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9/20/2016 3:52 Monika

9/20/2016 3:59 Saurabh Lad

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Guest 3(Q1) :
Mr. Rajiv Gupta
Guest 1(Q1) : Guest 2(Q1) : (Co-Founder
Ms. Sangeeta Mr. Atul Kumar and Director,
Sumesh (VP
Agarwal (CFO, Datametica
Finance, Dun & MedPlus Health Solutions Pvt.
Bradstreet)
Services)
Ltd.)

Guest 4(Q1) :
Ms. Ishita
Aggarwal (Head
of Finance,
Bombardier
India)

The world of
Big Data is
changing the
dynamics of the
way the data is
stored. What
difference do
you think it will
make in near
future?4

What do you
think is going
wrong while
financing
corporations by
banks
considering the
piling of NPAs?

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What change(if
any) do you
think will come
in the outlook
towards policy
making with the
appointment of
Urjit Patel?

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What should be
Indian
governments's
What is the
responce to
strategy
How MedPlus increase the
regarding global health
number of
competitiveness services's
servers and
of Dun and
franchise policy server space in
Bradstreet?
is developed? India?

What are the

other verticals
in transportation
sector where
bombardier can
consider to
expand their
operation?

What is your
view on
Monetary Policy
Committee as
an institution?

NA

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What is your
view on
Monetary Policy
Committee as
an institution? NA

9/20/2016 22:39 Rutuja Patil

9/20/2016 22:49 Suhas A R

Kamalesh
9/20/2016 22:57 Kumar

9/20/2016 23:33 Arvindh.G

Dun&Bradstreet
has claimed
that optimism
levels of CFO's
across India are
at a 5 quarter
high. Would you
please share
your views on
how this
opportunity can
be made to
economy's
maximum
benefit?

Datametica
partnered with
iNetU for a
MedPlus is
safer and more
going for the
secure hosting
franchise route. of big data.
Financially,
What all
what impacts
constraints,
would it have
especially in
on the
terms of data
organisation
privacy were
and why was
faced in
this opted for? actualizing this?

Given the
decline in
aviation sector
in the Indian
diaspora, how
do you at
Bombardier
build strategy,
financial in
particular?

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NA

How do you see

the evolution of
online pharma
services
affecting the
cost structure of
the company? NA

NA

MedPlus is a
successful
healthcare retail
outlet. Could we
expect MedPlus
to
venture into the
online model
too? Is India
ready for ePharmacy ?

With increasing
internet
penetration ,
how the data
analytics is
going to be the
game changer
ahead for
businesses?

How
Bombardier can
help in
transforming
the Indian
railway system
and the
challenges it
represents?

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Mam in your
article titled
"Mantra for
success" in The
Hindu ,you had
stressed
the importance
of exercise in
both physical as
well as mental
form. how
important is this
for aspiring
managers like
us ?

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You have
worked at
Botswana for
eight years
before coming
back to India.
How did you
overcome the
cultural barrier
while working
with people
over there?

How do you
factor in the
constant
economic and
regulatory
changes in the
long term
strategic
planning of
organisational
future?

From your 25
years of
experience, can
you elaborate
on the evolution
of Business
Intelligence and
Analytics and
it's applicability
in business
over the years?

Do you think we
have adequate
logistical
capability to
support the
'Make in India'
campaign by
the
Government?

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Akshay Kumar
9/20/2016 23:46 Madasu

9/20/2016 23:54 Arnab Naskar

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Being a senior
Finance
professional
with close to
two decades of
total experience
including
International
exposure, Big 4
experience &
multinational
experience
across
geographies,
what according
to you can be
the impact a
newly joined
finance
employee can
make on the
company he is
associated with
and how can he
improve it
quickly ?

What are the

changes in
qualities of a
finance
professional
according to
you when you
started your
career as
Accounts officer
in 1989 and
today as a
Chief Financial
Officer at
MedPlus Health
Services
(Pharma
Retail).

What are the

changes in
qualities of a
finance
professional
according to
you when you
started your
career as Ast.
Manager
Projects in 1990
and today as a
Co-Founder &
Director
DataMetica.

Being Head of
Finance
Bombardier,Indi
a what
according to
you can be the
impact a newly
joined finance
employee can
make on the
company he is
associated with
and how can he
improve it
quickly ?

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Will Financial
market have a
boom in near
future?

What is the
future scope of
health services
in India?

How your
company is
planning to
expand in
future?

What is the
scope of
expansion in
the field of
finance?

Parth Sarthi
9/21/2016 0:02 Sahoo

Sri Harsha
9/21/2016 0:14 ankareddy

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Many analysts
are bracing for
a new global
economic crisis
slowdown.
Almost every
every prediction
of growth puts
India on the
World
Champion spot
from 2016
through 2018
with rates of
around 7-7.9
per cent per
annum. Which
reforms
/regularity
impediments
from the
government
side, do you
think, are
required to
maximize this
opportunity?

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Can you please

How increased lighten us about
volatility in iip
the strategic
raises the
planning skills
serious
required for
concerns to the future
sustainable
organisational
recovery?
plan

Geetanjali
9/21/2016 0:15 Kumari Kharwar 16pgp021

Recently JP
Morgan Chase
India Chief
opined that
considering
India as a sole
The GST bill
bright spot in
has been
How significant the global
passed recently. can be the role market will not
What do you
of predictive
be an
think will be its analytics for the understatement
impact on the growth of
. What are your
pharma sector? companies?
views on this?

What's your
take on
investing in a
no of first of its
kind products to
target niche
markets for
distinguished
produce?

How optimizing
Where India
client &
stand on health stakeholder
Can you share Services and
relationships
your views on how the health helps in the
"Women on
services in
betterment of
Corporate
Indian ca be
the
Boards"
improved.
organisation.

Rupee
devaluation why
this desperation
and can we
really do
anything about
it?

what challenges
do you faced
while working
with cross
functional
teams and
multinational
teams during
your projects .

Mayank Pratap
9/21/2016 0:16 Singh
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Recent reforms
of the
SARFAESI Act
and Debt
Recovery
Tribunals in the
short term, and
A reserve
the new
currency needs
Bankruptcy
three critical
Code in the
qualities:
medium term,
confidence,
should help in
liquidity and
enhancing the
What are the
adjustment
prospects of
most useful
unfortunately
repayment, thus
resources that without an
reducing credit
you would
"underlying
spreads.
recommend to assets". In such
Given these
someone
a situation
developments,
looking to gain Balance of
Should India
what should the
a better
Trade will
add more Gold objectives of
perspective into influence
to Its Foreign
xed income
becoming a
storehouse of a Exchange
market
better leader? currency value? Reserves?
regulation?

9/21/2016 0:22 Avisha

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n/a

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Moving to the
Why do you
franchise model
think was the
what do you
reason for the think will be the
failure of the
consequences
Yes Bank QIP? other than cost?

Sai Dayitva
9/21/2016 0:25 Gaur

n/a

n/a

n/a

What changes
do you expect
on movement
from Raghuram
Rajan to Urijit
Patel, given
their similarity?

What factors
were the cause
for the slow
pickup of the
ICICI Prudential
IPO?

Rupesh Kumar
9/21/2016 0:30 Ghadai
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9/21/2016 0:35 Garima Bisht

16PGP019

In a big jump,
India has
moved up 16
positions to
rank 55th on a
global index of role of Indian
the world's most pharma industry
competitive
as a world
economies, do leader in its
Do you think
role of
you think the
segment,
that Business transportation
current
making India
Intelligence & industry in
economic policy more
Analytics will
driving India's
will be able
competitive in hold the key for growth in
sustain this
international
financial market international
improvement? finance market? in coming days? market?

What strategies
can be adopted
by Indian
financial sector
to become and
remain globally
competitive?

Banking in
modern
economies is all
about risk
management.O
ver the past few
years, the
Reserve Bank
The
of India has
Disproportionat
initiated several
ely Growing and
steps to
Aging
promote
Population in
adequate risk
Emerging
What
management
Economies
implications
systems across
Calls for New
Urjit Patel's
market
Healthcare
Appointment as participants.Ho
Delivery
RBI governor
w efficiently are
Models. Is India would have on those steps
prepared for
emerging
being
tapping this
Markets And
implemented in
opportunity?
Interest Rates? industry?

Ashish Kumar
9/21/2016 0:40 Rai

9/21/2016 0:40 Neha Kundal

16PGP009

D&B has
opened their
global
commercial
data of over
250 million
companies to
Fin-Tech
Sandbox startup to develop
and test their
new products.
This will help
the start-ups to
access data
and other
infrastructure
which are often
otherwise
prohibitively
expensive and
complicated.
This will
improve the
Fintech start-up
environment. Is
D&B also trying
to do something
for Fin-tech
start-ups in
India
considering the
fact it has got
huge market
potential for
India and it is
still largely
untapped?

The demand of
data analytic
engineer is
increasing. But
there are still no
According to a specialised
survey, online curriculum
sales of
coming in the
Healthcare
Indian
products in
university
India have
regarding the
increased by a Data Analytics
CAGR of 87.4 course. How
during the
this sector is
period FY2012- going to meet
FY2015. What the demand for
is the strategy the specialist
of medplus in
data analytics
this direction? expert?

More and more

cities are
coming with the
metro plan.
How
Bombardier is
catering to the
demand for the
same?

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During your
career
growth,you got
the opportunity
with a top
international
company of
repute which
was your dream
job, what
factors
influenced your
decision of not
joining that
company?

What is the
critical
difference
between data
which describes
a causal
relationship and
data which
describes a
correlative one
as one explores
the synergy
between data
and decisions?

What are the

skills that gives
the power to
deal with large
risk models as
long as the
actual
uncertainty in
the input values
is not too high?

According to
you, how cross
border
economic,
political &
cultural canvas
augments
knowledge and
creates value?
What are the
driving factors?

Its no secret
that being a
CFO requires a
large time
commitment
since
individuals who
hold the
position have a
lot of
responsibility.
With the
continuous
globalization of
the economy
and rising
speed at which
we share
information
through
technology, is it
difficult to truly
get away from
the
office? What
tactics do you
use to maintain
work/life
balance?
9/21/2016 0:43 Sonali Goyal

9/21/2016 0:51 Raunak Sen

9/21/2016 0:54 Aditya Gupta

16PGP056

I know
speculation can
play a
significant role
in determining
investor
How does your confidence in a
company plan stock and
to grow, through sometimes that
mergers and
stocks
acquisitions,
performance.
organically (by How does
driving new or outside
existing
speculation
products to new about your
or existing
company, good
markets), or
or bad, affect
both?
the way you do
your job?

16PGP044

India is far
behind in the
area of
voluntary organ
donations,how
do you think
that perception
of doing
something for
Do you think the the greater
introduction of good can be
UPI will have its inculcated in
intended effect society as it will
on the financial lead to lives
market?
being saved.
NA

16PGP002

How important
is the role of
business credit How is the
agencies in
Indian Financial
determining
market getting
global
affected by the
competitiveness large number of
of Indian
health based
financial
startups that
market?
are coming up?

What is your
greatest area of
spending where
there is a lot of
uncertainty
about return?

With the PM
promoting Make
in India,How do
u see the
manufacturing
segment grow
in India and
also with the
GST being
passed do you
think it will have
a positive
impact on
manufacturers
in India.

How to improve What will be the

the present
effect of
financial market targeting
to enhance the balance budget
global
deficit on the
competitiveness Indian financial
of India?
market?

Being a VP
Finance with
two decades of
work
experience,
how you think a
newly recruited
finance
employee can
make his
utmost
contribution
with to the
company he is How do you
associated
plan to
with ?
penetrate the
vast rural Indian
market ?

Being a
chemical
engineer, Did
you foresee the
transition from
initially a project
engineer
handling the
operations in a
petrochemical
plants to
cofounding a
firm dealing in
niche areas like
Big Data,
Business
Intelligence &
Analytics ?

1) With
Japanese firm
offering loan as
low as 0.5 % for
their high speed
Railways that
too spread over
50 years, how
do you plan to
compete in
such a
competitive
market ? 2)With
companies like
Alstom, CRCC,
Hyundai Rotem
coming in ,
pitching their
products under
the make in
India, how does
bombardier
plan to
distinguish
themselves in
the Indian
Market ?

Devi Pratyusha
9/21/2016 1:26 G
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NA

NA

NA

Aditya Mohan
9/21/2016 2:23 Gupta

How important
is the role of
business credit How is the
agencies in
Indian Financial
determining
market getting
global
affected by the
competitiveness large number of
of Indian
health based
financial
startups that
market?
are coming up?

Prabhash
9/21/2016 1:01 Sharma

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16PGP002

NA

How to improve What will be the

the present
effect of
financial market targeting
to enhance the balance budget
global
deficit on the
competitiveness Indian financial
of India?
market?

As an iPhone
app developer, I
often came
across clients in
the US who
applied for a
DUNS number
only at the time
of applying for
an Apple
Developer
Program
Membership. In
India, which is
the segment
that is being
targeted by Dun
& Bradstreet to
expand its
customer base?

Completing one
decade of being
the biggest epharmacy in the
country, what
are the
challenges you
faced in terms
of financing
your operations
over the years?

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How exactly do
Dun &
Bradstreet
helps their
clients in
reducing credit
risk and finding
new customers
to them

sir considering
In recent times the recent
with a flurry of trends which
health apps
has more scope
coming u like
in the future:
practo,
business
healthkart and a analysis or
slow growth
business
rate in India
analytics? How
what are the
does an MBA
biggest
graduate foray
challenges that his career in
medplus is
these two
facing?
verticals?

9/21/2016 3:04 Kiran B K

Being a senior
finance
professional
with close to
two decades of
total
experience,
how would
advise budding
financial
managers to
follow in your
footsteps?

What
improvements
would you like
to be made in
India's policy for
How could your In what manner FDI to facilitate
planned
can big data
increased
expansion drive analytics help in involvement of
in Tamil Nadu improving the Bombardier's
be helped by
financial state activities in
legislation?
of India?
India?

Shibin George
9/21/2016 2:47 Varghese

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16PGP028

How important
is India for
What are the
Bombardier in
unique financial terms of
problems faced providing
by the global
financial
Indian IT
services to
industry?
global clients?

Role of
transportation
industry in
driving India's
growth in
international
market?

Sahildeep
9/21/2016 3:12 Singh Kohli

Siddharth
9/21/2016 3:12 Kumar

16PGP208

India ranks 3rd

Post GST, Dun in terms of
& Bradstreet
volume in the
predicted the
global
Indian economy pharmaceutical
to grow by 7.5 scenario. Do
% in FY17. With you think the
the global
pharmaceutical
markets
industry could
stressed do you be leveraged by
see India
India to
leapfrogging a increase its
number of other global
developing
competitive
nations.
edge.

Datametica has
a major focus
on Big Data
Services. Big
data has very
recently seen a
takeoff in India.
Do you think
technology in
India is ripe
enough to take
full advantage
of what big data
has to offer?

We have seen
bombardier bid
for metro
construction
projects in
various cities in
India. How
important a role
do you think
infrastructure
plays in
increasing the
global image of
a nation.

16pgp053

A reserve
currency needs
three critical
qualities:
confidence,
liquidity and
What are the
adjustment
most useful
unfortunately
resources that without an
you would
"underlying
recommend to assets". In such
What are the
someone
a situation
opportunities for looking to gain Balance of
India to emerge a better
Trade will
as major global perspective into influence
financial market becoming a
storehouse of a
after Brexit?
better leader? currency value?

Is digital trading
all across the
globe will have
any inclusion of
indain financial
market and if
yes how it will
impact the
indian
economy?

9/21/2016 3:19 Abhilash M

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Sadhu Dhanush
9/21/2016 4:01 Kumar reddy
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Gaurav
9/21/2016 3:46 Gawande

I read your
article in Hindu
titled "Mantra
for success", In
the article ,you
have stressed
on the
importance of
exercise in both
physical and
mental form .
How important
is this for
managers like
us ?

Medplus is
successful in
retail outlets .
Would you
elevate it to
online model
too ? What
factors would
you consider to
decide whether
to venture into
online model ?

What
influenced you
to start a
company
focused on big
data and
analytics ?

How will
Bombardier try
to increase
penetration in
India ?

Madam, India is
seen as a
'bright spot'
amid the slow
pace of
economic
growth around Sir,Medplus
the world. But at healthcare is
this stage of
now into online
transformation platform. Can
of Indian
you please
economy, can explain how
you please
emerging
explain the
financial
impact of Non technologies
performing
like Payments
assets on
banks
economic
revolutionise
growth of India. the sector

Sir, given the

increasing the
use of data
analytics i the
financial
institutions
around the
world,can you
please explain
how it helps in
effective credit
rick
management
and precise
marketing for
right target
groups.

Madam, with
Bombardier
company
having more
than a century
experience in
railway
technologies
innovation and
development,
can you please
explain the
steps how
indian railways
can effectively
adopt Public
private
partnership
model for
modernisation
of railways and
expansion of
network

With
Governments
major focus on
FDIs and
foreign
Is India a
investors to fuel mature market
India's growth for e-health
are we making care services
our economy
where health
more vulnerable care
to global
penetration is
20 economy?
the lowest?

What are your

views on
Blockchain
Technology in
financial
transactions?

What are your

views on
privatization of
Indian
Railways?

9/21/2016 3:55 Athul A S

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Devi Pratyusha
9/21/2016 4:10 G
16pgp214

As
organizations
increasingly
take advantage
of Bigdata, the
need for a
highly secure
cloud
environment
has become
increasingly
In the recent
important. How
global
will Datametica
competitiveness
address the
report India
specific needs
moved up 16
of those
places to 55th As MedPlus
organizations
on global
aims to be a
with a low
competitiveness omni-channel upfront
index, what
service provider investment
long term
,how will it
,rapid startup
structural
ensure that the and the
reforms can be online retail
flexibility to
done that can space is
scale as
boost the
implementing
needed over
countrys credit the fine
time rely on
rating which is practices of
Bigdata
still hampered offline retailing platforms
by one of the
so that it comply securely.
highest budget with the
deficits in the
statutory
world.
regulations.

GST is
considered as
one of the
significant and
important move
post
liberalization as
it will bring more
transparency
and process
driven approach
with less
documentation.
How much
influence will
this have on
MNCs like
Bombardier
India operate,
invest and
Make in India.

Did you anytime

face a case
where the
outcome
projected by
your data on
any situation
contradicted the
consequences
of the same?
NA

NA

NA

9/21/2016 4:11 Sumit Kumar

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9/21/2016 4:15 Pon vinothan M 16pgp037

With increasing
use of data and
analytics, and
world moving
towards a new
buzz called 'big
data', how you
see the future
of e-commerce
industry in
coming
decade?

Since MedPlus
itself isn't a
medicine
manufacturing
firm and is
working the
same way as
other ecommerce
industry, can
you please
clear the fuss
about the
genuineness of
the products
that you
procure? There
are so many
pirated
medicines
available in the
market and
common people
find it hard to
determine
whether they
are genuine or
not, how
medPlus
determines it?

Since
bombardier has
been long
involved in
delivering
quality products
to India, either
Everything
through metro
seems like
coaches or
driving g
airplanes. Is
towards big
bombardier
data thing.
really looking
Don't you think towards setting
that in future big up
data is going to manufacturing
invade our
plants in India
normal lives as as that will lead
it has the
to technology
potential to map transfer and in
user behaviour future that will
and thus has
become a
the capability to headache for
be misused
their own
sometimes?
survival?

What are the

most useful
What are board Which financial resources that
and investor
statements do you would
meetings like? you focus on as recommend to
Smooth sailing an CFO of
someone
or rough? And Medplus and
looking to gain
what pressure how often do
a better
did you face
you read
perspective into
from major
financial
becoming an
shareholders? reports?
entrepreneur?

What is the best

and worst
decision you
have ever made
as a leader that
has given
Bombardier
India big
impact?

Ashish Kumar
9/21/2016 4:20 Rai

9/21/2016 4:30 Neha Kundal

16PGP009

D&B has
opened their
global
commercial
data of over
250 million
companies to
Fin-Tech
Sandbox startup to develop
and test their
new products.
This will help
the start-ups to
access data
and other
infrastructure
which are often
otherwise
prohibitively
expensive and
complicated.
This will
improve the
Fintech start-up
environment. Is
D&B also trying
to do something
for Fin-tech
start-ups in
India
considering the
fact it has got
huge market
potential for
India and it is
still largely
untapped?

The demand of
data analytic
engineer is
increasing. But
there are still no
According to a specialised
survey, online curriculum
sales of
coming in the
Healthcare
Indian
products in
university
India have
regarding the
increased by a Data Analytics
CAGR of 87.4 course. How
during the
this sector is
period FY2012- going to meet
FY2015. What the demand for
is the strategy the specialist
of medplus in
data analytics
this direction? expert?

More and more

cities are
coming with the
metro plan.
How
Bombardier is
catering to the
demand for the
same?

16PGP033

During your
career
growth,you got
the opportunity
with a top
international
company of
repute which
was your dream
job, what
factors
influenced your
decision of not
joining that
company?

What is the
critical
difference
between data
which describes
a causal
relationship and
data which
describes a
correlative one
as one explores
the synergy
between data
and decisions?

What are the

skills that gives
the power to
deal with large
risk models as
long as the
actual
uncertainty in
the input values
is not too high?

According to
you, how cross
border
economic,
political &
cultural canvas
augments
knowledge and
creates value?
What are the
driving factors?

R. Pughal
9/21/2016 4:35 Sriram

9/21/2016 4:54 oliver wane

Mam in your
article titled
"Mantra for
success" in The
Hindu ,you had
stressed the
importance of
exercise in both
physical as well
as mental form.
how important
is this for
aspiring
managers like
us ? What are
the benefits?

MedPlus is a
succesful
healthcare retail
outlet. Could we
expect MedPlus
to venture into
the online
model too? Is
India ready for
ePharmacy ?
What is the
future plans of
MedPlus? With
increasing
internet
penetration ,
how the data
analyticsis
going to be the
game changer
ahead for
businesses?

With increasing
internet
penetration in
our country ,
how the data
analyticsis
going to be the
game changer
ahead for
businesses?

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9/21/2016 5:01 Saurabh Goyal 16pgp049

How
Bombardier can
help in
transforming
the Indian
railway system
and the
challenges it
represents?

As per your
interest, you
want to start pro
bono
consulting,
would the
business model
of Eden
McCallum be
similar to such
skill based
volunteering
consulting?

How would
industry after
going for full
automation in
production,
apart helping in
being
competitive in
the industry
would tackle
employment
losses?

Is it time that
India allowed
Capital Market
Convertibility?

Indian Banks
are having huge
NPAs on their
books. Given
There is an
that other
apprehension infrastructure
Insurance
that Big data
financing
Penetration in and Artificial
channels in
India is only 3.3 intelligence will India are few,
% of its GDP.
take away low- how long do
Do you think
end jobs. How you think it will
that will improve will these
take for the next
with new policy technology
round of
of FDI
impact Jobinvestment to
liberalisation in Scenario In
happen in
Insurance
Indian
Indian
sector?
economy?
economy?

From no
employees to
impressive
company how
did u create
teams and
motivate them
to be a top
performing
teams?

As per your
interest, you
want to start pro
bono
consulting,
would the
business model
of Eden
McCallum be
similar to such
skill based
volunteering
consulting?

9/21/2016 5:11 Joel K Sitlhou

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9/21/2016 5:21 Prachait Thalla 16PGP206

9/21/2016 5:21 Arihant Jain

16PGP227

About 50% of
todays
attending CFOs
have public
accounting
experience.
Although I am
still in college,
reaching the
CFO level
someday is
definitely a
dream of mine.
That being said,
do you think
working in
public
accounting is a
valuable step to
take for
someone
striving to
become a
CFO?

What are the

changes in
qualities of a
finance
professional
according to
you when you
started your
carrier as
assistant
Manager
Projects in 1990
and today as a
Co-founder &
Director
Datametica?

As Head of
Finance,
Bombardier
India what
according to
you can be the
impact a newly
joined finance
employee can
make on a
company and
how can he
improve it
quickly?

Hello Sir,
You have many
times
Hello maam'
mentioned on
What is your
reskilling as a
perspective on technique to be
captive
good at the job,
centers? Low
how is reskilling
cost
going to be
aggregators or helpfull in the
new revenue
starting stages
streams.
of career?

Hello Sir,
What kinds of
changes in the
qualities of a
fresh graduate
you expect
when he/she
starts your
career as Ast.
Manager
Projects in 1990
and today as a
Co-Founder &
Director
DataMetica.

Hello maam'
what according
to you can be
the expected
from a newly
joined finance
employee in the
company he is
associated with
and how can he
improve it in
course of time

Speculation can
play a
significant role
in determining
investor
confidence in a
stock and
sometimes that
stocks
performance.
As CFO, how
does outside
speculation
about your
company, good
or bad, affect
the way you do
your job?

What would be
the immediate
changes in the
financial market
with the
appointment of
Urjit Patel?

What
implications
would a change
from company
owned
company
operated model
to franchise
model would
have other than
lower
operational
costs?

What will be the

How to improve effect of
the present
targeting
financial market balanced
to enhance the budget deficit
global
on the Indian
competitiveness Financial
of India?
Market?

9/21/2016 5:26 Garima Bisht

pradnya
9/21/2016 5:50 shendre

Movva Vinay
9/21/2016 5:54 Teja

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16PGP032

Abhishek Singh
9/21/2016 5:58 Chouhan
16PGP001

What strategies
can be adopted
by Indian
financial sector
to become and
remain globally
competitive?

NA

Please
enlighten us
with your view
on captive
centers

Banking in
modern
economies is all
about risk
management.O
ver the past few
years, the
Reserve Bank
The
of India has
Disproportionat
initiated several
ely Growing and
steps to
Ageing
promote
Population in
adequate risk
Emerging
What
management
Economies
implications
systems across
Calls for New
Urjit Patel's
market
Healthcare
Appointment as participants.Ho
Delivery
RBI governor
w effeciently are
Models. Is India would have on those steps
prepared for
emerging
being
tapping this
Markets And
implemented in
opportunity?
Interest Rates? industry?

NA

NA

what is
bombardier's
vision on
transforming
India's mobility
needs in future?

In early stages
of our career,
how will
reskilling help
us to improve

How in the
coming days,
analytics is
going to
revolutionize
the corporate
sector and how
data
handling/securit
y becomes
crucial

Is 1 billion
dollars business
from India an
achievable
target in next 5
years. As Make
in India drive
still needs a
huge bosst

Many people
from finance
How does
background
commercial
Should
focus more on
data for Indian Is devaluation shareholder
wealth
companies
of Indian rupees returns be given maximization
fares in
is a good
more
than society at
comparison to method of
preference than large. How can
U.S. companies increasing
goods or
this problem be
?
exports ?
services ?
solved ?

9/21/2016 6:02 Shaleen Jain

Shwetank
9/21/2016 6:03 sharma

16PGP050

Data growth is
rampant.
Industry
estimates show
that data is
growing at a
Why are a large rate as high as
number of
45 percent per
startups in
year. However
medical field
most of that
are being by
growth stems
How did you
leading
from
handle clients organisation
unstructured
of different
despite a huge data. How do
nationalities
potential in the you handle this
despite cultural medical
challenge?
barriers?
industry?

16PGP202

How does
medplus
sustain the
competition
You want to be from players
on the non
like amazon if
profit board ,
they venture
what inspires
into e medicine
you to do so? market?

What are the

best practices
for project
controlling and
helping them
across various
divisions?

Investors are
anticipating
Is there any
another
similar method production cut
to 3ps method in 2017, how do
used by
you ensure
datametica?
investor loyalty?

Prabhash
9/21/2016 6:13 Sharma

9/21/2016 6:17 K.Sushmita

1) With
Japanese firm
offering loan as
low as 0.5 % for
their high speed
Railways that
too spread over
50 years, how
do you plan to
compete in
such a
competitive
market ? 2)With
companies like
Alstom, CRCC,
Hyundai Rotem
coming in ,
pitching their
products under
the make in
India, how does
bombardier
plan to
distinguish
themselves in
the Indian
Market ?

