𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐩𝐬
Mentee Etiquette Involving Startups

Sudhir Kale PhD

Thought Leader | Researcher | Consultant | Keynote Speaker

Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

As a professor who has taught on three continents for three decades, I have been fortunate to teach and guide thousands of students across various nationalities. Some students have gone on to create their own successful businesses. I have acted as a formal or informal mentor to several of these entrepreneurs in the early stages of their venture. Since I have been an entrepreneur myself, I can, first-hand, vouch for the enormous value a mentor can provide.

My experience as a mentor has been a mixed bag. Sometimes, it is disheartening to witness a lack of proper demeanor among mentees. Such thoughtless and often unintended behaviors can sour the mentor-mentee relationship, thus depriving the ensuing startup of valuable experience-driven advice. Here are some dos and don'ts for mentees:

1. Do keep the mentor regularly briefed on what's happening in the business. Even if you and the mentor are geographically separated, it makes sense to jump on a Zoom call and share short weekly updates with your mentor. It is not smart etiquette to get in touch with your mentor only when you are desperate for help.
2. If you are going to be offering any financial incentives to the mentor, make these explicit in writing and in agreement with the mentor. Stick with your commitments. The mentor may not necessarily need your money, but providing some tangible incentive signals to the mentor that his/her advice is valued and not taken for granted.
3. Keep proper notes of your discussions with the mentor. It shows that you are taking the relationship and advice seriously.
4. Unless the mentor has specifically agreed to work with you for free, limit the free "exploratory" sessions you have with the mentor. Remember, every relationship has a certain number of credits, and you have to be careful as to when and how you use your credits.
5. Limit your number of mentors and advisors. Having too many advisors indicates that you do not have faith in any one advisor. Besides, the more advisors you have, the greater the chances of getting contradictory advice, thus making the murky startup environment even murkier. The functions of mentorship are to provide illumination and support, not to create confusion and chaos.
6. Involve your mentor in key discussions with venture capitalists and business partners. Having a highly placed mentor makes for a good story, and stories are at least as important in deal making as financial projections.
7. In cases where the mentor's advice conflicts with you own judgement, go with the mentor's view unless you have compelling rationale not to do so. Remember, the mentor has seen the world for a much longer time frame than you have. Mentors, in the first place, should be chosen on the basis of their ability to navigate through the greys and present the world in black and white for purposes of decision making. They understand business nuances and are usually very good at sensing opportunities and danger.

The world of startups is exciting and potentially very rewarding. It is also fraught with dangers and disasters lurking at every turn. Most startups fail not for lack of trying but because the entrepreneurs are not mindful or well-equipped to deal with the intricacies of new ventures. Good mentors are worth their weight in gold for aspiring entrepreneurs. As John Maxwell observed, "One of the greatest values of mentors is the ability to see ahead what others cannot see and to help them navigate a course to their (entrepreneurial) destination."

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Sudhir H. Kale, Ph.D.,

• The Founder and CEO of GamePlan Consultants, a boutique consultancy specializing in the gaming industry.
• Advisor- Mentor Garje Marathi Global Innovation Academy
• Senior Consultants with FINH, a world-leading firm for family-business advice.
• On the faculty of leading business schools in the U.S., Singapore, Macau, and Australia.
• His consulting clients have spanned five continents.

You can write to Sudhir at skale@gameplanconsultants.com

It gives me immense pleasure in informing to Global Garje Marathi family that Shri. Sanjay Dhavalikar is appointed as Jt Sec of Hindu Economic Forum.  HEF is Bharat specific arm of The World Hindu Economic Forum (WHEF).

The World Hindu Economic Forum (WHEF) was created to bring together financially successful elements within Hindu society, so that each group can share their business knowledge, expertise and resources with their fellow brethren to trigger the creation of surplus wealth and make society prosperous.

The WHEF journey began in 2012 at Hong Kong, followed by successful annual forums in Bangkok 2013, New Delhi 2014, London 2015, Los Angeles 2016, Chicago 2018, Mumbai 2019 and several regional forums along the way. The next annual forum was scheduled to be held in The Hague, Netherlands from 6-8 July, 2020. But due to the Covid-19 outbreak, the government of Netherlands has restricted public meetings

Banking and Finance expert Sanjay says, “I will majorly focus on Mumbai being financial capital of the country and having maximum contribution to Bharat’s economy and future. That will be my focus area as of now. If Bharat has to reach $5 trillion economy, Mumbai has to play a very critical and important and larger role, which I will focus on”

Sanjay Dhavalikar is one of the founding Director of Garje Marathi Global Foundation, a Not for profit , registered Section ‘8’ company in India.

Table of Contents :

Table of Contents :

Anand Ganu interviewed by Ajit Chavan

Anand Ganu interviewed by Mrudula Joshi Purandare

Chitralekha Potnis declared International Brand Ambassador of Vidarbha Pride Book of Records

Pratap Tambe, London: Talk on Blockchain/DLT and Cybersecurity

Dr. Hemraj Yadav awarded prestigious Ramanujan Fellowship 2021 by Government of India

Congratulations to Alok More, promising young man from Garje Marathi South Africa

Congratulations Dr Ajay Rane

GMG Health and Pharma Technocrats group..

Words of Wisdom Prof. Bhaskar Thorat

Ravindra Gadgil Chai with High Commissioner UK

Vinayak Ghate SafeLight Continuous Visible Light Disinfection

Art of Negotiation Dr Milind Medhekar

GMG Career Forum Germany

Sanjay Desai: Now is the right time for Supply Chains to do right things

Pradhyumna Ingle: How Can India Become The Next Manufacturing Powerhouse?

Deepak Shinde:  Overview of China Power and Boiler Industries.

CONGRATULATIONS Dr Vivek Patil

Salute to Tanuja Deepak Mokashi

समतानंद अनंत हरी गद्रे Biography of late Shri Anant Hari Gadre

Webinars/ Interviews of the month March 2021

Anand Ganu interviewed by Ajit Chavan

https://youtu.be/mKUrtzX6qnA 

Anand Ganu , interviewed by Philanthropist/ Politician/ Senior Journalist Shri. Ajit Chavan on behalf of Tata Institute of Social  Science/ National University Student’s Skill Development program.

Garje Marathi Global hopes to work in cooperation with TISS for ‘Saksham’ initiative.

Anand Ganu interviewed by Mrudula Joshi Purandare

https://youtu.be/HRQz1AlQShU?sub_confirmation=1

Anand Ganu |Founder, President GarjeMarathi |आनंद गानू |संस्थापक गर्जे मराठी |USA |जगाच्या पाठीवर

Chitralekha Potnis declared International Brand Ambassador of Vidarbha Pride Book of Records

Mrs. Chitralekha Potnis declared International Brand Ambassador of Vidarbha Pride Book of Records and awarded with VPBR Social Reformer Award. To read more……….. https://www.garjemarathi.com/Blog/newsletter_details.php?newsletter=.-Chitralekha-Potnis-declared-International-Brand-Ambassador-of-Vidarbha-Pride-Book-of-Records

Pratap Tambe, London: Talk on Blockchain/DLT and Cybersecurity

To Read more……..https://www.garjemarathi.com/Blog/newsletter_details.php?newsletter=Pratap-Tambe,-London:-Talk-on-Blockchain/DLT-and-Cybersecurity

Dr. Hemraj Yadav awarded prestigious Ramanujan Fellowship 2021 by Government of India

विज्ञान आणि अभियांत्रिकी संशोधन मंडळ भारत सरकार यांचेकडून प्रतिष्ठित रामानुजन फेलोशिपसाठी कोल्हापूरचे  सुपुत्र डॉ. हेमराज  यादव यांची निवड.

To Read More…….. https://www.garjemarathi.com/Blog/newsletter_details.php?newsletter=Dr.-Hemraj-Yadav-awarded-prestigious-Ramanujan-Fellowship--2021-by-Government-of-India

Congratulations to Alok More, promising young man from Garje Marathi South Africa

To Read More……. https://www.garjemarathi.com/Blog/newsletter_details.php?newsletter=Congratulations.-Alok-More,

Congratulations Dr Ajay Rane

Congratulations to Dr. Ajay Rane on publication of the book on the subject which is very close to his heart and which is his life mission.  To Read More……. https://www.garjemarathi.com/Blog/newsletter_details.php?newsletter=Congratulations-Dr-Ajay-Rane

GMG Health and Pharma Technocrats group..

Garje Marathi Global Health and Pharma Technocrats group launched To Read More….. https://www.garjemarathi.com/Blog/newsletter_details.php?newsletter=GMG-Health-and-Pharma-Technocrats-group..

Words of Wisdom Prof. Bhaskar Thorat

In Conversation with Prof. B. N. Thorat - Director of ICT - IOC Odisha Campus, Bhubaneswar. To Read More….. https://www.garjemarathi.com/Blog/newsletter_details.php?newsletter=Words-of-Wisdom-Prof.-Bhaskar-Thorat-

Ravindra Gadgil Chai with High Commissioner UK

To Read More….. https://www.garjemarathi.com/Blog/newsletter_details.php?newsletter=Ravindra-Gadgil-Chai-with-High-Commissioner-UK

Vinayak Ghate SafeLight Continuous Visible Light Disinfection

SafeLight, Transforming hygiene with continuous visible light disinfection. To Read More….. https://www.garjemarathi.com/Blog/newsletter_details.php?newsletter=SafeLight-Continuous-Visible-Light-Disinfection

Art of Negotiation Dr Milind Medhekar

Garje Marathi Global in conjunction with National University Students' Skill Development Programme and Tata Institute of Social Sciences has organized webinar  by  Dr. Milind Medhekar To Read More…. https://www.garjemarathi.com/Blog/newsletter_details.php?newsletter=Art-of-Negotiation-Dr-Milind-Medhekar-

GMG Career Forum Germany

To Read More….. https://www.garjemarathi.com/Blog/newsletter_details.php?newsletter=GMG-Career-Forum-Germany

Sanjay Desai: Now is the right time for Supply Chains to do right things

To Read More….. https://www.garjemarathi.com/Blog/newsletter_details.php?newsletter=Now-is-the-right-time-for-Supply-Chains--to-do-right-things-

Pradhyumna Ingle: How Can India Become The Next Manufacturing Powerhouse?

To Read More….. https://www.garjemarathi.com/Blog/newsletter_details.php?newsletter=How-Can-India-Become-The-Next-Manufacturing-Powerhouse

Deepak Shinde:  Overview of China Power and Boiler Industries.

