them to build a voice
server. With no knowledge of what BPL actual-
ly meant, Sony and his friends quickly agreed
to deliver the same within a week’s time. The
real test had now started. They went back,
gathered all of their tech buddies, read as many
tech blogs as possible and finally managed to
build the voice server in a week’s time. They
had well and truly pulled it off. This was noth-
ing short of a miracle as BPL itself didn’t expect
them to get it done so quickly. They didn’t re-
alize it initially, but BPL knew that they had in
front of them the future “golden boys” of their
success. The wheels were now truly in motion
for something bigger.
Diversifiying into other mediums
It was also the time when mobile content com-
panies like Hungama were enjoying their bit of
success. Sony realized that there was no con-
tent available in the local Malayalam language
for consumers. He started visiting various mov-
ie sets across Kerala, and networking with all
the leading actors. One such interaction with
Mammootty, the superstar of Malayalam cine-
ma, paved the way for their major break-
through. He not only connected them to an
NRI investor which resulted in their first round of
funding, but also gave them promotional rights
for his film “Rajamanikyam” through mobile.
Around the same time, Sony and his friends reg-
istered a partnership firm called Torque and in-
cubated it at Technopark, Trivandrum (India’s
first IT Park). They were the first incubated IT
student start-up in the whole of Kerala!
MOBME
Come 2006, and the group officially launched
“MobME Solutions Pvt. Ltd. They soon set up
offices in Cochin, Mumbai, Chennai and Gurga-
on. Today, MobME is a young and vibrant Mobile
Media & Entertainment Company focused on
Value Added Services for Mobile Phone users and
Carrier Grade Solutions for Network Operators.
They are a team of over 100 people with the aver-
age age being just 24. MobME has also ventured
into M-Governance, working closely with the
Kerala and Goa government. They are also work-
ing on powering MVNOs on Open Source Archi-
tecture, a first time initiative in India. Their cli-
ents’ today range from Airtel, Aircel, Vodafone,
CCD, Mid Day, IBNLIVE.com and many more. It
is one the most innovative and successful firms in
the telecom domain with numerous awards and
recognitions to its credit.
Awards and Recognitions
They have been bestowed with the prestigious
Nasscom Innovation Awards in 2008,2009,2011.
They were also one of the top 100 IT Innovators
in 2007. Wall Street Journal conferred them with
the title of one of the 10 best start-ups to watch
for in India in 2008. They were also invited by
none other than Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam for a per-
sonal meeting.
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Importance of team
He treasures and values his employees and
team members like his own family. In his
words, “A great team is the main ingredient for
a start up.” Rightly so, no company would be a
successful one without the right mix of people.
True Inspiration
His journey is truly inspiring and an encourag-
ing one. Coming from Kerala, which is not tra-
ditionally known for entrepreneurial ventures
and establishing himself as a technology entre-
preneur, Sony has come a long way indeed. Be-
ing at the right place, at the right time and
grasping every opportunity coming their way
helped Sony and his friends lay a strong path
for their success. He doesn’t deny that there
weren’t struggles. Their major hindrance was
their age. People wouldn’t take them too seri-
ously at the beginning as they were young. But
their underneath their youthful faces, lay a
fierce passion and determination to work hard,
which knocked off every single hurdle coming
their way & opened their doors for success. But
in real sense, his journey portrays the true spir-
it of an entrepreneur. He is truly a Young Turk!
We often
hear that
Marwari
community
are born en-
trepreneurs.
They are ex-
pected to
join their
family busi-
ness or start
something
on their own. Our friend, Nikunj decided to
pursue the latter.
A BMS Graduate from Mumbai University,
Nikunj worked in a startup as well as in a large
corporate before taking the plunge into busi-
ness. Today, he is the CEO of UNIQ Consumer
Services Pvt. Ltd. that handles two brands-
‘Power Circle’ and ‘Purple Swarms’. The compa-
ny encourages consumers to contact them any-
time for anything they require and get addition-
al discounts while purchasing almost everything
ranging from electronics, real estate, cars, ap-
parels, watches, restaurants, entertainment, etc.
They have correctly distinguished both their
brands. ‘Power Circle’ caters to the needs of up-
per middle class citizens whereas they demon-
strate a rather unique concept of 'Purchase
Managers for Select Individuals' via their luxury
brand, 'Purple Swarms'. Purple Swarm is one-of-
a-kind brand that is entirely dedicated to the
needs and purchase requirements of HNI Cli-
ents. A person, once registered as their member,
can contact his ‘purchase manager’ through
phone or online and post his requirement or
send an enquiry which is then shared with their
select local vendor partners. They work together
with the vendor in ensuring that the member’s
requirement is fulfilled as per the pre-negotiated
extra discount and to the member’s satisfaction.
Nikunj – Born Entrepreneur
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The aim is to provide outstanding service to
high income consumers by constantly maxim-
izing value delivered and enriching their buy-
ing experience.
The Journey
It all started when Nikunj entered the 15th year
of his life, when he was interning at a lawyer’s
office. He picked up crucial knowledge on legal
aspects and implications at a very young age.
Still in college, he started off his first venture in
printing where he made canvasses for a print-
ing press. Later on, he worked in a start-up
(www.tajonline.com). This helped him gain
immense knowledge about the working as well
as complexities a business faces during the ini-
tial stage of setting up. After Nikunj graduated,
he joined Edelweiss, the home-grown invest-
ment bank where he was posted in the Institu-
tional Equities division. Soon, he got shifted to
the Wealth Management division where he
dealt with a horde of HNIs. The first seeds for
the idea of Purple Swarms were planted at this
stage. Nikunj was clearly gaining crucial expo-
sure to the mindset & consumer patterns of
HNIs.
A Blessing in Disguise
During July 2009, Nikunj suffered some major
health issues and went under the surgeon’s
knife which further incapacitated him for
about 3 months. It was at this time when he
was recuperating that Nikunj gave a serious
thought to his idea. He focussed all his ener-
gies towards this and the final result was Pur-
ple Swarms. He created a buying community
for the privileged.
Due to his previous association with HNI cli-
ents, he had a ground ready and waiting for
test marketing. Some of the HNI’s were even
interested in funding his project. Slowly, busi-
ness started picking up and the concept started
showing results. Soon, the same model was in-
troduced for the regular customers in the form
of ‘Power Circle’. Similar concepts in the form of
couponing (Snap Deal) are gaining momentum
in the country. But their major point of differen-
tiation is the personalized service they are
providing to both set of consumers. What sets
Nikunj’s venture apart is the “wow” factor in the
whole buying experience. To enhance the expe-
rience, the company has invested massively in
IT to obtain a reliable technology platform/
partner as technology is probably a key determi-
nant in the success or failure of a venture of this
kind.
The company employs around 70 employees
which is expected to increase to 1500 in the next
2 years. The company is all set to get its second
round of funding from some angel investors. It
is also planning to go international soon.
Sometimes, one experience leads to opportuni-
ties. Nikunj identified them and followed them
passionately. His various experiences are a great
source of learning for budding entrepreneurs
like us. He is truly a ‘young turk’!
-Harsha Haridas
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Young India needs entrepreneurs to ideate,
explore, generate and create…and at NMIMS -
The Family Business Management programme
caters to just this need of the hour. One such
young entrepreneur is Mudit Agarwal, based in
Goa, India, whose personality and interests in-
dicate a bright future, not just as an entrepre-
neur, but also as a global citizen.
Having grown up in a family with a business
background, Mudit was constantly influenced
by the typical dining table conversations that
one might expect in a Marwari household! He
had his first taste of business when he was
merely 10. As a young boy he loved reading
comics, and couldn't have enough of them. So,
when he asked for new ones he was told by his
mother that he could only buy new ones when
he started earning. He took the words of his
mother very seriously and literally. Having re-
alized that his classmates loved comics as well,
and they would often read them in their free
classes or the recess, he started a mini library
of his own, where he would lend books to his
class mates and simultaneously earn enough
money to buy himself new comics. He had to
put an end to this venture of his when his
mother realized the source of all the newly
found comic book stacks in his room!
In 2005, Mudit’s family business went through
a separation and the business entrusted upon
his father was suffering from losses. At this cru-
cial juncture, he decided to join his family
business and
within a period of
10 months the fa-
ther-son duo got
the trailing busi-
ness back on
track, and it has
steadily been
growing since
then.
Somewhere in the
final year of his
graduation, Mudit
was intrigued by the rich cultural heritage that
he belonged to. Having grown up in a very con-
ducive atmosphere for spiritual pursuits, he at-
tended the Youth Empowerment Programme
conducted by Chinmaya Mission and studied
the various texts from the scriptures. The course
helped him to widen his vision and think be-
yond the conventional means of doing work.
These texts helped him in his business and out-
look towards finance, economics, strategic man-
agement etc. He studied the wisdom of the an-
cient Rishis, the great sages and philosophers,
whose theories to him, were not merely theo-
ries, but knowledge worth imbibing in his life.
For instance, he finds “Vibhishana Geeta” as one
of the best books on leadership and manage-
ment that he has come across. With this back-
ground, he joined the Family Business Manage-
ment programme of NMIMS University which
was one of the turning points in his life. This
course gave him two very important elements:
exposure and knowledge.
Mudit Agarwal
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Both are equally important and they helped
him in restructuring his business accordingly.
The most important aspect of this intensive
course was, that it helped him direct his think-
ing as an entrepreneur and have a greater vi-
sion.
During his journey through the MBA he was
beginning to realize the importance and ad-
vantages of Branding and Marketing. So, some-
where in the middle of his course he had start-
ed thinking of a new name for his venture that
could give him a pan India presence and help
create an identity in the market. He wanted to
create an “Umbrella Brand” that would cover
all his future endeavours. Thus the name had
to be striking and something that would create
curiosity at the same time. Also he wanted to
add a touch of spirituality in the name so that
it would be a constant source of inspiration for
everyone associated with it. That’s when the
name “Advaitaa” came to him. “Advaitaa” is a
Sanskrit word, which literally means “The
One”. He consulted a few of his professors re-
garding this, but they asked him to find a bet-
ter name as it was too long and difficult to pro-
nounce. But somehow he just couldn’t give up
this name and stuck by it. So he began working
with a logo designer on the name and tried ap-
plying all that he had learnt so far in MBA, for
example, subconscious branding, color
schemes etc.
By February 2011, Advaitaa Enterprises had
been launched as a Partnership Firm, dealing
with supplies of capital equipment to mining,
pharmaceutical, hotel, power and process in
dustries, in and around Goa. After the comple-
tion of his MBA, Mudit started working on the
marketing of his new brand. Within a period of
one year, “Advaitaa Enterprises” has created its
own brand identity in the market. Now, he is
looking at new opportunities to expand the
business at a national scale.
He is currently working on a Joint Venture with
a company from Singapore under the name,
“Advaitaa Green Energies Pvt. Ltd.” This venture
deals with waste management and power gener-
ation. When asked what made you think of en-
tering into this business, Mudit says, “Where
there is man, there is bound to be waste! But on
a more serious note, as of now there is no proper
system of managing waste in India and it is
simply dumped into a landfill”. So he plans to
install a fully automated MSW separator system
which would separate out all the waste materials
like paper, plastic, metal and organics. The or-
ganic waste will then be harnessed to produce
high amounts of electricity and heat energy, e.g.
a 40,000 ton plant would produce around 6700
MW of power annually. At the same time the
compost that would come out would be in the
form of a rich organic fertilizer, thus making it a
complete “wealth out of waste” project.
He aims at creating an umbrella branding for
Advaitaa and diversifying into various segments
in the market. He also aims at creating a com-
plete eco-city, which would be self sustaining
and designed using recycled material.
As mentioned earlier, a dynamic and vibrant
persona with multiple interests; Mudit is also a
master healer and Vastu expert. His areas of
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expertise cover a wide range healing like Karu-
na Reiki, Cosmic Healing, Prarthana Dhyan
etc. He also conducts workshops on interesting
and relevant topics such as Discovering your
True Potential, Know your Mind and its Poten-
tial, Be a Leader, Strategic Management, Power
of Thought etc. for corporates and youth. His
other interests include Photography, and Ad-
venture Sports such as River Rafting, Bungee
Jumping, and Trekking.
For him, the vision of Advaitaa Enterprises, per-
vades not only business, but every thought and
action. This is the eternal message, given in the
one of the most renowned management manu-
als, for every individual who wishes to succeed…
“Where there is vision and acumen along with
readiness to act with conviction, there would be
fortune, victory, power and virtue”
- Bhagvad Gita
For more details please visit www.advaitaa.in
-Tanika Naik
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aami shOtti bOlchi..