16PGP039

Being a
chemical
Being a VP
engineer, Did
Finance with
you foresee the
two decades of
transition from
work
initially a project
experience,
engineer
how you think a
handling the
newly recruited
operations in a
finance
petrochemical
employee can
plants to
make his
cofounding a
utmost
firm dealing in
contribution
How do you
niche areas like
with to the
plan to
Big Data,
company he is penetrate the
Business
associated
vast rural Indian Intelligence &
with ?
market ?
Analytics ?

16PGP025

How does
Datametica
Indians are
ensure a proper
Considering the sensitive when work
range of
in comes to the environment so
companies with decision on
as to inculcate
which D&B
choosing
creativity and
What are the
collects data,
medicines. How encouragement methods and
which sector is MedPlus as a to pursue out- strategies used
difficult to take company tries of-the-box ideas by Bombadier
data from and to develop in
for its
to retain their
why?
future.
employees
employees?

Yashwanth
9/21/2016 6:17 Kavila

16PGP064

Indias rank in
Global
Competitive
Considering the index is
risk of data
increasing
manipulation
consistently.
that might take What areas of
place within a improvement in
company, how healthcare
Dun &
sector are
Bradstreet
required to
would validate sustain the
their results?
growth?

How tough is to
predict the
growth rate of
an unpredictible
country like
India?
9/21/2016 6:18 Rajat Verma

9/21/2016 6:42 B SAMHITHA

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16PGP011

I have read an
article where
you mentioned
about the
advantages of
captive centers.
But these days
we are seeing
increase in the
failure of
captive markets
in India. So,
what according
to you are the
reasons for the
failure of
captive
centers?

IT sector is one
such sector
where the
attrition rate is
predominantly
high. What are
the steps taken
to retain the
talent?

Considering the
present World
Financial
markets how is
India different
or similar to the
World?

How has
Why is MedPlus improvement in
Health Service technology
only focused on changed the
southern part of way of data
India?
collection??

How has make

in India
changed the
strategy of
Bombardier
India for India?

These days
Center of
excellence is
present in every
institute. To
what extent are
these center of
According to
excellence
you how can
centers helpful
India improve in achieving
its ranking in
success in
Global
business
competitiveness analytics?
Report?

what is the
difficult situation
faced by you in
your career and
how did you
deal with it?

9/21/2016 8:07 Sohoum Biswas 16pgp055

Do you believe
that the
stressed assets
in the banking
sector, nonrevival in
corporate
investment and
declining India's
export could
shackle its GDP
growth?

After having
work
experience for
two decades in
the corporate
world, how
much change
you observed in
women's
contribution in
corporate
boards?
9/21/2016 8:17 Anjali Pal

9/21/2016 8:56 Soundarya N

16PGP005

16PGP057

With the ehealth care

services
penetration
lowest here, do
you think India
is a mature
market for the
same?

Experience in
different field
with common
domain helps a
person to grow
in which
aspects ?

What do you
think will be the
platform for
selling medicine
What is the risk in future
associated
through online
financially with portal or
selling of data theough retail
of one company outlets?
to another
Because
especially when eventhough the
the data
company
providing
entered online
company is in portal service it
India and the
is aggressively
buying
expanding the
company is in number of retail
foreign?
outlets

What structural
reforms an
indian company
should take up
to optimize its
capital and
satisfy its
bottom line?
-

how does
business
Intelligence &
Analytics
initiatives are
making
complex work
to simple?

1. In emerging
market, which
one of the
factor should be
prioritized ,
conducting
strategic
planning or
addressing
cyber security?

What are the

challenges
The volume of faced by the
data generated company while
in india across trying to
various sectors increase the
is really high.
revenue of the
Does India
company?Now
manage and
bombardier has
extract
rhe target of
necessary
increasing
information like revenue from
the developed 300 million to
countries?
$1 billion.

9/21/2016 9:12 Chirag Saigal

9/21/2016 9:53 Divya Thakur

AYUSH
9/21/2016 15:28 AGRAWAL

After five years

of decline, India
jumped 16
places to reach
55th place in
Global
Competitivenes
s Index. What
are the major
areas we need
to emphasize
upon to
capitalize on
this
turnaround?

Over the years,

India always
ranks Top 10
when it comes
to global
competitiveness
in investor
protection.
What steps can
be taken to use
this factor and
attract more
foreign
investments?

16pgp197

Several Indian
Pharma
Over the period companies are
of one year,
facing the
Indian Equity
scrutiny of
Market has
USFDA as of
witnessed a lot recent. What
of volatility and steps can be
is currently at all taken by Indian
time highs. Is
pharmaceutical
the market level industries to
right now
ensure stability
sustainable?
in the sector?

16pgp015

You have
experience in
cost and
management
controls,
corporate
governance,
enhancing
shareholders
returns,
budgets,
forecasts,
variance
analysis,
strategic
management
and many other
fields how did
you divercify
yourself?

You led
Business
Intelligence &
Analytics
You have been initiatives for
a Member of
very large
Board of
Retailers &
Directors at
Telecom
Anheuserorganizations,
Busch InBev,
so how have
what kind of
you recognized
challenges did or used
the organisation innovation at
faced?
work?

Hoe was your

journey in being
a Corporate
auditor to Head
of Business
Controlling Asia
Pacific?

16pgp213

What are the

systemic issues
that need to be
addressed to
alter the
perception of
investment
community
about Indian
equity market
w.r.t those of
other emerging
economies?

What are your

opinions about
the future of
Indian market
because of
BREXIT
-

Guest 5(Q1) :
Mr. Akhil
Agarwal
(Corporate
Controller,
Cairn India)

Guest 1(Q1) :
Mr. Rangarajan
(MD, Nomura
India)

Oil has always

played an
important role in
the financial
markets.
Consiring the
How are the
never ending
investment
middle east
portfolios of an
crisis, What
average Indian
changes can be are undergoing
expected in the a change these
oil markets?
days?

Considering the
current dip in oil
prices, what is
your view on
profitability of
any oil
production
company in
these turbulent
times?

NA

Guest 2(Q1) :
Mr. Harrish
Bhatia (CEO,
DB Corp)

Guest 3(Q1) :
Mr. Atul
Prakash (VP,
Godrej
Industries)

Guest 5(Q1) :
Mr. Seshasayee
Guest 4(Q1) : Shankaranaray
Mr. Vijayanand anan (Director
Samudrala
at Credit
(CEO, Amara
Suisse-Product
Raja Power
Control, Credit
Systems)
Suisse)
Username

Do you think the

media industry
should witness What is your
mergers
take on recent
considering a
merger
huge no.s of
involving
players trying? Bayer?

How the
introduction of
high speed
trains will bring
about a change
in the kind of
power
deliverables to
the industry?

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idea of clearing
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think is going
wrong while
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banks
considering the
piling of NPAs?

What are the

scalability
challege for the
large
What are the
conglomorates
challeges faced like Godrej
by print media group in current
due to rise of
Indian
social media? scenario?

What will be the

major
opporunity to
power sector
companies
when every
Indian village is
electrified in
near future?

What is the
anticipated
impact of
Payment banks
on lending
cr_pgp7@iimrai
sector in India? pur.ac.in

NA

India loses
much of its
competitive
advantage due
to state failures
in areas like
infrastructure,
slow judicial
process,
cumbersome
government
regulation. How
does Industry
bodies build
pressure on
govt. to reform
these areas?

India loses
much of its
competitive
advantage due
to state failures
in areas like
infrastructure,
slow judicial
process,
cumbersome
government
regulation. How
does Industry
bodies build
pressure on
govt. to reform
these areas?
NA

India loses
much of its
competitive
advantage due
to state failures
in areas like
infrastructure,
slow judicial
process,
cumbersome
government
regulation. How
does Industry
bodies build
pressure on
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these areas?
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Cairn India has

recently
become a
subsidiary of
Vedanta. What
are the benefits
and challenges
that you expect
to follow?

NA

With rising
environmental
pressure, what
are the different
avenues cairn
India is looking
into for
renewable
energy
resources?

How do you
rate the
corporate
governance
culture in our
country?

As the markets
become
increasingly
competitive,
with increasing
Amara Raja
mergers and
Power Systems acquisitions,
is largely
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battery
have come
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You are a Six
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Sigma Master DB Corp's
Black Belt; how recent radio
do you apply
alliance with HT
this to the
Media, given
financial
the consumer
holdings
base using
business at
radio is
Nomura India? plummeting?

Given that
Godrej is in a
growing stage
as far as
Chemicals
industries is
concerned;
what are the
challenges
faced?

NA

How do you see

the rolling of
GST affecting
the logistics of
FMCG
companies?
Na

NA

what are the

challenges
apart from the
opportunities
that are
inherent in an
emerging
market while
considering an
investment?

What is your
view about
usage of
metrics and
analytics to
optimize
Audience
Engagement ?

How does
Nomura being a
global firm with
presence in
over 30
countries
maintain a
uniformity in
operations?

With increasing
automation in
How does
manufacturing
Dainik Bhaskar sector, what will
Corporation
be the impact
maintain it's
on low skilled
competitive
and semi skilled
advantage over jobs in the
its rivals?
industry?

Does Godrej
percieves the
current FMCG
scenario in
India as a
competition or
as an
opportunity ?

NA

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Role of the
industries in
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green energy
and the future
in it?

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Credit Suise
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and its impact
on client
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lesh@iimraipur.
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How Amara
Raja Power
Systems plan to
scale up their
operations in
this volatile
environment of
demand?

Do you think
banks are
responsible for
current NPA
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failure of
regulatory
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Speculation can
play a
significant role
in determining
investor
confidence in a
stock and
sometimes the
stocks
performance.
As corporate
controller, how
does outside
speculation
about your
company good
or bad affect
the way you do
your job?

I feel
Multinationals
may have to
adapt to the
voids in a
countrys
product
markets, its
input markets,
or both. But
companies
must retain their
core business
propositions
even as they
adapt their
business
models.Can
these both go
together?

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Multinationals
may have to
adapt to the
I read while
voids in a
I read while
companies
countrys
companies
cant use the
product
cant use the
same strategies markets, its
same strategies I feel the only
in all developing input markets, in all developing way that
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countries, they companies can
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companies
can generate
prosper in the
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must retain their synergies by
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core business treating
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major players in
Indian financial
market right
now?

What is the
expected level
How Nomura is of penetration
planning to
of your
expand
company by
themselves?
next 3 years?

Whom do you
think are your
major
competitors
right now?

How are you

planning to tap
the unexploited
markets?

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How can we
make talent
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holistic in
emerging
economies?

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Recently cairn
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India
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with verdanta
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The role of a
CEO is always
challenging and
full of
responsibilities
and most of the
time CEO is
busy involving
in company
activities ,
despite of such
what challenges how your
a busy day how
do you faced
journey of years you mange you
while working as an MD in
time and
as Corporate
Nomura was a manage some
Controller in
challenge and time for your
Cairn India
exciting for you. writing hobby.

You have been

working as a
vice president
Where India
for past years in
stand in the
Credit Suisse
field of
but recently you
SURFACTANT
have been
S AND
How the proper promoted as
OLEOCHEMIC strategic
the director of
ALS and how
planning
the same , so
the
Management
how your
advancement in becomes a very responsibilities
this field can
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changed from 16pgp021.geet
help in growth for any
being a VP to a anjali@iimraipur
of India.
organisation.
director.
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What are the

various diverse
challenges
faced by the
leaders in the
emerging
16pgp036.parth
markets?
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We believe
Indian
companies are
smart enough
to manage in
the changed
business
environment
and may even
turn out better.
Even the UK
market hit a 52week high on
Friday, setting
aside the Brexit
fears.What are
the most useful
resources that
you would
recommend to
someone
looking to gain
a better
perspective into
becoming a
better leader?
Then why
should the
Indian market
worry ?

Indian having a
Our country
cyclic crisis and
fiscal deficit is globally people
increases and are looking
India is a good how great
India with some
spot in
impact this will lack of interest
emerging
have on
now. so this will
markets and
emerging
effect the pace
global
markets in India of India growth?
economy?
?

n/a

Sir, how do the Sir, going by

breakthrough in your statement,
digital
"We are not in
technologies
the best efforts
and the
business but in
customer's
the results
dependence on business, how
the technology does it reflect
give one firm
your approach
competitiveness to building a
advantage over successful
the other?
organisation?

Like many
others,do you
believe that the
print version of
newspapers will
not
What changes What was your last long? Also
will India face experience
what is your
as a
being on the
personal take
consequence of other side of the on the DB
Brexit?
screen in 2008? Post?

How do you
foster creative
How did you
and innovative
decide to
thinking within
pursue the
your
career that you organization?
are working in How are ideas
today?
shared and
What was a
implemented
16pgp030.maya
pivotal
within your
nk@iimraipur.ac
moment?
organization? .in

Sir people
always
associate
marketing with
competitiveness
. How does the In the upcoming
technical and
era of greenoperational part energy, what
plays a role in kind of
competitiveness challenges do
in an emerging you think lie for
market?
your company?

Sir, how do the

breakthrough in
digital
technologies
and the
customer's
dependence on
the technology
give one firm
competitiveness 16pgp010.avish
advantage over a@iimraipur.ac.i
the other?
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With all due

respect, the
You have been career portal on
with Amara
Credit Suisse
What is your
Raja Power
website does
take on the
Systems for 24 not include
inorganic
years now.
IIM Raipur in
growth strategy that's really the the colleges list.
being looked at longest I have We are
16pgp230.saida
by the Godrej heard for any
saddened by
yitva@iimraipur.
group?
top executive. this.
ac.in

Sir, do you think

that the cheap
alternatives of
high-end
Sir, do you think
products and
creative and
Sir, How
services will
entrepreneurial important is the lure the vast
role of long
solutions will
value added
lower middle
term structural provide India
consumer
class people in
reform in
much needed relationship for emerging
shaping India's competitive
a competitive
markets and
competitiveness advantage in
advantage in
fulfill the
in international Emerging
entertainment demand and
finance market? markets.
industry?
supply gap?

India needs to
march towards
becoming
energy self
sufficient to
meet its
burgeoning
demand for oil
and gas, failing
which, its
current account
deficit will reach
unsustainable
levels and the
economy will be
at a risk of
collapse.
How India can
meet its
challenges in
the oil and gas
space?
NA

From a humble
start in 1956 to
being Indias
largest
newspaper
group with 62
editions
published in 4
languages,
trusted by 4.4cr
readers across
14 states. How
did DB corp
reached such
magnificent feat
of success?

do you think
poor
accessibility of
services are
limiting
capabilities in
emerging
markets?

After the
success of
"Chotu Kool "
which are the
latest disruptive
innovation
strategies
employed by
Godrej to enter
emerging
markets and
improve the
lives of
millions?
NA

Do you think
wide and free
accessibility of
basic banking
services will
help India
emerge as
stronger
economic
power among
the other
emerging
markets?

16pgp046.rupe
sh@iimraipur.ac
.in

NA

16pgp019.gari
ma@iimraipur.a
c.in

Do you think
India is lacking
the required
infrastructure
required for the
efficient
exploration of
oil fields? What
Cairn India is
planning to
bring in the
requisite
technology ?
NA

Cairn India said

that it will spend
up to Rs 5,725
crore to buy
back shares,
what do you
think about this
move?

How did you

use transition
methodology to
contribute
Finance
Practice in
Genpact during
formative
years?

NA

NA

NA

NA

16pgp009.ashis
h@iimraipur.ac.i
n

How customer
centricity and
aligning
strategy help in
building a
successful
business? How
did it steer the
growth of MY
FM?

How did you

help in
stabilizing and
improving
surfactant
operations in
Godrej
Industries?

16pgp033.neha
@iimraipur.ac.in

I know
speculation can
play a
significant role
in determining
investor
confidence in a
stock and
sometimes that
stocks
performance.
What is the
How does
greatest
outside
uncertainty
speculation
facing your
about your
company, and company, good
what can you
or bad, affect
do to resolve or the way you do
navigate it?
your job?

Its no secret
that being a
CEO requires a
large time
commitment
since
individuals who
hold the
position have a
lot of
responsibility.
With the
continuous
globalization of
the economy
and rising
speed at which
we share
information
through
technology, is it
difficult to truly
get away from
What is your
the
greatest area of What are the
office? What
spending where firms biggest
tactics do you
there is a lot of challenges and use to maintain
uncertainty
opportunities in work/life
about return?
the next 2
balance?
years?

NA

With the shift in

perception from
print media to
digital, how
important is it to
stick to basics
or go for the
innovation to
move ahead? NA

NA

What is the
global
perception of
Indian financial
market and
what can be
done to improve
it?
NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

What are some

of the
characteristics
of people that
have been
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successful at
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your company? n

NA

16pgp044.raun
ak@iimraipur.ac
.in

NA

16pgp002.adity
a@iimraipur.ac.i
n

With oil prices

at times
lowering down
to even $30.28
a barrel due to
Geo-political
implications,
state owned
companies like
Saudi Aramco
fighting oil price
war with their
huge oil assets,
how does a
corporate like
Cairn India
plans to fight
this competition
?

NA

With Japanese
firm offering
loan as low as
0.5 % for
pitching their
high speed
Railways that
too spread over
50 years, do
you think it is
even
economically
viable or just to
win the contract
against the
Chinese
counterpart?
N.A

Your retail
wealth
management is
only limited to
JAPAN, are
there any plans
of expanding it
around the
world and how?

How important
What is the
for a company
global
is asset
perception of
management in
Indian financial gaining
market and
competitive
what can be
advantage in
done to improve emerging
it?
markets?

As the Govt.
deregulating the
defence market
and removing
the cap from
the FDI inflow,
various
companies like
TATA, Reliance
are going for
Joint ventures
with foreign
defence
Corporate
Giants to pitch
for the Indian
Military, What
are the plans of
Godrej for the
same?
N.A

N.A

16pgp039.prab
hash@iimraipur
.ac.in

Your efforts in
fm industry are
known by
everyone. Can
you brief us
some intricacies
you faced and How are you
tackled during increasing the
its rise relative Natures Basket
to the
penetration in
competitors?
India?

With increasing
power
consumption in
the Indian
Market, What
are the different
ways your
adopting to
answer this
large
consumption of
energy?

How according
to you is the
payments bank
segment, an
emerging
market is going
to change the
landscape of
16pgp214.praty
banking system usha@iimraipur
in India?
.ac.in

How DB group
manages
scalability
challenges
when entering a
new city?

How do you
create clear
competitive
advantages in a
crowded and
emerging
market like
India?

How Brexit will

affect the
investment
16pgp002.adity
banking market a@iimraipur.ac.i
in Europe?
n

How important
are scalability
issues for ecommerce
startups?

How is financial
risk managed at
Cairn? Is
financial risk
management in
India in line with
global best
practices?

How does
Godrej leverage
mobile defence
How
strategies to
In your view,
challenging
defend against
how mature is would it be for newcomers in
the investment Dainik Bhaskar the security
banking sector to expand to the locks and safes
in India?
South?
industry?

Sir, do you think

that the cheap
alternatives of
Sir , Dainik
high-end
Sir, do you think Bhaskar is
products and
creative and
pioneer when it services will
entrepreneurial comes to
lure the vast
role of long
solutions will
regional news lower middle
term structural provide India
paper segment. class people in
reform in
much needed Is there any
emerging
shaping India's competitive
plans to expand markets and
competitiveness advantage in
it in English
fulfill the
in international Emerging
newspaper
demand and
finance market? markets
segment ?
supply gap?

Strategically
speaking, how
How would a
would Nomura's
merger of Cairn buying of
India and
shares in RBL
Vedanta affect Bank would
the global
affect
competitiveness competitive
of the Indian
advantage in
markets?
India?

How would the

radio alliance of
DB group and
HT media affect
the competitive
scenario in the
Indian market?

Sir, how
important do
you think
corporate CSR
activities are in
influencing the
competitive
scenario of the
market,
especially in a
country like
India?

How big a role

has promotional
campaigns
played in
expanding
Amara Raja's
footprint in
India?

What kind of
growth does
Credit Suisse
see in the
Indian market
with respect to
Wealth
Management?

16pgp225.shibi
n@iimraipur.ac.i
n

Do you think
poor
accessibility of
services are
limiting
capabilities in
emerging
markets?

Do you think
wide and free
accessibility of
basic banking
services will
help India
emerge as
stronger
economic
power among
the other
emerging
markets?

16pgp016.nave
en@iimraipur.a
c.in

In your opinion,
how does the
lack of quality
infrastructure
and
communication
systems in
emerging
economies
hamper
competitive
strategies?

How would the

availability of
free
accessibility to
basic banking
services help
India emerge as
stronger
economic
power among
the other
emerging
16pgp028.kiran
markets?
@iimraipur.ac.in

One of the top

spokesperson
of Nomura
stated that a
devaluating
India is said to rupee is not
have
something that
underutilized
has to be
natural gas
worried about.
reserves that
With the recent
could help free changes at the
up $306 million head of RBI,
a day on foreign how do you
imports. How do think rupee
you think these should be
unexplored
valuated for
reserves are
India to
affecting India's effectively
global
compete with
competitiveness other emerging
.
markets in Asia.

Having worked
with MY FM for
so long, do you
perceive
communication
outlets like
radio to be an
effective
marketing tool
in India.

Godrej Interio is
planning to
launch ecommerce
platform soon.
How to you
think this large
scale ecommerce
outburst is
going to help
India viz-a-viz
other emerging
nations.

Strategists at
multinational
corporations
possess
extensive
knowledge
base to advise
companies on
how to enter
emerging
markets, but
managers of
local companies
in emerging
market have
had little
How do you
guidance. How foster creative
can they
and innovative
How will global
overcomeand thinking within
central banks
even take
your
react to the
How do firms
advantage of organization?
fresh
perceive and
their differences How are ideas
uncertainties in identify
with competitors shared and
the global
opportunities in from advanced implemented
financial
emerging
industrial
within your
markets?
markets?
countries?
organization?

With Smart
cities being
planned, the
pressure on
power is going
to increase
manifold. Do
you think we
are adept
enough to feed
this power thirst
of India.

Very recently
credit suisse
predicted India
overtaking
China as Asia's
economic
leader. What
according to
you gives India
that competitive
advantage over 16pgp208.sahil
other emerging deep@iimraipur
nations.
.ac.in

How do firms
develop the
necessary
knowledge and
other
To what extent capabilities that
does the
create
effectiveness of sustainable
capabilities
marketing
transfer from
performance
more
advantages
established
under
markets to
conditions of
16pgp053.siddh
emerging
uncertainty and arth@iimraipur.
markets?
instability?
ac.in

With constant
rise in
environmental
pressure from
various corners,
what are the
different
avenues cairn
India is looking
into for
renewable
energy
resources?

How important
is creativity and
entrepreneurial
attitude in India
in the Emerging
markets ?

How important
is the value
added
consumer
relationship for
a competitive
advantage in
entertainment
industry?

Sir, the present

government has Sir, Dainik
enacted and
Bhaskar is
modified
largest hindi
existing laws
daily of India. It
like GST, tax
is known for
reform laws,
quality analysis
and deleting
of socioobsolete laws to economic
better the rank issues in hindi.
of ease of doing But recently
business. In this more
Sir, can you
regard what are consumers are
please explain the other policy shifting towards
how financial
measures the English
technologies
government has newspapers.
change the way to enact to
What can be
the financial
increase the
the steps the
services offered momentum of company take
in India.
growth in india. in this regard.

Does the
investing
environment in
India really
What are your improved by the
views on Cairn- steps taken by
Vedanta
the current
merger?
government?

How do you
consider the
rise of Patanjali
in the recent
times ? As a
danger or as an
opportunity ?

do you think
poor
accessibility of
services are
limiting
capabilities in
emerging
markets?

Do you think
wide and free
accessibility of
basic banking
services will
help India
emerge as
stronger
economic
power among
the other
emerging
markets?

16pgp191.abhil
ash@iimraipur.
ac.in

Sir, you are

known to
implement
sustainable
methods in
Sir, Amara Raja
manufacturing automotive
with concern to batteries
environment.
occupies 26
The company percent of
sources
market share
sustainable
and leader in
palm oil for
this sector. The
manufacturing products are
chemicals.Sir in known to
this regard does pioneer Zero
adopting eco
maintenance
friendly
technology.
methods will not How it is able to
increase the
maintain
costs in
competitive
immediate
advantage and
future. Also will held the top
there be
position for the
enough supply past 15 years
to meet the
despite many
demand in the disruption
short term.
technologies.

Sir, Credit
suisse India in
its recent report
has stated india
is at the cusp of
a major growth
phase. Can you
please
elaborate the
opportunities
and threats
there in for india
at this stage of 16pgp048.sadh
major
u@iimraipur.ac.i
transformation. n

What according
to you are the
major factors
responsible for
slow grawth of
Indian
manufacturing
sector?

According to
you what will be
the key factors
for the
development of 16pgp020.gaur
India in coming av@iimraipur.ac
years?
.in

What are the

major
How do you see challenges
the role of
faced by
Digital India in chemical
country's
companies in
development? India?

As Cairn India
received a goahead from its
shareholders
for merger of
the firm with
parent Vedanta,
how is the
financial
strength and
the diversified
portfolio of tier-I
assets of the
merged
company going
to stabilise the
cash flow and
drive long term
value.

Despite having
a payment of
surplus for the
last three
years , India
has been
leaning in
against INR
appreciation
.What are the
macroeconomic
costs that are
involved with
this, will this
strategy lead to
import inflation.

Your retail
wealth
How does the management is
fall in the global only limited to
prices of oil
JAPAN, are
affect the
there any plans
financial
of expanding it
market? Is it a around the
boon ?
world and how?

Several global
trends are
catalysing the
distributed
energy market.
Increased
electrification,
decreasing
costs of solar
photovoltaic
(PV) power
generation,
higher wind
power and
battery storage
and developed
countries'
Having crossed
strong carbon
all barriers,
emission
geographical
reduction
and linguistic
How is Godrej initiatives. What
what are the
venturing into are the
scalability
the ecommerce scalability
changes faced platform by April challenges
by DB as there 2017 going to faced by a
are still virgin
affect its other company in
markets to tap channel
power system
in India.
partners.
production.

Eventhough
commodity
investment
growth has
started in India,
it has been slow
and halting in
its
development.
What is the
reason for this
mixed outlook
for investors
hoping to
capitalise on
commodity
16pgp194.athul
demand.
@iimraipur.ac.in

With increasing
power
consumption in
the Indian
Market, What
are the different
ways your
adopting to
answer this
large
consumption of
energy?

How according
to you is the
payments bank
segment, an
emerging
market is going
to change the
landscape of
16pgp214.praty
banking system usha@iimraipur
in India?
.ac.in

Your efforts in
fm industry are
known by
everyone. Can
you brief us
some intricacies
you faced and How are you
tackled during increasing the
its rise relative Natures Basket
to the
penetration in
competitors?
India?

Being a part of
Vedanta, cairn's
involvement
has been into
oil n gas
exploration and
extraction. Is
cairn thinking to
work in other
horizontal
domains like
solar, wind,
nuclear, etc as
we all know oil
n gas stocks
are limited and
company can
not thrive on
this alone.

What are the

companys top
business goals,
whats strategy
to achieve
them? And who
are your major
competitors,
why and what is
Cairns
competitive
advantage?

We all know
that DB is
India's largest
selling
newspaper. But
what I did not
understand that
why you didnt
ever think to roll
out daily news
in English.
CSR activities There is a huge
are a buzz
English news
these days. Can daily reader, DB
you please tell should have
what CSR
thought to enter
activities is
into that pocket
Nomura
as well. What
involved in
do you have to
India?
say on this ?

How you foster

creative and
How do you
innovative
ensure Nomura thinking within
India and its
DB Corp? How
activities are
are ideas
aligned with
shared and
Nomura India implemented in
core values?
DB Corp?

I can see that

Amara has got
everything to
generate clean
power itself and
then sell it
through proper
channel. Amara
has their own
LT panels,
switching
control panels,
batteries, big
Mr. Atul, no
choppers,
doubt Godrej is thyristors and
number 1 in so rectifiers. Is
many verticals Amara thinking
but still what are to enter into
the current
establishing
challenges
their own solar
being faced by grid in near
your industry? future?

In terms of
personal
development
what do you
think are
important things
to keep in mind
at each as you
progress to VP?