To Read More…. https://www.garjemarathi.com/Blog/newsletter_details.php?newsletter=Overview-of-China-Power-and-Boiler-Industries-By-Deepak-Shinde

CONGRATULATIONS Dr Vivek Patil

To Read More….. https://www.garjemarathi.com/Blog/newsletter_details.php?newsletter=CONGRATULATIONS-Dr-Vivek-Patil

Salute to Tanuja Deepak Mokashi

To Read More…..  https://www.garjemarathi.com/Blog/newsletter_details.php?newsletter=Salute-to-Tanuja-Deepak-Mokashi-

समतानंद अनंत हरी गद्रे Biography of late Shri Anant Hari Gadre

To Read More….. https://www.garjemarathi.com/Blog/newsletter_details.php?newsletter=Samatanand-Biography-of-Anant-Hari-Gadre

Webinars/ Interviews of the month March 2021

1. Pradnya Punekar in conversation with Sandeep Sali Trupta Sali . Organized by Garje Marathi UK https://youtu.be/VbjQ-lYc6JM
2. 
3. GMG Career Forum Germany: Introduction by Anand Ganu
4. 

https://youtu.be/raXOhhbpcGo

3. Introduction to GMG Career Forum Germany , presented by Shreya Pathak
4. 

https://youtu.be/Z98gJvCpBko

4. Dr Asmita Patwardhan interviewed by Pradnya Punekar
5. 

https://youtu.be/ueh0acgoj38

5. GMG Career Forum Germany : Inaugural Session
6. 

https://youtu.be/O09bC94WyiA

6. “It is time for US Marathi to speak up and be heard at the political table” Swati Dandekar
7. 

https://youtu.be/J_HpsuW9AMs

7. Successfully Integration into Germany: Hermann Schmidbartl
8. 

https://youtu.be/8Pp7VOhzXeY

Anant Hari Gadre

अस्पृश्यतेचा हा कलंक मिटवण्यासाठी त्यांनी स्पृश्यास्पृश्य यांचे एकत्रित 'झुणका भाकर सत्यनारायण' आयोजित केले. असे तब्बल साडेतीन हजार सत्यनारायण करून त्यांनी गेल्या शतकात महाराष्ट्र ढवळून काढला. परंतु त्यांच्याबद्दल आज कुणाला फारशी माहिती नाही. '

अनंतराव गद्रे यांनी अनेक क्षेत्रांत मुशाफिरी केली आणि त्या त्या क्षेत्रात आपला स्वतंत्र असा ठसा उमटवला. प्रत्येक क्षेत्रात काम करताना त्यांनी स्वत:ला पूर्ण झोकून दिले. या प्रत्येक क्षेत्रात त्यांनी केलेल्या मुशाफिरीचा आढावा भानू काळे यांनी एकेका प्रकरणात घेतला आहे. पत्रकार, संपादक, नाटककार आणि समाजसुधारक अशा चार क्षेत्रात त्यांनी अफाट कर्तृत्व गाजवले. याबाबत एकेक प्रकरण आणि 'पाऊलखुणा, 'कुटुंबियांच्या नजरेतून', 'व्यक्तिमत्व आणि वारसा' अशा एकूण सात प्रकरणांचे हे चरित्र आहे.

समतानंद अनंत हरी गद्रे' हे त्यांचे चरित्र लिहून सुप्रसिद्ध लेखक भानू काळे यांनी ही उणीव भरून काढली आहे. (Source Maharashtra Times) 

Anant Hari Gadre was the person who coined the word “House Full”, which adorns the closed ticket window of blockbuster movies, and entertainment programs in India and elsewhere in the world.

Anant Hari Gadre was a multifaceted personality. He was special correspondent of Lokmanya Tilak for daily news paper ‘ Sandesh’, he was founder editor of ‘Mauj’ – a popular Marathi publication house, he authored some short duration dramas so as to enable staging drama art to survive the onslaught of short timed movies. It is worth mentioning here that Anant Hari Gadre had chaired ‘Akhil Bhartiya Natya Sammelan’ held in Mumbai in 1930, where he took the charge from Bal Gandharva, who had chaired the Natya Sammelan in previous year.

He is the person who organized more than three thousand ‘Satya Narayan’ Poojas in Maharashtra at the hands of ‘Harijan’ couple, couple from the untouchable casts of yesteryears.

Shri Bhanu Kale – a well known Marathi author -  after a marathon research on the life of Anant Hari Gadre scripted his biography.

Who has read the biography in the audio book? None other than Mr. Dilip Prabhavalkar, the renowned actor of the Marathi stage, television and Marathi, Hindi movies.

The audio book, now available on the platforms as stated below, lucidly narrates the life journey of Anant Hari Gadre.

1. Snovel :- www.snovel.in,  Product link :- https://snovel.in/product-details/119/samatananda-anant-hari-gadre

Snovel iOS :- https://apps.apple.com/in/app/snovel/id1064404656

Snovel Android :-

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sn.snovel&hl=en_IN   

( Pl type underscore i.e. en_IN)

2. Bookganga :- www.Audio.BookGanga.com, Product link :- http://audio.bookganga.com/Books/details/4665392903440063625?BookName=Samatanand-Anant-Hari-Gadre#divShareLinkURLBlock  

(Samatanand is one word in above link)

Deepak Gadre, a strong supporter and well-wisher of Garje Marathi Global

Anant Hari Gadre is Grandfather of Deepak Gadre.

Gadre Marine Exports Pvt. Ltd. (Gadre Marine) manufactures fish and fish related products since last 45 and odd years. The exceptional business line, distinct from established family business, was an out of box and courageous initiative by its founder director Deepak Gadre, which was well supported by his family.

As of the date, the company made an indelible mark in processed fish segment on international level.

Gadre Marine is the only Indian Company making ‘Imitation Crab Meat’ and related products. It is pioneer of Frozen Surimi processing in India. Gadre Marine has offices in USA, Hong Kong and Belgium.

Apart from business, Gadre Marine supports many initiatives for social cause, spread of quality education and services for social up-liftment.   

Please visit www.gadremarine.com ; www.meenasurimi.com; www.gadre.co.in to know more about Gadre Marine.

Promoters of Gadre Marine inherit the boundless courage, relentless enterprise, penchant for innovation and more from their earlier generations residing at village Deorukh, a remote place in Konkan area of Maharashtra. The promoter’s grandfather and his brothers were hardcore businessmen and were equally supportive for the social up-liftment, education and services for social cause.   

Salute to Tanuja Deepak Mokashi ( Age 9)  who Donated her long locks to provide wigs for cancer patients and children with hair loss

कॅन्सर पेशंट बरा होण्यामागे केमोथेरपी या उपचारा बरोबरच त्या व्यक्तीची मानसिकता ही किती मोलाची असते नाही का ? मन सकारात्मक राहण्याकरता चेहरा प्रसन्न असणे चेहऱ्यावरील तेज तसेच राहणे हे आवश्यक असते. पण किमोथेरपी या उपचारादरम्यान डोक्यावरील केस पूर्णतः गळून जातात त्यामुळे आरशात बघताच मनाचे खच्चीकरण होते.  मनावर नकारात्मक विचारांचा पगडा वाढतो.  बाहेरील जगात वावरणे, व्यवहार करणे कठीण होऊन जाते व मग पेशंट खचत जातो ह्या परिस्थितीला तोंड देण्यासाठी पेशंट wig  घालून आपल्या चेह-याचे सौंदर्य पुर्ववत ठेवू शकतो. आधीच कॅन्सरची ट्रीटमेंट खर्चिक आणि त्यात हा wig चा खर्च गरजेचा होतो.  अशा वेळी जर उत्तम wig कमी पैशात मिळू लागला तर ते पेशंटला विशेषतः स्त्री वर्गाला विकत घेऊन तो वापरून समाजात वावरणे सोयीचे होईल व मनास उभारी येईल. 

पण निरोगी स्त्रीला स्वतःचे मोठे केस कापून त्याचा त्याग करणे हे रुचेल असे नाही आणि रुचले तरी ते अमलात आणणे तितकेसे सोपे नाही. आमच्या नऊ वर्षाच्या नातीने म्हणजे तनुजा दीपक मोकाशी ने तिची पुण्याची ईशा काकू देवाघरी गेल्यानंतर तिच्या मनातील विचार "आपले लांबसडक काळेभोर केस पेशंटला देऊ शकतो का?  माझे केस कापले तर माझ्या दिसण्यात फरक पडेल पण तेच दुसऱ्या कोणत्या पेशंटला मिळाल्यानंतर त्याला किती आनंद होईल !! मी परत  केस वाढवेन ..  तर मी donate करू शकते का "  असे  प्रश्न विचारून तिची इच्छा बोलून दाखवली एवढ्या लहान वयात तिची ही उत्तम विचारांची मानसिकता तिच्या आई-वडिलांनी केलेल्या संस्कारामुळेअसणार हे जाणवले.  या चिमुरडीने आपले आई-वडील काहीना काही दान करताना पाहिले असणार व त्याचे महत्त्व तिला समजले असेल कारण लहान वयात मुले आई-वडिलांचे अनुकरण करतात.  तिचा हा केस दान करण्याचा मानस तिच्या आई-वडिलांना म्हणजेच माझी मुलगी श्रद्धा व जावई दीपक यांनी ताबडतोब त्यासंबंधीची माहिती गोळा करून तो योग्य पद्धतीने अंमलात आणून आमच्या नातीचे केस दान केले गेले याचे आम्हाला खूप कौतुकही वाटले आनंद वाटला व अभिमान वाटला. 

तिच्याशी बोलल्यावर कळले की तिचे बघून बिल्डिंग मधल्या अजून दोघीनी पण ते केले ह्याचा तिला अजून जास्त अभिमान आहे. आज जर अशा प्रकारे स्त्रीवर्गाने केसांचा त्याग केला तर उत्तम wig खरोखरच स्वस्त होतील व तनुजाचा हा त्याग आदर्शवत ठरेल. 

आजी-आजोबा या नात्याने तनुजाच्या या निर्णयाने आम्हाला समाधान वाटले त्यासाठी श्रद्धा व दीपक यांचेही अभिनंदन. Hats'off तनुजा.  तुझ्या विचारांची प्रगल्भता अशीच वाढत राहो यासाठी सदिच्छा 

आजी-आजोबा

सुलभा व  संजय कुलकर्णी 

CONGRATULATION to Vivek Patil for successfully defending his Ph.D. dissertation titled 'Stabilization Strategies for Preventing Secondary Reactions During Lignin Depolymerization and Valorization' at Auburn University.

Dr. Vivek Patil says,
“I feel humbled, blessed, and grateful to have had the opportunity to work with and learn from some incredible people over the last few years. Special thanks to my advisor, Dr. Sushil Adhikari, and my dissertation committee members, Dr. Oladiran Fasina, Dr. Brian Via, and Dr. Zhihua Jiang for their help and guidance throughout my doctoral research journey. Also, thanks to my wife Mrunmayee for her constant support and both of my parents for their blessings.
I am also thankful to the numerous people in my life who made this journey wonderful with their help and encouragement!”

