KUNWER SACHDEV, CEO AND MD, SU-KAM POWER SYSTEMS LTD. The Gift Of Life

Passion is… involvement and focus.
Processes and systems are important since… they are the only long-term solution.
I am most influenced by… Ratan Tata.
People are my most important asset because… they make or break the organisation.
My idea of a reward for a job well-done is… a pat on the back; appreciation in public.
Employee attrition can be handled by…involving and engaging employees.
The secret for a business’s quantum leap is… continuous evolution and learning.
Leadership is… being the role model.
My most cherished possession is… my company’s R&D.
On your bookshelf, you’ll find… The Drama of The Gifted Child; The Forty Rules of Love; and, Gifted Grownups.
My greatest extravagance in life is… the life I am living.
My dreams for tomorrow are… to try and do things today.
The most valuable lesson I have learnt is… look at things from others’ perspective.
The most important quality that youngsters must imbibe is… stability, be it in relationships or at work. Click here to read more...

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Executive Focus

Q. What is the business agenda for the coming year?
A. Our vision is to continue to build a strong and profitable network of exchanges; to expand and provide liquidity and risk management solutions to the developing and emerging economies of our region; and, to identify national and regional markets for our products. Our domain expertise will enable us to introduce trading in new asset classes on our tech-centric exchange platforms in different regions. We will vigorously pursue our mission of increasing access to markets.

Q. What is the next project you wish to undertake?
A. While my role encompasses technology and operations, my role as the Director of HR is surely the most challenging. Our HR vision is to make our company the most preferred employer, which I am sure we will soon achieve.

Q. What HR initiatives are being taken up for this?
A. Some of our HR initiatives include:

1. DOST (Dedicated to On-Boarding Support and Training): Assigned to every new joinee for three months.
2. AIMS (Acquire, Improvise and Maximise - Skills): In-house learning and development initiative to regularly conduct functional, technical, and development programmes.
3. Group HR Zone: Online HR interface for members to avail various HR resources such as policies, procedures, articles, etc. It also provides information on training and development and performance management activities
4. Listening Post: Dedicated to employee grievances and concerns. A senior HR professional conducts a one-to-one discussion with the employee to understand the concerns. These are taken as action points for improvement. We also have an anti–harassment cell.
5. Employee HRIS: Automated self-service modules such as Leave Management, Payroll Processing, etc.
6. Group interaction events: Such as the recently concluded JOSH 2011, our Annual Sportz Meet.
Our people practices have won us many awards and accolades, such as: award for Innovation in Retention Strategy in the Employer Branding Awards 2009-2010; Global HR Excellence Award 2009-2010 for the most innovative HR practices; and, Excellence in HR through Technology and Innovation in Recruitment strategy at Employer Branding Awards 2011. Our top three goals in becoming the most preferred employer are: a powerful and highly-valued employer brand; high levels of employee engagement; an environment which can engender an unparalleled and global learning experience. click here to read more....

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Moulding Young Minds for a Better Tomorrow

Updating curricula to match the ever-changing industry demands is key to preparing students for future, shares Mr. Ashok Mittal,Chancellor Lovely Professional University, in his over 600-acre sprawling campus. “We are the people producing products for India Inc. We need to change the curricula and make it fit its requirements. So, a university should go to industries, get their requirement and then change the curricula accordingly.” At LPU, he says, the syllabi is updated every six month. The board reviews it on the basis of feedback from students and faculty members. The queries basically revolve around the syllabi and how effective it is. “To top it all, we send our curricula to the industry for feedback. This is why I say industry interface is very important in getting the curricula designed,” says Mr. Mittal. One needs to understand that students have friends studying in various institutions and they have this tendency of comparing the best and the worst things. So, LPU ensures high quality educational system. As majority of the LPU processes are online, identifying students’ needs is no problem, he points out.

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She Writes Story Contest winner: Belinder Dhanoa

Belinder Dhanoa is one of twelve winners of the MSN-Random House She Writes a Story Contest', as chosen by our judges. Her story 'A Boston Brahmin' features in the 'She Writes: A collection of Short Stories' published by Random House India and available at all leading bookstores.