Credit Suisse
has said for
years that it was
well capitalized
but then carried
out a capital
increase in fall
2015. Why was
this additional 16pgp203.sumit
capital needed? @iimraipur.ac.in

Can you name

a person who
has tremendous
impact on you
as a leader?
Maybe
someone who
has been a
mentor to you? How to assist a
Why and how new employee
did this person to understand 16pgp037.vinot
impact your
the culture of
ham@iimraipur.
life?
Credit Suisse? ac.in

Nomura plans
to set up a
Singaporebased business
dealing with the Synergy
financing of
media(DB
infrastructure
Group
Do you think
projects in
Media/Entertain
India is lacking Asia.How much ment)has
the required
is the focus of achieved break
infrastructure
Nomura on
even in less
required for the India
than three
efficient
considering the years setting a
exploration of Make in India
record to be the
oil fields? What project
fastest in Radio
Cairn India is
launched on
industry. What
planning to
such big scale do you think is
bring in the
by our
the most crucial
requisite
respected PM reason for the
technology ?
Narendra Modi? same?

Cairn India said

that it will spend
up to Rs 5,725
crore to buy
back shares,
what do you
think about this
move?

How did you

use transition
methodology to
contribute
Finance
Practice in
Genpact during
formative
years?

How customer
centricity and
aligning
strategy help in
building a
successful
business? How
did it steer the
growth of MY
FM?

GCPL is
expanding itself
rapidly in Asian
and SAARC
Countries
through various
acquisitions
such as Canon
chemicals in
Kenya. Is
Godrej trying to
expand rapidly
in the market ot
is it trying to
receive the first
moover
advantage.

How did you

help in
stabilizing and
improving
surfactant
operations in
Godrej
Industries?

Although
battery powered
cars are still in
the nascent
stage, they are
getting
popularity lately.
What is Amara
Raja strategy to
capture this
market
opportunity in
the future?

How Indian
banks should
tackle the
growing
menace of
NPAs which has
lately gone to
16pgp009.ashis
an extreme
h@iimraipur.ac.i
extent.
n

Amara Raja
Batteries Ltd
has a strategic
tie up with
Johnson
Control Inc. of
the USA who
owns 26%
stake in this
company, how
has the tie up
benefited the
company?

What do you
feel is the
biggest
challenge
facing market
research in
2016?

16pgp033.neha
@iimraipur.ac.in

With rising
environmental
pressure, what
are the different
avenues cairn
india is looking
into for
renewable
energy
resources? Is
sustainable
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really possible.?

what are the

challenges
apart from the
opportunities
that are
inherent in an
emerging
market ?
How to deal
those
challenges?

What is your
view about
usage of
metrics and
analytics to
optimize
Audience
Engagement ?

Does Godrej
percieves
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competition or
as an
opportunity ?
How Godrej
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What are the

roles of the
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green energy
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the future
business
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How would
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helped Cairn
approach for
India grow
immediate
financially?
issues as well?

how important it
your word of
is to have
advice on how strong technical
to evolve
and marketing
existing process ability to form a
and products i good contact
changing times with customer.

How far, do you

think, Indian
taxation system
is responsible
for loss of
Is it time that
competitiveness India allowed
of Indian
Capital Market
Companies?
Convertibility?

Indian Public
sector Banks
are having huge
NPAs on their
books. Given
Government
Most of our
that other
has launched
State Power
infrastructure
many projects
Distribution
financing
like Sagarmala
Companies are channels in
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facing fears of Recently, DB
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What
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competitive
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hello sir,
normally
Multinationals
adapt to the
downsides in a
countrys
product
markets, its
input markets,
or both. But
As corporate
companies also
controller, how retain their core
does outside
business
speculation
propositions
about your
even as they
company have adapt to their
a good or bad business
affect the way models.Can
you do your
these both go
job?
together?

We know that a
specific strategy
might not work
for companies
in all the
countries,but
they can
generate work
together
environment by
treating
different
markets as part
of a
system.How
can companies
generate these
work together
environments?

one of the ways

companies can
prosper in the
present markets
is to cut costs
relentlessly and
planning is a
very key
How are you
element so that going to use
there is a very Skill
good chance of Development
sustainability in Centres as a
manufacturing. tool to help
How is
Amara Raja
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business
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perception of
ICICI prudential
Indian Financial life, according
Market and
to you what's
what can be
the overall
done to improve mindset of
it?
investors?

What were the

bottlenecks that
you faced in MY
FM while
achieving break
even in the
shortest time in
the radio
industry?

Godrej is
looking to enter
into ecommerce
market. How
can they
achieve
competitive
advantage?
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greater
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demands than economies.Whi
the oil and gas ch parameters
industry.What would set apart
could be a solid the successful
spend strategy multinationals
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budget plan that successful ones
could help in
in context of
optimisation of emerging
resources ?
markets?

sir's view on
merger with
vedanta ltd and
how will affect Comment on
indian financial Nomura's buy
market.
call on HUL.

From a humble
start in 1956 to
being Indias
largest
newspaper
group with 62
editions
published in 4
languages,
trusted by 4.4cr
readers across
14 states. How
did DB corp
reached such
magnificent feat
of success?

Godrej has
always been a
pioneer in
disruptive
innovation, Ex:
Chotukool has
been an
immense
success in the
past. Can you
please
enlighten us
with recent
developments
in disruptive
innovation by
Godrej ?

future plans of
DB corp in radio
industry and
future of radio
in India.
NA

How cairn is
sustaining its
operations with
low barrel price
in rigid price
sharing
contracts and
tax structure
scenario of
indian govt by
providing high
viscous oil from
mangla filed

How Godrej
Interio surveyed
Is DB Corp
before planning
How did Noura launching
to serve online
feel betting on Homeonline.co customers and
ICICI Prudential m and Post
what is the
Life Insurance Pickle to
major
could be
diversify the
challeneg/factor
beneficial to
business to stay s considered for
both the
ahead of the
futiure road
comapnies
competition
map

Has Cairn India

developed a
back-up plan if
something
again like
routing of oil
price worldwide
happens
again ?

Is the
localisation
drive adopted
by many global
majors won't
hinder with the
scalability
issues present
in the emerging
markets ?

Why it is so
difficult to
create a
competitive
advantage that
will work in all
emerging
markets?

How can India

improve its
business
ecosystem so
that MNCs
doesn't face
scalability
issues?

With the rising

power
requirements in
India and
continuous
reliance on
imports how do
you see India in
terms of energy
efficiency with
respect to other
emerging
markets?

The bank cleanup initiated

under the asset
quality review,
to bring more
credibility to
bank balance
sheets, is still
ongoing. Will
Raghuram
Rajan's exit put
the fate of
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economic
reforms initiated 16pgp019.gari
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How are you

going to use
Skill
Development
Centres as a
tool to help
Amara Raja
Power Systems
to evolve in the
emerging Indan
Market

Will Paytm
starting banking
services be a
good sign for
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Why shouldn't
India replicate
China model of
How can SMEs giving huge
face create
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create a
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scale
ecosystem for
themselves in companies to
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Theres a lot to
be uncertain
regarding the
economy,
regulation, the
changing tax
landscape, the
distressing
impact that
partisan politics
has on the
How do you
professionall
manage the
creating a great
volatility in oil
deal of angst in
and gas sector the corporate
that hits the
finance
firm's cost
workplace.How
basis, capex
do you cope up
and funding?
with it?

Despite
advances over
the past 20
years middle
and back office
You have
functions
worked across What are the
remain mostly
various
prospects of
How do you
antiquated ,
companies in
solar in the field manage low
slow and not
different sectors of chemical
vendor
very efficient.
like luggage,
business? How dependency by Do you think
refrigerators,
much a
manufacturing that new
radio ? How do company must in-house along technologies
you analyse
invest towards with maximum can radically
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Nomura to
Support Tokyo
2020 Olympic
Due to high
and Paralympic
cess on fuel
Games as Gold
output, how do Partner in
you keep
Securities
investors
Category, what'
interested?
s the reason?

How does
dainik bhaskar
group apply
such a vast
distribution
network?

What 's your

stand on the
indian economy
after passing of
gst bill?

How does
passing of gst
bill affect your
industry?

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With oil prices

at times
lowering down
to even $30.28
a barrel due to
Geo-political
implications,
state owned
companies like
Saudi Aramco
fighting oil price
war with their
huge oil assets,
how does a
corporate like
Cairn India
plans to fight
this competition
?

The trend
shows that the
oil prices might
fall in near
future. Wont the
merger with
Vedanta be a
risk?

With Japanese
firm offering
loan as low as
0.5 % for
pitching their
high speed
Railways that
too spread over
50 years, do
you think it is
even
economically
viable or just to
win the contract
against the
Chinese
counterpart?

Growth rate of
India is
expected to be
7.6%. What
factors or
policies might
influence this
rate?

As the Govt.
deregulating the
defence market
and removing
the cap from
the FDI inflow,
various
companies like
With Dainik
TATA, Reliance
Bhaskar being are going for
the largest
Joint ventures
circulated daily with foreign
in the country, defence
do you feel that Corporate
media activity Giants to pitch
plays a major
for the Indian
part in
Military, What
determining the are the plans of
growth of an
Godrej for the
emerging
same?
nation.

In one of its
recent articles
credit Suisse
Foreign
mentioned that
companies
India is
coming in with overvalued in
huge R&D,
terms of price to
providing
book vs return
turnkey
on equity
solutions like
valuations. With
Talgo( High
India looking for
Speed Trains), foreign
how Amara
investors in
Raja Power
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Systems does how should it
plans to
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share in the
other emerging 16pgp039.prab
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With increasing
popularity
towards English
language, how
does DB plan to
expand its
regional
businesses?

According to the
recent news in
The Economist
it was said that
the only way a
companies can
prosper in the
emerging
economies is to
cut cost
relentlessly and
With so many to accept the
foreign players profit margin
targeting the
close to zero.
Indian Market What is your
16pgp025.sush
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With 7th pay

commission
around the
corner, how
does Godrej
plan to
capitalize the
opportunity?

A simple policy
change has
caused to
Chinese stock
market collapse
this year. How
What are the
can such
factors that
mistakes be
were
avoided at the
considered in
same time
Cairns merger increase the
with Vedanta? growth rate?

With increasing
popularity
towards digital
media, how
does DB plan to
expand its print
media
businesses?

India is
expected to
grow at 7.6% in
next two year,
how do you
plan to
capitalize the
situation?

How are Indian

Financial
markets
What do you
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think is the most similar when
important factor compared to
for increasing the Global
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What impact
better than idea
has the low oil Any example
but how is
price all over
where you used execution
the world on
six sigma in real possible without
your company? life situation
any idea

Can you please

tell something
about the e
commerce
platform of
Godrej

Concept behind
the Skill
Development
Centre of your
organisation

Can you please

explain
commodity
intensive
growth in
16pgp043.rajat
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Sir, DB enjoy
Corp 50%
higher listenership than its
nearest
how does your competitors. As
experience in
the CEO of the
various
company what
corporate fields strategies you
helping you in adapt to
Nomura
maintain such
services?
frequency?

what are the

challenges you
are facing in the
field of
marketing in
Godrej when
compared to
other industries
that you have
worked?

What would you

consider as a
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success in your
entire career?

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on credit
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ac.in

what is the
effect of GST
on oil & gas
exploration
companies?

What are your

views on CairnVedanta
merger?
-

In a blog where
you told about
radio s
potential, it was
mentioned that
in case of
myFM you
redesigned the
business model
and brought
down the
employee
headcount from
550 to 350 to
increase
efficiency. What
steps are taken
by MyFM to
have a
competitive
advantage over
other radio
brands?

How
professional,
ethical, and
dedicated are
employees
What should a should be within
growing
an organization
company focus for to compete
on? Short term against multior long term
national
competitive
corporations
advantage?
and to enter
global markets?

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Credit Suisse,
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In today's
competitive
world of
emerging
What difference How much is
Which one field Which kind of
market, which
you noticed
feasible to
is more
scalability
How the two
one more
while working in expand or
challenging to challenges are companies:
important :
pepsico with the increase scale work in
implemented in power company wealth
team with mid in operations to creativities
competitive
and FMCG
management,
level to senior achieve a
competitive
market with
commpany
investment
level with vast position in
market print
gaining some
experiencing
banking or
diversity in
emerging
media or radio new
and learnings private
culture?
market?
business?
consumers?
are different?
banking ?

How will cairn

india gwt
benefitted from
the merger of
cairn india with
vedanta?

What is the
What is the
strategy
benefit of
followed while
buying shares entering new
from RBL bank? markets?

How does the

xompany
planning to
manage the
channel conflict
which will arise
when it enters
e-commerce
business?

What is your
predominant
management
sryle? How
have you
applied those
characteristics?

What success
and
shortcomings
you have
experienced
with your
management
style?

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Merger on
advantage in
Indian
emerging
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markets

what is the
importance of
customer
relationship in
entertainment
industry?

You held the

reins as the VP
& was counted
upon for sales,
marketing and
operations for
West and South
of Indias
largest read
newspaper
called Dainik
What kept you
Bhaskar what
motivated
was different in
throughout your Can you share newspaper
journey?
any experience. sector?

How Nomura is
scaling itself
amidst of
various
competitors in
this segment

How DB corp
can contribute
to the
competitive
advantage for a
low scale
company

India is known
for protection of
investors
What are the
money and has
major
been
challenges in
performing
scaling up our
better than
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What enitial
your transition
challenges did from being an
you face, when assistant
you joined
reasearch
Surfactant and scientist to
Oleochemicals becoming a
Industry?
CEO?

How godrej
plans to
leverage its
scalability
prowness for
Big basket.

You have been

a Senior
Consultant,
please share
you experience
regarding the
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Timestamp

Guest 1: Mr.
Sudhir Agarwal,
VP HeadGovernment
Relations,
Thomson
Reuters
Corporation

Guest 2 : Mr.
Sandeep
Yadav, CMO,
MTS India

16pgp117.soma
ditya@iimraipur.
9/20/2016 21:18 ac.in
Somaditya Roy 16PGP117

The
Government of
India has
launched the
ambitious
Digital India and
Smart City
programmes. In
this context,
how can
Thomson
Reuters
collaborate with
the
government?

How does the

introduction of
Reliance Jio
affect MTS's
marketing
strategy?

16pgp195.ayus
hi@iimraipur.ac.
9/20/2016 21:20 in
Ayushi Agrawal 16PGP195

How smooth
was your
In which
transition from a telecom
job of Marketing operations field
profile to a job did you learn
of HR based
the most? In
profile? What
which other
encouraged you field have you
to change your incorporated
field?
this learning?

Username

Name

Roll No.

network
upgradation to
Rev B Phase 2
technology that
has helped
achieve high
speed level
optimisation is
commendable.
What are some
other initiatives
that MTS India
has taken as a
part of its data
centric
strategy?

16pgp094.moni
ka@iimraipur.ac
9/20/2016 21:24 .in
Monika Attarde 16PGP094

Q1: Whilst
striving to
maintain a
healthy
insurance
marketplace,
what are some
of the
risks/challenges
that TR faces?
What are the
strengths and
weaknesses of
a global
company like
Q2: Can you
TR?
share some
strategies to
Q2: Statistics
enhance your
track the
retail presence
number of
for data
women working, dongles?
their
Depending
educational
upon the fair
qualifications
breakup of
and salaries.
voice and data
But the data
customers
does not tell us currently
the whole
subscribed with
picture. It
MTS.
doesn't tell us
how women
Q3: How has
feel, and how
been MTS India
they fare day- been striving to
to-day in the
beat the price
workplace. How war on a
effectively have focused ODM
Thomson
partnerships
Reuters been front through
tackling this and smartphones,
what are the
data devices
challenges
and Rev B WiFi
being faced
compatible
therein?
routers?

16pgp119.srisht
i@iimraipur.ac.i
9/20/2016 21:46 n
Srishti Kumar

How shall
Hydrocarbon
Exploration
Licensing Policy
(HELP) offer
marketing and
pricing freedom
to oil and gas
explorers?

16PGP119

Reliance
Communication
s merger with
MTS and with
emergence of
Reliance Jio ,
how to plan to
expand the
operations of
MTS?

16pgp079.dipali
9/20/2016 22:21 @iimraipur.ac.in Dipali Gahiwad 16PGP079

India is having
some IT
industries with
multinational
businesses.In
such scenario
what should be
the next step of
Indian
government to
strengthen the
make in India
program in IT
sector?

What are the

strategies
Indian
government is
currently
utilizing for
international
marketing of
make in India?

16pgp078.deep
9/20/2016 22:29 @iimraipur.ac.in Deep

16PGP078

The
government of
india is
currently
focusing on skill
development,
making India a
manufacturing
hub, ease of
doing business,
etc. How can
Thomson
Reuters
contribute to
help India to be
manufacture
driven
economy?

How do you
asses the
telecom
industry post
the entrance of
Reliance Jios
upcoming 4G
services?

16pgp085.jasoj
eet@iimraipur.a
9/20/2016 22:34 c.in
jasojeet

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16pgp123.sures
h@iimraipur.ac.i SURESH
9/20/2016 23:06 n
KUMAR B

16PGP123

In recent
interview to
THE
FINANCIAL
EXPRESS, you
have mentioned
that Finance,
Industry &
Commerce, and
have been
game-changing
ministries.
Could you
please describe
your views on
those
ministries?

You worked in
Operations,
Sales &
Distribution and
marketing in
your career.
What were the
challenges
faced by you in
these fields.
Which one was
very
challenging?

16pgp076.danie
l@iimraipur.ac.i Daniel
9/20/2016 23:34 n
hembrom

16PGP076

In one of your
publications
''Election
Freebie and Tax
Payer's money''
you have
mentioned that
Currently
Election
Freebies are
funded through
Taxpayer's hard
earned money.
This is killing
and disrespect
to Taxpayers
and their hard
earned money
and you have
asked to STOP
such populist
Election
freebies OR let
Political parties
generate funds
through
transparent
process to fund
these freebies.
Let there be
separate
accounting and
declaration of
accounts.In
which way do
In what way do
you think this
you think
can be
Acquisition by
implemented so Reliance
that tax payers Communication
money isn't
s in 2016 has
disrespected
helped MTS
and ill used?
India?

16pgp072.avani
sh@iimraipur.ac AVANISH
9/20/2016 23:37 .in
KUMAR

16pgp104.raja
9/20/2016 23:38 @iimraipur.ac.in Raja Ramesh

16pgp216.kshiti
j@iimraipur.ac.i Kshitij
9/20/2016 23:39 n
Chandrakar

16PGP072

At present
nearly 200
million Indians
are still without
a bank account
and therefore
are unable to
get the benefits
of schemes like
PMSBY. How
can technology
help in
improving the
scenario?

Recently there
has been a spat
between
various cellular
players
regarding
provision of low
cost wifi in
public places.
What is MTS's
take regarding
this issue?

16PGP104

How do you
think the Smart
Cities would
help in
stemming the
dwindling rural
population?
Don't the smart
cities
encourage
urban
migration?

What is the role

of the Green
Field
Operations in
Make in India?

16PGP216

Govt of India is
currently
focussing on
skill
development
through Skill
India, what are
your plans to
make tr most of
that
opportunity??

What is your
approach
towards unified
data offerings
which is going
to be a futuristic
trend??

16pgp067.shant
i@iimraipur.ac.i Akumarty
9/20/2016 23:58 n
Shanti Teja

16pgp110.saum
ya@iimraipur.ac
9/20/2016 23:58 .in
SAUMYA

16pgp084.ishita
9/20/2016 23:59 @iimraipur.ac.in Ishita Manglik

16PGP067

After Make In
India campaign,
did we see a
substantial
change in the
Is Make in India investment
the solution for flow? If not,
all the ills of the what are the
economy
reasons

16PGP110

How can
Thomson
Reuters
collaborate with
the government
in the context of
the ambitious
Digital India and
Smart City
programmes?

16PGP084

Sir you have

worked across
various roles
What was one and domains in
major driving
your career
factor that
which amongst
prompted you them do you
to switch from a consider was
marketing
the most
profile to HR
challenging and
profile?
why ?

What effect
does the
introduction of
Reliance Jio
have on MTS's
marketing
strategy?

16pgp115.shruti
9/20/2016 23:59 @iimraipur.ac.in Shruti Duggal

16pgp121.sumit Sumit
9/20/2016 23:59 @iimraipur.ac.in Srivastava

16pgp115

Whats the
major difference
between
working with
Govt sector
clients and
private clients?

What is going to
be the new
marketing
strategy for
MTS?

16PGP121

How can
Thomson
Reuters
collaborate with
the government
in its Digital
India The
Government of
India has
launched the
ambitious
Digital India and
Smart City
programmes.

How would
Reliance Jio
entry into
telecom space
affect MTS's
market
strategy?

16PGP107

Sir, you have

spent almost 18
years working
with various
Telecommunica
tion giants in
the Industry.
Having been
associated with
this Industry for
such a long
time, what are
Sir, what are the your views
key offerings of regarding the
Thomson
entrance of
Reuters
Reliance Jio
Corporation for and its impact
the Indian eon the Telecom
Governance
Industry in the
space?
near future?

16pgp215.harip
riya@iimraipur.
9/21/2016 0:01 ac.in
Haripriya.P.Nair 16PGP215

What
,according to
you ,are the
major
challenges
How do you see
faced by
MTS will benefit
pharma industry with the growing
in MII initiative? market of RJio?

16pgp107.saga
r@iimraipur.ac.i
9/20/2016 23:59 n
Sagar Kothari

16pgp126.vikas
9/21/2016 0:16 @iimraipur.ac.in Vikas Pullela

16pgp081.sai@
9/21/2016 0:18 iimraipur.ac.in Sai Srujan

16PGP126

In one of your
recent
interviews you
spoke about e
governance in
detail. How do
you think that e
governance will
aid the make in
India
campaign?

16pgp081

What would be
the impact of a
giant like
Reliance Jio
entering into
telecommunicat
How would
ion market and
Thomson
how would
Reuters
merger of
Corporation is Reliance Jio
going to expand and Aircel
in nascent
impact
markets like
MTS.What
India where it
would be the
has not reached strategy MTS
its
would be
expectations ? adopting ?

16pgp091.mani
kanta@iimraipu
9/21/2016 0:20 r.ac.in
Manikanta Aka 16PGP091

As an
International
firm how does
Make in India
going to help
Thomson
Reuters
Corporation's
growth?

With the entry

of big players
like Jio, do you
think
consolidation is
the way forward
for the telecom
players to
survive?

As we know
that MTS India
is a part of
Reliance
Communication
s, Aircel and
Reliance
merger will be a
good sign for
MTS India or
not?

16pgp080.gaur
av@iimraipur.ac
9/21/2016 0:34 .in
Gaurav Kumar 16PGP080

India's judicial
system right
now is messy,
we have over
20 million cases
pending in the
District Courts.
But with the
advent of Digital
India and
How important
technology like do you think is
Thomson
Reliance Jio's
Reuters Cintroduction and
Track Court
the response of
Case
it's rival firms
Management
towards
System, is there realising the
light at the end dream of a
of the tunnel? Digital India?

16pgp092.shrir
am@iimraipur.a Manikanta
9/21/2016 0:38 c.in
Sriram K

N/A

16PGP092

N/A

16pgp082.hers
hita@iimraipur.
9/21/2016 0:38 ac.in
hershita tigga

16pgp228.arka
prabha@iimraip Arkaprabha
9/21/2016 0:44 ur.ac.in
Bhattacharyya

16pgp093.mohit
9/21/2016 0:45 @iimraipur.ac.in Mohit Panwar

16pgp082

What are views

regarding egovernance
space.

What are views

regarding
Green Field
Telecom
Operations.

16PGP228

Indian
government is
focusing on skill
development,
making India a
manufacturing
hub, ease of
doing business,
etc. How can
Thomson
Reuters
contribute to
these?

In coming days
all operators will
go in the unified
data offerings.
Is MTS also
going with that
policy? How
relevant is that
as far as Digital
India is
considered?

16PGP093

As Reliance Jio
went out of the
league and
started
As changing
manufacturing
scenarios in
and sales of
Indian economy LYF phones
like GST and
through
stable
Reliance Digital
government
and Digital
framework ,
Express stores
what strategy
for Jio users.
thomson
Do you thing
reuters is
this will impact
focusing upon ongoing or
whether quick upcoming ODM
targets or long- partnerships ?
term
Like MTS has
opportunities? partnered with
Micromax.

16pgp097.niranj
an@iimraipur.a
9/21/2016 0:47 c.in
Niranjan

16pgp069.anuj
9/21/2016 0:54 @iimraipur.ac.in Anuj sabarwal

16pgp097

Make in India
has been not
effectively
implemented in
the Defence
sector, though
we are easing
FDI. whats your
opinion on that?

reliance jio
entered into
market as a big
player, Your
opinion on the
further steps in
data tariffs.

16PGP069

Having worked
for pure
technological
firms how you
perceive the
mix of
technology in
business
management.

How other
telecom players
should deal with
threat of
reliance jio in
4G spectrum
bidding?

16pgp127.kunal
9/21/2016 1:07 @iimraipur.ac.in Bhalerao Kunal 16pgp127

In your
interview with
Financial
Expres you
commented that
the whole
concept of JAM
(JandhanAadhaarMobility) will go
a long way in
revamping the
subsidy system Google is
in the
providing free
economy.So my wifi to railway
question to you stations why
is that will any isn't other
such mobility
Indian
concept can
companies or
also be applied MTS doing it in
in Make in
favour of Make
India?
in India ?

16pgp068.amit
9/21/2016 2:20 @iimraipur.ac.in AMIT KUMAR

16PGP068

16pgp199.pran
ay@iimraipur.ac
9/21/2016 2:20 .in
Pranay Mondal 16pgp199

Talking of
execution of
make in india ,
industry
complains there
hasn't been any
movement in
the mass media
and information
firm . What
does India
lack?

With the
Internet taking
over things, is
there a future
for the
telecommunicat
ion industry in
India?

There hasn't
what do you
been any
think about the
movement in
Acquisition by
the aviation
Reliance
sector. What is Communication
your view on
s in 2016? Will
this? What does it help MTS
India lack?
India in future?

16pgp081.sai@
9/21/2016 2:31 iimraipur.ac.in Sai Srujan

jsac@iimraipur.
9/21/2016 2:33 ac.in
Nihit Agrawal

16pgp085.jasoj
eet@iimraipur.a
9/21/2016 2:35 c.in
jasojeet

16PGP081

Sir you are

having imense
experience in
Information
Technology
after working
with giant
companies like
IBM,Oracle and
HCL.Sir, could
you please
explain me the
problems that
Thomson
Reuters as a
company faces
in coordinating
with Indian
Government
and working
with them ?

16PGP095

Even though
Due to various
GOI is
tech startups
promoting Make coming up, is
in India widely, MTS
what are some collaborating
major
with them to
bottlenecks
provide any
from the
specific
government?
services?

Do you think we
are close to a
tangible and
feasible
strategy on
ground as to
how the make
in india
framework will
be put into
action by the
corporate
world?
16pgp085

In an Oligopoly
market like
Telecommunica
tion in India
where outlook
shows more
and more
consolidations
after Reliance
and Aircel
Merger is it
correct time for
more
consolidations
or should
companies do
wait and watch
game ?

Where does
mts come into
the picture
regarding the
make in india
initiative

16pgp090.lallia
npuii@iimraipur.
9/21/2016 2:43 ac.in
LALLIANPUII

16pgp070.anur
ag@iimraipur.a Anurag Pratap
9/21/2016 2:46 c.in
Singh

16pgp209.ajay
9/21/2016 2:51 @iimraipur.ac.in S Ajay Kumar

16PGP090

What are the

necessary
changes in the
labour laws
required for the
smooth
expansion of
Make in India
campaign?

What are the

various views
regarding
Green Field
Telecom
Operations?

16PGP070

Don't you feel

the use of
providing the
bills or the
messages to
the people in
their own
vernacular also
has a very
limited scope to
help out the
people in the
rural India?

Starting your
career from ITC
Hotels to MTS
now how has
the industry
evolved over
time?

