SHEKHAWATI – A WONDERLAND OF FRESCOS
What do surnames like the Ruias, the Poddars, the Goenkas, the Jhunjhunwallas, the Birlas, the Kotharis, the Piramals, the Singhanias, the Khaitans, the Bajajs, Kedias and the Bhartiyas have in common ? One, all of them are highly respected business families belonging to the Marwari business community – but another facet of these families is […]
THE TREASURES OF MEHRAULI
The Mehrauli village of Delhi is most famous for the tallest rubble minaret in world, the mighty Qutub Minar. In our November 2013 edition of the NRI Achievers, we had told you the untold story of the Qutub Minar. In other issues, we have also shared with you the story behind Mehrauli’s ‘Phoolwalon-ka-Sair’ and some […]
GST WHAT IS IT ?
The Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Second) Amendment Bill 2014, unofficially and commonly better known as the ‘GST’ or the ‘Goods & Services Tax’ Bill, has been passed by both the upper house Rajya Sabha and the lower house Lok Sabha of the Indian Parliament. The implementation deadline for this Act is the 1st of April […]
GST TO HERALD GOOD TIMES
The Goods and Services Tax (aka GST), a much awaited landmark reform undertaken by the government, is more than likely to give a formidable boost to the Indian economy in general, and real estate sector – one that contributes significantly to our GDP – in particular. Now that both the houses of the Indian Parliament […]
INDIAN FOOD FESTIVAL – 2016 … TAKES BRUSSELS BY STORM
Indian Confluence (InCo), a social organisation based out of Brussels in Belgium, has been working towards building a bridge between European and Indian societies. InCo strives to provide a platform to showcase India’s diverse culture, art and music with an underlying message of celebrating unity. They have been active in showcasing Indian culture and cuisine, […]
ACHARYA DR. LOKESH MUNI … TRAVELLING 20,000 KMS TO REMOVE SOCIAL EVILS …
Acharya Dr. Lokesh Ji is a social reformer, versatile thinker, writer and poet. For the last 30 years, he has been continuously making efforts for building National character, development of human values and establishing non-violence, peace and mutual co-operation in the society. He has travelled on foot about 20,000 kilometres throughout the country for removing […]
RAJASEKHARAN NAIR – A BUSINESS EXPERT WHO RETURNED TO CONQUER
It is a widely accepted aphorism and home-truth that ‘no prophet is honoured in his hometown’. Honoured elsewhere he surely is, but when he returns to his hometown after winning the world, the folk of his hometown just take him for granted. It would have been the same in the case of Rajasekharan Nair, a […]
NARINDER SINGH KAPANY – THE MAN WHO BENT LIGHT
Two people talking to each other across a city or a continent – doing business locally or globally, accessing home entertainment from anywhere – all these today are channelised through slender bundles of glass fibres thinner than human hair that carry the signals or images at nearly the speed of light. The seeds for this […]
ANIL AGARWAL – AN ENTREPRENEURIAL JOURNEY
“India is not a capitalist nation and should never be one” ….. Anil Agarwal This brave journey for Anil Agarwal began when he was all of 19 years old. Born into a lower middle class Marwari family in Bihar with no silver spoon in his mouth, Anil Agarwal’s story today is that of a self-made multi-billionaire, […]
NIHARICA RAIZADA …. I HAVE NO INHIBITIONS
Our Bollywood maven J V managed to catch up with the sexy and beautiful Niharica Raizada, who per happenchance is the granddaughter of the well-known, great and late music director OP Nayyar. Chatting up with her, NRI Achievers comes off with the conviction that acting is indeed her passion. Here are excerpts from the conversation […]
POWERGRID TOO WINS THE DUN & BRADSTREET AWARD
The Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID) has also won the ‘Dun & Bradstreet India’s Top PSU Award 2016’ in the Electricity-Power Transmission Category, as announced at the launch of the 9th edition of its premium publication, ‘India’s Top PSUs 2016,’ at an event in New Delhi.
IRCTC WINS DUN & BRADSTREET’S PSU AWARD
The IRCTC (Indian Railways Catering & Tourism Corporation) has won the coveted ‘Dun & Bradstreet’s PSU Awards 2016’ that have been instituted to honour leading PSU companies in the category of Tourist services. The awards , based on Dun & Bradstreet’s publication ‘India’s Top PSUs’, recognise the achievements of top performing PSUs across diverse sectors […]
INDIAN COAST GUARD
Inspector General VSR Murthy, PTM, TM, on being promoted to the rank of ADG, has been appointed as the Additional Director General at Coast Guard Headquarters in New Delhi. ADG Murthy joined the Coast Guard as a Flag Officer in January 1984. Since then the Flag Officer has held various important command and staff appointments, […]
CENTRAL RAILWAYS
Trilok Kothari of Indian Rail Stores Services is the new Additional Railway Manager of Central Railways Nagpur Circle. He has earlier worked in Northern Railways and the Northern Central Railway as a Deputy Stores Manager. Apart from this, he has also worked at many positions in the Kapurthala Rail Coach Factory.
CSIR-NISCAIR
Dr. Manoj Kumar Patairiya has joined as the Director, CSIR National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources (CSIR NISCAIR), New Delhi, with effect from July 26, after spending two years as Additional Director General, Doordarshan, Prasar Bharti, where he is credited with the putting together of the ‘Kisan’ TV Channel.
HIMANSHU JOSHI JOINS OBC AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Pursuant to a notification issued by the Government of India, Himanshu Joshi has been appointed as an Executive Director of the OBC (Oriental Bank of Commerce). Born on October 22, 1958, Joshi is a graduate in commerce and also a certified member of Indian Institute of Bankers.
AKHIL JOSHI ASSUMES CHARGE AS DIRECTOR (POWER), BHEL
On his appointment as Director to the board of BHEL (Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited), Akhil Joshi has assumed charge as the Director (Power) of the Maharatna public sector engineering and manufacturing enterprise. Prior to this, he was an Executive Director (MSX & HR) at BHEL’s power sector headquarters in New Delhi.
DAKWALE TAKES CHARGE OF CORP. COMM. & BRANDING AT INDIANOIL
Subodh Dakwale has assumed charge of the Corporate Communications and Branding Group for the Marketing Division of Indian Oil with immediate effect. Besides internal and external communications, his area of responsibility will also include brand management of Indian Oil’s 10 iconic brands.