Having secured a place in one of the top B-
schools of the country, the Kolkatan inside
me wasn’t exactly ecstatic about how I was
being hailed by my peers and friends. I
could recognize in their eyes that now-that-
you-are-moving-out-of-this-archaic-city-you-
will-finally-get-your-due look. Flattery,
though invariably gratifying, now seemed to
demand a tradeoff of my loyalty for my be-
loved hometown – the place where I was
born and where I’d love to breathe my last.
During my stay in Mumbai, I often used to
wonder which dream they were referring to
when they’d named it the ‘City of Dreams’.
Back here during my year-break, I bore
witness to two incidents which moved me to
the point of breaking the cantilever beam
that connected the cords of my heart to the
Rabindra Setu.
I returned on possibly the most eventful
30th March in Indian history. And if the Han-
uman-Chalisa-muttering lady beside me
was anything to go by, even the gods were
watching [apart from the one who was
playing for India, of course]. The pilot was
continually providing us with the India vs.
Pakistan semi-final updates, each time re-
peating the phrase “For those interested in
cricket”: more of a truism in a nation like
India. Post touching base, the Netaji Sub-
hash Chandra Bose International Airport
was its usual messy self. Methinks the rea-
son why the award for “The shabbiest air-
port in the world” had never been institut-
ed was because there is just one contend-
er, nominee and hands-down winner for it.
The common sight of running
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out of cabs in the Pre-paid taxi counter was
preceded by the rarer sight of people pick-
ing up their baggage and heading straight
for the seating arena where the nail-biter
was being telecast. And as if our neighbors
weren’t springing enough surprises al-
ready, a cat suddenly sprang into sight
from nowhere. Finding reassurance from
the airport officials alias PETA endorsers, it
strolled around majestically akin to the
head of the feline family. And in the most
Charlie Sheen way possible, I quipped:
“Welcome to Calcutta!”
On Wednesday nights, as Bandish ironical-
ly broke the shackles of the Someplace
Else doors to fill my ears with nostalgia, I’d
drive through the once-so-glorious
Park Street. And every time I’ve stepped
out of my house during the fortnight of my
stay, I’ve wondered what major transfor-
mation Calcutta has undergone in the past
two decades apart from a blasphemous re-
christening, something which gives IIM-C a
run for its identity. Here is a city whose leg-
acy includes the remains of a Nandan the-
atre – a hotbed for lovers to give vent to
their carnal desires; an overcrowded Metro
train – which has been aced by the city that
has rightfully succeeded Calcutta as the
capital of India; corporate Calcutta’s apple-
of-the-eye Flury’s - flanked by a charred
Stephen’s Court – and an Usha Uthup
who’s trying a little too hard to reignite the
Trincas/Moulin Rouge magic a la Parinee-
ta. As I read the dailies submerged in re-
gionalism and feel the winds of change in
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change in the political theatre of West Ben-
gal, I wonder what metamorphosis can pos-
sibly occur in a place which is caught be-
tween the devil and the deep blue sea.
A sentimental Bengali often retorts that in
today’s time, it is one of the safest cities in
the world. This may very well be the case
but could it also be because Calcutta is also
the most un-happening city in the
world? May be it has not been fortuitous in
escaping terrorists’ attention but been pur-
posely ignored as irrelevant. Ask a celebrity
what they love about the city and all you’d
hear is the stereotyped "warmth", "K.C.
Das’ roshogolla" and "Tewari’s samosa". The
same old celebrated names: L.N. Mittal,
Bipasha Basu, Amartya Sen, Arundhati Roy,
Sourav Ganguly, et al. Here’s a city which
makes you wonder whether it deserves the
Metropolitan tag. Our cinema reeks of pla-
giarism and melodrama, we have merely St.
Xaviers’ as the sole custodian of good col-
lege education; Sabyasachi Mukherjee
seems to be the lone flag-bearer of fashion
in the international arena. We’ve gladly cho-
sen mediocrity over development in a bid to
retain a fast-waning culture and yet prefer
Pink Floyd to Tagore. And apart from all the
similitude with erstwhile East Pakistan, an
analogy that comes to mind is that of the
Gentlemen’s Game. Calcutta – a lost lega-
cy to take heart from – resembles the Bang-
ladesh Cricket Team: we all know it has po-
tential; we all know it has a positive slope;
but we also know deep down that it will
never make it beyond the quarters in
a World Cup.
Recently, I saw the Kolkata episode of CNN
IBN’s special edition on different cities.
Much to my surprise, it also featured a sen-
ior from my college representing the fates
of millions of fresh graduates for whom be-
ing held back in Kolkata was a euphemism
for being trapped. The PWCs and Wipros of
Sector 5 being the only glimmers of hope
of industrialization, Kolkata is more like the
Jama Masjid: splendid yet ancient. Apart
from an overstated IPL franchise – glamor-
ous on account of ownership rather
than performance, a bad customer service
department astride of the city and a sizea-
ble number of Facebook users, the modern
Bengali has little to rejoice about and even
little to choose from barring medi-
cine, engineering, journalism and now
modeling as a career.
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And now for the last nail in
the coffin. Having not had
enough of lady-long-legs
combo-pack Bips & Deeps
in Sippy Jr.’s latest whodun-
it, I stepped out of Saltlake
City Centre’s Inox to find
that it was drizzling. My rev-
erie of the Shovabazar
lounge ghat waters swelling
was interrupted by the
sound of water dripping.
As I stirred out humming the
soulful “Jiyein Kyun”, I saw
in the middle of the mall
two soiled buckets juxta-
posed to prevent spillage of
water that was dripping
from the top-floor ceiling.
That; in one of the premier
malls of the city.
This was like taking water
preservation to a whole new
level. As I stormed out vigor-
ously nodding my head in
disillusionment, my Mumbai
friend’s innocuous ques-
tion sounded more sarcas-
tic to me than funny: “So
what does your Kolkata
have?”
P.S.: Recently a close friend of mine was dumped by his girlfriend and the reason she
gave him was that he was “all heart and no brains”. For once, I was scared for my dear,
dear city, Kolkata!
-Ayush Agarwal
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The GPI has always been at the forefront of
drug discovery and has been responsible for
improving the quality of life in the last 100
years. This is vindicated in the fact that aver-
age life expectancy has almost doubled in
the last century, and diseases like small pox
and polio have been eradicated while diseas-
es like cancer and TB are being successfully
treated. Hence, the GPI clocked very high
growth rates and
profitability till
the nineties but in
the new millenni-
um it has sudden-
ly lost steam. In
the nineties the
GPI grew in
healthy double
digits but in new
millennium
growth has always
been in single digits with the last 3 years av-
erage growth being only 5%.
The current GPI stands at $850 billion sales
growing at 5%. North America accounts for
45% global market share followed by Europe
30%, Japan 12% and rest of the world 13%. A
consolidation is evident with the Top 10
firms accounting for over 50% of GPI sales
from less than 30% in 1995 due to a spate of
acquisitions which has blurred geographies,
Industry Insights: Global Pharmaceutical Industry (GPI)
led to extinction of well known firms, and created
behemoths who have lost the drive for innova-
tion, a key ingredient of pharmaceutical success
in the past.
Research shows that 4 key factors drive GPI
growth- new drugs, existing drugs, price increase
and new geographies.
Growth from new drugs- Lack of innovation
and stricter regulatory
scrutiny have ensured that
the number of new drugs
discovered has drastically
reduced from 30 per year
to 20 or less in the last
decade despite doubling of
R&D expenditure in the
same period. Patents of
major drugs worth $300
billion are slated to expire
in the period 2010-2015
thus causing a huge gap in sales unlikely to be
filled up by revenues from new drugs. Generic
drug players from emerging nations who enjoy
cost advantages have huge opportunity to play in
the void created by patent expiries. However
newer class of molecules like biologicals are driv-
ing growth in new products with their versatility
to address multiple indications like cancer, rheu-
matoid arthritis, psoriasis and hepatitis, and com-
mand premium prices.
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Growth from existing drugs- Existing drugs
yield growth from various stages of their
lifecycle as also by being approved for newer
indications and in newer markets. A recent
trend is observed towards combination of
drugs especially in cardiovascular (Caduet),
Diabetes (Janumet) and respiratory segments
(Advair) which can drive sales of existing mol-
ecules. Also, there has been a huge increase in
the number of drugs recalled due to safety
issues and side effects causing concern among
consumers and prescribers of such drugs, as
well as the regulatory authorities.
Growth from price increase- While there is
free market pricing in the US, there are strin-
gent price controls on drugs across EU, Japan
and India which results in erosion in the sales
value. However new drugs command premi-
um prices.
Growth from new geographies- The emerg-
ing markets (BRIC, South Africa, Mexico, Tur-
key, South Korea) account for less than 10% of
GPI sales but are responsible for 50% of GPI
growth as they grow at 3 to 4 times the GPI
growth. Key drivers include growing penetra-
tion of drugs due to increasing incomes, ac-
cess to markets and medical insurance. Better
nutrition, medical facilities and health infra-
structure are resulting in significant increase
in life expectancy which is exposing the senior
population to newer and rarer forms of can-
cer, as well as kidney, brain and ophthalmo-
logical diseases and disorders.
Dr Amit Rangnekar is an MBA and PhD from
NMIMS with 2 decades of pharmaceutical
industry experience and 1 decade of teach-
ing and research experience across India
and Europe. His PhD research was on the
business strategies of the world’s leading
pharmaceutical firms.
He can be contacted on amitrangne-
kar@gmail.com or on his website
www.dramitrangnekar.com
The younger generation, due to higher incomes,
affluent but stress filled lifestyles and westerni-
zation of food habits, are contracting serious
diseases like cardiac problems, diabetes, obesity
and depression. A significant increase in the
number of working women in urban areas is re-
sulting in an increase in cardiovascular disor-
ders, mental health issues and diabetes among
women.
The future lies in strategic alliances with innova-
tors and quality conscious players from emerg-
ing markets, targeting new technologies, inten-
sifying research in unmet needs and under-
standing demographic changes and disease pat-
terns, to attain pole position.
-Dr Amit Rangnekar
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Technology shift towards ERP solutions-
Is it required. ..?!?!
Have you ever wondered why technology is so
important once you start own your business
and most of all which accounting system to
use? The answer would depend on your initial
investment budget. The best solution would be
to install SAP or one of ORACLE’s ERP system
would also work fine. Unfortunately these pack-
ages cost a bomb and aren’t exactly affordable
for every business. However, let there be no
doubt that once installed they will solve a major
technical requirement issue. There are a num-
ber of companies in India such as JILIT, In-
fosys, TCS and a lot of other software providers
that offer better deals but whom do you go to
remains a perplexing dilemma. It all depends
on your investment amount and specific re-
quirements.
The lowest investment required for a decent
ERP system is around 1-2 lakhs that will pro-
vide you a whole lot of features. You could start
with one of the local players in the market who
has a good record in the ERP customization
business. It could also be the installation of a
Tally ERP system and then getting it custom-
ized by one of the private partners. So far, Tally
has focused on the small office and home of-
fice (SOHO) segment. Hence it is not surprising
that of the 250,000 companies using Tally
ERP, a majority of them fall in the SOHO cate-
gory, while the remaining are large enterprises.
If you are looking at a low budget good ac-
counting system along with other minor require-
ments then Tally ERP9 is the perfect choice.
I have a Student management system custom-
ized on my Tally ERP9 series and it has made
things a whole lot easier. It gives clear infor-
mation about everything from outstanding fees,
to library records, to student information, to
payrolls, etc and arranges it month-wise. It also
provides features like online integration &
online SMS.
The whole idea behind switching to an ERP
solution is to make things easy, but most im-
portantly it saves up so much of your valuable
time.
The key towards investing in technology is to
know the areas of requirement which you un-
derstand once you have started your business.
Previously an entrepreneur would think of as-
pects such as land, labour etc. and only then
would he think about technology but nowadays
you have to think of technology at the same
time.
In the United States, Microsoft has become the
ERP darling for SMB (small and midsize busi-
ness) organizations. Since 2000, Microsoft has
acquired Great Plains (which was previously
acquired by RealWorld and Solomon) and
Navision (who previously acquired Axapta). Ep-
icor and Infor are the middle market kings in
America while SAP and Oracle are the world
leaders in the ERP business.
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Inter-State Competition the only way forward...?
While visiting my father's factory
in New Delhi sometime back, I
observed something out of the
ordinary. The complex that was
usually bustling with factory work-
ers and labourers, working hard
to earn a living, was nowhere
close to what it had always been.
