Hurray! all set for sixth sense :)

Thanks to Pranav once again..As many are waiting for 3 years     ( I from almost 2.5 years since I have posted

http://gopigandi.blogspot.in/?view=flipcard#!/2009/11/hats-off-pranavgreat-invention.html :) )...now all is set to make sixthsense technology available for end users( going to be released as open source)..Expect great changes in gadgets..electronic utilities etc soon..really excited and eagerly waiting to see the first product launch.

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Gopi Gandi

"The Steve Jobs way"s compact would inspire you

Finally completed reading ( ofcouse it would really take some time to completely digest that thinking and try implementing in the limited scope we got )Jay Elliot's "The Steve jobs way"...The journey..the summary ..the compact what ever you want to say would defnitely adds to your thinking and would inspire you ..

It made me recall all the things we heard from many ( in interviews, books ,interviews etc)about the passion of Steve. Hats off to him.

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Gopi Gandi

PAL-V flying car.. quite interesting

http://in.news.yahoo.com/photos/pal-v-flying-car-makes-debut-flight-slideshow/

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Gopi Gandi

Whats ur SAR?

Ofcourse :)..not really your SAR but I meant ur mobile's SAR..

Mobiles which have SAR value greater than 1.6 can cause severe adverse effects on brain and ears..

Many countries in Europeon Union, USA , Canada etc imposed ban on using mobiles which have high SAR value..

Are you checking it while buying?


I understand that you must be wondering whats my mobile SAR and whether I have checked before buying it...:).. Yes I have checked and its 0.72.

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Gopi Gandi



Widening the scope of sports in India..

Read an article in internet...Sharing it as I felt happy that scope of sports in India is being broadened...

Former Indian cricket skipper Sourav Ganguly who brought revolutionary changes in Indian cricket and laid the foundation for all the reforms being followed now is gung-ho about the inaugural Formula One Indian Grand Prix and feels it will be a big leap in broadening the sports environ in the cricket-crazy nation.

“The cricket crazy nation will get to taste something new and extremely exciting. It has the potential to find its audience in the country, Ganguly said at the Sahara Force India Formula One Team flag raising event. An excited Ganguly said he would be a spectator at the event and was looking forward to watching the likes of "Schumacher (Michael Schumacher), Hamilton (Lewis Hamilton).”

"I have been to a Grand Prix before when I was in Northampton playing for Northamptonshire in 2006. I will be present there on the 30th to witness the epoch-making event. I wish I could sit inside this car (pointing to the Force India car model)," he said.

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Gopi Gandi

JA's lecture on Skill development..ways and challenges.

Recently attended a conference on the topic Skills needed in this current competetive world , ways and challenges. It was awesome. Happy to share that I had a privilege of meeting and talking to JA Chowdary ( You might have heard and seen him in news many times..(Co-chairman FICCI ,CEO Tallent spirit, President TiE, President HYSEA,Ex-chairman IEEE, Ex-chairman AMCHAM and trustee of NANDI).I saw in news a long back , a minister saying that with out him Hyderabad would not have had 17 lakh IT jobs..he is such a great tycoon in the industry.

He shared with us many inspisring incidents and his learnings from them ..starting from he going to interviews to ..he getting shocked after he went to do campus interviews... Most inspiring one was his meeting with Steve jobs ..he narrated how Steve jobs thinks , judges and takes decisions etc.

It was attended by many managers, PMPs, business school heads, many renowned corporate trainers who also had their queries on the topic. It was really inspiring and thought provoking.

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Gopi Gandi.

StrengthsFinder 2.0..a good book

Finally finished reading one of the best sellers StrengthsFinder 2.0 :-)....

It's a good book where Tom rath (about whom we all heard as one of best selling authors of last decade and also as a good business consultant) took foward his mentor Clifton's StrengthsFinder book...

It helps us in understanding various personality&attitude related skills by clearly defining and explaining them with examples..there by in avoiding misunderstanding people of such skills..

It helps us in realising our inner strengths there by in realising where we are lacking.

Thanks to servers which were down and less load of work on days which facilitated in completing this :-)

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Gopi Gandi.

Infosys Narayana murthy's comments on IITs

Recently Narayana murthy made some comments about the decreasing quality in IITs..It arose some critisism from people who feel defended by those comments..

