She changed the face of Delhi

by Adminw - August 1, 20190

Sheila Dikshit made a lasting contribution to raising the beauty and infrastructure of the national capital New Delhi as one comparable to several other world capitals. The best tribute to Sheila Dikshit came from her bitter political adversaries: from Narendra Modi and Amit Shah to Arvind Kejriwal. They paid lavish

He made ITC not all puff and smoke…

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by Adminw - June 2, 2019June 14, 20190

Y C Deveshwar (YCD) was associated with ITC for 51 years. Of these, he headed the company for 23 years. He helped it emerge as a flourishing conglomerate engaged in financial services, edible oils, hotels, paper boards, real estate, a range of FMCG and lifestyle retailing businesses. The declining fortunes of

Chronicler nonpareil

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by Adminw - April 30, 2019April 30, 20190

It was 1990. Calcutta was celebrating its 300th year with fanfare. The West Bengal government, the city corporation and business leaders worked in unison. 1990 also marked 350 years of the founding of Madras. S Muthiah, with his vast contacts in the industry, tried to get a focus on the city

The giant killer who Indianised the corporates

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by S Viswanathan - March 2, 20190

Today we do not have many politicians known outside the state of their origin or around Delhi. ‘National’ leaders have been thrown up rather rarely. In this context George Fernandes, enjoying a pan India reputation is a great contrast. Hailing from Mangaluru, shifting to Mumbai at the age of 19 to

His focus on productivity helped in exports

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by S Viswanathan - March 2, 20190

K Mahesh (1943-2019) The 100-plus your old TVS group boasts of being present in virtually every sector in the south. A metallurgy graduate from the famed Indian Institute of Technology- Madras, Mahesh, son of T S Krishna, led Sundaram Brake Linings with distinction. In the early 1960s, TVS entered the auto components sector.

C K’s railway sojourn

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by S Viswanathan - November 28, 2018November 28, 20180

C K Jaffer Sharief as Union Minister of Railways in the Narasimha Rao government initiated the move towards a uniform gauge for the railway. Remember the humongous costs and delays suffered with the multiplicity of gauges – broad gauge, meter gauge and even the narrow gauge- through transshipment of goods.

The Maha epigraphist is no more

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by S Viswanathan - November 28, 2018November 28, 20180

Iravatham Mahadevan (IM) earned a reputation as an upright, principled and efficient officer of the IAS. He served the Industry Department at the Centre when he worked with his minister of industry, George Fernandes during 1977-79. Remember, Fernandes’ initiating several fundamental changes in industrial policy like limiting foreign holdings in

Ananth Kumar, articulate politician

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by S Viswanathan - November 28, 2018November 28, 20180

Under the UPA I & II Tamil Nadu and Kerala were well- even over - represented in the Union Council of Ministers. Not so in NDA II. Only Karnataka has a decent representation. With the passing away of Ananth Kumar, this has dwindled the region’s representation. This is bound to

God of advertising is no more

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by Adminw - November 28, 2018November 28, 20180

He led a double life, married thrice and left his mark in every field he was associated. He was outstanding, simultaneously promoting both his passion for theatre and his yen for advertising. The latter was his profession, which gave him his bread, butter and BMWs. Alyque Padamsee an alumnus of St

His rich bequeath for education, senior citizens… V Swaminathan

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by Adminw - October 1, 20180

Karthik studied at Srividyasram in rural Vadakurangaduthurai. Pursued a diploma in medical equipment services in Chennai. Works as a service mechanic in Mumbai. Karthik’s father works as a sweeper at Srividyasram. With understandable pride and tears welling his eyes the latter referred to his son flying from Mumbai to pay

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