Dr. Vivek Patil :https://www.garjemarathi.com/member_details.php?member=Vivek-Patil

Deepak Shinde (Head-Supply Chain Management/Sourcing-Greater China/Korea, Larsen & Toubro & Chief Rep of LT-MHPS Ltd.) is one of the founder members of Garje marathi from Shanghai China. He is part of Garje Marathi mentoring program

Deepak belives in the principles and advice the same to youngsters (A) Believe Happiness is a Choice, (B) Get Rid Your Life of Negativity, (C) Look For the Positive in Life, (D) Reinforce Positivity in Yourself, (E) Share Happiness with Others, (F) work hard, complain less, listen more and try learn and grow

Deepak’s article is published in the World Boiler Update March 2021 issue.. It has large circulation base in the Energy world.  Please find the link of an article. https://boilerworldupdate.com/over-view-of-chinas-power-and-boiler-industry/ 

How Can India Become The Next Manufacturing Powerhouse

Pradhyumna Ingle

APAC Head | Industrial Manufacturing & Maintenance | Build Successful Businesses & Teams | Emerging Markets Specialist

For a couple decades, India was the ultimate destination for outsourcing software services as well as knowledge processes, but it is now all geared up to grab the center position as the global manufacturing hub. Mr. Pradhyumna Ingle, Regional Business Head, Asia Pacific, General Manufacturing, Maintenance and Consumer; Construction adhesives businesses, Henkel KgaA shares with Pro MFG Media on how India can position itself as a global manufacturing hub. Currently based in Shanghai, China, he has over 23 years of experience in building and growing successful businesses and teams in India, Middle East, Africa and Asia. Pradhyumna joined Henkel in India in 2001 and has led the Asia Pacific Marketing and Business Development Organization for Henkel’s Adhesive Technologies business in addition to assuming various other strategic roles in India and China.

Q: How can India leverage the opportunity to play a significant part in the global manufacturing supply chain?

Mr. Ingle: India is poised at an interesting juncture that will change the role and position of the Indian economy on the global platform. The Indian manufacturing industry can contribute to the aspiration of India becoming a 5 trillion economy and play a vital role in India’s growth journey. Currently, the manufacturing sector contributes to well under 20% of the country’s total GDP, and we must aspire it to contribute 25% - 30% of the total GDP in coming years. The country has all the right conditions for this growth supported by a combination of young demographics, with more than 65% of India's population under the age of 35, and increasing urbanization and middle class driving massive domestic demand. The growth in manufacturing will not only generate an enormous amount of employment allowing us to leverage our young manpower but also offer great captive local demand to the manufacturers. The changing dynamics of the global economy and the benefits India offers combine as an immense headroom for the manufacturing sector to grow in India.

To harness the opportunity, the required efforts can be encapsulated in the 'SET' framework - wherein the 'S' part represents strategic planning. India will have to choose the potential sector and the segments that offer a strong competitive edge over other nations. While India has already taken its initial steps with various government initiatives such as AtmaNirbhar Bharat and the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme, this further can be enhanced with an end-to-end planning including targets and ecosystem.

In addition to traditional manufacturing, there is also an emerging opportunity to nurture and leverage our technical talent and establish ourselves as a leader in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. There is a strong start-up and innovation culture - India has improved its ranking from 81 to 52 between 2015 and 2019 on the Global Innovation Index. In 2019 India ranked third in the world in terms of attracting investment for technology transactions.

The ‘E’ part of the framework stands for ‘Enabler’, wherein it stands as a pillar to have the suitable infrastructure and ecosystems. While India has a strong competitive advantage in terms of its low labor cost, captive demand, and well-educated skilled & semi-skilled workforce, to be able to harness the full potential, the country needs the suitable infrastructure in place.

As an example, the whole process of transporting goods from point A to B must be more predictable. In recent times, the country has executed significant strides to achieve the desired output. The turnaround time of movement of goods on ports has come down to under three days in 2019 from six days in 2015. The implementation of GST in 2015 has accelerated the pace of goods movement, and with the development of various freight corridors and highways, the government has set a strong momentum. However, India needs to push the accelerator further in this direction to emerge as a global manufacturing hub.

The second part of ‘Enabler’ also acts as a pillar to source the right resources for the foreign investors, which will help to set up their manufacturing units in India. A lot of companies today consider it complex to find their way through the elaborate maze of laws to cross while setting up their businesses. They expect single-window communication and suitable agencies who understand the challenges involved in setting up a business outside their home country. Government has taken steps like promoting ease of doing business and liberalization of the foreign direct investment norms to attract overseas investors and the results are visible. Additionally, the government is also promoting lateral entry of industry experts in governance. This will infuse fresh talent in bureaucracy and create stronger interface.

And lastly, the ‘T’ part of the framework is about ‘Transparency’, which revolves around reducing corruption and increasing agility, accountability, and predictability. The launch of the Infrastructure Information System portal by GoI is a thoughtful move in this direction where the companies can see what slots and incentive schemes are available at various industrial zones. We are also increasingly becoming Digital which is cultivating a culture of transparency within our system. An accelerated focus, careful supervision, and implementation of the other two pillars of ‘Strategic Planning’ and ‘Enablers’ of the ‘SET’ framework will significantly help India to become a part of the global manufacturing champions club.

Q: Could you shed light on the key elements of Henkel’s strategic framework, ‘Purposeful Growth’? How has your organisation cultivated sustainability as a fundamental factor while developing innovations?

Mr. Ingle: Henkel, a global company with more than 140 years of success with leading positions in industrial and consumer businesses: Adhesive Technologies, Beauty Care and Laundry & Home Care. Headquartered in Dusseldorf, Germany, Henkel enjoys a leadership position both in terms of market share and its technological prowess in many of the markets of its presence. Our commitment to relentlessly address the ever-evolving needs of our customers and industry makes us their preferred choice.

The organization is building a solid foundation for the future through its strategic framework that is built around the philosophy of ‘Purposeful Growth’ announced in early 2020. Purposeful Growth in our context means putting the purpose of holistic development beyond financials. It believes in the ideology that when an organization focuses on creating value for all stakeholders, the financial value is the resultant outcome of the same. Henkel’s strategic framework is built around the following six pillars:

We have structured six strategic priorities into our new strategic framework, which will reshape how we drive performance and deliver on our aspiration of purposeful growth, both in the short and the long term.

● Rigorously shape a WINNING PORTFOLIO - we will optimize and shape our portfolio with an aspiration to focus where we can bring most value.
● Accelerate with impactful INNOVATIONS supported by increased investments to shape the markets and create a competitive edge.
● Boost SUSTAINABILITY into a true differentiator
● Transform DIGITAL into a customer & consumer value creator
● Reshape OPERATING MODELS to be lean, fast & simple in every single operation across the company
● Accelerate CULTURAL JOURNEY with our Leadership Commitments at the core.

Henkel believes that sustainability is the cornerstone of its success in all the markets of its presence. It is a crucial part of its DNA and one of the most vital enablers of value amongst the other pillars of its strategic framework. The three focus areas of Henkel to push forward its sustainability agenda is as follow:

⮚ To become climate-positive by 2040: The organization plans to reduce its carbon footprint from its production activities by 65 percent and save 100 million tons of CO2 together with its consumers, customers, and suppliers by 2025.
⮚ Work towards a circular economy and zero plastic waste in the environment: Henkel has set an ambitious target of 100 percent of its packaging material to be either recyclable or reusable by 2025, and the organization aims to reduce fossil-based virgin plastics in its consumer product packaging by 50 percent.
⮚ Enhance positive social impact on communities: The Company plans to create a positive social impact through 100 percent responsible sourcing, by leveraging its more than 50,000 engaged employees, and by helping to improve 20 million lives globally by 2025.

The organization is confident that with sustainability firmly anchored in all its activities, it will not only just deliver positive outcomes for the environment and society but will also continue to hold a leadership position in the market

Source: https://www.promfgmedia.com/how-can-india-become-the-next-manufacturing-powerhouse.php?article_id=200

Published with the permission from Pradhyumna Ingle

Pradhyumna Ingle is the great supporter of Garje Marathi Global. He actively participates in Garje Marathi activities. He guides us on many technical issues and his guidance for project ‘SAKSHAM’ is of immense value to us.  

Without doubt, year 2020 will be etched in the memory as a year of multiple disasterslike Covid-19 pandemic, Trade issues between US-China, Wild fires in Australia, Social unrest in Hong Kongdrastic decline in Oil prices as well as financial markets  and other politically dominated issues in emerging markets. All these events combined, plunged the global economies into multiple catastrophise like global shutdowns, negative economic growth and huge monitory and human losses.  The Covid-19 aftermath is so deeply engraved that in future, we can actually explain this phase  as  (BC / Before Covid-19 and AD / After Disease recovery)

It forced the world leaders, policy makers, businesses to shift their focus in a survival mode for most part of 2020 struggling to meet day to day requirements like employee safety, security of their products, brand and people, in the process manage to generate enough cash flow and retain customers centricity. Let me re-define the Covid-19 disruption and resurrection into 3 broad phases. 

Phase Iwas when (Mar-Aug 20)  it was complete disaster; supply & demand were severely imbalanced and entire world was forced to shut down. 

Phase IIwas when (Sept-Dec 20) China and a few SEA countries started to get back to fair amount of manufacturing capacities and international logistics resumed for essential services, pharma, food, groceries, medical devices, PPE etc. 

Phase III is current period which will drag deep into year 2022 for path to recovery for many industries. In this phase, business and supply chain leaders need to re-visit and re-structure their end to end supply chains.

Challenges caused due to Covid-19, implies Phase I

• Global geographies shut down reducing exposure of human to human infections
• Factories for most commodities (other than essential commodities, Pharma, Medicinal / Med Devices, Food & Groceries) were shutdown globally
• China fully shutdown it is manufacturing output during this phase affecting consumers globally
• Massive spread of Covid infections all around the globe with high fatalities in all geographies
• Huge demand supply issues breaking the ever-so-fragile supply chain globally
• Exposing massive dependence on One Country for most commodities including essential day to day consumer products

Recovery imperatives, implies Phase II

• In this phase, most top class companies with relatively better supply chains, started to re-access the imperatives required to re-build resilient and agile supply chain
• A few broad areas were identified as immediate levers to re-adjust and re-design

1. Upstream planning – Better demand sensing, shifts in customer behaviours, predictive / prescriptive case studies, shift in inventory stocking strategy and customer service
2. Manufacturing Planning– Agility and flexibility, Capacity planning, shift from Just in Time to Agile and resilient operations
3. Sourcing – Visibility into Tier I, II and III suppliers, De-risk by developing alternates, Build practical BCP’s (business continuity plans) and China + 1 sourcing strategy
4. Fulfillment and Logistics execution– Re-design networks, use of multi-modal distribution, collaborate with Tier I and II service providers, optimizing multi-lanes & route planning

Tactical and execution enablers,  implies Phase III

This is the most critical phase where the “Rubber meets the road”. This is THE Right Timefor the world leaders to bring about a changein their supply chains for right reasons.  This change was over-due, and Covid-19 proved to be a catalyst in many ways.  It is NOW or NEVER for Supply ChainsGlobally if they do not put their acts together !!!Highlighted a few execution levers that supply chains globally need to execute and NOW

1. Changes in the customer profile, their expectationand trust.

Balancing strategic imperatives such as risk, sustainability and winning consumer trust will challenge & may prevail over pure economics for many years to come.It is important for companies  to have their fingers on the pulse of public sentiment and build a supply chain which will compliment it.