Below is the link for reference about his comments..

http://www.indiaeducationreview.com/news/iits-getting-poor-quality-students-narayana-murthy

what's wrong in them..I am in complete support of his comments ..In recent past Kapil Sibal also commented in an interview that 85% of technical students are garbage and 15% are taking country forward.

Recently list of top 200 universties of world is released ..it is unfortunate that not even 1 Indian institute/university is listed in it.

Some people may say that these ratings are biased/partial towards west or fake ratings etc..I agree to little extent..but let me clarify that  these will be calculated considering manythings like..

1. Qualification of Faculty 2. Patents they hold 3. New Technology discovered/invented/transferred

4. Nobel Laureates 5. Publications of the faculty and the impact of the publication whether it was a normal research or a ground breaking research 6. Endowment received 7. Infrastructure of the University

8. Student/Faculty ratio 9. What the students did after graduation.

So its just not about qualitative engineering course..or packages students get..there are lot more..These rankings authenticate Narayana murthy's comments..

Majority of above factors can be improved if Govt allocates good money..I wish Govt takes some constructive measures with proper vision.

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Gopi Gandi.

Viluvala samaharam..jathiki garva karanam..yuvathaku adarsam..Narayana murthy

Infosys Narayana Murthy , Nannu baga inspire chesina varilo okaru..

Idhivaraku anukunnattu..Billgates..Warren buffet laane Narayana murthy oka school..Kani " Not only great but also good" school...

School ani endukanna nante..Infy nunchi bayatiki vatche upper management people ( like CFO, directors  etc) andaru..better money kosamo inka deni kosamo kaka..Desaniko Prajalako edo panikotche vatilo involve avudamani ani bayataki vastharu.. Proofs are Co-founder Nandan Nelekani, Mohandas Pai, Dinesh etc .

Narayana Murthy ..vyaparam lo capitalist and nature lo communist. simplicity..hethuvadam..no blind beliefs..reasoning..standing up and speaking up bravely when ever country needs some inputs etc ayana vyakthitvanni chepthunnai.

Naku baga natche inko vishayam..Infy lo eppudu " Mana desam" anedhi vinispisthundhi..unlike in most of companies which were driven by paschatya pokadalu..India ki idhi panikosthundhi...idhi manchidi kadu ani alochinche culture varilo undhi.

( dialogue laga anipinchina...patriotism lenollu asalu manushulagane count cheyataniki panikirarani naa feeling...You can be global on humanitarian grounds..or for knowlege or work ..kani culture , society, principles etc laki desame important).

Adhe Infy lo undedhi.. Oka incident share chesukunta..recent ga oka conference lo oka upcoming company CEO Infy ni edo analani try chesthu..edo pedda Indian culture adhi idhi ani chesthuntaru akkada..night parties avi ivi ekukuva encourage cheyyaru..and went on :-) ..appudu naku telisindhi..vallu cheyyleka poyina danni Infy chesi ..ala oka set of principles tho untu kooda..business lo entha success sadinchatcho ( its a $ 2 Billion company..second largest exporter of software products in India..gave oppurtunities to thousands of foreigners..it has reserves of worth $ 3 billion)  prove chesi nanduku..entha mandhi  jealous ga unnaro Infy meeda ani..that increased my respect for Infy.

Valla tag line " Powered by intellect and driven by values"..chepthundhi vallu values ki entha importance isthunnaro..daniki oka chinna proof..Infy 1996 lo employees ki bonus kinda konni shares itchindi..those worth now 2 crores for each person..sharing the wealth is not done by many as you know.

Valla pillalni kooda ennadu...parties.. pubs...alochanalu kooda lekunda chala disciplined ga pencharu. Desam lo youth ni inspire chesela Narayana murthy's teachings on leadership , difficulties of being good etc are very impressive.His wife Sudha murthy is also a versatile person. Her writings and lectures are really thought provoking.

Nayaranya Murthy's contribution in bringing awareness and need of enterpreneurship in youth of India is great.

10k tho business start chesi..ethics nunchi eppudu deviate avakunda..paschatya pokadalaku prabhavitham ayipokunda .desanni..youth ni entho inspire chesina  Narayana Murthy contribution ki hats off!