The sun was out but the machine
noises and sweaty workers were
gone. The eerie feeling brought
with it many thoughts, but I decid-
ed to settle my nerves by blaming
it on "Recession" and "Slowing
up of the Industry".
On coming back and giving it a
thought I tried exploring in my
head "What's going on?" Think-
ing over what had happened and
browsing through channels on
TV, I saw what was unfolding in
Gujarat and Bihar. The Tata
Nano project which was initially
planned in Singur, West Bengal,
was shifted to Gujarat by none
other than Mr. Narendra Modi. In
Bihar on the other side, Mr. Nitish
Kumar, Chief Minister of a state
most Indians had little hope from,
was rising like a phoenix from the
ashes.
He had a very successful policy
for corruption in place, wherein if
assets could not be accounted
for by an official, they would be
seized by the state and then be
used for making a hospital or
school. More importantly he was
doing something that pulled back
Biharis spread all over India. He
was creating jobs! Real estate
development was in full swing
and MNC's were being invited to
take the state away from its dark
past.
Both these men were doing great
service to their state, but how
was it all connected? Delhi pri-
marily depends on workers and
labourers from Bihar and facto-
ries like my father’s run because
of them. Now, due to home
grown job creation in their home
states, a major chunk of these
workers had fled back to their
hometown to earn their liveli-
hood. As a result, Delhi was get-
ting deprived of its primary
source of labour. Hence, compa-
nies were always on a lookout for
workers and wage demands had
gone up.
This maybe considered a sin by
some, but if you look at the big-
ger picture it was benefiting
somebody else. A loss of one
was the gain of another!
This competition that was hap-
pening between states clearly
shows that if every state com-
petes with every other state, In-
dia as a whole will pros-
per. Looking from an economic
point of view, if there are new
jobs, the purchasing power of
people increases, the state bene-
fits and the masses get uplifted.
Whatever was happening in Sin-
gur and whatever was the out-
come, one thing is for sure that a
whole lot of potential new jobs
were lost. The state will now
have to wait a while till it gets an-
other opportunity as lucrative as
the Tata Nano Project.
-Anshul Sood
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I was barely 18 when I got into college. I was the youngest in my family and had always heard
about college life from my elder brother and sister. Infact much to my sisters dissatisfaction and
dismay I had taken her to buy me a whole new wardrobe for the ‘ahem’ college days!
And I was the same 18 when my mother was diagnosed with cancer, a type of stomach cancer so
rare and aggressive that it could not be cured or reversed. Despite all this we hoped and were posi-
tive that it would go back. This had happened to the person I loved the most in this world, who
was there for me whenever I needed her and even when I wanted to be left alone. My mum was
my best friend.
College began and at the same time mums surgery took place. Despite all the pain and
trouble she was going through she smiled back and told me that “We are fighters and we
should shine -come what may.”
She began with her chemotherapy and radiation sessions all the while smiling and giving us
all this immense hope that all is going to be just fine. There were times when I would be deeply
distressed seeing her condition and she would tell me to be hopeful and carry on with my life as I
would otherwise. My first college exams came and she told me to not worry about her and give in
my full 100%. She told me to remember to shine. She asked me to get into all extra curricu-
la's that were in college which I did, to try being the class representative which I became, to com-
pete in all programmes of college in which I could and there too I did well.
To shine – just for her
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All because she was asking me to shine de-
spite what trouble there was at home. Post her
chemo and radiation she started to do a little
better, only for the demon to come back. And
this time there was nothing that could be
done. Not even chemo or radiation to post-
pone the spreading of the tumour. It came just
6 months before my sisters wedding. The doc-
tors advised us to prepone the wedding and
keep it a low key affair.
But my mum was determined that she shall do
the wedding as it was decided and she would
also see to it that it be just the way she had
planned her daughters wedding to be. Very
close to the wedding she had told me that it is
your sisters moment to shine and come what
may we will not take it away from her. We all
will shine with her.
The wedding came and it was beautiful. My
mum would rest the whole day and in the
evening during the ceremonies would come
out smiling despite her pain in her best
clothes and jewels. And together my whole
family would work to make my mums dream
come alive of a great wedding despite of what-
ever pain she was having. She would play the
perfect host-smiling, mingling and entertain-
ing. In the end it did go down as she had
planned it to be.
We lost mum just after 4 months of didi’s wed-
ding. Just when my exams were close at hand.
needless to say it was the most difficult time of
my life, but this time I had to prove some-
thing to my mum. Despite being the youngest
and the most spoilt I was going to prove to her
that I am her son and so I had to shine -come
what may.
I tried to put away all the pain that was in me
and gave in my energies to concentrate for my
exams. All the while remembering my mums
word to shine. This time I wanted to shine for
her –only her. The exams came and they went
well. Infact the results proved that they went
very well. I got a distinction and a rank to
match. I was awarded for many curricula's I
participated in that year.
Now 19 years of age, and I still give my best
shot for doing everything in my college days.(I
still have to again go buy my new wardrobe for
the years ahead in college!). I participate wher-
ever I can and try to keep shining so that she
can smile and shine from where she is and this
I shall continue for the rest of my life.
To shine- just for her!
Miss you always…
Hamza Puthawala
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Have you ever wondered what makes people think out of the box? What drives them so crazy about their work that they leave everything else aside and put their heart and soul in pursuing their dreams?
It is the passion that encompasses every other emotion in an entrepre-neur.
This is a story of two home-grown entrepreneurs who went ahead and pursued their dreams. One dared to think different by starting some-thing so unique of his own, while the other did things differently and took his family business to new heights.
So lets meet the dynamic duo - Nipun Jain & Mayank Jain and know
how it all started.
Meet The Jain’s
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Nipun much like his grandfather and father has done his civil engineering. He is on the verge of completing his masters in Family Business Management from NMIMS. Nipun has planned to follow his father’s footsteps and take on his 25 year old strong family busi-ness to give a new meaning and scale it up to greater horizons.
The Business
Jain Engineers Pvt. Ltd. are a well known group in the construction industry.
Nipun’s primary business is of landing con-tracts from real estate developers for con-struction of residential colonies, commercial development and IT parks. They currently op-erate from Mumbai with a second office in Hyderabad and have plans to scale up in South and East India in the near future. All their major projects are in line to start soon.
Their second line of business is Real Es-tate Development, which is looked after by Nipun since its inception in 2009. He was involved in the business since his engi-neering days. He had already planned his future course of action right after complet-ing his Bachelors. He fulfilled his father’s dream of setting up the Real Estate Devel-opment division.
Nipun shares his experience with us.
Remembering the times of struggle he says, “At first, it was completely going hay-wire. I had a hundred myriad things planned, but I didn't know where to start. For days, I did nothing but sit and think on how to go about it and what should be the line of action. I’m sure every start-up and every individual who gets into business faces this in the initial stages. The chal-lenge at that point of time was how to go ahead and join all the different pieces to-gether. I struggled a lot initially as I was new to the business and the business was also new to me.
But I appreciate my dad for believing in my potential. He left me completely on my own, didn't help me when I was clueless and made me run around and find out things on my own which I think is a very important learning for every businessman. I even made mistakes that cost the com-pany financially but was never questioned in the family, was just made aware about them.”
This inevitable ‘journey’ is what every en-
trepreneur goes through - from being
clueless about everything to making
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errors, from taking responsibility of the mis-takes to rectifying them and finally achiev-ing success. It is very crucial for an entre-preneur to make a wise decision with mini-mal choices in hand. Likewise, it is very im-portant for an entrepreneur to work on the nitty gritties of the business to take it to the next level. He has to learn to explore things on his own. There’s one such experience that Nipun shared with us.
“My first real test came in 2010 when we were in talks with a developer who wanted to sell his land. But at the same time, my dad already had plans of going abroad. So I had to take up the work. We completed the initial rounds of negotiation and final-ized on the commercials. I, along with my solicitor, had to interpret the legal drafting of the documents that they had prepared, give our views and had to negotiate with them on many points. The whole process was extremely crucial because it was a big deal for us and a lot of money was in-volved; so even a little mistake here or there, could have had a negative impact on the deal. Fortunately, everything went smooth and perfect. That particular phase taught me a lot about legal implications of a business and how to effectively deal with it.”
It was the experiences that Nipun had dur-ing these crucial periods in business that compelled him to look for a good manage-ment education. Also, the major work that he had projected for the next 1-1.5 years involved legal work and liasoning, i.e clear-ing the land documents and getting various permissions for starting the project. He be-lieved he could manage this work along with his education.
He thus enquired about different courses in management and finally found that an MBA in Entrepreneurship & Family Business from NMIMS would meet his criterion. He be-lieved that the course would provided him with perspectives of different businesses that will help him differentiate and under-stand his business more efficiently. Not to mention, it opens up new avenues and pro-vides newer business ideas.
The Balancing act
Nipun says, “Since developing the Real Es-tate Division was my complete responsibil-ity, I had to manage work and education to-gether. It was difficult at first due to the hec-tic schedules that we had. But since we got the weeks’ schedule in advance, I planned my work accordingly. I tried to fit the working time in the empty slots that we had.”
Our Take
Sky is the limit if you really have a burning
desire to succeed in life. Failures and mis-
takes are an inevitable part of an entrepre-
neur’s journey but learning from them and
taking the responsibility are the signs of a
good entrepreneur. Don’t be afraid of com-
mitting mistakes as it teaches more than
what success ever can. It takes an extra mile
to reach the pinnacle of success.
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They spoke to family and friends in order to gauge their comfort level about donating online. They also contacted a few NGOs and realised that this idea would definitely work if executed well. “We started working on the website. Simultaneously, we started building a database of NGO’s and launched the website www.e-daan.com on May 15, 2011”, reveals Kosal. Mayank joined the operation as the third co-founder when the website was launched.
It is a portal that serves as an online plat-form for anyone who wishes to make some contribution towards the society. The portal acts as a bridge between the under-privileged and those willing to help them. If you have any item that could be of use to the needy, the website will provide you the means to reach them. The basic question for the trio was - ‘How do you find someone who needs exactly what you no longer need?’ People have lots of items lying around that they would
A regular guy from Lucknow who managed to carve a niche for himself. Mayank has done his Maths Honours from Hansraj College, Delhi Univer-sity. Post his graduation, he worked with Edelweiss Capital as an Investment Advisor & then with Aon Hewitt as an As-sociate. He is currently pursu-ing his MBA in Entrepreneur-ship at NMIMS. Mayank has always tried to stand out in whatever he does and one can always expect the unexpected from him. After a two year stint in the corpo-rate world, he was convinced that he was meant to do something more meaningful in life. A presentation which was meant to be on a management book took a wild turn when Mayank presented his version of ‘Madhushala’ in a completely “new avatar“. But what was so different about it? He de-rived management interpretations from the various verses of the magnum opus that was written by the legendary Harivanshrai Bacchan. Impressed by his work, Prof. Re-bello asked him to give lectures in various management colleges in Mumbai and Delhi. Despite pursuing an MBA, his life hardly re-volved around PowerPoint presentations. He was always involved with various activities like theatre, business events etc. He wanted to do something out of the league. He was lucky to meet like minded people like Deeksha and Kosal who were already work-
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never use in day-to-day life and they do not know what to do with it. At the same time, there are people who do not have the privi-lege and purchasing power to own such items. With e-daan, they have tried to fill the gap between the two. e-Daan allows people to donate with just one click on the website. As the portal is very convenient to use, people need not go out of their way to reach out to the needy. Since then, e-Daan has been receiving very good response from the youth across the country. “In fact, we are looking to partner with vari-ous schools and colleges to seek students’ involvement in donating as well as volun-teering”, says Deeksha. Elaborating on the inception of this unique venture, the trio says “The database was built by both online and offline resources. We contacted NGOs in various cities to understand their material requirements and get their ad-dress details. Also, we were in touch with a few NGOs even before we started operat-ing. Every time we get a request from a new location (based on the pin code), we identify an NGO in that location to whom we can donate the necessary items and then facilitate the transaction.” Charity crossing boundaries “e-Daan has made us realise the im-portance of meaningful charity – getting the right resources to the right people at the right time,” says Deeksha. Even a small step towards a meaningful charity can make a big difference.