2. Renewed focus on Glo-Calisation (local execution)

Going forward, companies need to de-risk by rebalancing the supply chain with a more strategic mix of local, regional and global supply chains so if any disruptions happen in one of the supply sources, it will be easier to adapt and fulfil the need with the other. This requires a new strategic  way of thinking and a completely different business sense.  Logistics hubs will re-emerge at the local / mega city level.  sub-system suppliers and component suppliers will source, assemble, and deliver from their own backyards

3. Escalating freight rates &severe capacity crunch:

4. 
   Strategically acquire or merge to increase leverage

5. Form collaborative partnerships (horizonal and vertical):

6. Trade-off storage needs-capacity crunch &escalating cost with customer satisfaction:

needs v/s costs trade-off while maintaining regional capacities and meeting customer delivery expectations at the back of (local) compliance requirements

7. Embrace & execute Multi-modal transportation model:

8. There has been a drastic shift in the profiles of customers buying on-line during Covid-19 shutdown especially for essentials,grocery, & medicine supplies.   Most likely a high % of these customers will never return to buying retail and continue buying on-line.  Companies should take this opportunity to invest in eCommerce platform as early as possible to deliver personalized shopping experience.

   Capitalise on the new wave of Contactless / On-line business models:

9. Portfolio complexity has been a bug bear for many industries(FMCG/ Pharma/ Medical Devices) Companies with advanced supply chain capabilities have learned the hard way to focus only on winning products by adopting an age-old practice called SKU Harmonization or Assortment Simplification. When done right, assortment simplification will unlock significant benefits. First and foremost—and contrary to conventional wisdom-selling less often leads

   Reduce portfolio complexity / adopt SKU Harmonization:

to selling more  !!!  This is a right time for companies to re-look at their product portfolio and invest in product rationalization (harmonisation) methodologies.

10. Review your customer value preposition:

11. Train / empower your employees to work from remote locations.

12. Re-skill your employees to be comfortable with digital & advanced technologies

to help employees’ develop new capabilities they will need to understand the impact on the business, culture and structure.  Companies, who are able to navigate /embrace this change will be in a better shape to mitigate the impacts to their business &continue to sail in troubled waters sustainably.

CONCLUSION

The current pandemic is a catalyst to rethinking how organizations are led, organized, and operated, which will lead to afundamental rebalancing of their supply chain and business operations.One key question business leaders / board members need to answer is What are you going to do to rebalance your supply chain model andensure to design a resilient, digitally enabled, agile supply chain operations of the future ??

The moment is not to be lostfor those organisationswho step up their game will be better off and far more ready to confront the challenges—and opportunities—of the next normal than those who do not.

One important aspect is human dimension will be back, and it will play an important  role in redesigning supply chains of the future. The Toyota Principle of “autonomation” (automation with a human touch) has proved to be the most adaptable during periods of crisis and there is every possible thought that going back to the board once again is the Right Thing to do NOW !!!  Let me end this article with a quote from a great leader …

Supply Chain Advisory | Talent development & Placement | Speaker |Writer     

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sanjaydesai.sld@gmail.com  | sanjay@humanainternational.com

+65 9842 6150  | +91 99203 62633

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanjaydesai63/

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Sanjay runs a supply chain advisory consulting practice working with start-ups & small medium enterprise organizations.  He also runs Humana International, handling Talent Development and Executive Placement Services in Asia, based out of Singapore.  Prior, he has spent his entire career leading diverse and world class supply chain verticals for MNC like VeriFone Inc, Huntsman Inc, ThermoFisher Scientific, JohnsonDiversey, DELL Global, Apple, Exxon-Mobil, MOTUL, Rhone-Poulence and UniLever Brothers.

He holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Mumbai University and a Postgraduate in Materials Management from premier Indian Biz School.  He also holds a CPIM certification from APICS, USA. He has completed formal Executive Leadership management courses at INSEAD, Singapore

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Asmita Patwardhan's interview by Pradnya Punekar

https://youtu.be/ueh0acgoj38

Asmita Patwardhan  is a Consultant Gynaecologist in Leicester and is based primarily at Leicester Royal Infirmary. She is the lead for office Gynaecology at University Hospital of Leicester andprovides adolescent Gynaecology services for the East Midlands area.

Asmita is a Consultant Gynaecologist in UK since 2009.She has worked in India, Australia and United Kingdom and has clinical experience in Gynaecology for more than 22 years.

She graduated in 1993 from Pune University and completed MD in Pune prior to relocating to UK for higher studies.She did a Fellowship in Fetal Medicine in 2003 in Adelaide. She obtained specialist training in Obstetrics and Gynaecology in London and advanced training in Laparoscopic surgery and Assisted Reproduction from University hospitals of Wales.

Asmita regularly performs major and minor Gynaecological surgery with excellent patient outcomes and feedback. She is a trained laparoscopic surgeon and runs a cancer diagnostic one stop unit.

Asmita is well liked by colleagues and patients.  She is very approachable and, patients find her easy to talk to.  She is a competent and safe surgeon.

Asmita is an excellent clinical teacher and mentor for Gynaecological post graduate trainees and has been recently nominated for National Trainer award.

Apart from routine gynaecological work, lifestyle Gynaecology, preventionof diseases and improving health through lifestyle modification is her passion.

Outside academic work, she has a passion for wild life, nature walks, music and literature. She is actively involved in women’s health charity which works predominantly empowering rural women to becomeself-sufficient and healthy.

Qualifications: MBBS, MD, FRCOG

Current principle role:

Consultant Gynaecologist and Obstetrician at University Hospitals of Leicester

Medical educator role:

College tutor for post graduate trainees in Gynaecologyat Leicester Hospitals

Regional role:

Designated Paediatric and Adolescent Gynaecologist for East Midlands

National role:

Tier 4 Medical Educator for RCOG

Faculty for standard setting committee for MRCOG at Royal College, London

Faculty for advanced Laparoscopy and Hysteroscopy training with BSGE

Charity Role (voluntary):

Life member for BhaginiNiveditaPratishthan Pune

The charity which works for empowering women from socially and economically challenged background enabling them to become self sufficient and healthy.niveditapune.org.in

Community Role (voluntary):

Founder member of East Midland Marathi Association

The organisation works for bringing community together.  Motivating fitness and health promotion activities, along with introducing Marathi roots to our children.

Professional memberships:

Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologist

British Society of Gynaecological Endoscopy

British Society of Paediatric and Adolescent Gynaecologist

Academy of Medical Educators

Hobbies and other activities: Indian classical music, Outdoor nature walks and bird watching.

Literaturerelated : Published Souvenir book, Anubandh for European Marathi Sammelan 2012

GMG Career forum Germany

Congratulations! – The fact that you’ve come to this page is a testament to your efforts of venturing beyond your comfort bubble to seek something more! Just like you, at some point in time, we too were venturing beyond the comfort of our homes – some for studies, some for jobs, some for entrepreneurship ventures – all with somewhat a similar focus on mind – to explore the world beyond! We do understand the challenges that come along the way and we would like to help you….

GMG Career Forum Germany is formed to guide those from Maharashtra (1) who wish to come to Germany for education, (2) those who have come to Germany and are in need of support  and  (3) those who are about to finish education/ have finished education and are entering into job market / are needing guidance for ‘what next?’

Introduction to GMG Career Forum Germany , presented by Shreya Pathak

https://youtu.be/Z98gJvCpBko

GMG has offered a platform for individuals with similar focus – of giving back to the community (volunteer led-not for profit) - to come together, pool our resources and streamline the help and content we provide. We’ve put together a team of diverse individuals – from students - to industry leaders, from cultural experts to finance experts to help you on your quest. Though there will never be a single path and definite formula for success, we’ve tried to put together an effort that will help you navigate this path a bit easily. Through this page, we hope to elucidate how we plan to drive this initiative. So, let’s get started – explore on!

We’ve divided our initiative into 3 major categories:

1. Academics
2. Career development and
3. Entrepreneurship (freelancing included)

We will be making available a plethora of content via static and dynamic resources* such as:

1. Webinars
2. Panel discussions
3. Expert webinar sessions
4. Interactive online workshops
5. Static resources such as PDFs, consolidated links, curated resources, etc.

We will not provide:

1. Financial support
2. Logistical support (accomodation, airport pickup and drop)
3. Physical support with administrative tasks (city registration, bank account opening, insurance)
4. Support for filling and submitting academic/job/unemployment applications

Some topics* that we feel are important for you to make a successful transition abroad are:

1. Future of work/Skills required for future
2. How to build/curate a network of sponsors, mentors, local champions, etc.
3. Know your own Ikigai (Know what you want)
4. Guidance on:
   1. LinkedIn profile writing
   2. Resume/CV writing
   3. Social brand building
5. Cultural immersion via expert webinars
6. Webinars/panel discussions with Subject Matter Experts on diverse set of topics such as:
   1. Data Science/AI
   2. ADAS
   3. Design Thinking/Innovation
   4. Transferring skills such as CA, ICWA, LLB, LLM to Germany
   5. Attaining financial independence
7. Guidance on marking career transitions such as industry change, function change, etc.
8. Student resources:
   1. Different types of universities, course selection, compatibility mapping, etc.
   2. Structure of courses such as Graduation, Masters, PhD, etc.
   3. Short duration courses
   4. Research possibilities (theoretical and industry integrated)
   5. Scholarships
   6. How to build your profile and apply to companies to increase your effectiveness and impact
   7. Interview prep
   8. Internship/Working Student/Thesis/Job, etc. guidance
9. Resources to navigate systematic/bureaucratic hurdles:
   1.  City Registration
   2. Insurances (health, professional, legal, etc.)
   3. Language school and German language coaching
   4. Taxation
   5. Infrastructure (mobile & internet connection, accommodations, etc.)
10. Exigency resources:
    1. Job loss
    2. Exit package negotiations, inputs on employee rights, etc.
    3. Unemployment registration, unemployment compensation, etc.
11. Miscellaneous

With all the aforementioned resources at your disposal, we hope to give a meaningful “Shidori” as you embark on your journey. 😊

* (May change in the course of delivery)

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Moving to Germany? Some Handy tips to enable a smooth settlement

• Generic questions about living in Germany. Any information available in English 

The "Hotline Working and Living in Germany" offers all the required information, in English too, related to specific  topics like for work life in Germany, employment and career opportunities in Germany, acceptance of educational qualifications & certifications from abroad, arrival and living in Germany and about learning German language & culture. Reach out to Federal Employment Agency’s advisory service: make-it-in-germany@arbeitsagentur.de  

• Important checklist to move into a new accommodation in Germany

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• How to make friends in Germany ?