16PGP209

Banking,
financial
services, and
insurance
sectors
continue to
experience
unprecedented
volumes of
regulatory
change and
complexity. can
you explain
much detail
about
Regulatory
Intelligence

how will the

recent
acquisition of
MTS by
Reliance
Communication
s will impact the
market growth
is this a positive
move to
improve the
market share of
mts

16pgp122.sund
eep@iimraipur. Sundeep
9/21/2016 2:52 ac.in
Kumar

16PGP122

16pgp219.saket
9/21/2016 2:54 @iimraipur.ac.in SAKET SHAKTI 16PGP219

At present
nearly 200
million Indians
are still without
a bank account
and therefore
are unable to
get the benefits
of schemes like
PMSBY. How
can technology
help in
improving the
scenario?

Recently there
has been a spat
between
various cellular
players
regarding
provision of low
cost wifi in
public places.
What is MTS's
take regarding
this issue?

16pgp220.utkar
sh@iimraipur.ac
9/21/2016 3:05 .in
Utkarsh Rawat 16PGP220

16pgp093.mohit
9/21/2016 3:08 @iimraipur.ac.in Mohit Panwar

What changes What are the

do you think are initiatives MTS
required to be India has taken
undertaken by as a part of its
the government Marketing
to facilitate the strategy and
growth of
what have been
thomson
the effects of it
reuters in India? so far?

As Reliance Jio
went out of the
league and
started
manufacturing
As changing
and sales of
scenarios in
LYF phones
Indian economy through
like GST and
Reliance Digital
stable
and Digital
government
Express stores
framework ,
for Jio users.
what strategy
Do you thing
thomson
this will impact
reuters is
ongoing or
focusing upon upcoming ODM
whether quick partnerships ?
targets or long- Like MTS has
term
partnered with
93 opportunities? Micromax?

16pgp101.pras
hant@iimraipur. prashant
9/21/2016 3:18 ac.in
pokarna

16pgp096.nikita
9/21/2016 3:29 @iimraipur.ac.in Nikita Pendse

16pgp101

When we
compare India
with China they
are at a stage
where they are
focused on
globalization in
terms of tax
regulations,
international
trade policies
etc but we can
draw a similar
parallelism
wherein we in
India itself do
not have a
robust taxation
or regulatory
mechanism for
trade, so how
similar is the
challenge for
both the
countries ?

16PGP096

The telecom
sector which
was very stable
The framework for many years
of Indian
has been stirred
Bureaucracy is up recently.
such that it
What benefits
leads to delays will the
at various
customers
stages. How do derive from this
you mitigate this shift of
effect?
paradigm?

Is MTS
planning to
provide wifi in
public spaces in
cities it is
currently
operating?

16pgp088.karta
vya@iimraipur.a Kartavya
9/21/2016 3:34 c.in
Agarwal

16PGP088

16pgp113.shilp
a@iimraipur.ac.i
9/21/2016 3:44 n
Shilpa Ramnani 16PGP113

The
Government is
promoting the
paradigm
"Minimum
Government
and Maximum
governance".Ho
w important do
you think is the
success of
eGovernance
for the success
of Make in India
campaign?

How do you see

the future of
operator
branded
smartphone in
India?

Are the Telecom

industry
resources
expected to
grow at the
same pace as
the Electronics
industry
considering the
impact of Make
in India? How
should the
Telecom
Industry plan to
increase its
resources in the
face of the
competition by
RELIANCE JIO
What would be as well as the
the role of
one posed by
media in the
the growing
success of
electronics
Make in India? industry?

Instead of
compensation
can we
empower
farmers to
make them
partners in the
development
process

How effectively
are the policies
percolated from
the top are
implemented in
the make in
india campaign

16pgp105.ravi RAVI RANJAN

9/21/2016 4:07 @iimraipur.ac.in KUMAR
16PGP105

how thomson
reuters can
provide indian
goverment
insights and
support in
achieving make
in india
campaign?

How reliance jio

is going to
change the
market
dynamics in
telecom
industry?

16pgp116.sneh
a@iimraipur.ac.i
9/21/2016 4:22 n
S Sneha

16PGP116

According to
you, what are
the ways that
could be
implemented
such that the
bottom line can
also access the
e-governance
apps?

How are
whatsapp calls,
hike calls and
other network
calls, a threat to
you?

16PGP074

What, in your
opinion are the
major
roadblocks for a
foreign entity to
set up shop in
India?

Does the Make

in India initiative
actually
improve the
product
shipping times
considerably?

16pgp067.shant
i@iimraipur.ac.i
9/21/2016 4:06 n
Sowbhagya p

16pgp074.bhaw
ana@iimraipur.
9/21/2016 4:24 ac.in
Bhawana

16pgp118

16pgp106.risha
b@iimraipur.ac.i
9/21/2016 4:27 n
Rishab Jolly

16pgp106

16pgp204.vasu
dev@iimraipur. Vasudev Nayak
9/21/2016 4:31 ac.in
M
16PGP204

Sir, you have a

great
experience in
companies lies
IBM, Oracle, Sifi
in handling
government
relations. My
Question is that
how does
Campaigns like When can we
Make in India, expect a new
Start up India
ad campaign
impact the
from MTS
working and
seeing the
attitude of
entrance of
companies
Jio.The last
towards the
baby campaign
government.
was a huge hit.

Good Afternoon
Sir, With
Reliance Jio
Good Afternoon being the new
Sir, How does talk of the
make in India
town , will MTS
play a role in
also venture
the mass media into the 4G
industry ?
domain?

16pgp102.prem
9/21/2016 4:38 @iimraipur.ac.in Prem anand

16pgp111.suyo
g@iimraipur.ac.i Suyog
9/21/2016 4:45 n
Sawardekar

16pgp102

The
government
plans to make
India a truly
digital nation by
offering a
plethora of egovernance
services across
sectors by using
cloud, mobility, 2) As
IoT and
technology and
analytics. What ground rules
are the
keep on
execution
changing,
challenges
companies in
when it comes the telecom
to the
sector have had
implementation to make quick
of these
transitions to be
solutions across with updated
implementation market. How
in government does MTS
departments
addressing
and state
these
governments? challenges?

16PGP111

Sir with the new

and incoming
Sir what are the players in the
essentials skills market what
needed to be
differentiation
able to handle levels can
government
companies
and
attempt to play
beaureacratic at ? considering
relations well
a very volatile
while
consumer
maintaining
mentality
your firms
regarding
objectives in
service
mind .
providers

16pgp099.para
s@iimraipur.ac.i
9/21/2016 4:59 n
Paras

15pgp117.aalap
9/21/2016 5:07 @iimraipur.ac.in Isha Junghare

16pgp099

Brexit: What
influence will
How you
the uk have on looking forward
india?
against jio?

16PGP083

What is the
most important
criterion when
dealing with
change in
governments
while
maintaining
some policy
created ny
earlier
government?

What and how

much impact do
you think GIO
will have on
telecom
industry?

16pgp108.sanc
hari@iimraipur. Sanchari
9/21/2016 5:11 ac.in
sengupta

16pgp112.shad
wal@iimraipur.a
9/21/2016 5:20 c.in
Shadwal Rai

16pgp192.anan
d@iimraipur.ac.i
9/21/2016 5:26 n
Anand Jhawar

16pgp108

In the new
scheme of
How do you
things, can
think the new
India look for
business
human
practice i.e.
employment on
system
a large scale
integration have when robots
benefited
may take over
Thomson
manufacture
Reuters and will worldwide -affect this
and still stay
industry?
competitive?

16PGP112

With the RComAircel-MTS

merger and
slashing of
tariffs by Idea,
Vodafone and
Airtel to
compete with
Reliance Jio, in
In which sector the near future
do you expect is can we see
most profit after RCom with
the partnership largest market
with Wibbitz?
share.

16PGP192

How do you
think the
merger of
merger of
Reliance
How will GST
communication
implementation with Aircel and
impact the
MTS impact the
Make In India telecom market
campaign?
in India?

16pgp198.kaust
abh@iimraipur.
9/21/2016 5:27 ac.in
Kaustabh Mallik 16PGP198

Pensioners'
grievances are
still on the rise.
How can the
Pensioner's
Portal under
Mission Modes
Projects (MMP)
cater to this
issue keeping in
mind the large
number of
pensioners?

How can the

recent
Acquisition by
Reliance
Communication
s in 2016 help
MTS India?

ABDUL
16pgp066.abdul KHADAR
9/21/2016 5:38 @iimraipur.ac.in KODIYIL

As we know
Make in India is
not an initiative
put forward by
the present
PMO, but is a
polished
version of the
old one by UPA
govt,although it
doesnt bear a
name like that
before. As a
government
relations head
of an MNC,
what all
changes can
you note down
from the
present
campaign and
the previous
one.?

With the launch

of Reliance Jio,
on behalf of
PMO
Mr.Narendra
Modi's Make in
India initiative,
what you think
is the
challenges
telecom
industry going
to face?

NA

NA

16PGP066

16pgp080.gaur
av@iimraipur.ac
9/21/2016 5:41 .in
Gaurav Kumar 16PGP080

16pgp086.vish
was@iimraipur.
9/21/2016 6:11 ac.in
K Vishwas

16PGP086

Will there be
any negative
effect to
Reliance
because of
Reliance jio,s
tie up with 8
global carriers?

As Reliance Jio
went out of the
league and
started
manufacturing
and sales of
LYF phones
As changing
through
scenarios in
Reliance Digital
Indian economy and Digital
like GST is
Express stores
bringing forth , for Jio users.
what strategy
Do you think
thomson
this will impact
reuters is
ongoing or
focusing upon, upcoming ODM
whether quick partnerships ?
targets or long- Like MTS has
term
partnered with
98 opportunities? Micromax?

16pgp098.punit
ha@iimraipur.a
9/21/2016 8:50 c.in
P S PUNITHA

16pgp125.swiya
9/21/2016 9:00 @iimraipur.ac.in swiya

In Civic
Terrorism you
mentioned
"Baat, Haat and
Laat". Did you
ever implement
this in your life
where you were
succesful in
driving people
do things? How
could this help
in corporate
world?

16pgp125

what are the

advantages of
government's
immense focus
and
investments in
e-governance

Can you please

brief about the
initiative MTS
India has taken
as a part of its
data centric
strategy?

16pgp229.saisa
ntosh@iimraipu
9/21/2016 9:17 r.ac.in
SAI SANTOSH 16PGP229

16pgp124.swet
a@iimraipur.ac.i Swets Kumari
9/21/2016 11:38 n
Singh

Sir , Since July

2009 ,
Thomson
Reuters was
continuously
acquiring at
least 2 firms a
year , what
would be the
next acquisition
in 2017 and
why

In the present
scenario, when
nothing on
internet is safe
and concept of
digital India is
being
empowered,
how does court
case
management
system
provided by
Thomson
Reuters
ensures the
safekeeping of
the details of
cases being
filed digitally?
16PGP124

Sir , Why MTS

India merges
with Anil
Ambani's RCom

What are the

initiatives MTS
India has taken
as a part of its
data centric
strategy?

Guest 2 : Mr.
Vasanth
Rajendran
Guest 3 : Ms.
Independent
Aanchal Mishra,
Consultant and
Associate
Guest 1 : Mr.
Sr.
Director Bharathwaj
Director,Global
Global
Guest 4 : Mr.
Ranganathan, Head,
Technology
Atul Holkar, VP Director,Capge SutherlandGlob
Services , IBM - SCM, RJ Corp mini
al Services

Guest 3 : Mr.
Nikhil
Naraharikrishna
, Associate
DirectorReturns,
Flipkart

Guest 4 :Mr.
Prasenjit Roy,
CMO, NTT
Communication
s

Guest 5 : Mr.
Satish K Naidu,
Sr. VP Strategic
Alliances &
BFL, Bajaj
Alliance

Technology
transformation
is necessary to
stay abreast
with the
changing
market
conditions. At
the same time,
the excessively
rapid adoption
of technologies
can disrupt
traditional
business
models. What
are the key
factors that
How would IBM How would RJ indicate the
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Technology
transformation
is necessary to
stay abreast
with the
changing
market
conditions. At
the same time,
the excessively
rapid adoption
of technologies
can disrupt
traditional
business
models. What
are the key
factors that
indicate the
optimal time to
update
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Technology
transformation
is necessary to
stay abreast
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changing
market
conditions. At
the same time,
the excessively
rapid adoption
of technologies
can disrupt
traditional
business
models. What
are the key
factors that
indicate the
optimal time to
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Technology
transformation
is necessary to
stay abreast
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changing
market
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the same time,
the excessively
rapid adoption
of technologies
can disrupt
traditional
business
models. What
are the key
factors that
indicate the
optimal time to
update
technology?

Technology
transformation
is necessary to
stay abreast
with the
changing
market
conditions. At
the same time,
the excessively
rapid adoption
of technologies
can disrupt
traditional
business
models. What
are the key
factors that
indicate the
optimal time to
update
technology?

How pursuing
MBL will help
you in your
future
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How has
Startup India
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How necessary the culture of
it is to have an startups? How
efficient return different was it
policy in ein 2014 when
commerce
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two-wheeler
insurance policy
and 24x7
roadside
assistance sure
must have been
welcomed and
more owners
opting for the
policy to avoid
policy renewals.
How positively
is this move
expected to the
gross sales
during the
current year?

You are going to

use scientific
approach to
manage returns
from customers.
What is that
approach and
how will you
While IBM is
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is it going about second largest employees to
Indian
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doing it?
partner of Nike? projects?
business.
marketplace? groom?

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you pioneer
business
volumes of
Bajaj Alliance to
greater
heights?

Do you think
that there
should be some
incentives for
multinational
firms who are
already having
production
plants in India
along with the
new entrants?

In the recent
news we see
that IBM is
repositioning
itself, shedding
its networking
and x86 server
divisions, how
do you feel
about the shift
in business
focus, as well
as how it will
affect the
companys
many partners
and customers?

As a director at
a consulting
firm have you
What is your
ever seen the
opinion is
failure of the
better; just
firm rather than
make in India or success due to
Make for India technical
along with it?
transformation?

By your
experience of
working
internationally;d
o you feel that
the pace of
technical
transformation
in India is
adequate?

What would be
the role of
technology in
future of
marketing. Will
it replace the
traditional ways
of marketing
like print media
almost
completely?

How do you
think
businesses like
insurance
having very low
penetration in
India can utilize
technology for
further
penetration or it
is not the
feasible
solution?

In the recent
news we came
to know
Capgemini is
using IBM's
Watson to
assign
employees to
projects, which
How do you
has essentially
think Adaptive reduced 30 to
Supply Chain
40% of the
management
work. how does
will help
the company
mitigating the
effectively look
uncertainties in forward to use
the process?
its work force?

Internet is the
backbone of ecommerce.
Unfortunately,
internet
penetration in
India is so far
dismally low at
0.5 per cent of Communication
the population tools based on
against 50 per the Internet,
cent in
such as
Singapore.
Whatsapp,
Similarly,
skypee & hike
penetration of etc has
Considering
personal
dramatically
S&P has been computer (PC) reduced the
constantly
in India is as
traditional
bullish on India low as 3.5 per profits of
and is
thousand of
telecom
projecting a
population
operators for
healthy 8%
compared to 6 SMS and voice
growth year on per thousand in calls, and they
year. Do you
China and 500 are trying hard
think its
per thousand in to avoid
realistically
US. How do you becoming just
possible for
think e
simple data
India to
commerce
channels in the
successfully
companies will digital era. Do
accomplishing be able to tap you think there
its Make in
the huge
is any other
India and Digital untapped
new source of
India vision?
segment?
revenue?

The life
insurance
industry
witnessed a
decline in the
first year
premium
collected which
dropped a year
on year basis of
approximately
10%. Experts
consider it to
the mainly
because of
investor
knowledge. Do
you think in the
currently
scenario india
lacks Insurance
and what
according to
you can be
done to improve
it?

According to
you how
technical
transformation
is causing
transition in
roles of
humans?

Sir where do
you see the
evolution of
counter
incentive offers
in the ecommerce
battle lead to?
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As a Delivery
Executive for
large Healthcare Account in
IBM. When it
comes to
project delivery,
Delivering the
project at
scheduled time
is very
important.
What are the
steps you
usually take in
order to deliver
the project
within client's
specified time?

You have been

worked in
various roles in
the field of
Supply Chain
Management.
How supply
chain
management is
important for
any
manufacturing
sector or
service sector?

I have seen the

efforts of
learning and
knowledge
department in
my previous
organization
and also some
organizations
lack the
knowledge
sharing to their
employees. As
you have the
experience for
more than 14
years in that
field, Kindly tell
us how
important
What are the
According to
knowledge
challenges in
your view, how sharing is
any product
would masala important to any innovation and
bonds would
organization
also its cost
impact our
and also the
reduction
stock market? employees.
factors?

Indian
Insurance
Industry is
You have been expected to
invited by
increase at a
NASSCOM to a CAGR of 12-15
mentor to the
per cent over
10000 Startthe next five
ups, Kindly
years.What is
share us
your view on
experience and that and also
also the key
job
factors which
opportunities in
are very
that field for
important for
young
any startup?
graduates?

You have been

the Associate
Director Global
Technology
Services at IBM
India Private
Limited for past
8 months how
the job role has
been different
from when you
had been
working as
Cluster Delivery
Head - Global
Infrastructure
Services I HLS
Vertical Wipro
Technologies?

what has been

the biggest
challenge that
you have faced
being the
Senior Vice
President, Head
Merchandise
and Supply
Chain
Management of
RJ Corp Retail?

In your recent
publication
''Game of the
CMOs - Aligning
with Peers'' you
In one of your have mentioned
publications
that A CMOs
''Role
relationship with
transitions
the CEO must
How to get off evolve from
to a flying start'' being a trusted
you have talked second in
How is the
about different command to
Capgemini
Indian market mantras of
that of being a
being one of the different from
success,
partner in
What are the
top consultancy the European according to
progress, what main factors
firms in the the market as far as you which one are its
taken into
world how does enterprise
of them is the advantages and consideration
it competes with learning
most important how one can be while bringing in
its competitors services are
mantra and
successful in
new policies for
in India?
concerned?
why?
doing so?
the customers?

It is reported
that Indian ecommerce
startups spend
as much as 30
percent of their
net income on
logistics.
Multiple supply
chain startups
like Roadrunnr,
Opinio etc.
have
successfully
reduced this
expnese. How
much
opportunity do
you see in this
area and what
can be the
possible ways
to further
reduce the
expenses ?

Recently
Capgemini
replaced nearly
40% of its work
done by its
resource
management
group with
IBM's cognitive
computing
system,
Watson, is a
clear indication
that it is not just
repetitive or
mechanical jobs
that are at risk.
Artificial
intelligence (AI) At present what
is capable of
is the
taking on those penetration
tasks that
percentage of
require
Robotic
analytical skills. Process
In such a
Automation in
backdrop, what Sutherland,
are the skill sets given that it is
that must be
the pioneer in
acquired in
exploring
order to ensure opportunities
employability. related to RPA?

Can the Jabong

buyout by
Flipkart's
fashion arm
Myntra be seen
as a inititation
of the
consolidation of
e-commerce
industry?

In a recent
report by ET,
many PE Funds
and banks are
wooing former
head honchos
to manage their
investment.
What are your
views on this
trend?

Actuarial
Science is a
highly sought
after degree all
over the world.
How can it help
a MBA graduate
in career
progression?

We are seeing
so much digital
technology
infusion in
Supply Chain
Management.
After powerful Why aren't we
AI like Watson able to
of IBM, what is implement the
going to be in same in
store for the
Government
future?
services?

For the Indian

Business to be
more
successful,
there should be
more of small
How are
players rather
technology
than few large
companies like players. How
Capgemini
can that be
coping up with achieved in
plethora of start present
ups?
scenario?

How important
is strategic
marketing of
What is
India as an
Flipkart's
investment
strategy for
hub? How is
using
our present
automation,
Government
which would cut faring according
the jobs?
to you?

Insurance is an
area with huge
untapped
potential in
India. How is
the market
going to unravel
in coming 10
years?

No question

How do you
tackle the
competitors in
india, is it
different from
the strategies in
other
countries??

What is the
biggest
challenge that
you have faced
in your current
position??
No question

No question

Artificial
Intelligence has
been one of the
core research
areas of IBM.
Recently we
have seen a lot
of work being
done in this
field by various
organisations.
Does IBM see
scope of
collaboration
with other
organisations in
order to
increase the
momentum of
research work
in this field?

No question

How is
eurobridge
going to help
Make In India
drive??

World Bank
recent
can we see
Logistics is a
development
technology
major challenge report says
transfer through in India due to India is not able What is the
Make in India? poor
to reach its
application of
If not what
infrastructure. digital
Artificial
policy
What can be
dividends. What intelligence in
interventions
the measures to might be the
Indian
are the need of overcome these possible causes corporate
hour?
challenges
and solutions? sector?

How can data

analytics
change the
conduct of
business in
India?

India is at the
cusp of
technology
transformation
With the recent with Singapore
launch of
based business
Reliance Jio
veteran said.
can we see
Sir can you
another
please give
communication some insights
revolution?
on this?

Technology
transformation
is necessary to
stay abreast
with the
changing
In one of your market
publications
conditions. At
''Role
the same time,
transitions
the excessively
How to get off rapid adoption
to a flying start'' of technologies
you have talked can disrupt
How is the
about different traditional
Capgemini
Indian market mantras of
business
being one of the different from
success,
models. What
In what ways
top consultancy the European according to
are the key
In what ways
does RJ Corp firms in the the market as far as you which one factors that
does IBM plan plan to
world how does enterprise
of them is the indicate the
to contribute to contribute to the it competes with learning
most important optimal time to
the Make in
Make in India
its competitors services are
mantra and
update
India initiative? initiative?
in India?
concerned?
why?
technology?

IBM is in the
midst of three
transformational
stages big
data, cloud and
engagement
with newly
empowered
individuals So
in context to
make in India
What is a more
how will it help viable option
its customers in considering our
India achieve
economy :make
their business for India or
targets?
make in India ?

How does
Capegemini
stay abreast
with the ever
changing
market
technologies?

Flipkart being a
e-commerce
company has to
be constantly
At present what be in sync with
is the
the fast
penetration
changing
percentage of technologies.
Robotic
How is flipkart
Process
planning to
Automation in make its
Sutherland,
services
given that it is available to a
the pioneer in wide untapped
exploring
rural market?
opportunities
related to RPA?

What are the

main factors
taken into
consideration
while bringing in
new policies for
the customers?

With bajaj
alliance
With telecom
entering into
industry
short term
evolving rapidly insurance cover
in terms of
and with plan to
technology and settling claims
a shift towards via hand held
data services
devices how in
from voice
terms Indian
services at the demographics
consumer end, can maximum
what are the
market
future prospects penetration be
of voice
achieved?
services in India
?

With the
growing use of
automation in
the IT industry,
Capgemini
What has been recently
the biggest
deployed IBMs
challenge you Watson to
have faced in
assign
your 23 year old employees to
How has being career as SCM projects. How
an alumni from and how did
have the results
IMT helped you you overcome of this change
in your career? it?
been?

How do you
How has your
handle
management
situations
degree in
where adequate finance &
and accurate
marketing
data is not
helped you in
available?
your career?

Technology
transformation
is necessary to
stay abreast
with the
changing
market
conditions. At
the same time,
the excessively
rapid adoption
of technologies
can disrupt
traditional
What are the
business
How is IBM
key factors that models. What
looking to
How would RJ indicate the
factors drive the
contribute to the Corp contribute optimal time to decision to
Make in India
to the Make in update
update
initiative?
India initiative? technology?
technology?

Bajaj Allianz
has moved a
proposal before
IRDA to launch
short-term
insurance
How has being plans. What
an alumni from was the reason
IIT Bombay
behind this?
helped you in
your career?

Technology
transformation
is necessary to
stay abreast
Excessively
with the
rapid adoption Excessively
changing
of technologies rapid adoption market
can disrupt
of technologies conditions. At
traditional
can disrupt
the same time,
business
traditional
the excessively
models. At the business
rapid adoption
same time
models. At the of technologies
technology
same time
can disrupt
transformation technology
traditional
is necessary to transformation business
stay abreast
is necessary to models. What
with the
stay abreast
factors drive the
changing
with the
decision to
market
changing
update
conditions.
market
technology?
What are the
conditions.
What are the
key factors that What factors
key factors that
indicate the
drive the
indicate the
optimal time to decision to
optimal time to
update
update
update
technology?
technology?
technology?

Ma'am, some of
the various
campaigns
rolled out by the
Government of
India rely
greatly on
efficient IT
resources for its
success.
According to
you, how can
major IT players
in India support
these
campaigns for
the growth of
the economy as
well as their
organisation's
growth?

Sir, given your

association with
the Indian Army
as well as some
famous
Business
Houses in India,
what according
to you are the
learnings that
both can take
from each other
to improve their
respective SCM
process?

As the scope of
processed
How do you
foods in Indian
evaluate Make Market is
In India's impact meagre,what do
on IBM's Indian you think is the
market as there scope of Govt.
are more
initiatives as
challenges
part of MII will
coming on the impact in
way along with Supply Chain of
its scope of
food processing
growth ?
Industry?

Sir, with the

advent of
rampant
Globalisation,
Sir, do you feel how important
that a rampant is it to
transformation implement
in technology
various global
can have an
principles of
adverse affect Finance to
on SMEs in
Indian
Rural Sector
Businesses to
instead of a
meet global
beneficial one? standards?

Sir, today,
online purchase
from ECommerce
sites has
gained
prominence. An
important factor
that helps this
entire process
is the Flexible
Return Policy
offered by the
E-Commerce
companies. But
this also ha an
adverse effect
on the entire
process. There
have been
instances when
the Seller has
been duped
because of the
the Return
Policy. Do you
feel the Indian
market still
needs to
develop further
in terms of
ethics before
this Return
Policy can be
implemented
completely?

How do you
How Capgemini
ensure least
deals with the What are the
technological
digital
technological
failures during
transformation challenges
the peak
issues facing
faced by SGS in business days
the client
the digital
like big billion
domain?
transformation? day?

Sir, you have an

expertise in the
field of
Acquisitions
and it is
observed that
Sir, being
several startinvolved with
ups today are
several startups setup with the
and mentoring motive of being
them on a
acquired by an
regular basis as Industry giant
a part of your
once they
job, what
become
according to
successful in
you is the
their respective
importance of field. What is
an Incubation the implication
Center in
of such an
providing
acquisition on
support to a
the workforce of
Startup in its
the
initial phases? organisation?

What is the
strategy of NTT
in ensuring
client centric
business using
digital
technology
transformation?

What are the

technological
challenges
faced by Bajaj
Allianz in the
digital
transformation?

With make in
India, there will
be many
smaller players
entering the
market. IBM is
known for it's
mega deals with
big players. Is
IBM open to
collaborate with
the players? If
so what kind
How does make
structural
in India effect
revamp is
the Indian F & B
necessary?
market?

In one of the
articles that you
How does
published, you
Digital
Sutherland
spoke about
Transformation Global
Technology
is the hot topic Services, in
driven CMOs.
among major
which
Don't you think
enterprises
technology is an Is there
the traditional
across the
integral part of anything new
methods of
world. What is business
that Flipkart is getting
Capgemini
operations keep doing on the
information
doing in
up with the
technology front about customer
achieving this changing
to improve the trends are more
digital
technological
user
reliable new
transformation? trends?
experience?
technologies?

How big a role

does
technology play
for a company
like Bajaj
Allaince?

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Markets are
After Apple 7 is After Apple 7 is
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going to
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How NTT
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How are you
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analysis and
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India's defence
needs are
With
mainly catered
manufacturers by imports.
increasingly
Realistically
looking to
speaking, how
switch to robots long do you
instead of
think the Make
manpower, how in India
well do you
campaign will
think Make in
take to be able
India will do in to match these
terms of
imports in terms
providing
of
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There is a
recent bloom in
analytics from
service sector.
And we are
expecting
companies to
start up on that
division.
Recently there
has been focus
on
manufacturing
sector targeting
25% of the
GDP. From the
perspective of
an Analytics
company what
can we
potentially look
for from Make
in India to raise
it to a global
standard?
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the first 35 roll
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Netmagic
recently won
the
Do you think
"Infrastructure
Indian
as a Service
businesses
Provider" Award
have a better
for the third
understanding year in a row.
of the Indian
How do you
market
address the
compared to big security
foreign players concerns of
and does this
organizations
play a vital role who want to
in the
venture into
organization's cloud
success?
computing?