-Khushboo Doshi
-Mitalee Mehta
-Harsha Haridas
One does not necessarily need to be working on the field or even be physically present somewhere to give back to socie-ty. With the technological advances in mod-ern times, it has become extremely easy to even operate via a mobile phone and do something for the underprivileged. Mayank works for 10-15 hours every week depending on the number of requests and also works towards new collaborations. Coordinating with prospective donors and NGos are all done over conferences and emails. With time, their area of operation has only expanded and e-daan will soon reach out to many more cities. This venture is a true example of an adage ‘Where there is a will – there is a way’. The-se three youngsters wanted to make a dif-ference and give back to society. With a few brainstorming sessions and the Inter-net, they have achieved what many of us can only dream of. So if you ever want to donate, you know where to go. Making a difference is just a click away.
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Life after FMB
The God of Small
things!
Now that the death knell has been sounded off on
our academic voyages, we get ready for the cus-
tomary yet never-ending goodbyes. Nostalgia
seeps in slowly, numbing the senses a little...a
much-needed tranquilizer before being injected
by the “The-umbilical-cord-has-been-cut-off”
needle.
But before we resume with renewed fervour, a
word! Look back a little! So, in retrospect, who
won? On hindsight, was it really about winning? I
remember some of my ambitious batch-mates,
who’d ‘arrived’ at this premier B-school with the
burning desire to make it all count: the best
grades, the best jobs, the works! I’m all for ambi-
tion and winning spirit. May be it’s easier to com-
ment sitting at the fence, when the stakes aren’t
as high for you. That being said, guess who had
the last laugh? Ironically, the rhetorical question
gives us a lot of answers.
As you sit down to introspect in one of those Ar-
istotle poses that could give The Thinker a run
for its money, you realize that some who appear
lucky to you might have deserved it throughout;
some others who were always the frontrunners
might have taken their lead for granted, while
some dark horses had it coming all along but you
were too myopic to see it; maybe because you
never wanted to. And once the selfless human
practice of judging others before ourselves sub-
sides, you reach the Achilles heel that you’d been
dodging all along. The turn of events startles you.
You either start feeling short-changed and enter a
self-reassurance spree. You extract help from hy-
potheses one and/or two. 1. Life is fair (a pre-
sumption whose validity is highly subject to de-
bate). 2. God is on my side (this one’s for ‘the’ be-
lievers). In the wake of this (biased) logic, follows
the most clichéd girlfriend line that has ever been
devised: “There are better things in store for you.”
The other side to this escapist coin is the possibil-
ity of you having been lucky to bag a job which
your heart knows you were under-qualified for. In
such cases, you use either of the following falla-
cies for solace. 1. People have no clue how much
I’ve been through in the past. 2. Mom was right,
hard-work can indeed do miracles.
However, these rationalizations are just that: ra-
tionalizations; mere notions, which don’t change
facts. The fact is that in life it won’t matter even-
tually if you win or not. Because, newsflash - win-
ning is but a myth! A winner is one who has
something that stirs him to get up every morning;
one who still has something to live for. If you
have nothing that keeps you going, how does that
make you a winner? And if that’s true, by extrap-
olation, you can never really win, in absolute
terms. And yet we spend the lion’s share of our
lives thinking about winning; trying every trick in
the book to race ahead of the herd: which ironi-
cally makes us such an integral part of it...placing
the destination above everything else; even above
the journey that leads us to it. Being ungrateful,
nonetheless, isn’t all that new to humans, after
all.Remember your first few months post break-
up. What did you miss most: the inconsequential
good-night texts, the flirty wake-up calls, the
sweet nothings. Unless you’re a Gujrati or a
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Madwadi, you seldom miss the moolah that you
invested in buying a ring for her or the little cash
that you sneaked out of your dad’s wallet to buy
him a shirt. In fact, these are the things that you
pride yourself in. Ask any corporate hotshot, how
many times in a day he thinks of his profile or
remuneration. Except in bonus meetings or at
parties/weddings where every father is out to
prove that his ward turned out better than Shar-
maji and Guptaji's sons, designations provide lit-
tle comfort but for the fact that assigning num-
bers to posts would’ve made life difficult.
And the winner at such social dos has little to do
with his son’s actual credentials. More often than
not, it is a victory of the boaster’s convincing abil-
ity (yet again, GD skills come in handy). Once in
a while, when you bump into an old friend – who
had the same starting point as yours – or when
your chauffeur does the door for you, you derive
momentary satisfaction that you’ve persevered
your way above some other mortals. However,
most of the times, the thought that drives you
mad is why your secretary thinks your manner-
isms are gay-ish. The one that makes you cuddle
in your wife's arm for a little mommy love is:
“Why does Boss never greet me in the morning?”
Death or divorce, it’s always the little something's
that keep us ticking. Human beings are percep-
tive creatures: the trivia takes up a lot of our
mindshare. So what really counts? Euphemistical-
ly speaking, a pair! Being what you truly are. As a
great man (read: yours truly) once said, “I don’t
want to make everyone happy. I prefer being hon-
est!” Just because some douche bags, who’re inca-
pable of hard work, told you that networking
helps you jump rungs in the corporate ladder,
doesn’t make it true.
The relationships that spur growth are based on
mutual respect born out of sheer hard work and
time-tested trust. Why else would somebody, how-
ever close, put their own credibility at stake by re-
ferring you?
Although, now we judge the veracity of these
claims in our mad bid to succeed, one day we’d
agree that it was ok to be stupid. Goofing up was
absolutely normal; in fact innate to humans, but
we just needed someone else to tell us that. And
just like a value investor pays most of his attention
to the kinks of the yield curve, we’d remember on-
ly the silliness and the insanity. Akin to the remi-
niscence of childhood, we’d miss the innocuous
spontaneity the most, one that maturity would’ve
long devoured. And if you’re a true future CEO,
you’d have the foresight to peer through the mist
and sit atop the post-retirement armchair now,
when the dusk of life would be at hand and you’d
know that it was all so true. The E, at the centre of
CEO, is for execution, after all. I’m not really an LP
fan, “But, in the end. It doesn’t even matter!”
-Ayush Agarwal
33
Year B K 2012
NMIMS E & FB Presents
34
Class representative: People
thought only these two would
contest- a want to be popular
delhiite and an overly participa-
tive senior student. Who wins? A
jack-in-the-box with a fake ac-
cent who is atleast 30 minutes
late for class.
Acade
mic groups:
Man
y cl
ass
exer
cise
s du
ring
the
firs
t wee
k
didn
't e
voke
a lo
t of
cla
ss p
artici
pa-
tion
, but
for
mat
ion
of a
cade
mic
grou
ps h
it b
ulls
eye
wit
h ev
eryo
ne
tryi
ng t
o pu
ll/pu
sh s
omeo
ne.
“ Life is not the number of breaths
you take , but the moments that take your
breath away…!!!
Induction day: new faces, new names, accommodation jugaads, some funny in-troductions, some totally absurd. some geeky students, some showy and some utterly bratty.
Some snippets of the longest vacation of our life….
Mumbai Yatra: primarily
targeted to acquaint out-
station students to Maya
nagari but it compelled the
localites to see tyanchi-
Mumbai in a new light.
35
Statistics class:
Lecture timings - dreadful ( 10
minutes or locked doors)
Professor - brilliant
Student’s grades - awful
Before the class- practice sums kiya?
After the class - cheeky mimicry
Most heard dialogue - stats mein toh
lagi padi hai !!!
Corporate social responsibility:
This course was taken literally by
a bunch of students who wanted
to save the class from a bossy
professor. It was a 'Simon-go
back' of sorts with daredevils
walking out on the professor and
proudly labeling themselves as
“Krantikaaris”.
“ Life is not the number of breaths
you take , but the moments that take your
breath away…!!!
Some snippets of the longest vacation of our life….
36
Inspirus: the annual business fest saw
great level of commitment of each mem-
ber of the (actual) working committee.
Inspirus was a perfect blend of team-
work, sincerity, high voltage drama, fun,
mood swings, tantrums, opposition and fi-
nally a sense of triumph. It all began from
paisa nahi hai, speakers nahi hai, permis-
sions nahi hai to some great events
and seminars. Rule of thumb: everything
happens at the last moment!!!
Parties: the most vital part of a typical
family business student’s life. Freshers party, fare-
well party, luncheons, house parties - the list shall
never cease.
Catalyst: Alcohol and some more Alcohol
Complementing Element: Tobacco
Capacity: Tankers
Effects: a certain someone with a bro-
ken tooth, one with a lost cell phone,
shattered cocktail glasses, some got
kisses, some got bruises, some puked
through the night and some
laughed through the night.
37
Parties: the most vital part of a typical
family business student’s life. Freshers party, fare-
well party, luncheons, house parties - the list shall
never cease.
Catalyst: Alcohol and some more Alcohol
Complementing Element: Tobacco
Capacity: Tankers
Effects: a certain someone with a bro-
ken tooth, one with a lost cell phone,
shattered cocktail glasses, some got
kisses, some got bruises, some puked
through the night and some
laughed through the night.
Outbound trips: The outbound trips at Karjat
and Neral were a welcome change. Perfectly or-
ganized tasks that challenged the body and the
mind saw immense involvement of the students.
But the one activity that saw emotions scaling
from complete reluctance to extreme excite-
ment was the mud obstacle task.
Key result- Adrenaline rush !
Examinations: Examinations were done to
death with them cropping up in every 45
days. Students spent more on photocop-
ies than books. And heck! Your grade de-
pended on the mugging parrots, the in-
betweeners and the block heads.
Not to forget, we remained a nightmare
for the invigilators. The exam hall was a
live circus and will always be cherished.
Interesting fact- nobody studied before
the impending night and nobody remem-
bered a thing after the exam.
38
Presentations: It is easy to lose the count of
the number of presentations made. In most
probability, only one or maximum two mem-
bers in a group made the presentation
while the rest just jumped in. All presenta-
tions ended with an uproarious applause
which meant “Thank you for shutting up”.
Attendance: Proxies were the law of the land
and D* was a consolation prize. Attendance
sheet scrutiny earned itself the title of a RIT-
UAL. Physical attendance slumped during the 9
am class (thanks to the healthy habits of the
students) and gradually increased after lunch.
Mental attendance-Never mind!
It has been an eventful journey throughout, so event-
ful that all can’t be printed. But one thing that is
certain is that these two years will be cherished for-
ever and no matter what there will always be one day
when you would again want to be here.
Just here…!!!
-Urja Padwal
39
Professors Speak...
Dr. Amit Rangnekar
I have been teaching the FMB students for six
years now and it has been an excellent experi-
ence. Many of the students are born entrepreneurs
raring to go, while others become 'business ready'
through the course. What is important in reaching
out to them is to convince them how your subject
would help them effectively manage and grow their
business. Once you win their confidence they put in their best efforts in every presenta-
tion and examination. Personally it is quite enriching as one gets an insight into various
businesses across industries- small, big, as well as old and new economy, which widens
my perspective.
Prof.Cajetan Dsouza
The course has been designed keeping the model
of family business in mind. I have been teaching this
course for the last 6 years and it has been a won-
derful experience for me. They have a laid back atti-
tude but they do absorb what is being taught to
them. Some of them have come to gain knowledge,
some to get a degree and some to learn from experience from the faculty here.
Their courses include Entrepreneurship, understanding business in changing global envi-
ronment, growing business in changing global environment, B2B Marketing, developing
business plans, CSR, besides the usual subjects of a MBA course.
(Visiting Faculty)
(Visiting Faculty)
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French Connection...!!!
What a wonderful city Marseille is! The first
few days of my visit to France were a combi-
nation of utterly exciting and equally terrify-
ing experiences. Often it is the little things
that surprises one the most. They are the
things you don't think about just before you
leave for some place new. Moreover, study-
ing in international settings is a whole new
experience. I honestly can't think of some-
thing better than this.
This entire experience has been challenging
as well as entertaining. It has also opened
my eyes to an incredible culture. It surprises
me that during the entire trip, never once did
I feel homesick!
Exploring every nook and cranny of Europe
was just marvellous and compelling.
People keep asking me what was the high-
light of my trip and I honestly am left unable
to answer. Isn’t this akin to asking a mother
of 3, who is her favourite child? I have so
many great memories to choose from, like
going skiing for the first time, skydiving, mil-
lions of funny conversations that resemble a
game of charades, going exploring with my
friends, studying in completely different
environs. If I could, I would like to go to
an exchange program like this again
and again.
Throughout my time in France, I have
learnt more about myself and the
world around me than I ever could
have done in a classroom and I have
no regrets whatsoever in regards to my
decision to go on an exchange pro-
gram. It’s important to be open to new
ways of doing things. You gain pre-
cious memories, friends and
knowledge that last a lifetime. The only
thing I can say is don’t enjoy yourself
so much that you forget to take photos!
-Jitenjal Kanti Sinha
41
French Connection...!!!