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• Things to learn before you come to Germany

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Employement in Germany

• Are you a qualified professional and want to live and work in Germany?

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• How to find jobs in Germany ? Is job hunting very difficult in Germany?

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• What are the top Job opportunities are currently "in demand" in Germany

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• Common job application process in Germany for any position, any level, any industry

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• How does my standard Job contract in Germany look like?

Following are the list of pointers which MUST be included in your Job contract

• What are the chances of getting a Job after completing Masters / bachelors in Germany?

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• Are there any unemployment benefits in Germany?

Following are some unemployment benefits what people get in Germany

• Part-time & internships in Germany

Some Learn & earn options

Education in Germany

• I would like to get my existing education & other qualifications recognized in Germany. Who can help me with this?

The central information platform for getting your education certified & recognized in Germany is “Recognition in Germany“.  If you have further questions, you can write to us by writing on the contact form. Alternatively, you can get advice by phone. Information about the hotline is available here.

• Which universities / colleges suits the best for my educational background / interests / specialization

Visit the following link : DAAD.de

• I would like to study or do a doctorate / PhD in Germany. How much will it cost?

Follow me to find a suitable doctorate / PhD Program in Germany.

• Which Course or degree programme suits me the best? What is the procedure to find career opportunities in Germany suitable for my profile?

You can find the procedure of how to find a suitable Course or degree programme here

• Can I do vocational training in Germany? What type of vocational training?

Here is the quick checklist for vocational training & the training process

• If you are looking for a Ph.D. How to obtain Ph.D & its types

Some important information for the Ph.D enthusiasts regarding Ph.D opportunities & finding doctoral positions in Germany 

• Top 5 reasons why to study in Germany?

Here is the link

• Are there any international programmes & short courses in Germany?

Here is some information on how to find the suitable international programmes & short courses

• How to find the suitable programme or the right university in Germany?

Login to Study in Germany & German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

• How to organize yourself in your student life ?

Organizational tips for students

• Are there any financing & scholarship options available in Germany?

Here is the link for scholarship options & top 10 scholarships for indian students in Germany

• Is education in Germany is Free of cost? 

You can find more detailed  information under these two links Link I , Link II

• Documents required to apply for bachelors / masters in Germany

Following is the checklist required to be in place before you apply for education

Immigration (Temporary, Permanent, Family ReUnification)

• What type of visa I need to work in Germany

To get more information regarding visas under here you is the link "Visa"

• I work in Germany. Can my family come with me in Germany?

There is a specific type of Visa required. To have more information please login to "Family Reunification"

• What are the benefits of the "EU Blue Card" ?

The EU Blue Card is a stay permit for academics from non-EU countries, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Norway. Here you can find out detailed requirements you have to fulfil to get an EU Blue Card.

• A check-list to get qualified to work, study, start a business & participate in research & scientific programs in Germany

To fulfil the key requirement & to start one of the above mentioned activities in Germany, you can check out the latest information on our Quick-Check

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Introduction to Garje Marathi Global Career Forum Germany by Anand Ganu

https://youtu.be/raXOhhbpcGo

Garje Marathi Global in conjunction with National University Students' Skill Development Programme and Tata Institute of Social Sciences has organized webinar  by  Dr. Milind Medhekar (https://www.garjemarathi.com/member_details.php?member=Milind-Medhekar ).

**‘ART OF NEGOTIATION’**

Dr. Milind  Medhekar is GMG’s guide and supporter. He leads GMG Australia

National University Students' Skill Development (NUSSD) programme, a flagship programme of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), is an innovative skill development initiative that embeds itself within colleges, especially those that service low-income communities, and provides job readiness and domain skill training to the students, thereby allowing them to graduate with a degree and a diploma in a job-relevant course.

SafeLight

Transforming hygiene with continuous visible light disinfection

SafeLight reduces germs in hygiene-sensitive environments using continuous visible light disinfection.

Conventional disinfection technologies are episodic in nature, i.e. they can be used only once in a while. This is because they are either impractical to be applied continuously, e.g. chemical sanitizers or unsafe to be used around humans, e.g. UV light. Therefore, their effects are temporary and bacteria, which can double in as little as 20 minutes, return to their original levels almost immediately after cleaning.

SafeLight’s patented visible light technology can kill bacteria, fungi and viruseswhile being completely safe to humans. Hence, it can be used continuously to supplement episodic cleaning and keep germ levels constantly low. It can be used in hospitals to prevent hospital acquired infections, in the food supply chain to minimize food spoilage and in offices and airports to reduce the risk of infection. SafeLightis currently in the process ofcommencing pilot trialswith partners in the healthcare, real estate andhospitality sectors. In the future, it also plans to expand to public transport and F&B.

Vinayak Ghate PhD  Founder & CEO SafeLight. PhD Food Science and Technology National University of Singapore is member of Garje Marathi Singapore Chapter.

https://www.garjemarathi.com/member_details.php?member=Vinayak-Ghate

References

1. Ghate, VS, Ng, KS, Zhou, W, Yang, H, Khoo, GH, Yoon, WB, Yuk, HG. 2013. Antibacterial effect of light emitting diodes of visible wavelengths on selected foodborne pathogens at different illumination temperatures. International Journal of Food Microbiology, 166 (3), 399-406.
2. Ghate, V, Kumar, A, Kim, MJ, Bang, WS, Zhou, W, Yu, HG. 2017. Effect of 460 nm light emitting diode illumination on survival of Salmonella spp. on fresh-cut pineapples at different irradiances and temperatures. Journal of Food Engineering. 196: 130-138.
3. Ghate, V, Zhou, W, Yuk, HG. Perspectives and trends in the application of photodynamic inactivation for microbiological food safety. Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety. Review Article. 18(2): 402-404.

Chai with High Commissioner UK.

High Commissioner Gaitri Issar Kumar met virtually with representatives of Maharashtrian communities of UK. Learned of their activities, achievements and aspirations, discussed forthcoming  community events and consular issues.

Ravidra Gadgil, ( Founder Garje Marathi UK/ Garje Marathi Global Core Team) participated in the meeting.

Ravindra Says,

“It was great honour to receive audience with Her Excellency Ms. Gayatri Kumar Issar, High Commissioner, High Commission of India, London to have informal chat on the "Chat with Maharashtrian Community" E-meet on 4th March 2021. Her Excellency listened patiently to the activities, aspirations, and commitment of the Maharashtrian Community and its immense contribution within the UK.  

Her Excellency kindly provided guidance and advice about various initiatives of HCI to serve the community. The issues raised by the community representatives were addressed in an orderly manner by Her Excellency.

Her Excellency wished all the success and promised continued cooperation with Maharashtrian Community.

Overall, the 1 hour 40 minutes (original schedule was for 1 hour)  spared by Her Excellency was most 'Value-Added' and all the representatives felt honoured and satisfied with the E-meet.

Key takeaways as seen by me - HCI and Her Excellency's good office is happy to work with communities and it is up to communities to make most of it.

I am sure Maharashtrian Diaspora across the world would reach out to High Commission in their country of stay and establish working relations with the good offices thru such meetings. ”

INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY (ICT) 

In Conversation with Prof. B. N. Thorat - Director of ICT - IOC Odisha Campus, Bhubaneswar

“It's very simple. You're as successful as your team members are and you are as weak as the weakest member of your team.”

Along with his phenomenal intellect, such simple yet highly effective ideologies make Prof. B.N. Thorat the inspirational academician that he is today!

We were honored to have such a vibrant personality who is also an alumnus of our institution for a brief chat in collaboration with the Bombay Technologist

Prof. Thorat has been a teacher, researcher, consultant and policymaker for the past 3 decades. He is one of the most sought-after Chemical Engineers when it comes to innovation and research in India centric sustainable technology development and has several innovations to his credit.

He and his student research team has more than 10 patents, with 100% commercialization, to their name. Some of his well-recognized research work includes natural convection and direct type solar dryers, CassavaTech and HaldiTech, Solar Conduction Dryer and Atmospheric Air Dryer.

Prof. Thorat believes in incorporating science to tackle everyday situations and make life easier.

We were extremely motivated and humbled by the determination Professor Thorat has been showing; and continues to show every single day.

Watch entire Video :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjILW3aSiDA

Published with permission from Prof. Bhaskar Thorat.

Dr. Thorat is GMG’s mentor and guide. He is connected with our mission from very beginning.

Garje Marathi Global Health and Pharma Technocrats group

Vision: 

Bringing together Garje Marathi Global members who are involved and interested in Biotech, Pharma-tech and Health-tech to form a synergistic, symbiotic network of academics, professionals, researchers, entrepreneurs and students, to foster innovation and entrepreneurship.

Mission:

• Establishing a global network of Pharma-health-tech professionals of Maharashtrian origin for knowledge sharing and collaborative partnerships for research projects, product and business development, project and operational management, R&D, commercialization strategy and marketing, Patents and patent applications
• Providing guidance to Startup from Ideation-Incubation- Acceleration 
• Facilitating Mentor-Mentee connection making it a perfect avenue to ‘Give Back” to the Next Gen Scientists-Entrepreneurs from Maharashtra

The above mission will be achieved through GMG’s Innovation Academy, Networking events, Webinars and Panel-group discussions, Online monthly publication.

Membership: 

This is a membership group, and the membership is free but by invitation and by application

Governing Body: Coordinator: Anand Ganu

• Sameer Kawatkar (Pharma-Research)
• Raghuveer Kini (Pharma Manufacturing and Regulation)
• Bhushan Bonde (AI Drug development)
• Avinash Kale (Medical Devices/AI/Health)
• Udayan Apte (Academics)
• Anita Kant (Research Instrument Supply chain industry)
• Ameet Sule (Pharma- India-UK)
• Suneeta Sule: (Pharma- India-UK)
• Pallavi Limaye Apte (Contract Research Organization)
• Sachin Patil (Pharma Start up)

GMG Technocrats: The Association of Bio-Health-Pharma technocrats  was officially launched on  19 December 2020 by Hon'ble Dr. Amit Telang Consul General of India Frankfurt. 

https://youtu.be/fjp2AFthfUk 

      Parent Body:

(1) Garje Marathi Global Inc. Non-profit registered in the state of California USA

(2) Garje Marathi Global Foundation, Non Profit , section ‘8’ company , registered under Indian Companies Act 2013.

Organization:

This is a forum of Garje Marathi Global members who are involved and interested in Pharma-tech and Health-tech

This forum is open only to those who are officially admitted as the members of GMG Bio-Pharma-Health Technocrats.

Garje Marathi Global Health and Pharma Technocrats group

Vision: 

Bringing together Garje Marathi Global members who are involved and interested in Biotech, Pharma-tech and Health-tech to form a synergistic, symbiotic network of academics, professionals, researchers, entrepreneurs and students, to foster innovation and entrepreneurship.