N/A

Do so many
government
schemes
pushing for a
more digitally
advanced India
mean the
insurance
industry will see
a drastic
increase in
market
penetration?

The question is
regarding the
new technology
intelligent
transportation
and distribution.
How far will the
smart grid
technology
penetrate in the
Indian society
and what
economic
benefits can we
see in the near
future?
N/A

what changes
have you
challenges face brought in
by you while
supply Chain
working as
Management of
Delivery
RJ Corp that
Executive for
made it so
IBM?
successful?

What has been

the biggest
challenge that
you have faced
being the
Senior Vice
How is IBM
President, Head
looking forward Merchandise
to the initiatives and Supply
taken by Govt. Chain
Of India
Management of
recently?
RJ Corp Retail?

As per recent
survey by
analyst firm
CMS Watch ,
IBM is falling
behind
competitors like
EMC, Microsoft
and Oracle in
the Web
content
management
market, what
plan or strategy
IBM has for its
Web content
management
product?

How did you

Fixed Assets
Process & ReEngineering
Consumer Buy
Back Process
when you were
in GENPACT?

How important
are values and
culture in
increasing the
productivity of
the workforce ?

what challenges
are you facing
in Post Sales
Seller Services
& Returns
Experience at
Flipkart ?

how did you

helped
groomed the
Internet brand
to a position of
envy through
pioneering
initiatives?

What are the

latest trends in
Crisis
Management ?

In your recent
publication
''Game of the
CMOs - Aligning
with Peers'' you
In one of your have mentioned How are
publications
that A CMOs
different factors
''Role
relationship with taken into
transitions
the CEO must consideration
How to get off evolve from
while bringing in
Capgemini
to a flying start'' being a trusted new policies for
being one of the
you have talked second in
the customers?
top consultancy How relevant is about different command to
Is it always
firms in the the Environmental mantras of
that of being a necessary to
world how does Sustainable
success,
partner in
come up with
it competes with Development
according to
progress, what something
its competitors as far as Indian you which one are its
completely new
who have
start ups are
of them is the advantages and or sometimes
grown over the concerned?
most important how one can be older strategies
time recently in Does it apply to mantra and
successful in
also may get
India?
them?
why?
doing so?
repeated?

Do you believe
that new
Multiple supply
chain startups
in India are
meeting the
need to
continue to
reduce costs
while improving
customer
service and
supporting
expansion in
new markets
and product
lines?
no questions

no questions

no questions

no questions

no questions

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technology has
In a decade,
been India's
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major revenue
chain
significant
and India is
IBM
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ect was a
years, how do still India is
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successful
you visualized lagging a lot.
been relatively
event, how do the paradigm
what is your
stagnant. what
you plan to take shift then and opinion on that are your views
it further?
now?
sir?
on it?

major
eCommerce
sites has been
slow in
acquiring the
rural market,
how do you
want to connect
that dot?

what is your
views on IoT?
How it should
be further
carried on to
make it more
successful?

Capegemini
recently began
In the era of
using IBM's
technological
cognitive
advancements computing
how can
system,
According to
Artificial
Watson.Do you
you up to what Intelligence be feel there
level are ways a major
should be a
like six sigma, contributor in
threshold to
lean, 5s
maintaining
automation for
Significant in IT Supply chain in job security of
industry?
Indian firms?
employees?

How a company
leverage the
losses of
reverse
logistics? One
of your player
has confined
cod on many
products? DO
you think is it a
way to go now?

An unorthodox
who likes
challenging the
conventional, a
line said for
How you react you, so whats
to only 2 to 3% your take on
startups living insuring dreams
up to their
of a kid, A childtargets being a dream
mentor at
insurance
NASSCOM?
policy?

Why did India,

which has had
the remarkable
achievement of
being the
largest exporter
of information
technology
services and
skilled
manpower
among
developing
countries, fall
behind China in
digitally
transforming its
economy?

In our country,
insurance
companies are
mopping up
peoples
savings. During
2011-12,
domestic
savings were
32 per cent of
GDP. Where
will the
government get
these huge
investments
from if it tries to
weaken the
public sector
insurance
companies?
How Bajaj
Alliance can
take advantage
of this step?

We get a
momentary
pleasure of
saving the cost
but in the long
run, we stand to
lose because
we dont add
value to our
How India must investment.Usa
encourage
ge of low cost
high-tech
technology
imports,
often poses
research and
problems in
development
terms of
(R&D) to
product quality,
upgrade Make reliability,
in India give
consistency and
edge-to-edge
performance.
competition to Why still we are
the Chinese
sticking with the
counterparts
same
campaign?
approach?

While a little
over two billion
e-government
transactions
were logged by
2013, India
ranks a low 124
among 190
countries in the
UN's egovernment
rankings, far
below other
emerging
economies.
With aspirations
of its people
rising fast, India
needs to
urgently
address these
challenges of
growth,
inclusion and
governance.wh
at Capgemini
can do for
uplifting the
India's ranks?

Your Focus is
always on
Integrity, Value
Driven and
Environmentally
Sustainable
Business
Models. Don't
you think it
contradicts
firm's
profitability.

So long as
Indian attrition
rates remain
comparatively
higher than
their main
competitors in
the Asia-Pacific,
this presents a
threat to the
sustainability of
India's `number
one ranking' as
the prime
destination for
the outsourcing
of business
process.What
are your views
on it?

India aims to
capture 20 per
cent market
share in
Internet of
Things (IoT), an
emerging sector
which would be
worth $300
billion by 2020.
How can we
integrate
network
management,
security and
solution
services with
IoT?

FDI in
insurance
sector has been
increased, how
bajaj alliance is
trying to take
advantage of
this?

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of responsibility
Can you name
in your
a person who
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have any
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As an
negative effects
impact on you organization
on other areas
as a leader?
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of your life? If
Maybe some
there can be a yes, how long
one who has
tendency for the did it take from
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What do you
to you? Why
dampen the
realized what
think about re- and how did
inspiration.
was happening
branding of FDI this person
How do you
to when you
in the name of impact your
keep this from made some
"Make in india? life?
happening?
changes?
na

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Many claim that

by focusing
excessively on
manufacturing,
the government
may be
neglecting the
services sector
where India has
a natural
advantage.
What is your
view on this?

For last 2 years

as we have
seen labour
unrest and
strikes in many
manufacturing
units like
Maruti, Nokia,
Ford and
Hyundai.It is not
easy for the
government to
change laws to
make a
dramatic
impact. So what
is your view on
this?

What has been

the biggest
challenge that
you have faced
being the Sr. VP
Strategic
Alliances &
BFL, Bajaj
Alliance?

Many claim that

by focusing
excessively on
manufacturing,
the government
may be
What has been neglecting the
the biggest
services sector
challenge that where India has
you have faced a natural
being the
advantage.
Director of
What is your
Capgemini ?
view on this?

Flipkart being
the leading ecommerce firms
in India how
does it
competes with
its competitors
in India?

What has been

the biggest
challenge that
you have faced
being the CMO
of NTT
Communication
s?

Mam, for a
multinational
company like
IBM having its
operations in
What are major
various verticals bottlenecks in
across the
running one of
domains what the India's
methods are
largest supply
implemented in chain PepsiCo
successful e
and what
resource
parameters
management
should be
and what could considered
be the technical while bench
glitches
marking its
between
competition and
Finance
how important
budgeting team is alignment of
and resource
all performance
procurement
matrices in
team ?
SCM ?

Post sale
By approaching Sir, Iam very
services plays a
the strategy of curious to know crucial role in
transformation about the
customer
of CIO's(Chief eurobridge
satisfaction and
information
project and I
customer
officer) into
want to know
retention.What
CDO's(Chief
how it is really are qualitative
Digital Officers), going to
measures
is going to help enhance the
adopted by
the success of accessibility of Flipkart to
Capgemini in
both Indian and analyse
Indian
European
customer
Business?
markets ?
satisfaction ?

Emerging
markets are
using the
Technology
Transformation
to grow in the
Indian Market,
How NTT
provide some
Communication insights that
s is going to use how Bajaj
the Technology Alliance is going
Transformation to use the same
to strengthen
to remain in the
there marketing top at India
strategies?
Market?

As opposed to
the traditional
Even though
way of selling
Sutherland is
policies via
IBM, being a
renowned for its
agents, people
multinational
analytics and
have started
brand, but is
BPO, what is its
opting for online
mostly known
strategy to
plans. Is their a
for outsourcing
increwse the
How has
possibility that
solutions in
Is there any
footprint in
technology
With various
this technology
India. Is there particular Indian CG is known for Indian
helped in
technologies
medium will
any plans to
logistics startup acquiring many businesses
identifying false coming up in
completely
provide
you are
companies. Is where analytics returns bases telecom sector, replace the
services for
focussing on to there any
is not yet
using the help what is NTT's policy agents in
india as a
help to in your startup on the matured
of data
strategy for the the coming few
whole?
SCM?
pipeline?
currently
analytics ?
indian market? years?

Where does
ibm come into
the picture
regarding the
make in india
initiative

do you believe
india is now
how do you see
reaching a
automation
critical
reshaping the do you believe where do you threshold where
employability
indian
see the counter it can be a
what do you
realm in the
businesses are incentive battle technology
think beverage labour
achieving the
evolve into in
powerhouse for
industry can
intensive-capital right pace of
the ethe corporates
add to the make intensive
Technology
commerce
sector as a
in india initiative paradigm
Transformation domain
whole

how is
technology
transformation
helpful for the
insurance
industry

Despite internal
and external
pressures, how
With the
can businesses
emergence of
gain the full
artificial
value of
intelligence, will
technologically
Make in India
What made the enabled change
block the way Supply Chain of even with the
for human
RJ Corp so
technology they
employment? successful?
already earned.

The concept of
Make In India is
more price
centric rather
than building
the base of
skilled labour
don't you feel
that in the long
run we are
going to miss
out on the
advantage?

MaaS360
Expansion for
Mobile Security
and
Management in
india what is the
scope of the
market growth
in indian market

Too much of
expenditure by
the start-ups on
the
advertisement,
warehousing
and logistics
because of
which they
suffer huge
losses in their
incubation
period is their a
better strategy?

how RJ Corp
will improve the
new network of
Vaango chain of
hotels and what
are the
strategies will
be implemented
for expanding
its market share
and how Make
in India will help
this as RJ corp
is supply holder
of international
players like
KFC and Pizza
hut

Capgemini
taking up
IGATE how
have the results
varied from the
perception and
what is your
take for
Capgemini
being taking the
advantage of
the MNC brand
name for the
body shopping?

World Quality
Report 2016
shows business
operations at
risk with 68 per
cent of
organisations
ill-equipped to
deal with IoT
workloads
What skills are
missing in the
digital
transformation
initiatives? Do
we need to hire
new
executives?
Retrain frontline
employees?
Partner with
another firm to
gain capabilities
?

Sir, how do you

cope up the
To what extent What
How to
challenges of
outsourcing can challenges are leverage the
differences in
help companies faced in Post
data explosion technological
lower costs and Sales Seller
to build strong and cultural
focus on
Services and
relationships
differneces in
implementing
Returns
with the
your role of
the business
Experience at engaged clients partner
function?
Flipkart?
and customers? acquisitions ?

In light of
poverty
alleviation how
do you perceive
MGNREGA just
as farce or has
it made any
substantial
mark in the
field?

Insurance in a
country like
India is not
availed by the
What are the
majority of the
strategies for
With so much population and
Flipkart to get advancements with the new
into the
in the field of
trend of selling
untapped
telecom which insurance
market and to are the sectors online what are
cut down on the is NTT looking the future
logistics cost for forward to in the strategies of
the firm?
future?
Bajaj Alliance?

what are the

initial crunches
faced by flipkart
How Sutherland and how the
Global Services loopholes in the
is going to
money
ultilize the
transaction
mapping, gap through online
analysis and
as still people
readiness
are making
assessment in COD how
Technology
Technology
Transformation Transformation
?
will reduced this
in feature

how Technology
Transformation
in recent era
helped the
NTT
family business
Communication to expand in the
s and Microsoft diversified
Announce
sectors in the
Partnership to market ? what
Deliver Hybrid type of market
Cloud
strategies are
Resilience
used to hold the
Solution so how gain in market
this going to
from direct
help
attackers in
insurance firms

Artificial
Intelligence has
been one of the
core research
areas of IBM.
Recently we
have seen a lot
of work being
done in this
field by various
organisations.
Does IBM see
scope of
collaboration
with other
organisations in
order to
increase the
momentum of
research work
in this field?

It is reported
that Indian ecommerce
startups spend
as much as 30
percent of their
net income on
logistics.
Multiple supply
chain startups
like Roadrunnr,
Opinio etc.have
successfully
reduced this
expnese. How
much
opportunity do
you see in this
area and what
can be the
possible ways
to further
reduce the
expenses ?

Sir, in the
recent years
start ups like
Roadrunner,
Townrush etc
The
have been
government is started by exentering into
Flipkart
accountable
employees.
alliances with
Organisation
technology
culture is known
providers and to enhance the
private and
entrepreneurial
social sector
skills among the
organisations. employees.
How would
Can you please
these help to
provide much
build muchinsights into the
needed
organisation
How global
institutional
work culture
technology
capabilities that that actually
businesses are come in the way honing the
breaking into
of faster
entrepreneurial
the India
technology
skills in the
market?
adoption?
employees.

Capgemini
taking up
IGATE how
have the results
varied from the
perception and
what is your
take for
Capgemini
being taking the
advantage of
the MNC brand
name for the
body shopping?

In light of
poverty
alleviation how
do you perceive
MANREGA just
as farce or has
it made any
substantial
mark in the
field?

Large part of
India remain
untouched by
the power of
technology.
India ranks low
in the UN's egovernment
rankings, far
below other
emerging
economies.
How India
needs to
address these
challenges of
growth,
inclusion and
governance?

As the
technological
transformation
is penetrating
into Indian
markets, what
will be the
economic
impact on
Indian
industries?

Insurance in a
country like
India is not
availed by the
What are the
majority of the
strategies for
With so much population and
Flipkart to get advancements with the new
into the
in the field of
trend of selling
untapped
telecom which insurance
market and to are the sectors online what are
cut down on the is NTT looking the future
logistics cost for forward to in the strategies of
the firm?
future?
Bajaj Alliance

What are the

challenges you
have faced so
far being the
Associate
Director Global
Technology
Services at IBM
India Private
Limited?

What strategies
is capegemini
How important using to tackle
is the Supply
it's competitors
chain
in India and
management in how is the
a corporation
Indian
and how a
ecosystem
corporation can different from
efficiently
rest of the
handle it?
world?

How is the
Indian market
different from
the European How do you
market as far as plan on
enterprise
tackeling the
learning
return of
services are
products due to
concerned?
Fake reasons?

There are
increasing
As per recent
numbers of
survey by
Do you believe
smaller firms
analyst firm
that new
leading to a
CMS Watch ,
Multiple supply
fiercely
IBM is falling
chain startups what is the
competitive
behind
in India are
strategy and
market,
competitors like meeting the
plans
particularly for
EMC, Microsoft need to
Capgemini is
point solutions
and Oracle in
continue to
taking to
where specific
the Web
reduce costs
leverage cloud skill sets are
content
while improving in the form of a required to fill a
management
customer
combination of gap in the
market, what
service and
products and
clients
plan or strategy supporting
services that
capability, how
IBM has for its expansion in
CapGemini
SutherlandGlob
Web content
new markets
calls the
al is tackling
management
and product
Business
this
product?
lines?
Cloud?
advancement?

How will you

differentiate
When and why between the
did you decide strategies used
that Marketing by your
is what you
competitors and
wanted to do? bajaj allianz?

New
innovations are
shaping the
On average,
future of
product returns
insurance
average 6-8%
industry like
for most online
wrist band
retailers in
usage to track
India, but for
health data of
some this
client,
climbs to as
preventative
high as 25%.
equipment,the
Do you feel its
new trend of
time to alter
With so much selling
return policy at advancements insurance
flipkart as many in the field of
online. what are
ecommerce
telecom which the future
sites have
are the sectors strategies of
already altered is NTT looking Bajaj Alliance
policies to avoid forward to in the from here
low returns?
future?
onward?

Doesn't Make in
India leading us
towards low
cost
manufacturing
hub a concept
similar to low
cost IT services
provided by us
which adds no
value in terms
of innovation or
technology
building?

What are the

specifics to
keep in mind to
keep a check
on the logistics
cost as it forms
a major
component of e
commerce
companies?

Should
company look
to build
technical
expertise or
look of
acquiring tech
based
companies ?

With the advent

of globalization
the physical
boundaries
have faded.
How important
the Information
Technology has
been in this
unification?

The public
distribution
systems in our
country face
poor
implementation
problems. What
supply chain
management
ideas can
applied to make
this scheme
effective?

With the ever

increasing
internet
what are the
consumer base
various aspects
in rural as well
involved in
as urban
providing
market, what
consultancy
Is analytics the are the ways in
services to
next big thing in which the
clients
the field of
company can
worldwide?
research and
tap this raw
development? potential?

With startups
wanting to
maintain their
free culture of
decision
making, how
does sutherland
implement
business
processes
keeping this
freedom alive ?

Is consolidation
of players the
Do returns also only option
follow a one
available to
day system so sustain in this
that it can be
cut throat
effectively
competition of
utilized for other telecom
buyers ?
space ?

How can the

rapidly
changing
telecommunicat
ion sector
revolutionize
the Indian
growth story?

how do you
think technology
will help India in
increasing the
penetration of
the insurance
companies ?

How will
payment banks
change the
scenario of
Indian
Economy?

Sir, an article on
Forbes
emphasized on
how IoT is
going to
What is your
What is your
transform the
take on the
take on the
Insurance
recent erosion
recent erosion Industry in
of margins and
of margins and US.How long in
profits of the top
profits of the top your experience
three IT
three IT
do you think it
companies of
With the latest companies of
would take for a
India. With so technology
India. With so technology like
much emphasis trends, are we much emphasis IoT to be
given on
moving towards given on
effectively
automation, do fully automated automation, do functional
you think this
supply chain
you think this
across various
trend is likely to management
trend is likely to sectors in
grow?
systems?
grow?
India?

The Digital
technology
connecting
widely
dispersed
suppliers and
customers
which are
creating new
disruptive
business
models in India
like abroad
such as flipkart,
snapdeal, etc.
The
combinations of
these different
Manufacturers technologies
have lagged
are leading to
behind other
ideation and
sectors, such as invention of
retail and
large networks
finance, in
of many small
adopting Big
enterprises.
Data analytics. How can the
How big an
FMCG giants
impact can Big be able to
Data Analytics continue their
make on the full legacy in the
product lifeface of this
cycle services? change?

Sir, an article on
Forbes
With Alibaba
emphasised on
entering the
how IoT is
Indian Market
going to
through
transform the
Snapdeal and Sir, in your
Insurance
amazon gaining opinion how
Industry in
market share, should the
US.How long in
as a market
Indian IT sector your experience
leader, what is react to the
do you think it
the bigger
need of
would take for a
challenge, is
automation
technology like
the price of the across the
IoT to be
products or the world?How
effectively
effective
should the
functional
logistics
Indian
across various
system?
companies
sectors in
adapt?
India?

While some
large
companies
recognize the
importance of
innovation,
especially in the
face of fastgrowing
disruptive
businesses built
How can
on minimal
Capegemini
infrastructure
Agile model for
overheads and
business
quick-to-market
transformation
distribution
which is tailored
methods. But
for the
there are those
manufacturing
How can
that are slow to
industry be
various echange, too.
implemented in
commerce firms How can a
India? How big How can
leverage the
company
would be the
commercial
technical
remove the
impact of this
practices be
transformation bottlenecks and
model on Indian integrated into of MSMEs for avoid being one
Manufacturing, public programs their mutual
of those
in the backdrop using the digital benefit in terms businesses
of Make in India technology
of growth of
which are slow
initiatives?
services?
revenues?
to change?

How can the

digitized
distribution
models help the
insurance
industry reach
the customers'
doorsteps in
rural areas?
What would be
the bottlenecks
in the process
of minimizing
the distance
between the
industry and
such
customers?

How can we
overcome the
challenges of
logistics and
infrastructure in
india

How to improve
indian ranking
in the ease of
doing business

What are the

challenges
faced on the
road of
transformation

Large parts of
india remain
untouched by
the power
technology how
to address this
issue

India is veing a
net information
exporter with its
information
pointing the
west how to
overcome
espionage

How to
overcome the
challenges
during the
transfromation

What are the

major technical
transformations
in india to be
focued on

What strategy
flipkart is
adopting to
what are threats
What threats
maintain the
and importunity
and challenges
quality of sellers
lies ahead for What initiatives Indian IT
How significant as increased
indian IT
RJ corp is
industry would is the role of
competition
industry
taking towards have to
consulting firm providing easy
sustainable
green supply
overcome to be in development options to
growth?
chain
a sustainable
of startups in
customer to
management/ industry.
India?
change?

How increased
Limit of FDI in
insurance
How reliance
sector is going
JIO launch is
to impact home
going to change players in
the dynamics of insurance
telecommunicat industry?
ion industry?

Capgemini has
recently
replaced nearly
40% of the work
done with IBMs
What are the
cognitive
According to
challenges you technology.
you, how does faced with cold Dont you think
Watson APIs
supply chain
it is hampering
help the world? management? employment?

When LIC is not

expanding into
other banking
What are your services, can
marketing
the competitors
priorities for the leverage the
year
gap using this
2016/2017?
point?

How MAKE IN
INDIA project
are compliance
to critical
How do you see aspects like
the business
environment
sentiment in the and responsible
country?
packaging ?

Accordig to
Capgemini what
are Common
pressures to
begin digital
transformation?

Snapdeal has
recently
With Incubator changed its
centre starting logo. How is
very soon in IIM rebranding and
Raipur, can you changing logo a
give us a few
marketing
inputs?
strategy?

Are
Manufacturing
Companies
Ready to Go
Digital?

what
innovations to
expect from
digital
automation
vendors in the
coming year?

Throw light on
Leveraging
Please explain Indias Digital
Innovation as
Renaissance To
part of the
Drive Topline
marketing
Growth

Sir, The
inclusion of IBM
Maam you
Watson to
have an
replace the
amazing
work of
experience with
Resource
major IT
Management
companies in
Group is a great
India.What
move by the
difference were
company. I
you able to
would like you
analyse in the What is the
to please
working of
most important enlighten us
Indian
advantage a
about how this
companies and company can
will benefit the
their foreign
avail going by organization
counterparts.Ho the Make in
and any other
w will Make in India Campaign automation that
India impact
in the supply
your company
this.
chain side.
used recent.

Good Afternoon
Mam, How do
you evaluate
Make In India's
impact on IBM's
Indian Market
as there are
more
challenges
coming on the
way along with
its scope of
growth ?

Good Afternoon
Sir, As the
scope of
processed
foods in Indian
market is
meager, What
do you think is
the scope of the
government
Initiatives as a
part of MII that
will impact in
Supply chain of
food processing
industry ?

Good Afternoon
Sir, Currently
the "Digital
Transformation
Framework" is
applicable only
to the
Manufacturing
industry. Is
there any plans
to extend it for
the other
industries as
well ?

Sir, you have a

great
experience
working in India
and overseas,
going by the
topic of our
discussion
today, what do
you think is the
difference
between Indian
work
environment
and
environment in
other
countries .How
the technology
is affecting it
here and there?

Sir in May 2016,

Flipkart
changed the
return policy to
10 days from 30
days on certain
top selling
products. How
impactful was
this move as we Sir, you have a
know that
great
reverse logistic experience in IT
costs are to be marketing, what
borne by the
is the difference
sellers. How did when you
flipkart
market an IT
managed its
product
goodwill among compared to an
the sellers.
FMCG product.

Recently, Bajaj
Allianz applied
to IRDA to allow
the company to
give short term
insurance.How
will this impact
the general
insurance
market.

Good Afternoon
Sir, How does
Technology play
a part in
corporate
training ? And
what are the
challenges
faced in
changing the
training process
with the
changes in the
existing
technologies or
with the
introduction of
new
technologies ?

Good Afternoon
Sir, You have
played multiple
roles from being
a Developer to
a Marketing
Lead in various
Industries from
IT to Energy
Management
Domains. What Good Afternoon
were the
Sir, Can you
challenges
please shed
faced by you
some light on
during such
vide B2B
Role changes Loyalty
or Industry
Programs which
changes as
comes under
each Industry the marketing
employs
priorities for the
different
year 2016/2017
technologies? ?

Good Afternoon
Sir, will the
newly launched
short-term
insurance
policies have a
major impact on
the Insurance
industry ?

Meeting Client
Expectations/Pr
oviding good
customer
servicing is a
major concern
in present
competitive
global business
Scenario. How
IBM, as a global
firm addressing
this major issue
to retain the
client to get
repetitive
business?

To Create a
Globally
competitive
product, the
critical item in
manufacturing
in India is the
supply chain,
not labor. We
need better
suppliers, which
have
technology and
ability to invest
adequately. SO
how to provide
a efficient
supply chain
network to
create a
globally
competitive
product which
reduces the
price factor?

How does your

product Watson
Analytics
change the
game for
Analytics and
the implications
it shall have on
the way we
draw everyday
insights from
data?

having a
customer first
approach with
profitability and
growth in the
near sight , with
execution
flanking around
says volumes of
the importance
of operations,
can you please
elaborate on
how operations
excellence
proved to be a
metric in your
success?

To generate
new business,
innovation/new
ideas was one
of the
distinguishing
feature for the
management
consulting
industry.
Respondents/cli
ents were
focused on
innovation at a
higher rate than
in most other
industries to
solve the
problems. So
How Capgemini
address this
concern with
the hep of
technology?

Finding and
retaining the
best people is
one of the top
agenda for
almost all
management
consulting
firms. So how
Sutherland
retains the top
talent in the
existing
plethora of
options to its
employees?

The IT sector as
we see it is no
longer the
biggest asset of
Indian economy
somewhere
stagnation is
creeping in and
my question to
you sir is how
does a big
company like
capgemini view
this change
Could not find a
from a global
relevant
perspective.
question to put

Good Customer
experience
plays a major
role in retaining
customers in E
commerce. Last
mile delivery is
one of the
major concern
where every
e commerce is
struggling to
deliver the
products in right
time. So, How
Flipkart address
this problem
with the help of
technology ?

Telecom
operators are
facing
increasing new
challenges in
the digital era.
Communication
tools based on
the Internet,
such as
Whatsapp,
Weibo and
Twitter, have
dramatically
reduced the
traditional
profits of
telecom
operators for
SMS and voice
calls. So NTT
as a global
telecommunicat
or how they are
ensuring to
avoid becoming
just simple data
channels in the
digital era ?

One of the
emerging
trends in
Insurance
sector is Multidistribution i.e.
increasing
penetration
through new
modes of
distribution
such as the
internet, direct
and
telemarketing
and NGOs. So
how Bajaj
Alliances
tapping this
potential
with the help of
technology
transformation
to reach new
customers?

Returns has
written around
as a major
menace to the e
commerce
industry , how Marketing as a
does having
theory Vs street
your own
smartness
logistics support which one is a
help in
long term
alleviating some solution to
of the losses
present day
Could not figure
incurred in
marketing
out any relevant
returns
scenario
question

Why do banks
still use IBM
Mainframe
systems to
store the
transaction
level data

Is there any
plan for
expansion of
vaango to
international?
If yes ,than
whats the
competitive
strategy?

How you train

your bpo
employees
Cloud Choice: about all your
How you deliver analytics,tools
cloud choice to and
start ups?
applications?

Capgemini
chairman and
chief executive
Paul Hermelin
said India is
going to be the
new epicenter,
it plans to make
the country the
epicentre of its
execution and
will focus on
building
capabilities
around
I do not have
innovation,
experience in IT
client
industry, how
Can we develop experience and
much impact
Efficient supply leadership.
will it have in
chain for
What might be
my career if I
innovative
the reason for
get into IT ?
product?
it?

After
merger,app
based
marketing, and
promotional
discounts but
still flipkart is
facing so much
of
challenges,why
?
This is because
competition with
other sites or
other reasons?