First of all I would like to
thank NMIMS for giving
us the opportunity of stud-
ying one Trimester in
France. It was an amaz-
ing experience which not
only included study but
also gave us a chance to
visit several European
Countries. This foreign
exchange program is a
perfect package of Study,
Fun and Practical
exposure to different
People, Cultures, Prac-
tices, Infrastructure,
Languages and Disci-
pline. Those four
months gave me some
of the finest moments,
unforgettable memo-
ries and excellent learn-
ing opportunities.
-Yogesh Mandhani
I was a part of the Exchange
program to visit Rouen Busi-
ness School, France for a tri-
mester. It was indeed one of
the best learning experiences I
ever had. The inter-cultural ex-
changes along with world
class education helped me de-
velop my knowledge and per-
sonality. It gave me the chance
to explore different opportuni-
ties and understand business
on a larger scale.
This exchange program was
a booster for my self confi-
dence as well which helped
me broaden my perspective
towards the world at large. I
thank NMIMS for giving me
this wonderful opportunity to
be a part of this exchange
program to France.
-Ankita Jain
42
My 4 months at EUROMED were one of the
best days I ever had in my academic career.
The first few days were really confusing and
tiring as I was not well versed with
French. But as the time passed by, I had ac-
quired enough skills to make myself clear to
the French, though not through words but
actions. This exchange programme not only
gave me an opportunity to study abroad but
also explore their culture and their beautiful
and scenic locations.
I had been there along with 9 other
friends from the course and can surely
say on behalf of all them that “We had
t h e t i m e o f o u r l i v e s ” .
Words merely cannot reflect my expe-
rience but to sum it up I would just say
"FRENCH WINE AND FRENCH BEAU-
TY IS SECOND TO NONE".
—Tejas Jain
43
Current batch
speak…
Piyush Ra
thi
2 years! Wow, time surely does fly fast. When I came to Mumbai I was
not sure how I will stay away from my family, but right from the first
day at NMIMS, I had a new family and boy was it great! Right from walk-
ing out on teachers to playing all sorts of board games to studying every-
thing in the last second to coming to class just in time to get attendance
and all sorts of shenanigans in between.....we have done it all! Two years have left me with some
great memories and even greater friends.
Jigar Kabra
Nothing better than a two year MBA at NMIMS (Mumbai), where academic finesse coupled with the experience that this cosmopolitan city has to offer, turns one into an adroit adult.
Raghav Ra
thi
First of all I would like to express my profound gratitude to all those
who have been instrumental in enriching my personality over the past
few years at NMIMS. "An Experience" is the catchword for anyone to
acquire knowledge, which I think has been accomplished successfully
during this course. "When you know where you are going, tell others, they might have directions
for getting there..." I am deeply grateful to all my friends and classmates for all the memorable
and cherishable experiences. This wonderful journey would have been incomplete without them.
Thank you to everyone for making the past two years worth living. Wishing you all the brightest
success in all your endeavours. Cheers!
44
Kamesh Gupta
Exposure Exposure Exposure! That is what I came to Mumbai for and
have got to learn more than I thought I ever would. Choosing be-
tween colleges was always a difficult task but by joining NMIMS I
have no doubt that I made the right choice. These 2 years was great
fun. I got to know new people and within no time they became like a
second family
to me. There are two things I am taking back from this city and college….friends and professional-
ism. Seeing the spirit of people of Mumbai inspires me to never back down in life. There are lots of
memories to take home and I will miss this place a lot.
Anoop Agarwal
Coming to Mumbai for MBA was always exciting to me. It was only
NMIMS which made it possible. Last 2 years definitely were exciting
and filled with learning. MBA and my new found friends really taught me
pragmatism as well as professionalism. And above all, Mumbai gave me the
“way to live a life". It showed me the source of energy to face any unpre-
dictable challenges that may come in my life.
Jatin Goyal These 2 years is a phase of my life which transformed me from a stu-
dent to an Entrepreneur. They boosted my confidence and sense of be-
lief that yes, even I can do something big in life. Mumbai is the city
where people have no time for anything. The city is always running but
the people here make you realize that you are not alone. In a local train
where there is no space to stand but Mumbaikars always manage to find some space to adjust you along
-with them. Sitting outside the college having snacks with friends and the ensuing conversations packed
me with an altogether different type of energy. This white building of my beloved NMIMS always moti-
vated me. The funny fights to get inside the lift were another challenge as some professors would re-
fuse to mark you ‘present’ for the day if you are running late for your lectures. I will always proudly say
it, that I am part of NMIMS.
45
Time & Tide …
Time and tide wait for none – why should it? But it is times like
these that I get my own answer. How I wish nature could stop its
clock for a moment, just a moment, so that we may relish these
last few days a little more. I had walked into this MBA program
knowing that the selection procedure would not be one that would
challenge the brainy ones but it wouldn’t be a cakewalk either –
especially if you don’t know what the US Sub-Prime crisis was –
that was the first serious question thrown to me by Dr. Sangita
Kamdar – one of the panelists!
Easy as it may sound, I got a call in 2 days time confirming my admission and although I was
happy, I was not elated. Had I made the right call? Was entrepreneurship really my passion or
was it an MBA degree I was in search of? Did an Industrial Engineering & Management gradu-
ate need to pursue an MBA? Or did it boil down to enjoying a 2-year paid vacation after my
‘long’ stint in the corporate world (10 months @Dell) ?
These questions were put to rest somehow, and holding my breath, looking at the NMIMS
stamp, I took the plunge – and man, what a moment that was!
Now when journey is near completion, there is happiness, excitement, hope, self-belief and
confidence. I am sure I made one of the greatest decisions of my life. Taking the risk was to-
tally worth it. There was a reason that I did not apply for a part-time MBA at another re-
nowned B-School and now looking back, that reason seems well justified.
It is definitely not the end, some would like to call this wishful thinking, but I’m sure the days
that will define your tomorrow are ahead of you and not ones that are past. So let the coming
days give all of us the mental strength and motivation to excel in our respective fields and
emerge if not bigger, but better individuals. Hail NMIMS !
Nikhil Adesara
Arpita Agarwal
Coming to Mumbai, to NMIMS was more than what I could have
dreamed off.. It was not only 2 years of education, but it was a
fun filled ride..which all of us don’t want to end. This course &
place has given us so many good friends & memories which will
stay alive in our hearts till eternity.
46
Bunch of outstanding students who made it to the
Dean’s List. Congratulations!!!
47
Ricken Gala
Represented NMIMS at
IIM-L, S.P. Jain & KJ
Somaya's in Football.
Stood 2nd in Football
at KJ Somaya's sports
festival-YUDH '12
Stood 2nd in Futsal at
IIM Lucknow's Var-
chasva'12
Nikhil Adesara
Represented NMIMS at IIM-L, S.P. Jain, KJ
Somaiya,VJTI in Cricket & Volleyball.
Represented NMIMS at IIM-L in Swimming
& Snooker. Won Silver in Swimming (Back
Stroke)& Snooker.
Won Gold in Volleyball in Arcadia
Interdivision.
Kishan Jambur
Represented NMIMS at IIM-L,
S.P. Jain in Football.
Stood 2nd in Futsal at IIM Luck-
now's Varchasva'12
Keshav Lakhotia
Represented NMIMS
at IIM-L & S.P. Jain.
in Chess & Volleyball.
Won Gold in Volley-
ball in Arcadia Inter-
division
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56
Sr. no. Name Company Name Business Type Email Id Personal Mo-
bile Office Mobile Office No. City State
1 NIKHIL ADESARA United Engitech (P)
Ltd. Sheet Metal Fabrication
nikhil@unitedengitech.com 9431110436 0657-2757548/49 Jamshedpur Jharkhand
2 NIPPUN AGARWAL Balaji Filaments ltd. Textile Manufacturing nippun.a@gmail.com 9892281400 9892268889 022-66991014 Mumbai Maharashtra
3 NIKHIL AGARWAL Swastik Group Importers and Traders of Plas-tic raw material and Polymers
nikhil_jwl@hotmail.com
9999935599 011-22148010/20/30/40 Delhi
4 CHAHAT AGARWAL C.L. Aluminium Pvt.
Ltd. Manufacturing Steel and Alu-
minium chahat16.agarwal@gmail.com
9879406849, 07926760314
Ahmedabad Gujarat
5 ARPITA AGRAWAL Naval Calcutta Pvt.
Ltd. Craft paper & Board Manufac-
turing arpita_ag89@yahoo.co.in 9833207969 Varanasi U.P.
6 ANOOP AGRAWAL KK Finecot Pvt. Ltd. Cotton ginning textile, Edible
oil agrawal.anoop007@gmail.com 7282235050 Indore
Madhya Pra-desh
7 PRANEET AGRAWAL Praneet Ispat Udyog
Private Limited Manufacturing of Steel
praneetagrawal@yahoo.co.in 91-94713-00000 91-93344-44443 Ranchi Jharkhand
8 SHRAY ARORA Gopal Das & Sons Graders, processors & traders
of Tea arora.shray@yahoo.com 9988014929 Amritsar Punjab
9 BAKUL CHOWDHARY Jaeco Distributor/Service Provider of
Automotive Parts bakul_183@yahoo.co.in 8146485000 Chandigarh
10 SUJIT DAGA Interior Innovation (p)
ltd. Importers of flooring
dagasujit@gmail.com +91 9930793969 9823313579 Pune Maharashtra
11 SAMARTH DHAWAN Pawanjay Group of
Mines and Industries Mining, Manufacturing of Steel
Ingot, TMT bars samarth.dhawan@gmail.com
09892949355, 06612401027
9437048140 6612400652 Rourkela Orissa
12 KHUSHBOO DOSHI Samrudh Health Care
Pvt. Ltd.
Manufacturing of Pharmaceuti-cal Bulk Drugs and Intermedi-
ates doshi.khushboo87@gmail.com
9892646277 022-28775151 Mumbai Maharashtra
13 AANCHAL GAJRA GG Automotive Gears
Ltd. Manufacturing Gears for Loco-
motives aanchalgajra@gmail.com 9893298170 Indore
Madhya Pra-desh
14 MAYANK GARG MB Exports Interna-
tional Manufacturing & Exports of
Leather Garments/Accessories msgarg_13@rediffmail.com 9336707172 9919803122 0512-2216961 Kanpur U.P.
15 BHARAT GARG Anil Sharan Garg &
Bros Trading of Kerosene oil & Fur-
nace oil bsgarg_28@yahoo.com 9415128701 9415128703 9415128703 Kanpur U.P.
16 GUNJAN GARODIA Barak Valley Cement
ltd. Manufacturing Cement
garodia.gunjan@gmail.com 9892950292 9903616981 Kolkata West Bengal
18 KARAN GOMBAR Better Homes
Buildwell Pvt. Ltd. Construction
karangombar@yahoo.in 9910024106 Delhi
20 JATIN GOYAL Shivam sales Pvt. Ltd. Retailing of Garments and
shoes j.goyal@hotmail.com 9910228889 011-25220501 Delhi New Delhi
21 TARUNA GUPTA K.B. Ceramics Pvt. Ltd. Insulator Manufacturing,
Warehouses guptataruna@gmail.com
9167080952,0151-2242605
9001896606 9351200231 Bikaner Rajasthan
57
Sr. no. Name Company Name Business Type Email Id Personal Mo-
bile Office Mobile Office No. City State
1 NIKHIL ADESARA United Engitech (P)
Ltd. Sheet Metal Fabrication
nikhil@unitedengitech.com 9431110436 0657-2757548/49 Jamshedpur Jharkhand
2 NIPPUN AGARWAL Balaji Filaments ltd. Textile Manufacturing nippun.a@gmail.com 9892281400 9892268889 022-66991014 Mumbai Maharashtra
3 NIKHIL AGARWAL Swastik Group Importers and Traders of Plas-tic raw material and Polymers
nikhil_jwl@hotmail.com
9999935599 011-22148010/20/30/40 Delhi
4 CHAHAT AGARWAL C.L. Aluminium Pvt.
Ltd. Manufacturing Steel and Alu-
minium chahat16.agarwal@gmail.com
9879406849, 07926760314
Ahmedabad Gujarat
5 ARPITA AGRAWAL Naval Calcutta Pvt.
Ltd. Craft paper & Board Manufac-
turing arpita_ag89@yahoo.co.in 9833207969 Varanasi U.P.