Mission:

• Establishing a global network of Pharma-health-tech professionals of Maharashtrian origin for knowledge sharing and collaborative partnerships for research projects, product and business development, project and operational management, R&D, commercialization strategy and marketing, Patents and patent applications
• Providing guidance to Startup from Ideation-Incubation- Acceleration 
• Facilitating Mentor-Mentee connection making it a perfect avenue to ‘Give Back” to the Next Gen Scientists-Entrepreneurs from Maharashtra

The above mission will be achieved through GMG’s Innovation Academy, Networking events, Webinars and Panel-group discussions, Online monthly publication.

Membership: 

This is a membership group, and the membership is free but by invitation and by application

Governing Body: Coordinator: Anand Ganu

• Sameer Kawatkar (Pharma-Research)
• Raghuveer Kini (Pharma Manufacturing and Regulation)
• Bhushan Bonde (AI Drug development)
• Avinash Kale (Medical Devices/AI/Health)
• Udayan Apte (Academics)
• Anita Kant (Research Instrument Supply chain industry)
• Ameet Sule (Pharma- India-UK)
• Suneeta Sule: (Pharma- India-UK)
• Pallavi Limaye Apte (Contract Research Organization)
• Sachin Patil (Pharma Start up)

GMG Technocrats: The Association of Bio-Health-Pharma technocrats  was officially launched on  19 December 2020 by Hon'ble Dr. Amit Telang Consul General of India Frankfurt. 

https://youtu.be/fjp2AFthfUk 

      Parent Body:

(1) Garje Marathi Global Inc. Non-profit registered in the state of California USA

(2) Garje Marathi Global Foundation, Non Profit , section ‘8’ company , registered under Indian Companies Act 2013.

Organization:

This is a forum of Garje Marathi Global members who are involved and interested in Pharma-tech and Health-tech

This forum is open only to those who are officially admitted as the members of GMG Bio-Pharma-Health Technocrats.

Congratulations to Dr. Ajay Rane on publication of the book on the subject which is very close to his heart and which is his life mission.

Dr. Ajay Rane ,Townsville, Australia MD, University of Poona India, MSc UroGynaecology, PhD, FRCPI

• Strong supporter of mission Garje Marathi
• Recipient of ‘Order of Australia Medal’ (OAM).
• MD, University of Poona India,
• FRCOG, Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists London,
• MSc UroGynaecology, Liverpool University England,
• FRCS Ed, Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh,
• PhD, James Cook University
• FRCPI Hon., FRANZCOG, Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists  Melbourne.
• Professor, Chair and Head of Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology James Cook University School of Medicine & Dentistry.

Making a difference world-wide in women’s health issues

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08T1CZ1VB?ref=KC_GS_GB_US

https://play.google.com/store/books/details?pcampaignid=books_read_action&id=quITEAAAQBAJ

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/outpatient-urology-and-urogynecology-abhay-rane/1137647791;jsessionid=FBB0DE1ECCF84E8EA698164D8CA8A339.prodny_store02-atgap06?ean=9781119052265 :

According to the International Association for Ambulatory Surgery (IAAS), ambulatory surgery should be defined as 'an operation/procedure, excluding an office or outpatient operation/procedure, where the patient is discharged on the same working day'. The rise of ambulatory surgery has been driven by technological advances that reduce the need for overnight hospital stays, enhanced recovery programmes that advocate early mobilisation, and the need for economic efficiency. Recent experience has shown that redistributing surgical procedures from the inpatient setting to ambulatory centres can be done without impacting quality.

The majority of people requiring urologic surgery are now treated as day/outpatients – thus requiring a different level of care from inpatients. Ambulatory Urology and Urogynaecology is the only book that combines urology and urogynaecology focuses on outpatient management. Packed with learning points, practical hints and tips, and boasting an international group of contributing authors, this book is co-edited by world-leading pioneers in urologic and urogynaecological surgery.

Ambulatory Urology and Urogynaecology is ideal for urologists, urogynaecologists and gynaecologists, as well as specialist urology nurses and surgeons. With more and outpatient procedures being performed, this book is the perfect step-by-step guide to consult time and time again.

Congratulations to Alok More, promising young man from Garje Marathi South Africa

After a stellar performance in the OneHealth Hackthon 2020 competition, placing second in Malaria Track Alok More from Glenwood High School, Durban South Africa has been selected to be on the executive committee of the OneHealth Hackthon

Dr. Hemraj Yadav awarded prestigious Ramanujan Fellowship  2021 by Government of India

Congratulations to Dr. Hemraj Yadav. (https://www.garjemarathi.com/member_details.php?member=Hemraj-Yadav )

Dr. Yadav leads Garje Marathi Seoul Chapter.

विज्ञान आणि अभियांत्रिकी संशोधन मंडळ भारत सरकार यांचेकडून प्रतिष्ठित रामानुजन फेलोशिपसाठी कोल्हापूरचे  सुपुत्र डॉ. हेमराज  यादव यांची निवड.

भारत सरकारच्या विज्ञान आणि अभियांत्रिकी मंत्रालयाकडून परदेशात संशोधन करणाऱ्या भारतीय शास्त्रज्ञांना प्रतिष्टीत अशी रामानुजन फेलोशिप दिली जाते. यावर्षी या प्रतिष्टीत रामानुजन फेलोशिपचा मान मूळचे कोल्हापूर जिल्ह्यातील असणारे आणि सध्या दक्षिण कोरियातील डोंगुक विद्यापीठ सेऊल येथे संशोधन करणारे डॉ. हेमराज  यादव याना मिळाली आहे.

डॉ. हेमराज  यादव, सध्या डोंगुक विद्यापीठ सेऊल, दक्षिण कोरिया सहाय्यक प्राध्यापक म्हणून कार्यरत आहेत.    भारत सरकारच्या वतीने दिल्या जाणाऱ्या या शिष्यवृत्तीचा पुरस्कार जगभरातील हुशार भारतीय शास्त्रज्ञ आणि अभियंत्यांना देण्यात येतो,  जे परदेशातून भारतात परत येऊ इच्छितात आणि भारतभरातील वैज्ञानिक पदांवर व्यस्त राहू इच्छितात अशा शास्त्रज्ञना हि फेलोशिप दिली जाते. जगभरतील भारतीय शास्त्रज्ञमधून अतिशय  मर्यादित वैज्ञानिकांना हि फेलोशिप दिली जाते. 

डॉ. यादव यांनी दक्षिण कोरियामध्ये ऊर्जा, पर्यावरण आणि जैव-चिकित्सा या विषयावर सात वर्षांपेक्षा जास्त काळ काम केले आहे. त्यांनी सण २००६ साली दूधसाखर महाविद्यालय बिद्री येथून रसायनशास्त्रात पदवी तर २००९ साली शिवाजी विद्यापीठ कोल्हापूर, येथून उपयोजित रसायनशास्त्र विषयात पदव्युत्तर पदवी घेतली आहे. सन २०१४ साली प्रा. डॉ. सागर डेळेकर आणि  प्रा. डॉ. एस.एच. पवार (माजी कुलगुरू डी.वाय. पाटील विद्यापीठ)  यांच्या मार्गदर्शनाखाली डी.वाय. पाटील विद्यापीठ मधून रसायनशास्त्रात पी.एच.डी. केली आहे. त्यानंतर त्यांनी २०१४ ते २०१७ मध्ये दक्षिण कोरियाच्या सेऊल विद्यापीठात पोस्टडॉक्टोरल रिसर्चफेलो म्हणून काम केले होते. २०१७  पासून डॉ. यादव डोंगगुक विद्यापीठ सेऊल येथे सहाय्यक प्राध्यापक पदावर संशोधनाचे काम करत आहेत. तसेच त्याणी काही काळ क्लीन सायन्स अँड टेक्नॉलॉजी प्रा.लि. मध्ये दौंड येथे रासायनिक कंपनीमध्ये रसायनशास्त्रज्ञ पदावर देखील काम केले आहे. तसेच डॉ. बाबासाहेब आंबेडकर विद्यापीठ उपकेंद् उस्मानाबाद येथे देखील संशोधन केले आहे. डॉ. हेमराज यादव यांचे आत्तापर्यंत  ७० हून अधिक आंतरराष्ट्रीय शोध निबंध प्रसिद्ध झाले आहेत, तसेच ३ आंतराष्ट्रीय पुस्तकांमध्ये अध्याय लिहले आहेत.  त्यांनी ३०  हून अधिक राष्ट्रीय आणि आंतरराष्ट्रीय परिषदांमध्ये संशोधन सादर केले आहे. कॅटालिसिस आणि पॉलिमर एमडीपीआय प्रकाशकातील विशेष विषयासाठी त्यांनी गेस्ट-एडिटर म्हणून काम करत आहेत. ते एशियन रिसर्च नेटवर्क, कोरिया आणि अमेरिकन केमिकल सोसायटीचे सदस्य आहेत. तसेच ते गर्जे मराठी ग्लोबलचे आणि  मराठी मंडळ कोरियाचे सदस्य आहेत. त्यांच्या  संशोधन कार्यामध्ये फोटोकॅटालिसिस, नॅनोमेटेरिल्स, बायोमेटीरल्स, ड्रग डिलीव्हरी, सुपरकैपेसिटर, इलेक्ट्रोकेमिकल सेन्सर, गॅस सेन्सर इत्यादींचा विषयांचा समावेश आहे. आपल्या मायदेशी परत यावे आणि आपले कौशल्य येथे वापरावे अशी त्यांची  तीव्र इच्छा आहे. रामानुजन फेलोशिप अंतर्गत ते आपले पुढील संशोधन  शिवाजी विद्यापीठ कोल्हापूर येथे लवकरच सुरु करतील. रामानुजन फेलोशिप मिळवून शिवाजी विद्यापीठमध्ये संशोधनाचे कार्य करणारे डॉ. यादव हे  पहिलेच  वैज्ञानिक असतील. डॉ. यादव अर्जुनवाडा (ता. राधानगरी) या गावाचे असून त्यांच्या शिक्षण आणि संशोधन कार्यासाठी त्यांचे कुटुंबीय, शिक्षक, मार्गदर्शक, मित्र-परिवार यांचे सहकार्य लाभले. तसेच रामानुजन फेलोशिप मिळवावी म्हणून शिवाजी विद्यापीठाने डॉ यादव तसेच भारत सरकारच्या विज्ञान आणि अभियांत्रिकी संशोधन मंडळास अगदी कमी वेळेत योग्य ते सहकार्य केले.

For details about Ramanujan Fellowship : http://serb.gov.in/rnf.php

8  Weeks workshop, Let's get ready for Investors

Organized by Garje Marathi Global Innovation Academy

Under the leadership of Mangesh Wadegaonkar.