What is the
future for
telicom network
after
viber,watsapp
imo etc voice
call apps?

What are your

future
products?
I heard rumors
that they are
insurance on
hair,pets and
beetings?

Mr. Mukesh
Ambani coming
With unified
for the launch of
payment
GIO, Was it well
interface
planned
While making
How important it coming into
strategy?
any alliance,
is to use right
picture, Is
Since we know what are the
HR policies
flipkart
that brand
main criterion
when working considering it to ambassador for for any
with HR of
integrate it in
GIO is Shah
organization ?
various
payment
Rukh Khan
countries?
method?

Would you like

to throw some
light on green
SLA'S as you
have been
working on
strategic
outsourcing
across multiple
technology
towers in
Infrastructure
space for BAU
Operations
ensuring no
penalty and
maintaining
green
compliance
postures?

Despite the
generally
positive
economic
outlook,
estimates
indicate that the
country's
inefficient
supply chain
results in an
approximately
$65bn loss per
year , what is
the major
hindrance in the
supply chain
sector in India?

If the Cognitive
Entrepreneurshi
p Challenge
announced in
partnership with
IIM-A is
successful, is
IBM planning to
launch similar
challenges in
association with
other top BSchools to
reach more
young
entrepreneurs?

With the Digital

India
initiative,India
has become a
desirable
market for
software
firms.Will this
increase the
opportunity for
Indian start-ups
or it will
strengthen the
foot-hold of the
settled players?

How would you

like to go about
your
publicationPowering up
your energy
management
system through
the Internet of
Things
mentioning
some important
facts and
opinions ?

With the digital

India initiative,
With the high
India has
pace of
become a
technological
desirable
innovations and market for
rising reliance consulting
on technology firms. Will this
for financial
increase the
services, are
opportunity for
the current
Indian firms to
measures
grow or for
against cyber
foreign firms to
crimes
get a foothold in
adequate?
Indian market?

With a lot of
growth potential
in Indian
healthcare
system, can we
expect huge
inflow of
external
investors for
healthcare
sector?

With increasing
data traffic and
requirement of
reliable data
What
network for
preparations
business, what
are made by
is the scope for
Flipkart to shift foreign
to GST?
investments?

What is the
possibility of
short term
general
insurance cover
to become a
trend after IRDA
approval?

With the Digital

India
initiative,India
has become a
desirable
market for
software and
consulting
firms.Will this
increase the
opportunity for
What will be the Indian start-ups
effects of GST or it will
bill on Indian
strengthen the
supply chain
foot-hold of the
system?
settled players?

As Indian
healthcare
system is
growing fast,
can we expect
external
investors to
increase
investments in
healthcare
sector?

With increasing
data traffic and
requirement of
reliable data
Is business
network for
transforming its business, what
technology or is is the scope of
technology
improvement in
transforming
communication
business?
technology?

With
advancement
and reach of
technology to
rural markets
too, how are
you hoping to
expand to
untapped
markets and
increase market
share?

How has
capgemini
contributed to
the digital
transformation
era

You have been

the awarded the
Most iconic
marketing
professional ?
what according What according
to you are the to you is the key
best five traits impact made by
that a marketing digital
enthusiast
transformation
should have ? ?

Returns has
been a major
menace to the e
commerce
How can your
industry. How
product Watson How can
does having
Analytics pave operations
your own
a new path in
excellence
How is the
logistics support
the field of
prove to be a
Do you think
Indian market help in
Over the years,
Analytics? What metric in your retaining the
different from
alleviating some how has the
implication does success inspite best employee the European of the losses
position of a
it have on the of having a
pool is the
market as far as incurred in
CMO evolved
way we draw
customer-first major headache enterprise
returns? What and how closely
everyday
approach while or attracting the learning
steps are taken is it knit with
insights from
executing
best surpasses services are
to minimize
that of a CEO
data?
projects?
it?
concerned?
returns?
today?

What are the

main factors
taken into
consideration
while bringing in
new policies for
the customers?
How important
are the
demographic
factors in this
regard?

As most of the
Western
countries are
interested and
is depending on
indian IT
industry who is
providing
business
process
outsourcing in a
very
competitive
price, do you
think Make in
India initiative is
a duplication in
the IT sector.

NA

Do you think is
there any scope
for
entrepreunershi
p and
innovation in
the field of food
material
packaging
industry?
NA

NA

What does it
take to succeed
in the vastly
competitive IT
service industry
in India?

NA

NA

NA

NA

What are the

challenges
facing an
organization
when switching
over to a newer
technology?
NA

NA

NA

Paul Hermalin
attributed iGate
acquisition is
GST- How
the real reason
much does this behind the
concept do you increased role
Ericson, Lucent, think will help
India plays in
HP, Cisco,
the industries
the group. How
Wipro, and now from tax
do you think it is
IBM How did
burdens as it
relevant as
this
also has some Capgemini
diversificstion in limitations and previously also
companies and drawbacks
had a major
your profile help pertaining some share in India.
your success
industries.

Technology
plays a major
How Sutherland
role in
Global Services
communication
is going to
With the
in this evolving
ultilize the gap increasing
world. How do
analysis and
technology how you plan to
readiness
do you think
meet the
assessment in coping with the technological
Technology
market brings communication
Transformation probable rate of needs of
?
returns?
future?

There are
As per recent
plenty of
survey by an
smaller firms
analyst firm
Are new
leading to a
CMS Watch ,
Multiple supply
fiercely
IBM is falling
chain startups
competitive
behind
in India are
What is the
market,
competitors like meeting the
strategy
particularly for
EMC, Microsoft need to
Capgemini is
point solutions
and Oracle in
continue to
taking to
where specific
the Web
reduce costs
leverage cloud skill sets are
content
while improving in the form of a required to fill a
management
customer
combination of gap in the
market, what
service and
products and
clients
plan or strategy supporting
services that
capability, how
IBM has for its expansion in
CapGemini
SutherlandGlob
Web content
new markets
calls the
al is tackling
management
and product
Business
this
product?
lines?
Cloud?
advancement?

What are the

latest
innovations in
the field of
SCM?

What is the role

of Augumented
Reality in
revolutionizing
the operations
and supply
chain
management?

What are the

impacts of
using IBM
Watson in
resource
management?

What are the

reasons for
consultants
choosing to be
independent
consultants

On average,
product returns
average 6-8%
for most online
retailers in
India, but for
some this
climbs to as
high as 25%.
Do you feel its
time to alter
return policy at
flipkart as many
ecommerce
sites have
already altered
policies to avoid
high returns?

What do you
think are the
business
opportunities at
the trust leg of
e-commerce

With numerous
advancements
in the field of
telecom which
are the sectors
NTT is looking
forward to in the
future?

what do you
think is the role
of research and
analysis in any
company

How do you
think the
transforming
technology
helps you play a
major in the
market as
everyone would
use it. How
differently are
you going to
utilize it for
improvement

New
innovations are
shaping the
future of
insurance
industry like
wrist band
usage to track
health data of
client,
preventative
equipment,the
new trend of
selling
insurance
online. What
are the future
strategies of
Bajaj Alliance
from here
onward?

What are the

Challenges &
Strategies in
mergers and
acquisitions for
the Indian
Industry

Sir , Being the

Supply Chain
Professional
with 23 years of
experience in
multiple
segments like
FMCG,
Dairy,Consumer
Durable, IT,
Telecom,
Apparels,
Footwear and
Lifestyle , What
Mam , What
are your
would be the
insights about
Banking
Agricultural
Dataware
supply chain
House (BDW) and the
Model changes improvements
in line with
that can be
current day Big made to
Data
maximize
requirements
profits

How does risk

management
system works
with IBM
mobility
services?

Sir , what are

the synergies
that can be
inferred from
the acquisition
of I gate by
Capegemini

What are the

benefits that
startups will
gain which will
What is the
be cofuture of supply innovating with
chain
the recent
management in partnership
accordance
between
with make in
Capegemini
India?
and SAP?

Sir , What are

the key factors
to identify low
cost IT
solution , as the
match between
present day
client
requirements
and varying
technology is
not near
equilibrium

Sir , What are

the benefits that
a Leading firm
like Flipkart
enjoy , by
Acquiring firms
like Myntra

how has
finance and
accounting
model of
Sutherland
global services
advanced with
the ongoing
transformation
of technology?

How can
technology
How has
How has open improve the
technology
source
strategies of
transformation technology
Bajaj Alliances
affected the
improvised
in case of short
sales of flipkart communication term insurance
in recent years? s?
products?

Sir , What is the

major marketing
segment in the
field of
Communication
s

Sir , What are

the future plans
in improving the
services of
Bajaj Alliance to
lower middle
class
consumers

Timestamp

Username

Name

Roll No.

Panel 3:Guest 2
: Ms. Deepa
Panel 3:Guest Thomas (VP1: Mr. Sandeep Communication
Banerjee (VP- s and CSR,
HR, RIL)
Nissan India)

cr_pgp7@iimrai
9/20/2016 23:50 pur.ac.in
Raman Muttreja 16PGP168

Sir, you have

worked with Taj
and Vivanta
hotel range for
more than 9
years. Me being
personally
interested in the
field of hotels
would like to
know about
various tactics
being used for
managing such
prestigious
hotel chains.

16pgp200.pratik
9/20/2016 20:38 @iimraipur.ac.in Pratik Garg

With regards to
your publication
- "Indian
How is the work villages log onto
culture at a
eCommerce"
Reliance
what are some
different from
of the
Taj and other
challenges that
previous
have been
organisations
overcome by
you've worked the eCommerce
with in terms of companies in
the HR
the past few
policies?
years?

16PGP200

Panel 3:Guest 3
: Mr. Mukund
Vyas (Chief
Learning
Officer, Tata
Motors)

How different is Sir, you had

it to plan CSR created a global
activities for
talent program
firms of different for the
domains,referri emerging
ng to the fact
markets. Sir, I
that you have would like to
worked for the know the
online retailers amount of
like e-bay and importance
also with
given to the
automotive
youths for
firms like
assessing the
Nissan?
same.

Having worked
in diverse
global regions
Germany, and
Australia, how
is the HR
policies in
different
geographies
different from
India?

16pgp217.pras
hant@iimraipur.
9/20/2016 21:17 ac.in
Prashant Gupta 16PGP217

16pgp143.dines
h@iimraipur.ac.i Dinesh Kumar
9/20/2016 22:20 n
D

16PGP143

N/A

N/A

Given the
global
slowdown in the
vehicle industry
and multiple
geo-political as
well as
economical
scenarios, what
do you think is
the essential
skill for a
manager to
develop till he
reaches mid
manager role?

Sir,you have
worked on
various sectors
ranging from
Heavy
Industries to
Sports.
RIL is one of
the topmost
company in
India.
My question is
how are you be
able to sustain
the talent pool
in your
organisation
when there are
other
competitors
who are eagerly
waiting to grab
the talent from
your
organisation
and stay in the
top?

Madam,Commu
nications and
CSR are totally
different
segments as
per the view of
any company.
As we all
know,you are
the VP of both
Communication
s and CSR.
In this
technology
driven
world,managing
the CSR
department is
very
sensitive,since
it requires a
huge amount of
hard work.
How would you
like to advise us
in managing
both the
departments
simultaneously
as well as
successfully?

Sir,in the
emerging
market,a
company
should always
cope up with
the changing
trends to stay
ahead in the
top.
In that
regard,you
have introduced
the a threelayer
assessment
centre upto
senior leaders.
What would be
your idea with
regard to the
middle level
managers since
they need more
inputs to cope
up with the
growing trends?

16pgp205.diptat
anu@iimraipur. Diptatanu
9/20/2016 22:54 ac.in
Ganguly

16pgp189.visha
kha@iimraipur. Vishakha
9/20/2016 23:12 ac.in
Verma

16PGP205

16PGP189

With regards to
your publication
- "Indian
How is the work villages log onto
culture at a
eCommerce"
Reliance
what are some
different from
of the
Taj and other
challenges that
previous
have been
organisations
overcome by
you've worked the eCommerce
with in terms of companies in
the HR
the past few
policies?
years?

Having worked
in diverse
global regions
Germany, and
Australia, how
is the HR
policies in
different
geographies
different from
India?
From 2001 to

Being a veteran
in terms of
experience
when it comes You've recently
to Human
joined Nissan
Resources, how as the VP of
different is the Communication
industry
s and CSR, and
requirements
it's not often
for different
that a woman
domains? After makes her way
working in Taj to leadership
and Orient and management in
now in
the Indian
Reliance, in an Industry. What
HR capacity
do you think is
what do you
needed for
think is a
more women to
common
make it past
requirement
that middle
that you factor management
in while hiring? barrier?

2003, you were

the head of a
global project
on Competency
Management
for Siemens
world wide. You
stayed on in
Siemens for
another 12
years and after
a short stint with
Larsen and
Toubro you
joined Tata
Motors a few
months ago.
This project was
undertaken by
you when you
were still a
senior
consultant at
Siemens. The
advancement
opportunities
you received on
completion of
this project
speak for
themselves.
Were you
scared when
you first took up
this project?
Now that you've
reached upper
management,
what is the one
thing which you
learnt from
middle
management
that still
applies?

16pgp193.anim
esh@iimraipur. Animesh Pratap
9/20/2016 23:16 ac.in
Singh
16pgp193

We have seen
reliance
recently
How do you
launching the
deal with brand
long term
trolling on
incentive plan twitter and
(LTIP), do you facebook, which
see this move is not
as becoming
constructive
the norm in the and is with an
industry in the intent to
short to medium downgrade the
term ?
brand image ?

How is the role

of middle
managers
changing with
the increase of
the use of data
analytics in
every functional
area ?

16pgp184.suriy
akumar@iimrai Suriya Kumar P
9/20/2016 23:19 pur.ac.in
K
16PGP184

In the
competitive
environment,
like Jio in
Telecom,
Innovation and
Quick decision
making are the
important skills.
What is the role
should senior
management
play developing
middle
managers to
acquire these
skills ?

What is your
take on women
in management
when it comes
to issues like
work life
balance,
maternity
leaves, power
politics and
improper
working
conditions for
women?

What should be
objectives of
Learning and
Development
programs for
the middle
managers ?

16pgp157.akhe
el@iimraipur.ac.
9/20/2016 23:47 in
Akheel

How different
are the various
HR/IR functions
in diverse fields
and how
important is
diversity in any
organisation?

What are the

recommendatio
ns you have for
youngsters
planning to join
corporate
communication
s?

How are
effective is the
e-learning in
transforming
individuals as a
part of
corporate
training?

16PGP157

16pgp145.hars
hit@iimraipur.ac
9/20/2016 23:52 .in
Harshit Kalra

16PGP145

16pgp207.risha
bh@iimraipur.a
9/20/2016 23:53 c.in
Rishabh Vishen 16Pgp207

Harvard
Business
Review
conducted a
survey that
found nearly
half (48
percent) of
Generation Y
professionals at
Fortune 500
companies,
Apart from
including many
giving bonuses
in middle
and stock
management,
options to the
planned to
middle
leave their
managers, what
current job
is the role of
within two
senior
years. With Tata
management in
Group investing
developing
in startups and
middle
new and
managers in
In line with the innovative
this
CSR vision of technologies,
continuously
Nissan India to how are they
changing
emerge as one revamping their
business
of the leading corporate
environment
sustainable
training
where it is
companies,
program so as
necessary to
what are the
to ensure the
keep the
areas that the required skill
innovation
company is
set in mid-level
pipeline
focussing on to employees and
healthy?
ensure this?
to retain them?

How does an
organisation
motivation its
middle
managers to
acquire new
skills frequently
as per the
environment

Do middle
managers
contribute to
their
organisation's
strategy?

In a rapidly
changing
environment
how does the
organisation
ensure that
their middle
managers are
well equipped
to face
challenges?

16pgp201.rajag
uru@iimraipur.a
9/20/2016 23:53 c.in
Rajaguru K

16pgp139.char
u@iimraipur.ac.i
9/20/2016 23:54 n
Charu Gaba

16PGP201

Good Afternoon
Ms. Deepa
Thomas, CSR
is usually
mandated on
listed
companies, but
some start-ups
are doing it on
their own. For
example Ola
Good Afternoon had boats in
Mr. Sandeep
action to help
Banerjee. With people get from
your global
one end of the
leadership
city to another,
experience as Zomato
the director of donated food
HR in Taj, how and Paytm
do you think the offered free
human
mobile phone
resource
recharges. So
dynamics
how significant
prevalent in
do you think
Indian
CSR is to a
Organizations start-up's
are different
growth? and will
from those in
it make an
the other
impact in terms
counties of the of the
world especially investment and
the middle level funding that
managers in the they could
organization ? receive ?

Good Afternoon
Mr. Mukund
Vyas, What has
been the major
learning in
SIEMENS after
having worked
there for 15
plus years? And
having worked
in different
locations
(national &
international),
how different is
the work culture
in different parts
of the country
and the world,
and how it
impacts the
output
especially of the
middle level
managers?

16PGP139

As Nissan
You are working promises to
as an HR for
enrich peoples
almost all the
lives with
sectors of
environment,
Reliance, like
safety and
Aviation,
philanthropy,
fashion sports what are the
etc.
major steps that
So how different Nissan plans to
or difficult is it to take under its
manage people CSR, which are
of with differing not related to
goals at a single automobiles, for
time?
the same?

What are the

basic strategies
that you
implement in
creating the
leadership
evaluation
mechanisms?

16pgp188.vernit
a@iimraipur.ac.i Vernita
9/20/2016 23:58 n
Srivastava

16pgp188

16pgp178.shrey
ash@iimraipur.
9/21/2016 0:00 ac.in
Shreyash Kedia 16PGP178

You have an
expertise in
You have
external and
You were a part
worked in HR employee
of the L&T
domain for
communication Leadership
more than two s. According to Academy at
decades. What you, how should Lonavala.
are the major
managers go
Between the
changes that
about handling academy and
you have
employee
corporate
observed in the unrest so as to training in
domain in the obtain a
offices, which
course of your favourable
one do you
career?
outcome?
prefer and why?

Recently, there
was a news that
RIL will be
rolling out LongTerm Incentive
Plan (LTIP) for
the high
potentials in the
group who earn
Rs 2 crore on
an average,
You have had
where they will the opportunity
be rewarded
to work across
with stocks
industries. How
worth 10% of
different is
their salaries.
communication
Will these
in the emonetary
commerce
benefits be
industry as
enough to
compared to
ensure
the traditional
retention?
industries?

Who has the

upper hand in
the initial phase
of their careers;
an MBA(HR) or
a Post
Graduate in
Psychology?

16pgp231.yash
9/21/2016 0:02 @iimraipur.ac.in Yash Trivedi

16pgp154.vivek Vivek
9/21/2016 0:03 @iimraipur.ac.in Mandapalli

16PGP231

As we know
that to become
a successful
mid level
manager, we
need to master
some
challenges, like
nurturing
talent,managing
horizontal
inter=gration
etc. so in the
scenario of
emerging
How does CSR
market where policy of a
resources are company helps
scare how can it the company in
be successfully emerging
implemented? markets?

16pgp154

Sir, RIL has a

strong
workforce of
over 25000+
employees. So
for RIL, what
can be the role
of workforce
technology and
Shared
Services in
transforming /
establish Lean
& Smart HR
structures.
Couldn''t Frame Couldn't frame

16pgp181.sonal
i@iimraipur.ac.i
9/21/2016 0:04 n
Sonali Phapale 16PGP181

Leadership
development in
a company
takes time,in
the era when
middle level
managers are
switching jobs
in less time
duration how do
you ensure to
create future
leaders for an
organization ?

Sir, in your time

in Siemens,
what all
strategies have
you
incorporated to
improve the
skills of mid
level
managers?

When change
in technology
takes places
and we move
from one
technology to
another
What steps
technology
Nissan India is ,what kind of
taking in order organizational
to reduce
resistance do
carbon
you generally
footprint?
experience ?

16pgp174.shag
un@iimraipur.a
9/21/2016 0:04 c.in
Shagun Pal

16pgp167.rahul
9/21/2016 0:12 @iimraipur.ac.in rahul dewan

16pgp174

How important
are the
decisions and
actions of a
middle
managers in
any
organization

16pgp167

Of late,
Reliance has
been focusing
on managing its
talent better. It
has come up
with a slew of
initiatives in this
regard like
Reliance
Accelerated
Leadership
Program,
Career
Acceleration
Plan for
executives, and
many schemes
for continuing
education while
working in the
aftermath of the
launch of core
values of RIL in
partnership with
BP. Sir, my
question is :
what essential
qualities should
budding
managers
continue in the
long to medium
term of their
professional
span to actually
take advantage
of such
initiatives in the
future, when
they move on to
mid
management
roles ?

How important
is the Global
How important Talent Program
are the CSR
for the
and
emerging
communication market and how
factors for an
did this global
organization in competency
an emerging
Model help Tata
market ?
Motors.

In the present
times, CSR
initiatives have
become a great
branding
opportunity for
companies, its
not just
anymore about
the statutory 2
% requirement.
Companies
normally have
dedicated
centers to
execute CSR
initiatives.
Nissan's CSR
policy talks
about Blue
Citizenship to
develop a
sustainable
society. In light
of the Paris
agreement,
what economic
value do these
CSR initiatives
stand to
generate and
can we expect
a collaboration
among all the
major
companies in
India to meet
the country's
INDC.

Effective
communication
is one of the
essential
requirements
for the new age
manager. It
often makes a
difference in
how people
perceive their
leader and to
what extent
they can go to
follow his
advice and
commands. But
this soft skill is
normally absent
in individuals
who jump
companies, as
the relevance of
communication
changes with
the working
atmosphere.
How does Tata
Motors ensure
that new
recruits from
diverse
industrial
backgrounds :
both in entry
and mid
leadership roles
gain this
essential skill in
a short span of
their joining.

Companies
investing more
on car, how it
going to help
the company in
return ?

other
companies are
more focussing
on suv market.
What is your
strategy to face
them ?

16PGP136

Pertaining to
the news article
published in
Economic
Times RIL is
planning to
reward top
performers with
RIL stocks.
What is the
impact of this
news on RIL
employees??

How important
is the role of
CSR activities
of Nissan is
cementing its
position in the
automobile
industry of india
which is already
dominated by a
number of
domestic and
foreign
players ?

After huge
losses to JLR
post brexit what
are the new
plans of Tata
Motors to
recuperate for
the losses ?

16pgp172.satya
m@iimraipur.ac
9/21/2016 0:22 .in
Satyam Kumar 16PGP172

What steps
Reliance is
taking to
implement its
program Career
Accelerated
Program (CAP),
in what ways it
is different from
Reliance
Accelerated
Leadership
Program
(RALP)?

Since CSR is
one of your
interest areas,
so whats your
take on
companies
having
mandatory CSR
activity.

In today's eworld what

extra skills
should a
budding
manger should
have?

In what way
CSR policy is
helping
companies in
return?

Companies
Launching their
SUV's into the
Market ,and
Tata motors
already having
established
market. So it
will create an
impact on you?
If so how your
going to tackle
it?

What strategy
you are using to
hire the mid
level managers
in your
226 company ?

16pgp226.adtiy
avir@iimraipur. Adityavir Singh
9/21/2016 0:14 ac.in
rathore

16pgp136.avika
l@iimraipur.ac.i
9/21/2016 0:21 n
Avikal Khare

16pgp159.kiran
9/21/2016 0:26 @iimraipur.ac.in N kiran

16pgp159

What Skill set

your expecting
while Hiring the
mid level
Managers

16pgp179.shruti
9/21/2016 0:27 @iimraipur.ac.in Shruti Lanjewar 16PGP179

Every person
has a unique
skill set but
every domain
demands
different skill
sets. How do
we develop the
skills to make
ourselves
flexible across
industries/doma
ins?

Skills
requirements
vary across
boundaries.
How does
Nissan maintain
their
employees' skill
set required for
various
locations of
Nissan?

How easy or
difficult it is for
the new
managers to
switch between
domains?

YASH
16pgp224.yash WARDHAN
9/21/2016 0:27 @iimraipur.ac.in SINGH

16PGP224

As a corporate
communication
Have you ever s professional
faced a problem with 20 years of
with your the
expertise over
current
external &
generation's
employee
approach
communication
towards tackling s, what do you
any problem as objectify
compared to
towards
the traditional monitoring and
approaches?
controlling any
Can you give us biases in the
an example?
process?

With a strong
expertise
experience and
passion in the
leadership
assessment
and
development in
India and
abroad as well,
how much
leeway do you
give your
employees to
make
decisions?

16PGP130

We, here at IIM

Raipur come
from diverse
What can we as
professional
PG students
and cultural
learn and
How important backgrounds.
imbibe from
is CSR for the What can we do
your experience society at
to improve our
in the industry large? How
team working
to come out as does a
capabilities and
better
manager
excel as we
managers and contribute in the enter the
leaders in the same at a
corporate
future?
personal level? world?

16pgp130.aditi
9/21/2016 0:31 @iimraipur.ac.in Aditi K

16pgp150.jyoti
9/21/2016 0:34 @iimraipur.ac.in Jyoti Sharma

16pgp131.akas
h@iimraipur.ac.i
9/21/2016 0:37 n
Akash Gupta

16pgp173.sayy
ed@iimraipur.a SAYYED
9/21/2016 0:47 c.in
MUHAMMED

16PGP150

With increasing
competition
among various
employees to
rise as
managers in the
organization ,
what are the
factors that the
company
Ma'am how do
considers while you think online
promoting them shopping
and keep the
portals helps in
other
the concept of
employees
consumer
satisfied ?
awareness?

16PGP131

How to identify
best talent from
among the
larger workforce
in emerging
markets?

16PGP173

As a manager
who started
from HR
In this VUCA
manager and
economy, the
grow step by
middle
step to chief
managers who
learning officer
have the
of one of the
responsibility of
best companies
implement the From your
in India, how
decisions of top experience,
you see is
management, how continuos importance of
how they
learning play a technological
safeguard
role in success knowledge in
against
in career
HR
uncertain risk
progression

Sir, how three

layer
assessment
system
motivates
middle level
manger of an
organisation for
growth and
promotion.

How to keep
employees
How Nissan use motivated to
CSR policy to keep learning
nurture talent in new skills and
emerging
take up new
markets?
challenge?

16PGP142

Sir, since you

are also looking
into the aviation
sector, do you
think the price
war among the
service
providers
leading to
continuous
bleeding of
almost all can
come to an end
and revamp the
industry?

Talking about
the automobile
sector, we have
seen recent
reports in which
Mobilio and
Kwid got
extremely low
scores in the
test by GNCAP
but the same
company
makes far safer
cars for other
markets. What
is more
important here?
Communication
s or the product
development
team?

16pgp135.arch
ana@iimraipur.
9/21/2016 0:52 ac.in
archana dubey 16PGP135

Sir,you have a
experience in
HR across
diverse setors
viz
steel,pharmace
utical,bulk drug
and
formulations
,hotel,aviation,f
ashion,sports,re
tail and
conventiontion
centre and
diverse
corporate
functions.i
would like to
know
recruitment of
which sector
was most
challenging?

Sir you have

served as a
faculty in
psychology at
the University of
Mumbai for two
years and you
were a research
associate at
national
insurance
academy,Pune.
after serving
there for two
years ,you
switched over
Ma'am what do to the corporate
you think are
sector.So sir my
the key drivers question is
to make Ewhich sector did
commerce
you enjoy
thrive?
working for ?

16pgp142.dhru
v@iimraipur.ac.i
9/21/2016 0:52 n
Dhruv Soni

With the new

vehicle
scrapping
scheme, taking
into
consideration
the market
share of both ,
which company
do you see to
be making more
benefits, Tata
Motors or Tata
Steel?

16pgp176.piyus
h@iimraipur.ac.i
9/21/2016 1:08 n
Piyush Shelke

16pgp144.ankit
9/21/2016 2:41 @iimraipur.ac.in Ankit Gaikwad

16pgp141.varsh
ini@iimraipur.ac D.Varshini
9/21/2016 2:45 .in
Bhanu

16PGP176

How is the
global
employee
scenario in the
Oil & Energy
industry
affecting the HR
manager's
functioning in
India?

How to
reconcile the
CSR
requirements
with
organisational
goals in an
emerging
economy?