6 ANOOP AGRAWAL KK Finecot Pvt. Ltd. Cotton ginning textile, Edible
oil agrawal.anoop007@gmail.com 7282235050 Indore
Madhya Pra-desh
7 PRANEET AGRAWAL Praneet Ispat Udyog
Private Limited Manufacturing of Steel
praneetagrawal@yahoo.co.in 91-94713-00000 91-93344-44443 Ranchi Jharkhand
8 SHRAY ARORA Gopal Das & Sons Graders, processors & traders
of Tea arora.shray@yahoo.com 9988014929 Amritsar Punjab
9 BAKUL CHOWDHARY Jaeco Distributor/Service Provider of
Automotive Parts bakul_183@yahoo.co.in 8146485000 Chandigarh
10 SUJIT DAGA Interior Innovation (p)
ltd. Importers of flooring
dagasujit@gmail.com +91 9930793969 9823313579 Pune Maharashtra
11 SAMARTH DHAWAN Pawanjay Group of
Mines and Industries Mining, Manufacturing of Steel
Ingot, TMT bars samarth.dhawan@gmail.com
09892949355, 06612401027
9437048140 6612400652 Rourkela Orissa
12 KHUSHBOO DOSHI Samrudh Health Care
Pvt. Ltd.
Manufacturing of Pharmaceuti-cal Bulk Drugs and Intermedi-
ates doshi.khushboo87@gmail.com
9892646277 022-28775151 Mumbai Maharashtra
13 AANCHAL GAJRA GG Automotive Gears
Ltd. Manufacturing Gears for Loco-
motives aanchalgajra@gmail.com 9893298170 Indore
Madhya Pra-desh
14 MAYANK GARG MB Exports Interna-
tional Manufacturing & Exports of
Leather Garments/Accessories msgarg_13@rediffmail.com 9336707172 9919803122 0512-2216961 Kanpur U.P.
15 BHARAT GARG Anil Sharan Garg &
Bros Trading of Kerosene oil & Fur-
nace oil bsgarg_28@yahoo.com 9415128701 9415128703 9415128703 Kanpur U.P.
16 GUNJAN GARODIA Barak Valley Cement
ltd. Manufacturing Cement
garodia.gunjan@gmail.com 9892950292 9903616981 Kolkata West Bengal
18 KARAN GOMBAR Better Homes
Buildwell Pvt. Ltd. Construction
karangombar@yahoo.in 9910024106 Delhi
20 JATIN GOYAL Shivam sales Pvt. Ltd. Retailing of Garments and
shoes j.goyal@hotmail.com 9910228889 011-25220501 Delhi New Delhi
21 TARUNA GUPTA K.B. Ceramics Pvt. Ltd. Insulator Manufacturing,
Warehouses guptataruna@gmail.com
9167080952,0151-2242605
9001896606 9351200231 Bikaner Rajasthan
58
Sr. no. Name Company Name Business Type Email Id Personal Mo-
bile Office Mobile Office No. City State
22 ANKIT GUPTA Sunehri Cars
CD Motors Pvt. Ltd.
Automobile Dealership(Sales,Services, Spares)
gankit1988@gmail.com
8003399100 Bikaner Rajasthan
23 KAMESH GUPTA RKG Autotech Pvt.
Ltd. Manufacturing Autocompo-
nents bigguns1989@gmail.com
9878666664, 01614614564
Ludhiana Punjab
24 HARSHA HARIDAS Unitech Transformers
Pvt. Ltd. Manufacturing of Industrial
Transformers harshu2929@gmail.com 9867448320 Mumbai Maharashtra
25 RAHUL HAKANI Sangam Group Manufacturing and trading rahultrupti4490@sify.com 7620088219 Pune Maharashtra
26 SAURABH JAIN Sharu Industries Pvt.
Ltd. Manufacturing Autocompo-
nents scorpionguy_88@yahoo.com 9814520560 Ludhiana Punjab
27 NIPUN JAIN Jain Engineers Pvt.
Ltd. Construction
j.nipuns@yahoo.com 9833397551 Mumbai Maharashtra
28 TEJAS JAIN Kotwala Realty Pvt.
Ltd. Construction
tejas.d.jain@gmail.com 9833338333 Mumbai Maharashtra
29 MAYANK JAIN BCMP Overseas Textile Manufacturing jainmayank1987@gmail.com 91 9619860398 05248-222496 Lucknow U.P.
30 BASANT JALAN Acumen (J) marketing
Pvt. Ltd. Retail and Distribution of Con-
sumer Electronics basant.jalan@gmail.com 9836036021 Kolkata West Bengal
31 VATSAL JARIWALA Neelansh Exports,
MMJ & Co Zari manufacturing and Exports
vatsal_j@hotmail.com 9873077669 Delhi
32 RUCHIKA JINDAL J.T. Processors Textile Processing ruchika.jindal1987@gmail.com 9910715666 9871338338 9910715666 Noida Delhi
34 MEGHA KABRA Madhusudan Miner-
als Pvt. Ltd. Marbels
kabramegha31@gmail.com
9989000721
Kishngarh, Udaipur, Hy-
derabad, Ban-galore
35 SHAILESH KALANTRY Kalantry Agro Indus-
tries Manufacturing and Processing
of Pulses shailesh1288@gmail.com 9960670178 (02382)-244860 Latur Maharashtra
36 PUNIT KAMDAR Kamdar Plastic Pvt.
Ltd.
punitamdar909@yahoo.co.in 9920122232 Mumbai Maharashtra
37 NIRMAL KHANCHAN-
DANI . Aristo & co.
Garments manufacturers and traders nirmal.khanchandani@ymail.com
09884279389 044 25385753 /
25389431 Chennai Tamil Nadu
38 MAYANK KHANDEL-
WAL Khandelwal Indus-
tries & Exports. Food Processing khandel-
wal.mayank88@gmail.com 7509084792 7344010777 Indore Madhya Pradesh
39 KESHAV LAKHOTIA Lakhotia's. Retail keshavlakhotia@gmail.com 9004095733 Samastipur Bihar
40 MITALEE MEHTA Mebros, Mebro Foods Pvt. Ltd.
Poultry Feed Manufacturers and Traders, Food Procesing mitu_rulz@hotmail.com
9819755587, 022-28362778
022-26834412 Mumbai Maharashtra
41 MANAL MOTA Le Rouge Trendz Pvt.
Ltd, Keeptrack Re-search Labs
Textile Retailing, Tracking and RFID
manalrmota@gmail.com
9920630640 Mumbai Maharashtra
42 URJA PADWAL Little Lacy Manufacturers of women's in-
timate apparel urjaextralife@gmail.com 9819987605 022-40583333 Mumbai Maharashtra
45 AALAP PARIKH Sahas Realty & Infra-
structure Pvt. Ltd. Construction
aalapparikh@yahoo.com 9377221403 9879531402 Vadodara Gujarat
59
Sr. no. Name Company Name Business Type Email Id Personal Mo-
bile Office Mobile Office No. City State
22 ANKIT GUPTA Sunehri Cars
CD Motors Pvt. Ltd.
Automobile Dealership(Sales,Services, Spares)
gankit1988@gmail.com
8003399100 Bikaner Rajasthan
23 KAMESH GUPTA RKG Autotech Pvt.
Ltd. Manufacturing Autocompo-
nents bigguns1989@gmail.com
9878666664, 01614614564
Ludhiana Punjab
24 HARSHA HARIDAS Unitech Transformers
Pvt. Ltd. Manufacturing of Industrial
Transformers harshu2929@gmail.com 9867448320 Mumbai Maharashtra
25 RAHUL HAKANI Sangam Group Manufacturing and trading rahultrupti4490@sify.com 7620088219 Pune Maharashtra
26 SAURABH JAIN Sharu Industries Pvt.
Ltd. Manufacturing Autocompo-
nents scorpionguy_88@yahoo.com 9814520560 Ludhiana Punjab
27 NIPUN JAIN Jain Engineers Pvt.
Ltd. Construction
j.nipuns@yahoo.com 9833397551 Mumbai Maharashtra
28 TEJAS JAIN Kotwala Realty Pvt.
Ltd. Construction
tejas.d.jain@gmail.com 9833338333 Mumbai Maharashtra
29 MAYANK JAIN BCMP Overseas Textile Manufacturing jainmayank1987@gmail.com 91 9619860398 05248-222496 Lucknow U.P.
30 BASANT JALAN Acumen (J) marketing
Pvt. Ltd. Retail and Distribution of Con-
sumer Electronics basant.jalan@gmail.com 9836036021 Kolkata West Bengal
31 VATSAL JARIWALA Neelansh Exports,
MMJ & Co Zari manufacturing and Exports
vatsal_j@hotmail.com 9873077669 Delhi
32 RUCHIKA JINDAL J.T. Processors Textile Processing ruchika.jindal1987@gmail.com 9910715666 9871338338 9910715666 Noida Delhi
34 MEGHA KABRA Madhusudan Miner-
als Pvt. Ltd. Marbels
kabramegha31@gmail.com
9989000721
Kishngarh, Udaipur, Hy-
derabad, Ban-galore
35 SHAILESH KALANTRY Kalantry Agro Indus-
tries Manufacturing and Processing
of Pulses shailesh1288@gmail.com 9960670178 (02382)-244860 Latur Maharashtra
36 PUNIT KAMDAR Kamdar Plastic Pvt.
Ltd.
punitamdar909@yahoo.co.in 9920122232 Mumbai Maharashtra
37 NIRMAL KHANCHAN-
DANI . Aristo & co.
Garments manufacturers and traders nirmal.khanchandani@ymail.com
09884279389 044 25385753 /
25389431 Chennai Tamil Nadu
38 MAYANK KHANDEL-
WAL Khandelwal Indus-
tries & Exports. Food Processing khandel-
wal.mayank88@gmail.com 7509084792 7344010777 Indore Madhya Pradesh
39 KESHAV LAKHOTIA Lakhotia's. Retail keshavlakhotia@gmail.com 9004095733 Samastipur Bihar
40 MITALEE MEHTA Mebros, Mebro Foods Pvt. Ltd.
Poultry Feed Manufacturers and Traders, Food Procesing mitu_rulz@hotmail.com
9819755587, 022-28362778
022-26834412 Mumbai Maharashtra
41 MANAL MOTA Le Rouge Trendz Pvt.
Ltd, Keeptrack Re-search Labs
Textile Retailing, Tracking and RFID
manalrmota@gmail.com
9920630640 Mumbai Maharashtra
42 URJA PADWAL Little Lacy Manufacturers of women's in-
timate apparel urjaextralife@gmail.com 9819987605 022-40583333 Mumbai Maharashtra
45 AALAP PARIKH Sahas Realty & Infra-
structure Pvt. Ltd. Construction
aalapparikh@yahoo.com 9377221403 9879531402 Vadodara Gujarat
60
Sr. no. Name Company Name Business Type Email Id Personal Mo-
bile Office Mobile Office No. City State
46 PAULAMI PATEL Steel Projects (India )
Pvt Ltd Manufacturing Heavy Machin-
ery paulami21@yahoo.com 9930273577 Mumbai Maharashtra
47 PARTH PATEL Kirti Telnet Pvt. Ltd. parth31@aol.in 7926562933 Ahmedabad Gujarat
48 ANKIT PATEL Alexo Chemicals, Ank
Pharma Pvt. Ltd. Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
ankitpatel_7373@hotmail.com
9833717373 Thane Maharashtra
50 PIYUSH RATHI Rathi Brothers Sarees Manufacturing, Granite
Manufacturing rathi_piyush@hotmail.com 080-32956732 080-22241548 Bangalore Karnataka
51 RAGHAV RATHI Rathi Creations Wholesale of Silk Sarees raghavrathi@hotmail.com, raghavgrathi@gmail.com
09845170412, 08904689402
080-32956733 Bangalore Karnataka
52 APAR RUSTAGI Aargee contracts pvt
ltd Electrical consultants and con-
tractors aparrustagi@gmail.com 9899416400 9899416400 Delhi
53 NITIN SARAWAGI Prithvi Group of In-
dustries Cultivation and Processing of Tea, Cement Manufacturing nitinsarawagi88@gmail.com
Kolkata West Bengal
54 TAPAN SHAH Akruti dyeing and
printing mills pvt ltd. Job work ( Saree Business )
tapanshah150@gmail.com
9925707535 0261 2231261 Surat Gujarat
56 MANSI SHAH HEM Group Automobiles, Hotels, IT, Real
Estate cuddlymansi@gmail.com 9765202020 - 022-21020642
Mumbai, Pu-ne, Satara
Maharashtra
57 PANKAJ SHARMA SKP Pipes (P) Ltd. Manufacturing of Ms Black
Pipes kolkata.pankaj@gmail.com 033-22315121 Kolkata West Bengal
58 AKANKSHA SHARMA Amar Tubes Pvt. Ltd. Manufacturing of MS steel
pipes tinks_sharma@hotmail.com 9820334467 66545401 Mumbai Maharashtra
60 PARTHI VORA Zest Pharma Pharmaceutical Manufacturing parthivora@hotmail.com
09619827770, 09993146694
9827021834 0731-4047073 Indore Madhya Pradesh
61 HARDIK ADESARA Chhaganlal Dayaljee
Sons Retailing of Gold & Daimond
jewellery 9167337559 Jamshedpur Jharkhand
62 RAGHVENDRA
AGARWAL Agarwal & Co.