Belinder Dhanoa is a writer and an artist, with a Masters in Fine Arts in Art Criticism from the Faculty of Fine Arts, MSU, Baroda, and another MFA in Visual and Cultural Studies from the University of Rochester, New York. She is the author of Waiting for Winter and her second novel Echoes in the Well is due to release soon. She has also written several books for children and researched and documented Contemporary Art of Baroda, which was published as a book by the same title. She is currently involved in developing and teaching post-graduate courses in creative writing at the New School for Culture and Creative Expression at Ambedkar University Delhi.

read an extract from belinder dhanoa's story 'a boston brahmin'
If her fate had decreed that she be a world leader or a teacher, or even an official in the tax department, Rina believes, then she could have ended up as the Prime Minister or the Principal of a school, or even an official in the tax department. But she is the stay-at-home wife of a junior Vice-President of an investment bank who sometimes wishes that she had more control over the circumstances of her life. This is just her fate. Or so she thinks.

Rina shrugs off her dissatisfaction. Her surroundings are really so beautiful after all, that it is difficult to remain discontent. Sailboats on the river, puffy white clouds floating with carefree abandon across the blue sky, and all those wonderfully healthy-looking people-walking, running, even sunning themselves so purposefully. She watches the scene with gratification and does not notice the grime etched into the wooden bench on which she sits or the plastic bag with leftover lunch thrown under it. She does see the dazzling ripples of the water, and she does feel the cool breeze. She sees the fresh green of new leaves pushing against the blossoms to make their presence known. And she feels all the satisfaction of knowing that she is where she wants to be. Rina is in Boston. Or technically, as she might put it, in Cambridge, sitting alone by the Charles River, and enjoying a glorious mid-spring day all by herself.

'I will manage to spend the days by myself here with ease,' she thinks. 'It's so gorgeous; I could sit here all day, or at least half the day. Time will just fly. And then there's the shopping I have to do for dinner, and the cooking. I could maybe do without a maid and clean the house every other day by myself. That should keep me occupied. Then I could read a little, and watch a little TV. Who knows, I may even make a few friends and we could meet over tea or go out for a movie.' A chilly southern breeze bursts her little bubble of thoughts, making her pull her cardigan tightly across her chest. She stands up and slings her handbag on her shoulder, looks quickly around to make sure she hasn't dropped anything, and then waits for the lights to change so that she can cross Memorial Drive. It is a short walk to their apartment, a modern two bedroom, two bathroom set in a large complex close to the MIT.

in her own words: belinder dhanoa Have you always been a writer? What made you start writing? Yes, I have always been a writer, but it took me a long time to call myself one. I believed, you see, that only those with the talents and abilities of a Marquez or a Faulkner had the right to call themselves writers. Today I don't feel the necessity to define or restrict myself within any categories, but I do believe that if you write every day and it is your primary focus, then you are a writer - a good writer or a bad one is another matter.

What inspired you to enter She Writes?
I can't for the life of me remember how or when I entered the She Writes competition. I do know that I saw the call for stories a few days before I was to leave for a vacation, and I assume I must have written up and sent the story in before leaving. I am a little disturbed to find that I remember so little of how I entered the competition.

Why did you choose the category you did?
I did not think of a particular category when I wrote my story, and if the phrase 'frankly my dear, I don't give a damn' had not fitted into my story seamlessly, I would not have used it, and not sent the story in. The phrase, however, allowed for so much scope in its use, and also for so much irony that it was easily worked into my story.

Do you have a writing routine - e.g. do you have favourite places to write/favourite times of day/do you write longhand or on a computer? I write on my computer - though did not start as a writer on a computer. My first manuscripts were handwritten and then typed. My novel Waiting for Winter was typed, (on a precious Olivetti 'laptop' equivalent) and submitted, rather rashly, without a copy in my possession. Fortunately there were no problems.

I do not have a writing routine, but do write at my desk at home. You won't see me working on my laptop in cafes or other public places.

Who is your favourite author?
I have several favourite authors - among them William Faulkner, Doris Lessing, Saul Bellow, Milan Kundera - my current favourite Murakami. At different times the works of different authors have have enriched my life. While reading Dostoevsky as a young adult I never believed I would be as moved by any other writing - but I have been.

Which book has inspired you the most?
If I were forced to pick out one book that has inspired me, it would be Thomas Wolfe's 'Look Homeward Angel'. That definitely stands out among the many 'books I wish I had written.' Another is 'The Grass is Singing' by Doris Lessing. I do not enjoy the process of listing - and especially not of books and authors I love and respect - and everytime I write one name, another one jumps into my head. 

Which key piece of advice would you give to any other budding writer?

I would tell young writers - write every day.