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Gopi Gandi

Steve jobs,Best among innovative CEOs

You all might have read or heard in recent past that Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple resigned...I would like to share about the learning he gave all of us.

Like Warren Buffet is a school, Bill Gates is a school , Narayana Murthy is a school...Steve is also a school...School which taught the world how to achieve great success and reach hieghts in business through Innovativeness..by making things which were just extra time activities before apple as necessity after apple arrived..By innovating the world arround us, apple became a huge market and that is only possible because of vision Steve Jobs had. He was personally involved and was supervising the teams that introduced all revolutionary products starting from Mac to iphone...and through this he was able to create a biggest competetor for microsoft which was believed to be next to impossible once .

Hats off to his contribution.

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Gopi Gandi.

360 degree Leader

Today attended an inhouse training on Leadership skills based on John C. Maxwell's 360 degree Leader.

Concepts of Myths of leadership, leading up-across- down , concepts about Influence of 360 degree leader etc are good.

Just wanted to share as I felt that it would be useful to a considerable extent to corporate frnz. Try to find out more from the book or from web.

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Gopi Gandi.

We should learn from Japan...

There are many things ..world..especially we ...should learn from Japan...Hats off to them.

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Gopi Gandi

Integrity , the foundation of charector( find some time..long but really good :-) )

Excellent article on integrity by Brain Tracy...

Integrity is a value, like persistence, courage and industriousness. Even more than that, it is the value that guarantees all the other values. You are a good person to the degree to which you live your life consistent with the highest values that you espouse. Integrity is the quality that locks in your values and causes you to live consistent with them.

Integrity is the foundation of character. And character development is one of the most important activities you can engage in. Working on your character means disciplining yourself to do more and more of those things that a thoroughly honest person would do, under all circumstances.

To be impeccably honest with others, you must first be impeccably honest with yourself. You must be true to yourself. You must be true to the very best that is in you, to the very best that you know. Only a person who is living consistent with his or her highest values and virtues is really living a life of integrity. And when you commit to living this kind of life, you will find yourself continually raising your own standards, continually refining your definition of integrity and honesty.

You can tell how high your level of integrity is by simply looking at the things you do in your day-to-day life. You can look at your reactions and responses to the inevitable ups and downs of life. You can observe the behaviors you typically engage in and you will then know the person you are.

The external manifestation of high integrity is high-quality work. A person who is totally honest with himself or herself will be someone who does, or strives to do, excellent work on every occasion. The totally honest person recognizes, sometimes unconsciously, that everything he or she does is a statement about who he or she really is as a person.

When you start a little earlier, work a little harder, stay a little later and concentrate on every detail, you are practicing integrity in your work. And whether you know it or not, your true level of integrity is apparent and obvious to everyone around you.

Perhaps the most important rule you will ever learn is that your life only becomes better when you become better.

All of life is lived from the inside out. At the very core of your personality lie your values about yourself and life in general. Your values determine the kind of person you really are. What you believe has defined your character and your personality. It is what you stand for, and what you wont stand for, that tells you and the world the kind of person you have become.

Ask yourself this questions: What are your five most important values in life? Your answer will reveal an enormous amount about you. What would you pay for, sacrifice for, suffer for and even die for? What would you stand up for, or refuse to lie down for? What are the values that you hold most dear? Think these questions through carefully and, when you get a chance, write down your answers. Here is another way of asking that question. What men and women, living or dead, do you most admire? Once you pick three or four men or women, the next question is: Why do you admire them? What values, qualities, or virtues do they have that you respect and look up to? Can you articulate those qualities? What is a quality possessed by human beings in general that you most respect? This is the starting point for determining your values. The answers to these questions form the foundation of your character and your personality.

Once you have determined your five major values, you should now organize them in order of importance. What is your first, most important value? What is your second value? What is your third value? And so on. Ranking your values is one of the very best and fastest ways to define your character.

Remember, a higher order value will always take precedence over a lower order value. Whenever you are forced to choose between acting on one value or another, you always choose the value that is the highest on your own personal hierarchy.