Mangesh Wadegaonkar is a senior executive and founder at several high growth startups at different stages, from pre-revenue all the way to PE-backed $200MM firm, running product, marketing, sales, governance, operations & raising money. As a co-founder of the Startup Leadership Program (global startup accelerator), Mangesh has enabled 3,600accelerator Fellows across 12 countries to raise over$2.4 Billion in the past 12 years.

1.       The program will be 8 weeks long. 2 hours every Saturday starting from 01 May

2.      The applications for the program should be submitted via Google form (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc0xEsYRJjpO6qXf9nEkTSno52KTC1WkFazUd2RVbx2UPUe7Q/viewform?usp=sf_link  )

3.      Under the program , in each cycle 20 entrepreneurs will be admitted . The selection is at the sole discretion of Mangesh Wadegaonkar.

4.      The entrepreneurs will be split  into their own groups (if multiple founders), or based on industry – will have 3-4 cohorts per cycle

5.       All selected entrepreneurs will work with the team to go through the different parts of the pitch deck - one major part per week, and give them rest of the week to work on it.

6.      Every 2 weeks, we will allow them to pitch their parts to a small panel ( at least one person on this panel will have industry expertise of the company being pitched) who can give them constructive feedback

7.       At the end of the 8-week period, they will all need to do full pitch as if doing it to real investors;

This will evolve into Investor day in the future, where we will invite real investors to listen to these pitches.

8.      From this point, it will be up to the entrepreneurs to show interest in speaking with specific investors and we can help where we can.

We will proactively connect the ones we believe are ready to raise money.

The last date of receiving application in the Google Form: 15 April  2021.

The 2 hours per week- 8 weeks workshop starts from Saturday 01 May 2021.

At the end of the program, those who are ready to raise money, will be connected with the ‘Investors’

Pratap Tambe, London: Talk on Blockchain/DLT and Cybersecurity
Watch YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HD9IqpWIehI

Pratap Tambe (https://www.garjemarathi.com/member_details.php?member=Pratap-Tambe )

Master’s Degree Investments and Securities Indian Institute of Science ,

B.Tech. Computer Science and Engineering Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

Head of BFSI Blockchain Consulting, UK and Europe at Tata Consultancy Services London, Greater London, United Kingdom

Starting from 5 minutes 49 seconds onwards in this video is Pratap Tambe’s  talk on Blockchain/DLT and Cybersecurity
This is the viewpoint that you will find refreshingly new and critical to our shared future.
The last slide is very important. So please watch right through to understand the significance of this viewpoint in full.

Mrs. Chitralekha Potnis declared International Brand Ambassador of Vidarbha Pride Book of Records and awarded with VPBR Social Reformer Award.

Garje Marathi Global, and Garje Marathi Toronto Chapter congratulates Chitralekha Potnis 

Chitralekha spent her childhood in Nagpur and from here B. Did the take. He worked as professor in various colleges in Nagpur, Pusad and Baroda. He moved to Toronto, Canada in 2003 He started his career as a professor and went through different stages. On the force of all these experiences, he founded his college. Today, he serves as President of Peel College of Professional Studies in Ontario, Canada.

Potnis has written about 52 research papers on various topics and has also worked as a consultant at various international conferences on engineering, education and management. He is also invited to give lectures in various institutions around the world including India and Canada.

Chitralekha Potnis was among the selected entrepreneurs selected by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India for Women Entrepreneur Training. She was an executive member of the Marathi Language Board in Toronto. To date, she has been awarded various awards. In 2018, she was awarded the Women's Hero of Education Award by the Indo-Canadian Arts and Culture Initiative. He was also honored by the House of Commons in Canada for his work. In addition, he was also honored by the government for his social service during COVID-19 He was awarded the prestigious Kotler Award at the World Marketing Summit last year.

Lack of employment and education makes it difficult for many women to stand on their feet. She has helped many Indian and foreign women who have come to Canada.

′′ There are many women who have been cheated and tortured by their husbands abroad. I educated them in my college and gave them a job.

But, Free never gave anything. Pay as much as you can for education, but the urge to do it builds self-esteem and confidence in them, ′′ That's my experience -- Chitralekha Potnis

′′ I try to educate and employ women to help them stand on their feet. Doing so, I make sure they are not overwhelmed. No matter how much needed, I never gave free education and a job without qualification. My constant effort is to make them feel the satisfaction of getting something on their own ′′

-- Chitralekha Potnis

Living in Baroda, Chitralekha started working on a project of UNICEF. The project was to bring street children and child workers into the stream of school education. While doing so, she came in contact with 13-14-year-old girls who were pushed into prostitution. Contacting these girls, convincing them and their parents, facilitating their education and earnings, explaining about the dangers of their work, she was active in such various things. Also, he worked for the education of child laborers.

I am glad to present to you Gaurav February Newsletter. 

Shri. Raghav Sadekar of Kuwait is an invited honorary editor and he has created this issue.

It is in a ‘Flipbook ‘ format:- ( swipe finger across the screen to read next page. Also Table of Contents can be used to navigate to desired page) 

*GARJE MARATHI Gaurav February 2021 issue *
https://online.flipbuilder.com/syda/tvbx/

Dr Uday Bodhankar elected as Deputy Chairperson of Commonwealth Health Professions Alliance (CHPA)( FIRST ASIAN ON HIGHEST CF BODY)

Dr. Uday Bodhankar is Mentor-Advisor to Garje Marathi Global.

The CHPA is an alliance of SEVEN Commonwealth Health Professional Associations and highest policy advisor in Health Related Issues  to commonwealth foundation and 54 commonwealth countries ,

The CHPA consists of following seven commonwealth Medical Associations VIZ; Commonwealth Medical Association,Commonwealth Association for Health

and Disability.commonwealth Association for Paediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition,Commonwealth HIV and AIDS Action Group,Commonwealth Dental Association,Commonwealth Pharmacists Association.Commonwealth Nurses and Midwives Federation.

CHPA Head quarter is in London, UK and HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN ELIZABETH OF ENGLAND is the PATRON OF COMMONWEALTH FOUNDATION .

Members of the CHPA consider that by working together they can more efficiently and effectively represent and support health professionals in 54 Commonwealth countries and promote high standards of care and equity in access to care for Commonwealth peoples.

The CHPA also consider that by working together they can be more influential in advocating on behalf of Commonwealth health professionals and Commonwealth peoples in Commonwealth forums, including meetings of the Commonwealth Heads of Government and Commonwealth health, finance, education and womenís affairs government ministers

MISSION AND VISION ;

The CHPA will have as its primary focus working in the area of health in 54 Commonwealth countries.

The CHPA will work together to improve the health of people in underprivileged Commonwealth countries.

The CHPA will work together to raise awareness of significant health issues affecting people in Commonwealth countries.

The CHPA will work together to support and strengthen health professionals in Commonwealth countries.

The CHPA will work together to represent and advocate for health professionals in Commonwealth forums.

The CHPA will collaborate on joint projects, communicating and sharing information with each other.

Honorable Governor of Maharashtra Shri Bhagat Singh Koshyari ji honoured Dr Uday Bodhankar Executive Director of COMHAD UK AND Deputy Chairman of CHPA UK with COVID WARRIOR AWARD at Raj Bhavan For his distinguished sefless service with humanity for the welfare of suffering community during COVID Pandemic situation.

Also Dr Uday Bodhankar was congratulated for being elected to the Highest Coveted International Position of Deputy Chairman of CHPA UK an NGO of All International Commonwealth Foundation UK.

Full-time MBA at Frankfurt School: My Reflections

Congratulations! – The fact that you’ve stumbled upon this blog, is a testament to your efforts to venture beyond the comfort bubble and try to carve out a niche for yourself. Every MBA story and thereby the overarching professional quest is a highly tailored chronicle and thus does not offer a blanket “formula” for success. Moreover, to encapsulate all the learnings garnered over a larger part of a decade in a short blog seems nothing short of a herculean task! Well, come to think of it, it rather seems an apt task for a Full-time MBA grad – parse through the clutter, boil down to the key “lessons learnt” and present them in a simple, succinct format…

As I look back over the years, I can consolidate the whole experience into 3 distinct buckets which I will further explain below:

Know yourself

Though it is always said (and rightly so) that you should come to an MBA programme with an open mind – helping you broaden your horizon with the experiences you garner over the period thereby making you cognizant of diverse opportunities that you may pursue – it is also important to have a pensive understanding about oneself AND have a certain set of broad goals in mind. Though you may change your industry/business function OR take a completely different direction, having certain guidelines will prevent you from wandering astray.

For me, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management was the only business school that I applied to in Germany – It provided the required blend of exposure in – finance, general management, and technology – that I was looking for to substantiate my technical capabilities. FSFM boasts of not just the financial wizardry that it is famous for, but also of the rapidly evolving expertise in diverse business areas as well leading faculties in cutting-edge technologies. The Blockchain & AI Lab was a cornerstone of my MBA application focus.

Improve yourself

From the savvy campus to the sprawling library and from the world-renowned faculty to the bustling metropolis of Frankfurt – you have everything at your fingertips! You will have excellent academic grooming – providing you with all the necessary tools to equip yourself for the practical world out there, but do not let it be your sole focus. Apart from the Full-time MBA programme, FSFM also has equally acclaimed Part-time and Executive MBA programmes and during your entire duration of the programme you will have opportunities to interact with industry executives from innumerable professions. Many activities such as boardroom sessions, panel discussions, speaker series, etc. carried out on the school level lets you have an unparalleled access to networking opportunities.

Challenging case studies, class presentations, thesis, and capstone projects would provide you with ample opportunities to nurture your soft skills. Moreover, many events, meet-ups, hackathons, etc. are being continually hosted by different companies/forums across the city thus providing you a conducive environment enabling you to shed your inhibitions. It is up to you as to how you utilize the resources at your disposal.

Market yourself

Despite the bolstering environment, a large part of your “success” will depend on you! For this, I have 3 simple observations: 1. Map your profile to the market (do a SWOT and identify barriers to entry – eliminate them gradually); 2. Strive for industry immersion via any available opportunity – industry visit, paper presentation, projects, working student, and internship opportunities (if possible) and finally 3. learn German!

I hope this synopsis helps you in some form in your MBA quest.

Akshay Joshi

(https://www.garjemarathi.com/member_details.php?member=Akshay-Joshi)

Published with permission from Akshay Joshi ,

Credit : https://blog.frankfurt-school.de/full-time-mba-at-frankfurt-school-my-reflections/

Garje Marathi Global – Mentoring program SOP

Garje Marathi Global’s  Mentorship program is for connecting  today’s prominent, successful and high achievers Marathi (Mentors) with tomorrow’s prominent successful and high achiever Marathi (Mentees) .

Scope of our program is limited to persons of Marathi descent

Our mentors are our elite members who earned significant achievements in their journey called 'Life', professionally and personally. They are more than happy to help others to select the path and guide to achieve their aims. Garje Marathi Global (GMG) Mentoring program is a unique and carefully designed offering. GMG does not charge any fee to connect you with Mentors and they too are not expected to charge any remuneration for interactions. However, if you decide to work with your mentor on your ideas, projects and need their continued guidance, there could be a commercial arrangement between you and mentor which Garje Marathi Global would never know or will never ask.