Solar Thermal Energy, Publica-tion
9415306641 0522-2623188 Lucknow U.P.
64 HARSH AGARWAL Harsh Electro Sys-
tems (P) Ltd Manufacturing Wires & Cables
and PVC Pipes & fittings harsh.agrwal@gmail.com,
harsh@harsh.net.in 9830169751
033-22292626
Kolkata West Bengal
65 ANKUSH AGGARWAL Aggarwal & Company Commision agents for agro
products and Financers ankushagg89@gmail.com 9779743535 0164-2212939 Bathinda Punjab
67 AYUSH AGRAWAL Barbrik Project Lim-
ited Infrastucture, steel and power ayushagrawal@barbrik.in 9039197775 7714032075 Raipur Chhattisgarh
68 LALIT AGRAWAL Natraj Foods Rice Processing agrawal.lalit89@gmail.com 919833241002 Katni Madhya Pradesh
69 RAJENDRA AHUJA AHUJA SYNFAB PVT.
LTD
TEXTILE MANUFACTURING(SHIRTINGS & EMBROIDERY
FABRICS)
rajendrahuja@gmail.com/ahuja.synfab@gmail.com
8806006000/983
3890557
02522-281257/281258
Bhiwandi Maharashtra
71 SUSHAIN V ARORA R.S. Raj kumar & co. Manufacturing and marketing of textiles, Hotel,HB agri. farm.
sushain_arora@yahoo.com 9930356096 0183-
2546469,2546069 Amritsar Punjab
72 PRACHI BAGARIA Bawani Shankar Syn-
thetics Manufacturing of textiles prachibagaria@gmail.com 9163288477 Kolkata West Bengal
61
Sr. no. Name Company Name Business Type Email Id Personal Mo-
bile Office Mobile Office No. City State
46 PAULAMI PATEL Steel Projects (India )
Pvt Ltd Manufacturing Heavy Machin-
ery paulami21@yahoo.com 9930273577 Mumbai Maharashtra
47 PARTH PATEL Kirti Telnet Pvt. Ltd. parth31@aol.in 7926562933 Ahmedabad Gujarat
48 ANKIT PATEL Alexo Chemicals, Ank
Pharma Pvt. Ltd. Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
ankitpatel_7373@hotmail.com
9833717373 Thane Maharashtra
50 PIYUSH RATHI Rathi Brothers Sarees Manufacturing, Granite
Manufacturing rathi_piyush@hotmail.com 080-32956732 080-22241548 Bangalore Karnataka
51 RAGHAV RATHI Rathi Creations Wholesale of Silk Sarees raghavrathi@hotmail.com, raghavgrathi@gmail.com
09845170412, 08904689402
080-32956733 Bangalore Karnataka
52 APAR RUSTAGI Aargee contracts pvt
ltd Electrical consultants and con-
tractors aparrustagi@gmail.com 9899416400 9899416400 Delhi
53 NITIN SARAWAGI Prithvi Group of In-
dustries Cultivation and Processing of Tea, Cement Manufacturing nitinsarawagi88@gmail.com
Kolkata West Bengal
54 TAPAN SHAH Akruti dyeing and
printing mills pvt ltd. Job work ( Saree Business )
tapanshah150@gmail.com
9925707535 0261 2231261 Surat Gujarat
56 MANSI SHAH HEM Group Automobiles, Hotels, IT, Real
Estate cuddlymansi@gmail.com 9765202020 - 022-21020642
Mumbai, Pu-ne, Satara
Maharashtra
57 PANKAJ SHARMA SKP Pipes (P) Ltd. Manufacturing of Ms Black
Pipes kolkata.pankaj@gmail.com 033-22315121 Kolkata West Bengal
58 AKANKSHA SHARMA Amar Tubes Pvt. Ltd. Manufacturing of MS steel
pipes tinks_sharma@hotmail.com 9820334467 66545401 Mumbai Maharashtra
60 PARTHI VORA Zest Pharma Pharmaceutical Manufacturing parthivora@hotmail.com
09619827770, 09993146694
9827021834 0731-4047073 Indore Madhya Pradesh
61 HARDIK ADESARA Chhaganlal Dayaljee
Sons Retailing of Gold & Daimond
jewellery 9167337559 Jamshedpur Jharkhand
62 RAGHVENDRA
AGARWAL Agarwal & Co.
Solar Thermal Energy, Publica-tion
9415306641 0522-2623188 Lucknow U.P.
64 HARSH AGARWAL Harsh Electro Sys-
tems (P) Ltd Manufacturing Wires & Cables
and PVC Pipes & fittings harsh.agrwal@gmail.com,
harsh@harsh.net.in 9830169751
033-22292626
Kolkata West Bengal
65 ANKUSH AGGARWAL Aggarwal & Company Commision agents for agro
products and Financers ankushagg89@gmail.com 9779743535 0164-2212939 Bathinda Punjab
67 AYUSH AGRAWAL Barbrik Project Lim-
ited Infrastucture, steel and power ayushagrawal@barbrik.in 9039197775 7714032075 Raipur Chhattisgarh
68 LALIT AGRAWAL Natraj Foods Rice Processing agrawal.lalit89@gmail.com 919833241002 Katni Madhya Pradesh
69 RAJENDRA AHUJA AHUJA SYNFAB PVT.
LTD
TEXTILE MANUFACTURING(SHIRTINGS & EMBROIDERY
FABRICS)
rajendrahuja@gmail.com/ahuja.synfab@gmail.com
8806006000/983
3890557
02522-281257/281258
Bhiwandi Maharashtra
71 SUSHAIN V ARORA R.S. Raj kumar & co. Manufacturing and marketing of textiles, Hotel,HB agri. farm.
sushain_arora@yahoo.com 9930356096 0183-
2546469,2546069 Amritsar Punjab
72 PRACHI BAGARIA Bawani Shankar Syn-
thetics Manufacturing of textiles prachibagaria@gmail.com 9163288477 Kolkata West Bengal
62
Sr. no. NAME Company Name Business Type Email Id Personal Mo-
bile Office Mobile Office No. City State
73 RUCHITA DOSHI Excel Paper Products manufacturing sticker(self-
adhesive)papers ruchita_25@hotmail.com 9833441886 2225673307 Mumbai Maharashtra
75 PRACHI GANERIWAL Mahavir Dying and Printing Mills Pvt.
Ltd.
Manufacturing of cotton tex-tiles
prachiganeriwal30@gmail.com 9820756194 Mumbai Maharashtra
76 PRATEEK GOLCHHA Golchha & Company Distribution and marketing of
medicines prateekgol-
chha2008@gmail.com 9425241144 7744224058 Rajnandgaon Chhattisgarh
77 ROHIT GOYAL Shyam Overseas manufacturers and exporters
of home textile products rohit_goyal0101@yahoo.co.in 9167094869 Panipat Haryana
79 AYUSH JAIN PAN-VU EXPORTS
Home Textile Manufacturing (carpets,shaggy,rugs,bathmats
,durries) & Dyeing Process house (raw yarn to dyed yarn)
ayush_jain369@yahoo.com +91-
9896458886
+91-180-2660024
Panipat Haryana
80 ANKITA JAIN Jainson Group, Smart
Profit
Manufacturing of electrical accessories, Financial services & Investment, Infrastructure
jain.ankita@hotmail.com 9819854402 022-28802636 Mumbai Maharashtra
81 SHRAY JINDAL Jindal Capital Ltd. Finance & Investment shray.jindal@gmail.com 9930005237 9810399222 Delhi
83 JIGAR KABRA Mahalaxmi Mill Store
Co.
Traders and Mfg. of Textile Machinery Spare Parts / Retail-ers of Swarovski, Mont Blanc &
watches(all brands)
junkyjigar@gmail.com 9819068363 079-22132409 Ahmedabad Gujarat
84 RAHUL KASAT Topstyle Garments
Mfg.Co.
Mfg.Of Apparel (Kidswear), Mfg & Trading Of Kniited Fab-
rics. rahul.kasat01@gmail.com 9836053053 Kolkata West Bengal
85 MAUNIL KATBAMNA Khatri Jamnadas Be-
chardas
Manufacturing & retailing of bandhani sarees & bridal wear
for women arms_313@hotmail.com 9820477104 2222425711 Mumbai Maharashtra
87 ADITYA KHANDEL-
WAL Delhi Trading Corp.
Iron and steel trading and manufacturing, real estate and
wind power generation adi.22087@gmail.com 9982221216 0141-2374335 Jaipur Rajasthan
88 KARAN KHANNA Alankar Jewellers Jewellry karankhanna021@gmail.com 9831988183 Amritsar Punjab
90 YOGESH MANDHANI Shri Balaji Cotton Agro Industries
Cotton Ginning, Pressing and Allied Activities
yogesh_shyam2000@yahoo.com
9225507931 08752-231126 Bhainsa (dist
Adilabad) Andhra Pradesh
91 VINEET VARDHAN
MOHTA
Salasar Steel&Power Ltd, Rotocast Indus-tries Ltd, Brijlal Ram-
chandra
Steel , Power , Textile , Build-ing Material
vineetmohta@gmail.com 9830934511 033-22371720 Kolkata West Bengal
92 TRUPTI MOTA Tiki Tar Industries Manufacturing of bitumen
products truptimota@gmail.com 9925100456 0265-2337992 Vadodara Gujarat
94 SHRIYA PHADTE Montana Confection-
ers Pvt.l td Manufacturing and retailing of
bakery products phadteshriya@gmail.com 9822103417 0832- 3231422 Goa
95 PARESH RATHI Rathi Trading Com-
pany
Eg. Distributors for Seeds,Fertilizers,Pesticides,Vid
eocon mobiles and D2H paresh_rathi11@yahoo.co.in 8149777711 7258228244 Akola Maharashtra
63
Sr. no. NAME Company Name Business Type Email Id Personal Mo-
bile Office Mobile Office No. City State
73 RUCHITA DOSHI Excel Paper Products manufacturing sticker(self-
adhesive)papers ruchita_25@hotmail.com 9833441886 2225673307 Mumbai Maharashtra
75 PRACHI GANERIWAL Mahavir Dying and Printing Mills Pvt.
Ltd.
Manufacturing of cotton tex-tiles
prachiganeriwal30@gmail.com 9820756194 Mumbai Maharashtra
76 PRATEEK GOLCHHA Golchha & Company Distribution and marketing of
medicines prateekgol-
chha2008@gmail.com 9425241144 7744224058 Rajnandgaon Chhattisgarh
77 ROHIT GOYAL Shyam Overseas manufacturers and exporters
of home textile products rohit_goyal0101@yahoo.co.in 9167094869 Panipat Haryana
79 AYUSH JAIN PAN-VU EXPORTS
Home Textile Manufacturing (carpets,shaggy,rugs,bathmats
,durries) & Dyeing Process house (raw yarn to dyed yarn)
ayush_jain369@yahoo.com +91-
9896458886
+91-180-2660024
Panipat Haryana
80 ANKITA JAIN Jainson Group, Smart
Profit
Manufacturing of electrical accessories, Financial services & Investment, Infrastructure
jain.ankita@hotmail.com 9819854402 022-28802636 Mumbai Maharashtra
81 SHRAY JINDAL Jindal Capital Ltd. Finance & Investment shray.jindal@gmail.com 9930005237 9810399222 Delhi
83 JIGAR KABRA Mahalaxmi Mill Store
Co.
Traders and Mfg. of Textile Machinery Spare Parts / Retail-ers of Swarovski, Mont Blanc &
watches(all brands)
junkyjigar@gmail.com 9819068363 079-22132409 Ahmedabad Gujarat
84 RAHUL KASAT Topstyle Garments
Mfg.Co.
Mfg.Of Apparel (Kidswear), Mfg & Trading Of Kniited Fab-
rics. rahul.kasat01@gmail.com 9836053053 Kolkata West Bengal
85 MAUNIL KATBAMNA Khatri Jamnadas Be-
chardas
Manufacturing & retailing of bandhani sarees & bridal wear
for women arms_313@hotmail.com 9820477104 2222425711 Mumbai Maharashtra
87 ADITYA KHANDEL-
WAL Delhi Trading Corp.