Who you are, in your heart, is evidenced by what you do on a day-to-day basis, especially when you are pushed into a position where you have to make a choice between two values or alternatives. Ralph Waldo Emerson said, Guard your integrity as a sacred thing. In study after study, the quality of integrity, or a persons adherence to values, ranks as the number one quality sought in every field. When it comes to determining whom they will do business with, customers rank the honesty of a salesperson as the most important single quality. Even if a they feel that a salespersons product, quality and price is superior, customers will not buy from that salesperson if they feel that he or she is lacking in honesty and character.

Likewise, integrity is the number one quality of leadership. Integrity in leadership is expressed in terms of constancy and consistency. It is manifested in an absolute devotion to keeping ones word. The glue that holds all relationships together-including the relationship between the leader and the led-is trust, and trust is based on integrity.

Integrity is so important that functioning in our society would be impossible without it. We could not make even a simple purchase without a high level of confidence that the price was honest and that the change was correct. The most successful individuals and companies in America are those with reputations of high integrity among everyone they deal with. This level of integrity builds the confidence that others have in them and enables them to do more business than their competitors whose ethics may be a little shaky. Earl Nightingale once wrote, If honesty did not exist, it would have to be invented, as it is the surest way of getting rich. A study at Harvard University concluded that the most valuable asset that a company has is how it is known to its customers, its reputation.

The second step to developing integrity and character in yourself is to study people of great character. Study the lives and stories of people like George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Winston Churchill, Florence Nightingale, Susan B. Anthony and Margaret Thatcher. Study the people whose strength of character enabled them to change their world. As you read, think about how they would behave if they were facing the difficulties that you face.

You can become a better human being by consciously acting exactly as the kind of person that you would most like to become. If you behave like an individual of integrity, courage, resolution, persistence and character, you will soon create within yourself the mental structure and habits of such a person. Your actions will become your reality. You will create a personality that is consistent with your highest aspirations.

There are three primary areas of your life where acting with integrity is crucial. These are the three areas of greatest temptation for forsaking your integrity, as well as the areas of greatest opportunity for building your integrity. When you listen to your inner voice and do what you know to be the right thing in each of these areas, you will have a sense of peace and satisfaction that will lead you on to success and high achievement.

The third area of integrity has to do with your commitments to others. Always keep your word. Be a man or a woman of honor. If you say that you will do something, do it. If you make a promise, keep it. If you make a commitment, fulfill it. Be known as the kind of person that can be trusted absolutely, no matter what the circumstances.

Your integrity is manifested in your willingness to adhere to the values you hold most dear. Its easy to make promises and hard to keep them, but if you do, every single act of integrity will make your character a little stronger. And as you improve the quality and strength of your character, every other part of your life will improve as well.

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Gopi Gandi.

Can Entrepreneurship be taught?

Excellent points told by Sheenu Jain an young and intelligent management guru..

She told many thought provoking points like " Entrepreneurship involves a combination of attitudes, skills, and knowledge (ASK) and  hence a good mentor can certainly facilitate the development of these capabilities and  a good B-school can provide the inputs for students to become entrepreneurs, though it may not be taught  in conventional way."

 

"An aspirant need to understand that entrepreneurial journey begins with developing and demonstrating an attitude towards entrepreneurship."

"Since, entrepreneurs have to keep taking decisions on an regular basis, developing analytical and decision making capabilities at all stage is very important and that is what can be taught in entrepreneurship courses at B- schools."

Briefing the essetial qualities one should develop , she listed..

The most essential among them are:

* Passionate about doing something new
* Confident about winning
* Persistent with the idea and actions to accomplish the goal
* Hard working and extracting work from others
* Adaptable to situations
* Ability to lead team and innovative
* Optimistic and not giving up in the face of difficulties
* Ability to manage risk
* Relevant technical and managerial skills.

She quotes an example of  Karsanbhai, to say that family wealth and great background are not needed for any one to become a successful entrepreneur...

"Karsanbhai Patel came from a small town of Gujarat to create "Nirma" detergent powder about three decades ago. He showed Hindustan Unilever and others that an unsatisfied group of people who lived below their radar, wanted cheaper but effective washing powder. Nirma went on to become a legendary success story.

There are many such stories of successful people who became immortal by creating new products and services and transforming the way we live. Incidentally, they became very wealthy too. They spotted an unfulfilled need and offered an innovative and acceptable solution to people. In the process, they took calculated risk and convinced customers why they should buy their solutions.

