Ujjwal’s Blog

With the American economy still stuttering and eurozone is in deep fiscal distress, the centre of gravity of global power and business is shifting eastward towards Asia. Here, there is, in varying degrees, growth and prospect of more growth. More importantly, there is hope, something which is in short supply, in many parts of the rest of the world. Ten years ago, the three largest economies — the US, the EU and Japan — accounted for two-thirds of the global economy. Today, it is less than half. By 2020, China will be the largest economy, says an IMF study. By ...

The recent trends and issues in global economy are marked by a few highlights: decline or stagnancy in the growth-rates of most developed economies, rise of BRICKS nations, Euro Zone crisis, failure of several banks and financial institutions, Occupy Movement in several Western Cities against ‘corporate greed’, decline in ecological standards globally, natural catastrophes hitting all too frequently, rise of global terrorism taking a huge economic toll, militarization in Western economies to artificially pump in demand into their sagging growth-rates, high unemployment rates world-over even in the developed nations, demand for clean energy and fuel, and a clear movement towards ...

CSR as reflected in mainstream Media Reflection of CSR in particular and development issues in general in mainstream media in developed and developing nations has been of low in general, except on certain days (like World Health Day or World Environment Day). There are very few exceptions and far in between. Programs like Living on the Edge in Star Channel once are very few. Specific dedicated pages in newspapers (general or business) or a CSR program every week in a business channel is still not the reality in UK or India, USA or UAE. While business media has grown several ...

Innovation is something that every organization needs today. This need is doubly assured for the domain of media, communication and entertainment. No content of media or its delivery etc can survive with the audiences without constant innovations. Major innovations in contemporary media hover around CONVERGENCE in every sphere of media functioning: consumption, ownership, content creation, marketing and delivery. ...

As I am writing this short note from Dubai, I am reminded of a young man in early 40s, Subhra Das, from the shores of Brahmaputra, in Assam, with whom I had dinner at his house in Dubai. He is the Marketing Head (Exec Vice President) of the leading Middle East telecom company, Du Telecom, and the man behind Subhra Soul music (jazz). Hardly in his early 40s, and has already launched 6 telecom companies in Asia and Africa, he is now thinking of integrating interactive target-specific content with telecom broadband pipes; and practising fresh, innovative, simple and experiential ideas ...

By dint of being a Republic, India can elect its constitutional head, the President. The entire governance in the country runs on “the pleasure of the President” on paper. However, it has rarely been the case when the institution of Presidency has made a difference to the governance of the nation in all these 62 years. The first President Dr Rajendra Prasad had an advisory role to the Nehru government and was almost like a father figure. Dr Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan had brought in a certain amount of dignity and class to Presidency. His interventions in public education were notworthy. ...

Had been to Dubai for a week. City and the country waking up from the ‘slumber’ of recession. Before the recession, one in every four cranes of the world worked here. All stopped for two years. A third of them have started working again. Good to see that. Had good fun meeting Indian origin people, talking to them. Some are recounted here. ...