Sir, you have

worked through
across many
industries form
manufacturing
to hotels, what
are the core
competencies
required for an
individual to
adapt himself to
different
industries?

Ma'am you
started your
career as an
Associate
Director for
Clea Public
Relations, can
you share an
experience
where working
for variety of
clients in PR
helped you later
in your role as
Vice President
or General
Manager.

16PGP144

Ms.Deepa,you
received award
Leading
Woman in
Corporate
Mr. Sandeep
Communication
Banerjee ,as a s and Bay
HR what you
APAC Club
skills will you
Excellence
expect from the Award. who is
graduates?
ur inspiration?
16PGP141

What skills
need to be
developed by
Middle
Managers for
an advanced
role of Learning
officer in an
organisation?

What were the

strategies you
employed for
managing
workforce
diversity in
siemens?

Mr. Mukund
Vyas, you
Introduced
three layer
assessment
center for
senior level
leaders. can
you please
explain about
it ?

16pgp164.prate
ek@iimraipur.ac Prateek
9/21/2016 2:50 .in
Ghodeshwar

16pgp162.nisha
nt@iimraipur.ac
9/21/2016 2:57 .in
Nishant Joshi

16PGP164

16PGP162

Do you think
India expects
What are the
more from a
skill
International
requirement for brand than from
middle
a domestic
managers in
organization in
emerging
terms of Social
environment? Responsibility?

69% of Gen Y
professionals
working in
Fortune 500
companies said
they were
satisfied at work
but...48% said
they planned to
stay at their
current job two
years or less.
What do you
think are the
reasons behind
this?

How do you
manage the
trade off
between
mentoring your
talent pool and
the cost
incurred for the
same?

Progressive
organizations
are making sure
that mid level
managers can
spend more
time
participating in
experiential and
collaborative
activities. How
can companies
What role does help their
Senior
middle
Management
managers
plays in guiding master the right
the mid level
leadership
managers ?
mind-set?

16pgp137.bhag
ath@iimraipur.a
9/21/2016 3:03 c.in
bhagath sanu

16pgp137

Being the head

of HR for
Sports, India
being emerging
market for a lot
of new sports
and games,
what kind of
strategy do you
think a business How difficult is
student will
planning any
need adopt to activities as
do be multi
India is a region
dimensional?
of diverse
What kind of
cultures? And
approach do
as a consumer
you take to hire PR specialist
talent for this
how do you
particular
convert the
segment? How opinions of
challenging was consumers to
it for you to
align with the
adapt to the
company, as
situation at RIL consumers are
and how do you using wide
think the market variety of
is changing for platforms for
the segment? feedback?

16pgp130.aditi
9/21/2016 3:11 @iimraipur.ac.in Aditi K

16PGP130

NA

NA

16PGP158

What do you
think are the
current soft
skills
requirement of
the middle
managers when
the companies
are trying to
penetrate
deeper in the
society?

What do you
thunk are the
What are the
new skill sets
current issues required for a
being faced by middle manager
the middle
so as to
managers in
perform better
addressing the in a emerging
customers?
market?

16pgp158.namr
ata@iimraipur.a
9/21/2016 3:15 c.in
Namrata

As a company
who has 3
generations of
workers what
are the major
challenges you
face in the
organization?
Which are the
major areas you
focus on for the
new generation
of workers?
What all
parameters do
you consider
when you come
up with a
strategy for
incentives?

NA

16pgp217.pras
hant@iimraipur.
9/21/2016 3:24 ac.in
Prashant Gupta 16PGP217

How do you see

the scope of
employee
changing
horizons in the
same
conglomerates
like Reliance?

16pgp156.mekh
ala@iimraipur.a Mekhala B
9/21/2016 3:47 c.in
Karlawad

16pgp156

There is no
shortage of
workforce
entrants in most
emerging
markets, but
concern runs
According to me deep that their
Skill
skills will not
requirement is meet
not the major
companies
concern
requirements.
because they
study says that By one popular
are the driving executives in
estimate, 65%
force behind the emerging
of children
execution of
markets see the entering
organizational ability to
primary school
priorities.But
manage change today will
ongoing
and to think
ultimately end
restructuring,th strategically as up working in
e dissolution of the skills most completely new
the career
required among job types that
ladder, and
employees to
dont yet exist.
persistent job
take their firms In such a
insecurity
forward over
rapidly evolving
have eroded
the next three employment
mid level
years. But they landscape, how
managers
also
is it possible to
sense of loyalty, acknowledge
anticipate and
frequently
that talent
prepare for
leaving them
with these skills future skills
feeling
will be by far the requirements,jo
demoralized
toughest to
b content and
and
find.How do we the aggregate
disenfranchised face this
effect on
.what is your
situation or
employment to
say on this?
what has led to mitigate
How can this be this particular
undesirable
dealt.
scenario?
outcomes?

16PGP160

How RIL look

forward in
penetrating the Who are Nissan
domestic
target
market?
consumer?

16pgp160.neela
njana@iimraipu
9/21/2016 3:50 r.ac.in
Neelanjana

How do you see

the ban on
certain types of
vehicle i.e
above 2000cc
imposed by
Supreme Court
of India?

What skills do
you think are
required by a
manager in a
challenging and
fast changing
world to move
up the ladder ?

How do you
plan to
rationalise the
firms overseas
operations?

16pgp180.jagru
ti@iimraipur.ac.i
9/21/2016 4:08 n
Jagruti Singh

16pgp140.deep
ti@iimraipur.ac.i
9/21/2016 4:08 n
deepti patil

16PGP180

16pgp140

How do you
manage to
retain the
students of
premier
institutes like
IITs in the
ennergy sector
of RIL?

How does CSR

activities
promote
employee
creativity in the
organisation?

What has been

the major
learning in
SEIMENS after
having worked
there for more
than 15 years?

Being a part of
Tata (Taj hotels)
which has the
highest
employment
index as
compared to all
other industries,
so my question
is in this area of
digitisation what
is your opinion
of having such
a high
employment
rate?

Your
association with
big companies
like Nissan,
Mahindra group
companieswhat is your
experience like
can a person
use success
mantra of one
industry to
another
company as we
see these days
every
competitor
provides almost
same data
model

company like
TCS follows big
hierarchy in
terms of job
roles of
employees,
what do you
suggest
whether this
long hierarchy
structure can
hamper
employee's
individual
growth rate as
he doesn't get
to take part in
decision making
body of an
organisation

16pgp155.mani
sh@iimraipur.ac
9/21/2016 4:32 .in
Manish Kumar

16pgp142.dhru
v@iimraipur.ac.i
9/21/2016 4:49 n
Dhruv Soni

16pgp146.himm
atsingh@iimraip Himmatsingh
9/21/2016 5:08 ur.ac.in
Chouhan

Indian labour
laws are not
easy to comply
with, while
enforcement is
not very
systematic.
What is your
recommendatio
n in such a
scenario?

How
communication
s function for
todays
geographically
dispersed,
mobility friendly
employee
workforce?

What are the

difficulties faced
in designing a
global
competency
Model for
Siemens
worldwide in
partnership with
Lyle Spencer ?

16PGP142

Sir, since you

are also looking
into the aviation
sector, do you
think the price
war among the
service
providers
leading to
continuous
bleeding of
almost all can
come to an end
and revamp the
industry?

Talking about
the automobile
sector, we have
seen recent
reports in which
Mobilio and
Kwid got
extremely low
scores in the
test by GNCAP
but the same
company
makes far safer
cars for other
markets. What
is more
important here?
Communication
s or the product
development
team?

With the new

vehicle
scrapping
scheme, taking
into
consideration
the market
share of both ,
which company
do you see to
be making more
benefits, Tata
Motors or Tata
Steel?

16PGP146

How is the work

culture at a
Reliance
different from
Taj and other
previous
organisations
you've worked
with in terms of
the HR
policies?

In line with the

CSR vision of
Nissan India to
emerge as one
of the leading
sustainable
companies,
what are the
areas that the
company is
focusing on to
ensure this?

Sir, in your time

in Siemens,
what all
strategies have
you
incorporated to
improve the
skills of mid
level
managers?

16pgp155

16pgp222.meg
hana@iimraipur Meghana
9/21/2016 5:12 .ac.in
Vajrapu

16pgp147.pran
eetha@iimraipu JAGANA
9/21/2016 5:13 r.ac.in
PRANEETHA

16pgp223.varsh
a@iimraipur.ac.i
9/21/2016 5:24 n
Varsha Dhruw

16PGP222

How does a
company's
culture matter in
emerging
markets?

What is the
biggest
challenge of
Indian PR
industry?

How can Skill

India be used
effectively to
bridge skills
gap?

16PGP147

Mr. Sandeep
Banerjee, What
according to
you are the
various
educational
improvements
that should be
made to the
present human
resource
management
course

Ms.Deepa
Thomas, What
according to
you are the
different
challenges that
one faces in the
field of
communication
when they
switch from one
field to another
in various
industries

Mr. Mukund
Vyas, how was
your experience
in diversified
fields helped
you to acheive
this position in
Tata motors

16PGP223

What impresses
you the most
How do you
when you are ensure that the
considering
right people
hiring
receive the right
someone?
message?

16pgp161.nirm
alkumar@iimrai
9/21/2016 5:31 pur.ac.in
Nirmalkumar A 16PGP161

What
challenges you
faced in Chief
learning officer
position?

While going
through some
of your
significant
achievements I
noticed that you
introduced a
three layer
What is your
assessment
From the
opinion in
centre upto
Director-HR of bridging the
senior level
Taj Hotels, what chasm between leaders. So can
specific skill set companies'
you please
were you able human
explain how
to implement to resources
things changed
be the right fit rhetoric and
after the
as VP-HR of
reality in order introduction of
RIL?
to follow leads? this centre?

16pgp166.rahul
9/21/2016 5:49 @iimraipur.ac.in Rahul C P

16pgp183.prath
yusha@iimraipu Prathyusha
9/21/2016 5:55 r.ac.in
Sripathi

16pgp151.kaila
snath@iimraipu KAILASNATH
9/21/2016 6:04 r.ac.in
KK

16PGP166

How does Tata

Motors remain
What are the
committed to
differentiating amicable
skillsets
relationship with
required for a
workers despite
manager of
labor union
CSR
uprising for
department in renewed wage
an organization agreements? I
like Nissan
would also want
Do you think
where the
to know how
Long Term
primary focus is Tata Motors
Incentive Plan on Safety,
equip their
(LTIP) is a good Sustainability
managers to
retention
and
deal such
measure ?
Community?
situations.

16pgp183

How different
are the various
HR/IR functions
in diverse fields
and how
important is
diversity in any
organisation?

How is PR
different from
marketing in
building
brands ?

How are
effective are the
e-learning
modules helpful
in transforming
individuals as a
part of
corporate
training?

16PGP151

Reliance
recently
implemented 5
day week policy
and 8-10% hike
to junior
managers. How
critical do you
think talent
retention is
these days?

What role can

organisational
communication
play in
promoting
middle
managers for
emerging
market?

What is the
significance of
learning
management in
shaping middle
managers for
emerging
market?

16pgp163.yajuv
endra@iimraipu Yajuvendrakum
9/21/2016 6:19 r.ac.in
ar Patil
16pgp163

With the
emerging
automation
technology in
Industry, there
is a sense of
unemployment
among
employees.
What are the
strategies
followed by HR
Managers with
respect to
same?

CSR is
perceived as an
investment in
intangible
assets of the
business, which
can be
What is the
evaluated using difference in
indicators. What corporate
are the different learning and
indicators used development
to measure
strategies
these voluntary followed by
activities in
Siemens and
Nissan India? Tata Motors?

16pgp154.vivek Vivek
9/21/2016 6:19 @iimraipur.ac.in Mandapalli

16pgp154

Sir, RIL has a

strong
workforce of
over 25000+
employees. So
for RIL, what
can be the role
of workforce
technology and
Shared
Services in
transforming /
establish Lean
& Smart HR
structures
considering the
recent trends in
emerging
market?

Globalised
market or
intensifying
competition or
rapidly evolving
technology.
Which one of
these will affect
an Emerging
Market ? Are
there any
implications
between these
three?

Will the Focus

on new models
or premium
model vehicles
attract / retain /
develop scarce
emerging
markets?

16PGP134

How does one

identify the
market trends
that lead to a
mass
retrenchment of
middle
managers
similar to the
one which took
place in TCS
last year?

How does the

CSR
department of
Nissan mitigate
the general
negativity about
the industry
resulting due to
a fiasco like the
Volkswagen
emission one?

What factors
does Tata
Motors consider
in terms of
segmentation
across different
geographies in
the Indian
market and how
does it leverage
them?

16pgp134.apoo
rva@iimraipur.a Apoorva
9/21/2016 6:23 c.in
Srivastava

16pgp182.soum
alya@iimraipur. Soumalya
9/21/2016 6:25 ac.in
Sarkar

16pgp211.arun Arun Kumar

9/21/2016 6:29 @iimraipur.ac.in Sharma

16PGP182

Sir, you have

had the
experience of
heading HR
operations in
industry giants
like the TAJ
Group of hotels
and Reliance
Industries
Limited. Do you
perceive a
difference in the
basic approach
they have in
handling their
employees?

Mam, like you

there are so
many other
women who
have
established
themselves in
various
positions in the
leadership of
top companies.
Yet there still
exists a
perception that
men are more
suited to handle
the
responsibilities
associated with
such high
profile jobs.
What do you
think would it
take to change
that?

TATA Motors
has devised an
ambitious threeyear turnaround
strategy to
become one of
the top 3 car
brands in India
by 2019. How
does the
company plan
to go about it in
such a short
span of time?

16pgp211

Reliance have
come up with
long term
retention plans
for retaining
top-rung
employees.
What are the
companies
plans for
retaining middle
level
managers?

As per Nissan
Power 88 , a
new model is to
be released in
every year, will
this strategy will
be followed in
the next cycle?

What are the

new policies
coming along to
tackle wage
problem
recently created
in the Pune
manufacturing
plant?

16pgp190.vivek
9/21/2016 6:34 @iimraipur.ac.in Vivek Mody

16pgp129.abhis
hek@iimraipur.
9/21/2016 6:35 ac.in
abhishek saini

16PGP190

Sir, with a lot of

new IIMs
coming up the
quality of
managers
coming up is
decreasing.
What skills do
you think
should be
developed in
the
Management
students?

Ma'am
according to
you do good ecommerce
managers need
the blend of
mindset,
operational
expertise and
delivery
mastery?

16pgp129

Are companies
happy with
higher
education
system in India
at technical
level and
management
level? How
industries
collaborate with
government
and education
institutes to
narrow down
gap if any?

How we are
using modern
What are the
analytics and
factors a
information
company
technology in a
consider while core company
taking out a
like Tata
CSR activity so Motors? What
that company new challenges
can take
and
maximum
opportunities it
benefit of their creates for a
CSR
Management
spending ?
graduate ?

Sir, please
suggest some
effective
management
skills from your
Study on some
of the
Psychological
determinants of
Organisational
Effectiveness.

16pgp150.jyoti
9/21/2016 6:41 @iimraipur.ac.in Jyoti Sharma

16pgp149.joel
9/21/2016 6:41 @iimraipur.ac.in Joel Chugh

16PGP150

With increasing
competition
among various
employees to
rise as
managers in the
organization ,
what are the
factors that the
company
Ma'am how do
considers while you think online
promoting them shopping
and keep the
portals helps in
other
the concept of
employees
consumer
satisfied ?
awareness?

Sir, how three

layer
assessment
system
motivates
middle level
manger of an
organisation for
growth and
promotion.

16PGP149

In the era of
freelancers and
contractual
workers, HR
department of a
company now
not only works
on building
relationships
but is also now
doing strategic
analysis on
what to focus
and whom to
focus on with
the resources
available. But
this aspect of
HR department
is not focused
on. Why do you
think this is not
that much
talked about?

According to a
survey
conducted by
Economist
Intelligence Unit
soft skills are
the toughest to
find, what are
the current
standards in
terms of training
especially from
managers not
coming with a
mba degree.

Soft skills is not

given that much
importance as
others
especially at a
graduation
level. Especially
for emerging
markets where
focus is mainly
on skill
development
how is it
hampering the
organizations?

16pgp221.vaish
ali@iimraipur.ac Vaishali
9/21/2016 6:49 .in
Mahajan

16pgp138.bibha
s@iimraipur.ac.i BIBHAS
9/21/2016 6:51 n
HAZARI

16pgp187.tilak
9/21/2016 7:08 @iimraipur.ac.in Tilak Kakkad

16PGP221

Not much has

been invested
in Human
Resource
management
even today
when the need
to manage this
resource is at
its peak. What
are your
thoughts
regarding that?

Do you think
that mandating
CSR has
achieved its
objective or
there still is a
long way to go?

How does TATA

MOTORS
constantly
motivate the
employees to
learn, unlearn
and relearn?

16PGP138

How do
compensation
and rewards
systems
support the
organizations
growth strategy
and serve as a
catalyst to
achieve our
goals and
objectives?

Is CSR a
Responsibility,
an Advantage,
or a Just a
Liability?

How do you
ensure
continuous
learning for you
employees?

16pgp187

India is the first

country to have
made spending
on CSR
activities
How do you
mandatory for
drive the
corporates
Managers in
under section
different
135 of the
departments of Companies act,
RIL to be
2013. Three
equally
years on, what
motivated as
has been the
the Senior
impact of this
Management, legislation? Has
including Mr.
is really
Mukesh Ambani delivered on
himself?
expected lines?

How does TATA

MOTORS
constantly
motivate the
employees to
learn, unlearn
and relearn so
as to maintain
the flow of
knowledge
across the
organization?

16pgp169.risha
bh@iimraipur.a
9/21/2016 7:18 c.in
Rishabh Goel

16PGP169

16pgp135.arch
ana@iimraipur.
9/21/2016 7:23 ac.in
archana dubey 16PGP135

You have
worked in two
automobile
companiesMahindra&Mahi
ndra and now
Nissan and
both are among
the top players
How do you
in their sectors.
drive the
How do you find
managers in
the
different
organisational
departments of culture
RIL to be
difference
equally
between the
motivated as
two and their
the senior
future
management? prospects?

Sir,you have a
experience in
HR across
diverse setors
viz
steel,pharmace
utical,bulk drug
and
formulations
,hotel,aviation,f
ashion,sports,re
tail and
conventiontion
centre and
diverse
corporate
functions.i
would like to
know
recruitment of
which sector
was most
challenging?

You have
worked for
around 20
years in
Siemens and
that too in
electrical field
so why did you
then moved on
to L&T which is
a completely
construction
based
company?

Sir you have

served as a
faculty in
psychology at
the University of
Mumbai for two
years and you
were a research
associate at
national
insurance
academy,Pune.
after serving
there for two
years ,you
switched over
Ma'am what do to the corporate
you think are
sector.So sir my
the key drivers question is
to make Ewhich sector did
commerce
you enjoy
thrive?
working for ?

16pgp133.ankit
9/21/2016 8:54 @iimraipur.ac.in Ankit Bele

16pgp133

How do you see

India as a
market for the
various
segments of
cars, there are
many
competitors for
almost all
segments so
how was it to
make it to the
Indian market.

Sir you are the

one behind the
three layer
assessment
center upto
senior level
leaders. can
you please how
is this helpful at
the
management
part

Panel 6:Guest 1
: Mr. Lalit
Chatnani
(Finance
Director, Sony
Pictures
Entertainment)

Panel 6:Guest 2
: Mr. Piyush
Kumar
Chowhan (CIO,
Arvind Brands)

Panel 6:Guest 3
: Mr. Jitender
Panihar (Chief
People Officer,
HealthKart)

Is Healthkart
planning to
open its retail
local stores to
compete
directly the local
supplement
sellers in
India ? If Yes,
will Healthkart
take into
consideration
the bargaining
process of the
local stores, as
Sir, is Arvind
it may create
Lifestyle
considerable
What are the
planning to use difference in the
major
the concept of online and
challenges
Virtual Reality offline prices of
being faced by to give a more supplements,
you as the
detailed
thereby
finance director understanding reducing the
of such a major of its products credibility of the
firm like sony? to its clients?
company?

What are some

of the
distinctions in
different
technology and
information
employed by
various
What are some companies in
of the impacts different
of new in the
industries
entertainment you've worked
industry such as with such as
the AIB and the Wipro, Tesco,
TVF?
Walmart?

Panel 6:Guest 4
: Mr. Harjeet
Khanduja (VPHR, Reliance
Jio)

Is it not a bad
business
decision that
Reliance Jio
requires a new
LYF
smartphone
instead of any
smartphone?

Does Reliance
Jio consider the
recent steps
taken by
How are the HR various telecom
policies in
companies
Healthkart
such as RComdifferent from
Aircel merger
those of the
as having any
large size firms impact in its
such as PwC
market and
and Deloitte?
growth?

N/A

N/A

Sir,in November Sir,Arvind Mills

2014,the sony has gone live in
pictures
SAP R/3 ERP
computer
software which
network has
is a huge leap
been hacked
and that also
which revealed makes Arvind
some plans of Brands as one
the firm.It set up of the earliest
a wake up call firm to use the
to the entire
software.
industry.
Sir,as part of
In the emerging the Information
industry,with the Services
growing
area,does a
technology,the middle level
hack of
manager needs
information is
to have an end
even
to end
more.What
information of
would be
all the ERP
expected from a related
middle level
softwares?If
manager point so,how are the
of view to
ERPs are being
handle this?
selected?

Given the
sporadic nature
of the talent
emerging from
the reputed
universities
across the India
and also rising
aspirations of
the same youth
how do you
manage them
and get them to
work in more
creative
manner?
N/A

Sir,HealthKart is
already one of
the top
commerce sites
which sells
health related
items.
Its quite
obvious that
many other
firms are trying
to compete via
commerce as
well as in retail
stores.
What would be
the strategy
taken you to
maintain the
brand image in
the country
while picking up
the candidates
of the firm?

Sir,undoubtedly,
Reliance Jio
has created a
record by
setting the
tariffs of mobile
call rates as low
as possible.
Now,its quite
obvious that the
number of
competitors will
be increasing
and will be
trying to
outreach
Reliance Jio.
As part of the
strategy,compet
itors will be
trying to take
hold of the best
performers in
the company.
What will be the
strategy to be
followed by the
mid level
managers to
catch hold of
the best
performers?

What are some

of the
distinctions in
different
technology and
information
employed by
What are some various
of the impacts companies in
of new entrants different
in the
industries
entertainment you've worked
industry such as with such as
the AIB and the Wipro, Tesco,
TVF?
Walmart?

Sir, you've
worked in quite
a few different
companies
ranging from
pharmaceutical
s to shipping to
food
manufacturing
not for more
than a stretch of
3 years in any
one, before
finally joining
Sony Pictures
which resulted
in a career of
around 18
years and still
counting. So
what made you
realize that
Sony Pictures
was the one?
Would you
rather advise
fresh MBA
graduates to try
and work in
different
companies and
gain versatile
experience or
rather stick with
one company
from the start
and lay a solid
foundation
there?

Having recently
joined Arvind
Brands, I
understand that
this is your first
time working for
a lifestyle retail
company as we
all know you
already have
experience with
TESCO,
WalMart and
other retail
giants. How
different is the
the lifestyle
industry when it
comes to
creativity in
advertising or
product
solutions? With
trends changing
day by day, do
you think it's a
tougher
environment
then what
you've
previously
encountered?

Does Reliance
Jio consider the
recent steps
taken by
How are the HR various telecom
policies in
companies
Healthkart
such as RComdifferent from
Aircel merger
those of the
as having any
large size firms impact in its
such as PwC
market and
and Deloitte?
growth?

In your 2009
publication
"Management
Learnings from
the field of
Cricket", you tell
us various
management
principles you
learn while
playing the
game of cricket.
Do you believe
that most of the
solutions we
are looking for
should come
from sources
outside the
classroom and
if yes, how
effective would
you consider
different group
exercises or
office games
that aim at
raising
company spirit
and creativity?

Perhaps the
greatest
innovation in
the telecom
industry to
happen in not
only India but
also the world,
Reliance Jio is
indeed a
nightmare for
every telecom
giant. You've
been in Jio for
the past three
years, way
before most of
us knew it
existed, and
Mukesh
Ambani's
'incredible
foresight' has
put Jio on the
map overnight.
What more can
we expect from
Jio in the
following year?
With so much
potential and
resources now
available at
your disposal,
what more can
Jio offer to the
average Indian
consumer?

In one of the
piece on your
blog you talk
about the PEP
(pain, effort and
pressure),
where the team
does most of
In the startup
the hard work
With the recent
scenario, how and the award
acquisition of
How has
can you provide goes to the pep
Ten Sports, will predictive
the confidence talker, how are
the focus of ten analytics
for the
the modern era
channels shift changed the
employees to
organizations
to cricket from organised retail innovate and
addressing this
football ?
sector in india ? take risks ?
issue ?

When
Shareholders or
Leadership
focused on
short term
How do you
profits and
ensure that
quarterly
your talent pool
results, How do possesses the
you manage
creative
creativity in the dexterity to
teams, where lead, operate,
gains are visible and manage in
only in long
the global
term ?
marketplace ?

Recently,
Investors are
worrying about
What are the
JIO's plans for
challenges that profitability in
an Organisation the cut-throat
faces while
competition of
measuring
the telecom
Creativity in the business. your
workplace ?
view ?

How has the

supply chain
changed from
How can low
the past and
cost strategies what is the
can be pushed future of einto emerging commerce
markets ?
industry ?

How important
is having
divergent talent
in an
organization
and ways to
identify them ?

Can you
elaborate on
the role of HR
in innovation as
shared by you ?

With average
age of Jio
employees at
30 years and
with a strong
workforce of
over 60000, Jio
has made its
mark in the
telecom
industry. What
is Jio doing
different here?
With the
general
perception of
hiring
How does
experienced
HealthKart
professionals
ensure
while venturing
continuous
into an
innovation in
uncharted
providing
territory , Jio
services with
has
rising
differentiated
competition in itself from this
the category
convention. Is it
and going with working for the
the vision of the company?
company to
If,yes, then will
ensure
it be a
authenticity in sustainable
the healthcare hiring model for
products how
the company
does the
considering the
company
competition
ensure that only from the
authentic
incumbents and
products are
continuous
sold through
innovations in
their portal?
the industry?

Sony pictures
entertainment
has been a
leader in the
home
entertainment
industry. Now
with the advent
of various
video-ondemand
services with
Sony also
launching Sony
Liv service in
2013, what is
the role of the
company's
creative capital
in content
creation and
deployment in
these services
and what is the
approximate
investment in
content creation
and human
resources?

With the recent

divestment of
15% stake in its
brand arm to
raise Rs. 900
crore, what are
the potential
areas that
Arvind Brands
is considering
to invest the
capital raised?
With rival
brands such as
Aditya Birla
Fashion and
Retail venturing
into the online
space through
abof, is the
company
considering
capturing the
online market
through its
international
premium
brands?

Since not all

creative ideas
are successful,
in light of this
how to manage
the cost of
creativity?

what is the
importance of
training its
How do
employees for
organisations
creativity in an
build culture of organisation's
creativity?
strategy?

how do
organisations
identify ,
nurturecreative
thinking skills?

Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon Mr. Jitender
Mr. Piyush
Panihar, being
Kumar, having a Chief People
discussed
Officer in
about Managing HealthKart, how
Creativity in
difficult is it to
Emerging
sustain a good
Market how has work
technology
environment
impacted the
and how it can
way we
impact the
perceive
creativity of the
problems and employees and
approach
the organization
them ?
as a whole ?

Good Afternoon
Mr. Harjeet
Khanduja,
having worked
across various
industries and
in different parts
of the world
what do you
think are the
challenges
faced by the
organizations to
increase the
innovation
index of the
company ?
Especially when
entering into
emerging
market

With number of
local Nutritional
Stores
increasing
significantly,
which makes it
easier for the
customers to
access and
With increasing bargain on the
What are the
competition in price of
major
online retail
nutritional
challenges
business, is
products, how
being faced by Arvind Lifestyle does Healthkart
you as the
also planning to plan to maintain
finance director roll out its own or increase its
of such a major e-commerce
market shares
firm like sony? website?
in India?