                        

                    We may have many Karsanbhais around in different industries and markets. They have the passion to innovate and win. They are the people who do not give up easily and are prepared to work hard and face hardships. They are entrepreneurs, and these qualities reflect the essence of entrepreneurship. Several psychologists, sociologists, economists, and management researchers have given us a list of behavioral attributes of an entrepreneur."

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Gopi Gandi.

Meet the world's youngest CEO

Sindhuja Raman , a 14 year girl is the world's youngest CEO. Hatsoff to her!

http://in.news.yahoo.com/video/national-22564751/meet-the-14-year-old-ceo-24587645.html#crsl=%252Fvideo%252Fnational-22564751%252Fmeet-the-14-year-old-ceo-24587645.html

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Gopi Gandi

My choice of people among 50 powerful women of India

I believe those days are gone where management and recruiters used to think that  women in corporate world are only meant for fun filled environment in team and for "Other" entertainments on the name of team proportion.

Answering a question why he is not taking girls in team,once a hardworking manager who holds a masters from IIT said that "I dont mind taking them(girls) yaar..if you want to work for them aswell..ofcourse all you hard working guys may get "some"entertainment and fun..ha ha ( a sarcastic smile).."

Below are some examples ..and pride reason for women ..

But the real question is ...Is this less level of confidence gone from you, Girls? or are you still thinking on the lines of quoted  manager ??

Indra Nooyi, CEO , Pepsi.Co.

Chanda kochhar, MD&CEO of ICICI-->

 Savithri Jindal,non-executive chairperson of Jindal steel and power

Shika Sharma, MD&CEO Axis bank-->

Kiran mazumdar shaw,Chairman&MD  Biocon

Vinitha Bali, MD&CEO, Britania-->

Kalpana Morpharia, CEO JP Morgan, India.

Naina Lal Kidwai, Group General Manager and Country Head

 of the HSBC Group in India-->

Lynn Desouza, CEO , Litas Media group.

Sheela Dixit, Chief Minister, Delhi.

Mallika Srinivasan, Chairman, TAFE motors and Tractors Limited.

Sushma Swaraj, BJP Leader, Ex-Central Minister.









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Gopi Gandi

Ayn Rand..

Remembering Ayn Rand , a great contributor of thoughts and knowledge to the world . " Objectivism" theory by her is real inspiration for all the great leaders..

Philosophy advocates reason, not faith; it requires people to think--to accept nothing without a full, rational , firsthand understanding and conviction--to claim nothing without factual evidence and logical proof. A blind follower is precisely what a good philosophy condemns and what it rejects. Objectivism is not a mystic cult.--Ayn Rand .

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Gopi Gandi.

Miracles using Nanotech

With 15,342 atoms, this parallel-shaft speed reducer gear is one of the largest nanomechanical devices ever modeled in atomic detail.

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Gopi Gandi.

Experts having many doubts over security of data maintained by face book...

The below article is by security experts posted in yahoo news...sharing to make my frnz cautious of 'risk of security'

http://in.finance.yahoo.com/news/Mobile-numbers-addresses-ani-984947484.html

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Gopi Gandi

Secrets of success from Bill Gates

• Think and analyse about reasons for success of your competitors. Try to develop better of such skills. 

• Be very much firm. Superior quality manager faces up to even the bad news. Keep calm, and then every problem will be resolved quickly. First, always try to learn the bad news, then good.  

• Focus on the Internet. For him the future. In coming years, there remain only two types of companies: those who are in the network and those who graduated from a business. 

• Never be idle.Always take a new task if one is completed. Remember that your Competitors are not sitting idly by.

•  Choose good mentors.Thyself should create conditions for their development.

• Think. Several times a year, hop off the family environment to reflect the decision of accumulated problems. 

• Rely on new technology. Electronic information is capable of performing miracles 

• Time is your biggest investment. All your success depends on how much time you have spent on it than your competitors. 

• Hop off the crowd and people who demotivate you. It is not always the right direction. Always choose the way where you develop. 

• Be prepared to be called a nerd. Because all sucessful people are once or the other time were called nerds. Later world will follow them. 

•  TV - this is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to do hard work and not sit at a get together like in TV. 

• You think your teacher is tough? Wait until you get a boss.

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Gopi Gandi