The Heartfulness Institute of Shri Ram Chandra Mission is a not-for-profit spiritual organisation serving people of all walks of life to teach and empower them with meditation and associated wellness practices free of cost. It claims to have four million-plus meditation practitioners with over 13,000 certified trainers/volunteers in more than 165 countries. The Institute’s global headquarters is at Hyderabad.
The Heartfulness Institute provided for an interactive session with “Daaji” Kamlesh Patel, the fourth Master/Global Guide of Heartfulness Meditation. The serene setting was the sprawling campus of the Babuji Memorial Ashram at Manapakkam on 18 February. A couple of hundred guests that included entrepreneurs, industrialists, professionals, company executives, consultants… had the experience to listen to Daaji on yoga and meditation. Through video conference, the spiritual master led simple meditation exercises and also interacted with the guests. The master of ceremonies, a software specialist, Venkat Somayaji and Prashant Vasu working for McKinsey & Co presented in lucid terms the activities of the mission.
The demonstration by school children exhibited rare sensory perceptions learned through yogic meditation practices. In the interactive session, film director Lingusamy spoke on the transformation he experienced through more than two decades of close association with the mission.
The passion seems to be infectious, with the members radiating a keen sense of service.
Vipin Sondhi to drive ALL
Vipin Sondhi has taken charge as MD and CEO of Ashok Leyland. Son of Mantosh Sondhi, the illustrious techno bureaucrat who was closely associated with Ashok Leyland and was its chairman for 12 years, brings with him a great reputation for heading the leader in earthmoving and construction equipment JCB India, for 14 years. Past leaders who drove Ashok Leyland through new paths and products – SVS Raghavan, R Seshasayee and Dr V Sumantran – all expressed great optimism over Vipin taking the driver seat at ALL. Vipin has taken charge at a time when there has been a steep decline in demand for commercial vehicles and the company has been scaling down its operations. The task for the new MD and his team will be to focus on cost-efficiencies and on the businesses of light commercial vehicles, defence vehicles and exports.
Weaving sweet growth through software
It appeared a modest beginning: K E Vijayalakshmie, Country Head, set up the Chennai office of Royal Cyber Private Limited in Guindy with just a couple of employees in 2013. Working with the head office in Chicago, the software development centre has been recording rapid growth. In just a couple of years, it moved into a new premises employing over 100. The business has been extended to offices in nine nations spread from the US to New Zealand. In just another two years, the Chennai office expanded further with an elegantly furnished additional office for another 100 hands. The client list has been expanding with the expansion of services. Presently, the business volume of operations is estimated at around Rs 200 crore.
Gopal Srinivasan, CMD, – TVS Capital Funds Private Limited, has been appointed the Honorary Consul of the Netherlands, Chennai.
RBI appointed Sunil Gurbaxani as MD and CEO of Dhanlaxmi Bank for three years. Previously, he was working with Axis Bank. Founded in 1927, Dhanlaxmi Bank is headquartered at Thrissur, Kerala.
TVS Supply Chain Solutions has named Ravi Viswanathan as Joint Managing Director. Ravi will report to R Dinesh from 1 April 2020.
A distinguished alumnus from REC (now NIT) Tiruchirappalli, Ravi was with TCS as the Global Chief Marketing Officer.
Sanjay Kothari is appointed as the new Chief Vigilance Commissioner by a 6-member committee led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The autonomous anti-corruption body, headquartered at New Delhi, monitors all vigilance activities of the Central government.