Why would RIL,

a zero-debt
company sitting
on cash
reserves of
nearly $20
billion go out
and stake
Rs.1.34 trillion
on a new
business, one
in which there
are strong
incumbents with
entrenched
positions and in
which the
average
margins are in
decline?

Good Afternoon
Mr.Lalit
Chatnani.
Having worked
with Sony, how
important it is to
stay ahead of
your
competitors ?
and what are
the important
factors that do
you feel are
required to
consider before
emerging into
new and niche
markets ?

As CIO for
Arvind Brands
you are
responsible for
IT Strategy and
What are the
Execution of
challenges in
Technology for
finance that are all its brands
unique to the
business. What
entertainment are the different
industry and
approaches you
how do you go use for the
about handling different brands
them?
under Arvind?

You have
worked in well
established
organisations
as well as in ecommerce
start-ups. What
according to
you is the
difference in
approach of the
two
organisations
with respect to
HR?

In a recent
article written by
you, you talked
about managing
your manager
and suggested
that one should
avoid temper
short circuits.
How do you
propose one
should do that?

Future
prospects of
shirting &
suiting industry
seems gloomy
at present. How
is Arvind
looking to tackle
and address
this issue in the
long run?

Cricket and
corporate, both
keep switching
between
competition and
camaraderie.
What has been
your experience
with the same?

Considering the
extra-terrestrial
launch and rise
of Jio, what
challenges due
you expect in
HR function for
Jio?

How feasible or
fruitful will it be
to pursue CA
for the ones
with Finance as
their
specialization?

What are the

new preemptive
marketing
strategies Sony
Follow to curb
their
oppositions?

What are some

of the new
models that are
emerging to
increase the
creativity
among
managers?

How do you see

the growth of
the health
supplements
market in India
in near future?

What can
startups learn
from Reliance
Jio's aggressive
pricing
strategy?

couldn't frame

In your recent
articles on
Leadership
Lessons (Seven
Steps of
Execution), how
could change
management
reflects in
corporate
environment.

couldn't frame

couldn't frame

1)What
implications will
banking sector
face as Mr.Urjit
Patel has been
appointed as
new RBI
governor? As
they both has
different
leadership style

As Internet of
things can be
As many Indian
seen as distinct people now
future what
turning to
necessary steps healthy
are big data
habits,along
companies
with diet
taking for data supplements
warehousing
why company
and data
dont expand its
security security portfolio into
?
gym business ?

How do you
handle change
management in
an organization
being a VP HR
of high
technology
company?

You have said

that your main
aim is to
contribute to the
organization by
innovative
How important
means and
are the
reduction in
competency
cost. Should
centers for any
innovation
organisation to
always be
manage the
considered in
creativity in the
accordance to emerging
the cost ?
market ?

People today
are not much in
favor of buying
Dietary
supplements
and health
devices online.
How does
creativity play a
role in such a
scenario for the
emerging
healthcare
market ?

In the recent
times, Patent
wars have
become quite
common among
corporates.
These wars
have resulted in
huge financial
implications for
the companies
as well. But
there have
been cases of
companies
patenting
products and
design that do
not materialize
into actual
products even In this age of
after a lot of
patents and
amount has
trademarks,
been spent in where
their R&D. This companies use
normally has
the facility to
financial
stifle
implications for competition
the company.
rather than
How does Sony protect their
limit such
own interests.
expenses and How important
continue
does it become
innovating,
for the
without hurting companies to
the
spend on
freewheeling of extensive
ideas and
patent tracking
concepts
and prevent
among the
genuine
creative
infringement of
agents ?
patents ?

Startups have
created a
Reliance Jio
disruption in the has caused a
professional
disruption in the
market. People telecom sector.
have started
Competitors are
resigning from devising all
established
strategies
companies to
possible to
start working in disrupt Jio's
startups that
success. We
offer a more
can expect
informal work
poaching and
culture that are head hunting
conducive to
too, to
idea generation. commence in
Surely,
the near future
executives
from
joining from
competitors.
highly formal
How does
work culture
Reliance Jio
backgrounds
maintain a great
would have to working and
face a lot of
collaborative
changes. How atmosphere
do startups
within the
make this
workforce to
transition
resist such
smooth for such attempts from
guys ?
the competitors.

Sir is an HR
leader known
for improving
bottom line of
organization.
So, how
important is this
bottom line for
any
organization to
emerge in the
market.

What are some

of the creative
ways health cart
is using to lure Is the predatory
the Indian
pricing strategy
What are some costumers as
is long term or
As we know
of the creative there is still
short term
that Sony is the ways in which some
strategy to
market
you are
perception
compete
leader.how are focussing on to regarding the
against other
you maintaining target the
safety of the
prominent
it ?
Indian market market
market players

Where is the
Indian telecom
industry
heading with
such
competitive
rates offered by
Reliance Jio
and other major
players joining
in the
competition?
Will India be
able to compete
with the
developed
nations
technologically
in this sector?

Sony Pictures
VR group is
collaborating
with Madison
Wells Media
Reality One to
develop virtual
reality
experiences.
What sort of
planning goes
into such a
innovation
step ?

How will recent

partnership with
American giant
GAP, help in
creating a
unique
ecosphere for
GAP in the
indian fashion
industry ?

To what extent
creativity
management
impacts the
finances of an
organisation?

As other
telecom
companies are
also gearing up
In today's efor competing,
world how much How useful was in what ways
role creativity
your corporate Jio is going to
plays in
experience in maintain its
success of an your cricketing differentiation in
organisation? career?
market?

Who are all

your Target
Customers,
what strategies
What
your using to
preemptive
position your
strategies your product
using to gain
According to
the edge over their needs and
market
wants

What is the role

of health-centric
startups in
initiating a
genuine craze
for healthy and
balanced life
among service
class Indians?

What marketing
Strategies your
using to change
the perception
of typical indian
market who are
not so
comfortable in
using Health
care products

What Startups
and future
mangers can
learn from jio's
aggressive
pricing policy

Health
industries as
compared to
other industries
like
entertainment,
automobiles are
less subjectivity
to creativity.
How do the
health industry
players
differentiate
with respect to
creativity?

Creativity varies
across
industries. How
important is it to
understand the
entire industry
well in order to
put your
creativity into it?

With a strong
domain
knowledge in
Retail, Ecommerce &
Supply Chain
Management
while working
As a finance
for global
director at Sony retailers like
Pictures
Walmart,
Entertainment Target, and the
you had to
like, what
prioritize limited difference do
resources?
you observe in
How it all
strategy making
worked and
for the different
what did not?
industries?

As a
management
consultant,
People & Talent
professional,
Passionate
speaker and a
lifelong traveler,
what challenges
you
encountered
while delivering
change and
transformations
with multi
industry
exposure
across Indian
geographies.

With an
experience
spanning a
range of
industry sectors
that include
Automotive,
Manufacturing,
Pharma,
Alternate
Energy,
Telecom,
Healthcare and
Retail, how do
you feel that
that the chain of
command is
important in any
sector?

NA

NA

NA

The Sony Max

Hindi movie
cluster holds
the largest
share of
27%.What are
the further
creative
measures
planned for this
cluster to
maintain this
position?

How easy or
difficult is it for
the new
managers to
cope up with
various
industries with
respect to
creativity?

NA

NA

NA

How Arvind
Brands in
emerging
markets are
How big a role different from
marketing plays other market
in promotion of player in the
a movie?
same segment?

How we can
face the
challenges in
this changing
environment
against the
disruptions?

How you can

use service of
freelancers in
create new
designs

NA

NA

In emerging
market like
India , what
according to
you can be the
next big thing in
healthcare
industry?

Is the predatory
pricing a
negative for the
overall growth
of telecom
sector as many
players are
already
bleeding?

What are the

challenges
faced when
enter to in
relatively new
concept of
business

How
challenging was
retaining
employees in a
company which
has a long time
gap between
starting the
company and
launching the
service?

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

How to
reconcile the
'participation in
decision
making' and
timely
realisation of
organisational
How do you see goals &
the online
objectives,
How to provide How is Arvind medicine
especially in an
a platform for, Brands
buying grow in established
and in a way,
perceiving the India and other organisation
nurture
challenges from emerging
which has been
creativity in tier emerging
markets, what a long time
2-3 & rural
economies like are the key
player in a
India?
Bangladesh?
determiners?
field?

Sir, Sony
Pictures
Entertainment
has signed a
deal with
virtual-reality
shop Reality
One to create
VR content to
pair with the
studios film
slate and preexisting
franchises.
What are the
long term and
short term
advantages of
this agreement
for sony?

The
consumerizatio
n of enterprise
Sir, Arvind
mobility is
Lifestyle Brands redefining
has entered into todays
a partnership
workforce.
with Sephora, How are mobile
owned by
talent
French luxury acquisition
conglomerate solutions and
Moet Hennessy methods
Louis Vuitton
helping HR
(LVMH). How is departments
this partnership effectively use
going to benefit mobile
Arvind brands? recruiting?

Mr. Piyush
Kumar
Chowhan,you
have setup and
managed
competency
Mr. Lalit
centers / teams
Chatnani , from for retail and
many years you supply chain as
are in media
shared service
and
or captive
entertainment. units.H theowse
Is this yours
centres helps
passion?
us?

Reliance Jio
has seen some
high profile
exists recently
including
Pradeep
Shrivastava,
Chief Marketing
Officer (CMO),
as a firm what
would be the
policies one
should adapt to
reduce the
number of
people leaving
the firm?

Mr. Harjeet
Khanduja, you
are known for
Mr. Jitender
improving
Panihar, i read bottom line of
that you believe organization.
in "competition". on, what are the
May i know
common strtegy
more about
that you will
this?
implement for
organization?

How do think a
change
transformation
Do you think
can be
that the cultural introduced
Is it easy to be perspective is among the
a part of a
important in a talent pool by
market driven talent and not conditioning the
organization
just the
leadership of
being a finance technical
the
expert?
perspective?
organization?

Do you think
academic
qualifications
create silos in
minds of a
hiring team and
biases in
business.

The shift to a
more
innovationdriven economy
has been
abrupt. Life
cycles of new
offerings are
short. Does this
cause a
compromise on
quality?

Creativity has
been
considered
unmanageable
too elusive;
concentrating
on it produces a
less immediate
payoff than
improving
execution. So
how does one
manage the
trade off
between
creativity and
execution
improvement?

What is the
scope of
implementation
of creativity
from Indian
concepts like
Jugaad in the
corporate?

Idea generators
are a handful in
number.
Doesn't this
cause an over
dependency of
an organisation
on such
sources?

With a high
volatility in
current
business world,
what are the
major issues
that an
organization
fails to identify
with regards to
the employee
base? How
unconventional
do you think
people
management
have become in
the past 2
years?

With jio being

a revolution and
no competitor
able to match it,
what were the
major
challenges in
creating a
team? Like
consumer
expectations
there are also
high employee
expectations.
How is that
managed to
create a
flawless
network
between
various
departments?

Most
companies
It is a taken that
have
concentrating Business
hierarchical
on creativity
leaders around structures and
does not give a the world are
differences in
quick payoff,
skeptic about
status among
how then can
managing
people impede
we hasten its
creativity, or if it the exchange of
effects in
can be
ideas, how can
today's
managed at all. we ensure that
innovation
What is your
this does not
based market? take on this?
happen?

Innovation is
more likely
when people of
different
disciplines,
backgrounds,
and areas of
expertise share
their thinking,
how difficult a
task is it to
make people
from diverse
innovate
together?

How much
impact do you
think the Multichannel/Omnichannel
approach has
created among
Sony already
the consumers
has its own
and
sports
consumerism?
channels. In
Do you think it
such a scenario has become a
how do you for stable and
see long-term trusted option?
values in the
If not what do
acquisition of
you think the
tensports?
future is?

Sir how do you

encourage your
team to be
more creative
than the
competitors in
such a volatile
market??

What are the

domains you
are expecting
your team to be
creative in??

Sir what are the

latest creative
ideas being
implied in
health sector?? No Question

How do you see

the creativity for
Emerging
markets from
an
Entertainment
Giant's
perspective?

Where do you
see the
emergence of
Fashion and
Creativity in
ever changing
world?

Creativity is the
number one
leadership
competency of
the successful
enterprise of
the
future.Creativity
is key to create
and sustain
value. Creativity
in marketing
and product
development
directly
correlates to a
companys
success.
Definitions
look impressive
but could you
share a
experience
where you felt
creativity was
the solution for
all and also
when R&D
budgets are
vulnerable and
growth is more
elusive how can
we take a step
ahead towards
creativity.

Systematic,
sustained and
concerted
action is
required to
significantly
enhance the
creative and
innovative
capacities of
young people in
ways that are
relevant to
employ
ability.How can
we go about
this? What
would be the
major steps or
actions to be
taken for
bringing in
creativity in
emerging
market

How is ecommerce
helping the
employees get
maximum
creativity out of
them over a
traditional
company
structure?

How do you see

the creativity in
emergence of
Reliance Jio in
telecom sector?

We have heard
skepticism that
creativity should
be managed at
all.Whether
management is
a net positive
or a net
negative for
creativity.If
there is a
bottleneck in
organizational
creativity. On
the other hand
One doesnt
manage
creativity. One
manages for
creativity. How
do we handle
this scenario?

Creativity is
considered
unmanageable
too elusive
and intangible
to pin downor
because
concentrating
on it produced a
less immediate
payoff than
improving
execution, it
hasnt been the
focus of most
managers
attention. How
can this
situation be
made tangible
or measurable
so that creativity
plays a major
role?

HealthKart is an
e-commerce
store aiming to
be one-stop
Apart from
shop for all
textiles and
health and
garments, is
fitness related
Arvind Brand
products.What
looking to
are your
What is the
penetrate in
expansion
target viewers other areas like plans at
for Sony Wah? footwear?
Healthkart?

What are the

main elements
of the Reliance
management
system?

Having
discussed
about managing
creativity in
emerging
market how has
technology
What are the
impacted the
innovative
way we
means that you perceive
use to
problems and
contribute to an approach
organization? them?
NO Question

Sir, you created

the HR
Information
System
Architecture for
Reliance Retail,
built an
outstanding
Technofunctional team
and
implemented
SAP HR fully
integrated with
HR BIDW and
HR Eenablement.
Can you tell us
something more
about?

in this
competitive
work
environment,
sir you have
where acquiring
experienced of and retaining
working in
correct talent in
different work the organisation
environment
is such s
like
difficult
Recently(in
USA/UK,India.w job,what's your
2014) Sony
hats your
opinion about Reliance jio as
enterprise
opinion on
this,how difficult we know it's
suffered
proposing
or simple this
been in a news
through crisis of different IT
job role is of
these days,what
data hacking,
strategies
talent
do you a
as a finance
based on
acquisition,does suggest to hit a
expert what do different
past exp as a
target market
you suggest
consumer
management
which is still in
could be the
behaviour or
consultant
dilemma to be a
role of a finance consumer
helped you in
part of jio family
person in
perception
simplifying the can be turned
handling such towards the
process,if yes into loyal
situation
brand
then it what way customer of the
raliance jio.

What current
global threats
that a company
like Sony
Pictures
Entertainment
would face
considering the
challenging the
film industry?

What innovative
or non
How does the
How
traditional
role of HR
organizations
aspect needs to integrate with
need to modify be integrated
strategy, Cost
the traditional for various
leadership,
models to
talent
differentiation
demonstrate
management
and focus with
higher customer processes in
respect to
centric
the VUCA
product
processes?
economy ?
design ?

Sir, you had a

publication
named
volatility in the
Indian Stock
market where
Sir, you have
you made a
worked for
reference to
Shriram
efficient market
Transport
hypothesis.
Finance and
What do you
have then been think has more
working as a
effect on the
finance
volatility, the
executive in a level of
non-finance
availability of
firm. What
information or
profile do you the way the
find more
investors
challenging in perceive and
the present
react to the
scenario of the available
India?
information?

What are the

challenges in
finance that are
unique to the
entertainment
industry and
how do you go
about handling
them?

According to a
report by Credit
Suisse, the
capacity of Jio
Sir, do you think is high enough
the success
to serve 250
mantra that you million users
have at
with free voice
HealthKart-Be and 1.8GB per
the owner, be month and thus
open, act fast, has room for
empower others decreasing the
and know your price further.
actions is
Shall a
viable for a
company
large corporate undertake this
having over
kind of strategy
10,000+
at the launch
employees?
itself?

What is the role

of health-centric
startups in
In today's einitiating a
world how much genuine craze
role creativity
for healthy and
plays in
balanced life
success of an among service
organisation? class Indians?

Is the predatory
pricing a
negative for the
overall growth
of telecom
sector as many
players are
already
bleeding?

In the West,
innovation is
What are the
often tech
reasons that
driven and
innovation has
product- centric. become a
Is it the same
priority in
for emerging
emerging
markets?
markets?

Mr. Lalit
Chatnani, what
strategies have
you followed for
achieving
increase in
sales along with
reduction in
cost for Sony
Pictures
Entertainment

What is the
greatest
uncertainty you
have faced?
What can you
do to resolve it?

Mr.Piyush
Kumar, how far
a competency
center would
help in
achieving
effective supply
chain
management
for a retail
industry

What
determines
whether a CIO
succeeds or
fails?

Do MNCs
prefer to adapt
HR policies to
suit specific
How does
national
reciprocity help contexts or is a
MNC in
transglobal
emerging
HRM policy
markets?
emerging?

Mr.Jitender ,
you have
worked both in
corporate and
e-commerce
fields. what is
the difference in
managing
people in both
the fields

Mr.Harjeet
Khanduja, How
do you motivate
people to be
more inventive
and innovative

What you do
that will provide
alignment
between HR
What you do to programs and
retain top
organizational
talent?
strategy?

It is very
important to
manage internal The Healthkart
executives to
office seems to
be available
be very colorful
when vacancies as well as the
Is it advisable to occur rather
meeting rooms
leverage
than letting
are named
current assets them jump ship entirely different
to the fullest
because they
than other
extent by
are not
companies. So
actively
recognised
how do you
engaging the
properly. what is think this
employees in
your opinion on creativity helps
developing their how to manage in motivating
own career?
this effectively? employees?

I read your post

"4 Secrets of
managing your
manager". Are
there any ways
to bring in
creativity to the
employees?

Do you think
Arvind should
start it's own
online store to
capture profits
shared by
existing online
retail stores
selling Arvind
products?

Do you think
Healthkart can
now shift
emphasis from
Nutrition to
Fitness as
HealthKart is
quite
comfortable at
delivering
nutrition
products and
demand for
fitness related
products are
high in currently
Indian market?

Apart from the

low pricing
strategies, what
are the other
value additions
customer can
expect from
Reliance Jio in
future?

As a
management
student we
would want to
know how you
manage crisis
sutuation ?

How has the

supply chain
changed from
the past and
what is the
future of ecommerce
industry ?

Could you
please brief
about
performance
management
programs ?

What qualities
do you look in
an ideal HR
manager ?

Sony had been

on the frontline
when it comes
to creativity at
work. "The
Shallows"
campaign on
civic issues
deserves
special mention
here. How do
you perceive
the leadership
team in any
company to be
critical for
promoting
creativity at
work?

For companies
entering
emerging
markets,
Often when
employing
companies
expat managers India is the
enter emerging mostly seems to second largest
markets their
backfire due to telecommunicat
primary aim is variety of
ions industry in
growth and
reasons.
the world and
market share
Companies are Jio is all set to
which leaves
increasingly
churn out a
little room for
pursuing what major share of
creativity. Do
now is called
it. How do you
you think
"expat
see creativity in
promoting
strategy". Could action at Jio,
creativity is vital you please
that could spur
in a scenario
throw some
growth in the
like this?
light on this?
coming years?

Looking ahead,
what might be
the creative rebranding
strategies Sony
Pictures is
going to work
on recently
acquired Ten
Sports
Network?

Financial
constraints and
Creativity do
not go hand in
hand. How do
Sony Pictures
Entertainment
manage to
overcome the
situation?

What are the

different
strategies used
by Healthkart to
create an
What are the IT amazing
strategies
workplace. Do
followed by
emotions play a
Arvind Brands vital role in
to compete in managing
the Market?
creativity?

India is second
largest
telecommunicat
ion industry in
world. How is
creativity
contributing to
maintain such a
position?

Considering the
global financial
crisis leading to
growth
projections
down, Stopping
erosion of net
growth or
ensuring
survival, which
one is a
challenging
one?

With the trends

of either Clash
or confusion
between
Western and
indigenous
Lifestyle
products, what
can be the
biggest
challenge in an
Emerging
market?

Your recent
articles on
Leadership
Lessons (Seven
Steps of
Execution), how
could the step
of change
management
reflects in a
rapidly
changing
corporate
environment.

Are M&As
viable in
Emerging
Markets?

In the Indian
context, brick
and mortar
retailers are still
How far ahead Should
the major
and certain is
Raymond
players in the
Sony in terms of reboot its
health sector.
its future plans current
What are some
as compared to positioning via of the plausible
other
various
ways in which
contemporaries promotional
HealthKart
in view of the
campaigns to
could target this
constantly
target a
largely
evolving viewer younger market untapped
palate?
spectrum?
market?

For a new
player in the
industry like
Reliance Jio,
backed by an
established
parent
company, what
factors are the
most essential
when
contrasted
against its other
competitors, in
order to gain
market share
aggressively?

Sony recently
acquired Ten
Sports from Zee
despite the
sports media
business being
one where
operating costs
are
comparatively
higher and
profit margins
are much less.
As such,could
you tell us more
about the
rationale behind
the move?
OR
Is Sonys
Arvind Brands
acquisition of
has plans of
Ten Sports part divesting a 15%
of a plan to
stake in its fully
strengthen your owned
sports portfolio subsidiary.
to a position
Could you
where it can
please tell us
challenge 21st how that could
Century Foxaid its business
owned Star
strategy in the
India?
long run?

Having a
glipmpse at
Jios tariff plan,
These days,
it seems that
employee
there isnt much
retention
incentive for
presents a big consumers who
challenge for
spend less than
HR managers. 500 a month.
What is the role Considering the
of big data and purchasing
analytics in
power of the
handling the
spendthrift rural
contemporary population, how
issues
does Reliance
concerning
plan to achieve
Human
its target of 100
Resources,
mn customers
such as
in a short span
recruitment,
of time? (Could
compensation you give us a
and
specific timeline
performance
for the roadmap
incentives?
ahead?)

Should Arvind
should also
move to its own
dedicated
online store to
share the profit
of the sales of
the Arvind
products on
Unable to frame various online
question.
stores?

Reliance Jio is
hiring large
number of
employees for
business. What
are the
strategies to
retain those
employees as
competitors
might try to lure
such
employees out
of the company.

Is Heathkart
planning to
increase its
offline stores?

Innovation,
almost by
definition, has
the potential to
ignite growth
and boost
performance.
But in turbulent
times R&D
budgets are
vulnerable and
growth is more
elusive. So
should the
company carry
on with these
high cost
innovations or
not?

Given the large

size of the
country, there
are thousands
of towns that
are not easily
accessible.
Since the real
charm of the
Indian market
lies in its large
population,
absence of
seamless
access to a
significant
proportion of
prospective
customers is a
dampener.
What should
the Ecommerce
company do to
curb this
problem?

Can you please

give us a real
life example
from your
publication,
Management
Learnings from
the field of
Cricket, and
how they affect
management
ideas?

India got
removed from
EU GSP in
2014 whereas
pakistan,
bangladesh and
sri lanka are still
benefited from it Medical
and posing
services are
Are bigger
challenge to
cheaper in India
companies are indian industry. compared to
as effective as What is strategy US and UK, is it
start up to
of India textile a factor for less
provide creative companies to
demand for
atmosphere to stay ahead of medical
employees as these
equipment in
startups?
competitors?
India ?

Sir, what do you

think is the role
of HR in
innovation?

How much you

consider Indian
Universities are
effective in
providing
creative
atmosphere to
indian
students? Is
there
appreciable
difference in
creative
approach of
indian and
foreign
students?

Is Jio
considering an
expansion in
Research and
Money is a
their employee
development for
Creativity
strength at the
leading brand in How Arvind
Motivator. Will base levels to
electronics is a Lifestyle Brands this not hamper cope with the
very big cost.
increases the
the talent
rapid
So, Sir how
creativity
assessment
penetration into
Sony manages among
process of any the market by
such expenses. managers?
organisation? Jio?

There is a huge
talent pool in
emerging
markets but
creativity being
intangible in
nature cannot
give you a
guarantee of
being a
success. Only
20% of the
innovation right
now is coming
from emerging
markets, so
pooling
resources
especially for
creativity, will it
be a equal
trade off?

When we talk
about
technology, its
advancement
from the very
beginning can
be laid at the
feet of creativity
but sometimes
being on a
conservative
side is a good
judgement call
and sometimes
it is not, how do
we manage
risks in terms of
creativity.

Emerging
markets are
vuca in nature
so if you stop
innovating just
for a second
their is a new
reliance jio is
entrant in the
itself an
morning. Do
example of
you think as
innovation in
innovation is a emerging
cost to the
market. But
company and innovation is a
the overall
cost and it has
percentage of a lead time
innovation
whereas
which takes a imitation has
lot of time is just minimal need
20% from
time. So should
emerging
we leave
market. Should innovation to
we focus on
established
creativity here companies and
or just the
then follow, in
normal
terms of
mundane day to creativity and
day jobs?
innovation.

With the online

fashion industry
attracting a
large portion of
You have spent the youth
around 18
population,
years at Sony, do you think
what are your other major
views on the
players like
current rise in arvind are
attrition rate in compelled to
the corporate
move on to the
sector?
online platform?

With startups
sprouting in
every corner of
the city, do you
see this as a
positive sign or
a mere illusion?

With the
increase in the
number of IIMs
and the
resulting
increase in
human talent,
how do you
plan on
nurturing it in an
effective way?

How do you
How financial
deal with staff
systems differs who are more
in entertainment interested in
industry as
office politics
compared to to than the
Banking
interests of the
Sectors?
company?

Why should
companies
even focus on
culture when
trying to attract
and retain
talent?

What do you do
to ensure the
HR
departments
objectives are
aligned with
strategic goals?

Arvind Brand's
Flying Machine
was awarded
the most
impactful youth
campaign. Sir,
What are the
can you please
key factors that share your
you consider
experiences
while evaluating about the
the financial
same? The
feasibility of a idea, the target
new idea for a audience, the
movie or a TV vision and the
show?
execution?

Reliance Jio
has created
huge waves in
the Indian
Telecom
Market. The
excitement
levels of the
employees
must be at an
all time high.
What kind of a How do you
person would
plan to maintain
HealthKart as a this excitement
growing start up levels among
prefer to have them so as to
in its Core
sustain the
Strategy team: productivity and
An intrapreneur create a sense
or an
belongingness
entrepreneur? with the brand?

In your recent
blog, "10 things
that HR
professionals
need to learn by
2020", you have
mentioned
about the three
M that will
impact HR
profession more
than any robot
and you have
said that people
With the
don't leave their
growing
companies,
influence of ethey leave their
You have spent commerce
managers
around 18
industry, do you As a Chief
because of the
years at Sony, think a new
People Officer, generation
what are your entrant can
what kind of
clash. How as
views on the
survive by
talent pool you an HR
current rise in selling through look for when
manager, can
attrition rate in a single
you select your this scenario be
the corporate
distribution
core strategy
dealt with?
sector?
channel?
team?

Sir, in your
article, lady
driver and
economics
"Economics is a
science of
constrained
choices" and
Sir, you have a
yet there are
How much is
publication on
better choices.I
the importance Volatility in
would like to
of cost
Indian Stock
Sir since you
ask you what
reduction in
Markets. How strongly believe were the most
research and
do you think the in social
difficult
development
volatility would causes, what do decisions
when it comes impact the
you think is the you've made
to making
innovation in
importance of while working
creative
the emerging
CSR for a MBA for Reliance
products?
markets?
student?
Jio?

Menswear is
the largest
segment in
India's apparel
market,
accounting for
approximately
42 per cent of
the overall
segment. How
you plan to
grow at 8.5 per
cent in the next
five years.

sir you
transformed
workplace and
your Leadership
at HealthKart by
building an
amazing for
Talent and
Potential. how
the workplace
environment
important
.