Iron and steel trading and manufacturing, real estate and
wind power generation adi.22087@gmail.com 9982221216 0141-2374335 Jaipur Rajasthan
88 KARAN KHANNA Alankar Jewellers Jewellry karankhanna021@gmail.com 9831988183 Amritsar Punjab
90 YOGESH MANDHANI Shri Balaji Cotton Agro Industries
Cotton Ginning, Pressing and Allied Activities
yogesh_shyam2000@yahoo.com
9225507931 08752-231126 Bhainsa (dist
Adilabad) Andhra Pradesh
91 VINEET VARDHAN
MOHTA
Salasar Steel&Power Ltd, Rotocast Indus-tries Ltd, Brijlal Ram-
chandra
Steel , Power , Textile , Build-ing Material
vineetmohta@gmail.com 9830934511 033-22371720 Kolkata West Bengal
92 TRUPTI MOTA Tiki Tar Industries Manufacturing of bitumen
products truptimota@gmail.com 9925100456 0265-2337992 Vadodara Gujarat
94 SHRIYA PHADTE Montana Confection-
ers Pvt.l td Manufacturing and retailing of
bakery products phadteshriya@gmail.com 9822103417 0832- 3231422 Goa
95 PARESH RATHI Rathi Trading Com-
pany
Eg. Distributors for Seeds,Fertilizers,Pesticides,Vid
eocon mobiles and D2H paresh_rathi11@yahoo.co.in 8149777711 7258228244 Akola Maharashtra
64
Sr. no. NAME Company Name Business Type Email Id Personal Mo-
bile Office Mobile Office No. City State
96 HEMANT SARAF Vinayak Teleserv-ices,Saraf Yarn Fab
Textile yarn trading and mo-bile distribution
hemant619@gmail.com 9769383365 Mumbai Maharashtra
98 BHAVIK S SHAH MeghMayur Builders
& Developers Construction & Real-Estate
bvk.1112@yahoo.com, bha-vik@meghmayur.com
09925000530, 08898891112
9925200078 0261-2669714 Surat Gujarat
99 MAYANK SINGHAL Preet Remedies
Group Pharmaceutical manufacturing
and marketing mayanksinghal88@gmail.com 7738280009 1724643936 Chandigarh
100 VATSALA SINGHANIA Indus Smelters Ltd. Iron and steel rolling Mill,
Manufacturing vatsala.singhania@gmail.com
+91 9229195874
917712254189 Raipur Chhattisgarh
102 NISHANT SINGHVI Unity Traders & As-
sociates Supply chain managemnt and
Warehousing ranusinghvi@gmail.com 7666737781 Raipur Chhattisgarh
103 JITENJAL KANTI SIN-
HA GSnIS Ordinance, Security Jitenjal@gmail.com
09830470245, 9167296068
Kolkata West Bengal
104 MEGHA SOLANKI Yogeshwar Plaspax
Pvt.Ltd. Eg. Plastics , Packaging meghassolanki@gmail.com 9819234870
02228938807/08/0
9 Mumbai Maharashtra
106 SAHIL SUDHA Sudha Traders Trading of Fertilizers sahilsudha27@hotmail.com 946600005 9215751665 Kurukshetra Haryana
107 NIKET SHAH Dhananjay Poly Pro-cessors, Raj Poly Fab
Inds.
Imports & Trading of Plastic Granules
niket_snm@yahoo.co.in 09022095180, 09825594144
02652644550/51 Vadodara Gujarat
109 SAHIL GARG Jyoti Sales Corpora-
tion Stainless steel Fabrication sahil10.gupta@gmail.com 9004315163
91-1745242475/175
Taraori, Kar-nal
Haryana
110 PARTHA GOGOI KKG Enterprise Civil Construction parthaitz@gmail.com 9619559411 Dibrugarh Assam
111 VRINDA SINHAL Sinhal Harren India
Pvt. Ltd.
Manufacturing of Dairy Ma-chinery and FMCG products. E.g. Toothbrush, socks, hair-
brush, shaving brush etc
vrindasinhal2002@gmail.com 09820339580, 09873956155
011-
27696969/70/71 Delhi
112 DIPESH SANKHALA Gurudeo Rice Mill,
Arunodaya Coal Agency
Manufacturing of raw and boiled rice and Mining contrac-
tor dipeshsankhala@gmail.com
09167337544, 09893375444
0771-2293510 Raipur Chhattisgarh
65
Sr. no. NAME Company Name Business Type Email Id Personal Mo-
bile Office Mobile Office No. City State
96 HEMANT SARAF Vinayak Teleserv-ices,Saraf Yarn Fab
Textile yarn trading and mo-bile distribution
hemant619@gmail.com 9769383365 Mumbai Maharashtra
98 BHAVIK S SHAH MeghMayur Builders
& Developers Construction & Real-Estate
bvk.1112@yahoo.com, bha-vik@meghmayur.com
09925000530, 08898891112
9925200078 0261-2669714 Surat Gujarat
99 MAYANK SINGHAL Preet Remedies
Group Pharmaceutical manufacturing
and marketing mayanksinghal88@gmail.com 7738280009 1724643936 Chandigarh
100 VATSALA SINGHANIA Indus Smelters Ltd. Iron and steel rolling Mill,
Manufacturing vatsala.singhania@gmail.com
+91 9229195874
917712254189 Raipur Chhattisgarh
102 NISHANT SINGHVI Unity Traders & As-
sociates Supply chain managemnt and
Warehousing ranusinghvi@gmail.com 7666737781 Raipur Chhattisgarh
103 JITENJAL KANTI SIN-
HA GSnIS Ordinance, Security Jitenjal@gmail.com
09830470245, 9167296068
Kolkata West Bengal
104 MEGHA SOLANKI Yogeshwar Plaspax
Pvt.Ltd. Eg. Plastics , Packaging meghassolanki@gmail.com 9819234870
02228938807/08/0
9 Mumbai Maharashtra
106 SAHIL SUDHA Sudha Traders Trading of Fertilizers sahilsudha27@hotmail.com 946600005 9215751665 Kurukshetra Haryana
107 NIKET SHAH Dhananjay Poly Pro-cessors, Raj Poly Fab
Inds.
Imports & Trading of Plastic Granules
niket_snm@yahoo.co.in 09022095180, 09825594144
02652644550/51 Vadodara Gujarat
109 SAHIL GARG Jyoti Sales Corpora-
tion Stainless steel Fabrication sahil10.gupta@gmail.com 9004315163
91-1745242475/175
Taraori, Kar-nal
Haryana
110 PARTHA GOGOI KKG Enterprise Civil Construction parthaitz@gmail.com 9619559411 Dibrugarh Assam
111 VRINDA SINHAL Sinhal Harren India
Pvt. Ltd.
Manufacturing of Dairy Ma-chinery and FMCG products. E.g. Toothbrush, socks, hair-
brush, shaving brush etc
vrindasinhal2002@gmail.com 09820339580, 09873956155
011-
27696969/70/71 Delhi
112 DIPESH SANKHALA Gurudeo Rice Mill,
Arunodaya Coal Agency
Manufacturing of raw and boiled rice and Mining contrac-
tor dipeshsankhala@gmail.com
09167337544, 09893375444
0771-2293510 Raipur Chhattisgarh
66
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NMIMS celebrated the Spirit of Entrepreneurship with Inspirus’11.
The annual flagship event “INSPIRUS” of MBA (E&FB) was
held on the 10th and 11th March, 2011.
The event was a culmination of the determined efforts of the whole batch. Team Inspirus faced a zillion
hurdles in their way; however, they overcame all those and put up a great show which truly set a much
higher benchmark for the future.
“It” all started as a dream.
“It” involved instilling a picture of a national level Business fest in the minds of people.
“It” involved a few sleepless nights, mind boggling hard work, immense teamwork and dedication of each
and everyone involved in the making of Inspirus.
“It” involved selling of an Idea, a product that was non-existent till then.
“It” involved understanding each and every aspect of Management and using it in the most practical sense.
“Marketing & Advertising” the name Inspirus, “Brand Building” of the festival, designing the Logo keeping
in mind all the possible aspects, managing of the “Human Resources” – delivering the best with limited
resources, managing “Finance” aspects with the number of sponsors that we partnered with (approximately
30 in number)
“It” involved a million collective decisions at the same time motivating all the team members and giving
every individual a Vision of a two-day grand fiesta.
“It” involved “Strategic Management” at various levels.
“It” involved managing “Logistics” in the minimum possible cost and time.
“It” involved “Decision Analysis” in terms of managing the work in limited time and approaching the apt
potential sponsors for partnering with us.
“It” involved negotiation skills including highball, double agent, empty pockets and even apparent
withdrawal.
Mostly “It” involved the never say die attitude of the team members of various teams and their grit and
determination
to turn a
Dream into
Reality!
Graffiti:
Outside
College
Wall
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A brief of all the Teams that made “It” happen:
Sponsorship Team
This team was responsible for getting Inspirus associated with the potential sponsors from various
arenas and geographies. This was an extremely critical vertical and a backbone for the event. The
Title partner of the event was Noize Jeans and the team devised various Titles for all other partners:
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Event Management Team
The Event Management Team designed and
conducted various events that made In-
spirus2011 a staggering success. There were
some concepts that were unheard & some ways
of conducting events that not too many people
were aware of. The team faced major hurdles
and obstacles but eventually they put up a great
show that have raised the bar and set much high-
er standards than anyone had ever imagined.
Security & Permissions Team
This team was in charge of the security of all the
guests, celebrities & all the other events. They
indeed did a great job and the event was
conducted smoothly on both the days owning to
their impeccable and flawless job.
Creative Team
This team took up the responsibility of all the creative
aspects of Inspirus2011. They were at their creative
best throughout the making of Inspirus. The team de-
cided on the theme of the event-“Making the right
Moves” and designed the Logo of Inspirus 2011. They
worked on the designing of the teasers, posters, pam-
phlets, backdrop, drape etc. A sample of their unques-
tionable creativity is available on the web @
www.nmimsinspirus.com
Media & Marketing Team
This team was responsible for handling the marketing
and advertising aspect of the event. They managed to
attract participation from various colleges and helped
the event to get a pan India reach. The team also coor-
dinated with the media agencies and got the event huge
coverage on a national scale. And the outcome was a
legendary Inspirus2011, with participation from over
70 Business Schools across the country including
IIM’S, IIFT, JBIMS and S.P. Jain, and coverage by the
media agencies including the Free Press Journal, Tele
Coverage by Bloomberg UTV and many more.
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Team Inspirus conducted a Summit where various big wigs showed up
to address a batch of 240
Mr. Nirmal Jain-Founder and Chairman of India Infoline Ltd, Mr. Carlton Pereira-
Managing Director of Tano Capital LLC, Mr. Hanmant Gaikwad- Chairman and M.D. of
BVG India and Mr. Mr. Rohit Nalwade the MD of Keeptrak Research Labs participated
in the Panel Discussion on “Making the Right moves” moderated by Mr. S. Venkatra-
man-Founder of Wealth Tree
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The Inaugural edition of the Annual Magazine-Envisage was also unveiled on
this auspicious occasion.
The panel discussion was followed by an interactive session with Mr. Pradeep
Kidwani-Co-founder, Beer Lounge and Mr. Kamal Khushlani-Co-founder, Mufti
Jeans on “What’s the Big Idea”.
Mr. Rohit Nair of Quizworks enthralled the audience with the final round of Busi-
ness quiz where the top 6 teams of India participated where the team of Symbiosis
Law College emerged victorious.
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One of the most sought after events “The Best Manager” attracted participants from
the best colleges in India. Survival of the fittest was the mantra of success. The con-
testants were put through various pressure tests through both the days. The winner
was awarded a trip to Bangkok by the title sponsor Noize Jeans.
B-Plan competition which was judged by experts from the industry attracted innova-
tive business plans.
Pseudo Sensex was a very unique exercise where contestants experienced trading in
an exciting and interesting format.
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Another major event was Treasure
Hunt where the contestants had
an amazing ride, cracking clues
and discovering Mumbai in an ad-
venturous way.
Ad making gave the participants an opportunity to unleash their whacky ideas
and embellish it with their creativity
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The event concluded with “Genreyard” – The War of the Bands which attracted
Rock Bands from across the country.
INSPIRUS’11 was indeed an affair to be remembered. The success of this event has raised
expectations for an even more spectacular INSPIRUS’12.
-Mayank Jain
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