Dharmaraj presents ways to create harmony at work, shares a technique to recharge yourself, and answers emailed questions from viewers.
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Harmony at Work Interview on Bloomberg-UTV
Thursday, December 10th, 2009
On Thursday, 3 December, Dharmaraj appeared on Rashmi Bansal’s TV programme “Stay Hungry: Cracking Careers with Rashmi”. The show airs on business channel Bloomberg UTV.
Here is the video. The following is transcript of the unabridged interview. It has been edited slightly for clarity.
Hi Dharmaraj. First of all, what is ‘Harmony at Work’? What is this program all about?
Hi Rashmi. Thank you for having me here with you. Harmony at Work offers stress management, personal productivity, and leadership training for corporates. We take our hats off to all you corporates because the pace is grueling and we’re running at top speed just trying to keep up with you.
We base our offerings on the teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda, who wrote Autobiography of a Yogi. His teachings have been applied to daily life by his direct disciple, Swami Kriyananda. One course that Kriyananda wrote is called Success and Happiness through Yoga Principles—that’s our training manual.
Success, happiness, and harmony are things that everybody wants. There are so many powerful techniques that we can practice to achieve these. (more…)
Leap In and Try Things: Interview with Brian Kernighan
Saturday, October 24th, 2009
Referred to as "K&R"
Brian Kernighan (pronounced ker-ni-han), Professor of Computer Science at Princeton University, co-authored The C Programming Language, which has sold millions of copies and has been translated into 27 languages.
C is one of the most popular computer programming languages, and it has influenced nearly all languages in use today, including C++, C#, Java, Javascript, Perl, PHP, and Python.
Before becoming a full-time professor at Princeton, you had a long and brilliant career at AT&T Bell Labs. But let’s go back further. Can you tell us about your childhood and early interests?
Professor Brian Kernighan
I was born in Canada and grew up in and around Toronto. My father was a chemical engineer, which gave me a bit of exposure to some kinds of science and engineering. I went to the University of Toronto in a program called “Engineering Physics”, which was meant for students who were pretty good in math and science but didn’t have any idea what they wanted to do. It was extremely tough because there was a heavy workload and a lot of material — academically, I don’t think I have ever worked as hard since. But it was a very good foundation for all kinds of later studies, and of course the experience of just working hard full time was good (though painful at the time). I didn’t really encounter computers until I was nearly done with my undergrad education, but when I did first start to play with computers, I found them great fun, and of course still do.
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Leaders Give Career Advice (1)
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009This collection of career advice for young people was gathered from our recent interviews with business leaders.
Rashmi Bansal
From Rashmi Bansal, author Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish, and Founder/Editor, JAM Magazine:
I think the biggest issue I see with young people today is that they have taken this whole thing of “I’ll get into the right college” as the end of their ambition. They try very hard, and they struggle, and they get into the college of their dreams like an IIT or IIM or whatever. Or, on the other hand, they don’t get into the college of their dreams. Either way, they don’t see that that’s just the first point. That’s the steppingstone for their whole life. (more…)
The Story of “Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish”: Interview with Rashmi Bansal
Thursday, October 1st, 2009
Rashmi Bansal, Author
An interview with Rashmi Bansal, Founder/Editor JAM Magazine, and author, Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish.
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Thank for talking with us, Rashmi.
Thank you, Dharmaraj. It’s nice to be on the other side of the interview table, for a change!
How did the idea of the book come to you?
I have been an entrepreneur and have been fascinated by entrepreneurship. I have covered entrepreneurship extensively in my writing over the years. IIM Ahmedabad (IIM-A) approached me and said, “We have this idea for a book, and what do you think?” I said, “I think it’s a great idea and I think I should do it.” I just knew that I had to do this book. It was also an opportunity to meet people and just understand what this whole journey is all about. (more…)
Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish launches in Hindi
Saturday, September 26th, 2009
Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish (Hindi edition)
Videos are available below. See also our interview with author Rashmi Bansal.
It takes courage to find your own path in life and to follow it. You may dream of starting your own business, but how to begin? If you’re looking for encouragement towards entrepreneurship, read Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish: The inspiring stories of 25 IIM Ahmedabad graduates who chose to tread a path of their own making.
This book, written by Rashmi Bansal and published by Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad CIIE (Centre for Innovation, Incubation and Entreprneurship), tells the real stories of how 25 people each started with an idea and built it into a highly successful organization. The book itself has been highly successful, selling over 100,000 copies in 9 months. (more…)
Talk to Your Customers: Interview with Lloyd Mathias
Tuesday, September 8th, 2009
Lloyd Mathias, CMO Tata Teleservices
An interview with Lloyd Mathias, Chief Marketing Officer of Tata Teleservices
Can tell us about the journey from school and your previous positions?
I grew up in Bombay but lived the bulk of my life outside of Bombay, largely in Delhi and Gurgaon, with a couple of stints outside the country. I did my business school from Bombay and then got working. I spent most of my work life in the fast moving consumer goods business. I used to work with PepsiCo in the beverage business. That was interesting and exciting because it was around the time that Pepsi re-entered India, and it was the first of the global companies coming back into the country. When I joined the company it was under 30 people. Today it has more than 5,000.
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Building Business in Recession: Interview with Sandeep Bhushan
Friday, August 21st, 2009
An interview with Sandeep Bhushan, Chief Operating Officer, Mint – HT Media, Delhi
Tell us about your roles and responsibilities in the organization.
I work for a business paper called Mint, which is a publication from the HT Media group. Mint launched 2 years ago in partnership with the Wall Street Journal. It’s very early days for us. We are a 15% share player in the business newspaper category, by revenue. (more…)
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