Mentors:

1. Academics
2. Experts from various professions
3. Entrepreneurs and businessmen
4. Social Entrepreneurs

Effective mentoring to include “the ability and willingness on part of the mentor to

• value the mentee as a person;
• develop mutual trust and respect;
• maintain confidentiality;
• listen both to what is being said and how it is being said;
• help the mentee solve his or her own problem, rather than give direction;
• Focus on the mentee’s development and resist the urge to produce a clone.”

The Mentee is the student who needs to absorb the mentor’s knowledge and have the ambition and desire to know what to do with this knowledge. As a student, the mentee needs to practice and demonstrate what has been learned.

Mentees:

1. Youth from India aspiring to study abroad at post-graduate level
2. Post Graduate, Doctoral and Post Doctoral students for selection of stream, subject and also for getting internships, getting research opportunities etc.
3. Young entrepreneurs , Founders, Promoters of ‘Startups’
4. Individuals wishing to explore opportunities in India to study, Startups, collaborations, social entrepreneurship and community work.

Mentee must show

1. Eagerness to learn, admission
2. Ability and willingness to work as a team player
3. Patience
4. Readiness to take risk
5. Positive attitude

Work Model

Key factors

• Mentee Enrollment – By application.
• Mentor : By invitation
• Mentoring style: Traditional 1:1 or 1:2.

1. GMG will invite experts from various fields to join “Panel of Mentors’. We shall load their short profiles and audio/Video message on the website under ‘Panel of Mentor’
2. We shall invite the applications from Mentees and those will be forwarded to related ‘mentor’ for consideration.
3. Mentor is expected to devote not more than one hour per month per mentee or group on mentees.
4. The mentoring can be done in 1:1 meeting, over phone, Video call or via email. GMG will provide tools for mentoring sessions , arrange conference calls
5. The mentee needs to practice and demonstrate what has been learned.
6. Mentee will maintain minutes of the mentoring session and record of progress. This will be shared with Mentor and GMG. Nothing will be shared on open media without permission of all three.

For the sake of proper documentation the program is divided into following headings

• Agriculture & Farming , Animals & Pets , Veterinary
• Architecture, Construction & Engineering
• Art & Photography, costume, Creative design, fine arts , Music
• Computers & Technology, IT, Communication, Software, Social networking.
• Economics, Finance & E-commerce
• Education
• Entrepreneurship, Start-Ups, Business,
• Environmental
• Medical sciences, Health,
• Personal Development
• Political sciences
• Social entrepreneurship, Charity
• Sports, Physical training, Fitness

'Ajay Bam, CEO and Co-founder of Vyrill.com and a Garje Marathi community member is currently raising a seed round of funding.  He wishes to share the crowd funding campaign with GMG members.  

Ajay Bam (https://www.garjemarathi.com/member_details.php?member=Ajay-Bam)

Vyrill is developing a google search for videos like product reviews, how-to vides, unboxing videos etc and ability to google inside the video to enable video insights and video commerce for brands and retailers.  Essentially, Vyrill has trained machines with AI to capture videos from social/smartphones, watch, understand, score and help leverage videos for product marketing.  Vyrill was founded at U.C.Berkeley Skydeck program and is backed by top angel investors - Airbnb CTO - Vanja Josifovski and Chief AI Scientist at Pinterest & Top AI professor at Stanford - Jure Leskovec.

With consumer video creation and consumption growing 600% during covid & 200% year to year pre-covid, and with over 85% of consumers mentioning that videos influence their purchase decisions, reduces review fraud and offers a touch free shopping experience,  video has become essential to brand growth.  Vyrill counts many customers like Revlon, Porsche, Sargento, AirAsia, etc. 

Vyrill, based in San Francisco CA, is currently raising a $2M seed round and have decided to open the investment of $1M to friends and family and investors on the crowd sourcing platform - wefunder.com/vyrill .  The minimum investment is $250.  The company has already raised $53K in 3 weeks of launching the campaign.   If you are interested in an investment or would like to be a first time investor in a startup, this is a good opportunity to do so. 

Greetings

I invite you to be the member of Garje Marathi Global, a truly global organization of Non-Resident and Back to Motherland(परत मातृभूमीला) Marathi.

To Join https://www.garjemarathi.com/registrationform.php 

About Garje Marathi Global:-

• Padma Vibhushan Dr. Raghunath Mashelkar is mentor to Garje Marathi Global.

GMG has four main objectives: Networking, Mentoring, Giving back to society and to our roots, and to celebrate success of Marathi around the world.

GMG Innovation Academy

GMG Innovation Academy is our new initiative,  launched on 16 August  2020 (https://www.garjemarathi.com/innovation_academy.html) by Hon’ble Devendra ji Fadnavis.

GMG Mentoring Program

Garje Marathi Global has also launched the Garje Marathi Mentoring program. The details of the program can be found in https://www.garjemarathi.com/mentor-for-you.php

GMG Saksham

We have embarked on a very ambitious social initiative, ‘Saksham’/ सक्षम (Enabled).

https://www.garjemarathi.com/Blog/newsletter_details.php?newsletter=77-Seconds-are-enough-

• Hon’ble Minister Nitin Gadkari ji is GMG Saksham’s Mentor-Guide.
• 

Garje Marathi Bio-Health-Pharma Tech Association

"Fostering Bio-Health-Pharma Tech Innovation-

To form synergistic, symbiotic network of academics, professionals, researchers, entrepreneurs and students from Biotech, Healthtech and Pharmatech.

https://www.garjemarathi.com/Blog/newsletter_details.php?newsletter=GMG-Bio-Health-Pharma-Tech-Association

GMG Agri Tech Forum

The forum is a symbiotic network of Agri-Tech and allied subjects experts, professionals, academics, and entrepreneurs for the benefit of students, young entrepreneurs, startup entrepreneurs and farmers from Maharashtra.

https://www.garjemarathi.com/Blog/newsletter_details.php?newsletter=GMG-Agri-Tech-Forum

Our Newsletter:

https://www.garjemarathi.com/Blog/newsletter.php

To Join mission Garje Marathi:

Please join mission Garje Marathi by submitting maximum possible and open to all details. (The profile will be visible to all)

https://www.garjemarathi.com/registrationform.php 

Watch two concise videos to understand our mission.

https://youtu.be/99TxA7sMktI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOpGHb1i0HM 

20 minutes is a long Video but I request you to watch.

This extemporaneous interview says all about what Garje Marathi Global is. https://youtu.be/9M7xRa9p87Q

Declaration:

Garje Marathi is a non-political, non-commercial and non-profit making mission. Each and every service offered by us is free. Garje Marathi will never seek any financial compensation or contribution from anyone.

The membership of Garje Marathi is free and will always be.

With Sincere Regards,

Anand Mahadeo Ganu , 001 7327897130, anand@garjemarathi.com

• Garje Marathi Global Inc.

(Non-Profit registered at California, USA, www.garjemarathi.com )

• Garje Marathi Global Foundation India

(Non Profit , section ‘8’ company registered in India,  www.gmgindia.org )

संपादकीय

नवे वर्ष नव्या दिशा ..

विद्या हर्डीकर सप्रे

दोन हजार वीस हे वर्ष एकदाचं  इतिहासाच्या खाईत अक्षरश: पडलं !  पण बारा महिन्यात अनेकांना लोळवून, अनेक उत्पात घडवून,  जगात खळबळ माजवून,गेलं !

आता नवीन वर्षाचं नवं पान सळसळत आहे! जीवदान  देणाऱ्या  लसीच्या सोनेरी किरणात   करोना संकटाची सावली  नाहीशी होऊ पहात आहे!  करोना च्या  जागतिक संकटात एकमेकांना साथ करण्यासाठी , एकमेकांना आधार देण्यासाठी ‘गर्जे मराठी’चा मंच विश्वव्यापी   महाजालावर ठामपणे उभा   आहे !  एकमेकांना आधार देताना, माहितीचं आदान  प्रदान, चर्चा, होतकरू व्यावसायिकांना मार्गदर्शन, आणि समाजऋण फेडण्यासाठी सक्षम सारखे उपक्रम आपण या व्यासपीठावरून गेले वर्षभर करत आहोत. गर्जे मराठीचे माझ्यासारखे अनेक सदस्य ब्यक्तिगत पातळीवरही  आपापल्या देशातील मराठी बांधवांसाठी आणि भारतातील मराठी बांधवांसाठी काही ना काही उपक्रम करत आहेत.

करोनाची महामारी सुरु झाली तेव्हा महाराष्ट्रातल्या .. मराठवाड्यातल्या  स्थलांतरित कामगारांसाठी शिधावाटपाचा प्रकल्प करताना  मला विलक्षण अनुभव आले.. पुण्याजवळच्या वेल्हे भागातल्या बचतगटाच्या महिला “कमी तिथे आम्ही” म्हणत पदर बांधून उभा राहिल्या आणि जनजागृती पासून ते  खेड्यातला भाजीपाला पुण्यात विकण्यापर्यंत त्यांनी जे कर्तृत्व दाखवल ते पहाताना मला थक्क व्हायला झालं. मध्यप्रदेशात काम करणारी नर्मदालय ची भारती ठाकूर उपाशी मुलांची माय बनून त्यांच्या जेवणाची व्यवस्था करू लागली तेव्हा मला गहिवरून आलं. ..

तसेच पोर्टलॅंड ला काही स्वयंसेवक उभे राहिले. त्यांनी एक साधी गोष्ट केली. देणारा दाता , करोना मुळे आर्थिक संकटात आलेली लहान उपहारगृहे आणि  त्यांच्याजवळची  रुग्णालये यांची सांगड घातली.  रुग्णालयातील करोना योद्धयांच्या दुपारच्या जेवणाची व्यवस्था त्यातून होऊ लागली ! महाराष्ट्र, मध्यप्रदेश आणि पोर्टलॅंड ( अमेरिका) या तिन्ही ठिकाणच्या कामाची मी केवळ साक्षी नाही तर या कामांना  सक्रीय हातभार लावण्याची संधी मला मिळते आहे. हे अनुभव गर्जे मराठीच्या मित्राना सांगावेत, जमलं तर थोडी प्रेरणा त्यांनाही द्यावी, म्हणून  हा लेखनप्रपंच !

कारण  लस येऊन विषाणू मेला तरी त्याचे दूरगामी परिणाम भयंकर होणार आहेत. त्यातल्या   आर्थिक परिणामाँचे एक उदाहरण म्हणजे  भारतातील मुलांची शॅक्षणिक उपासमार आणि शाळा बंद पडण्याचे संकट ! यासाठी सक्षम ची मोहीम फार उपयुक्त ठरणार आहेच. पण अन्य संस्थानी सुरु केलेल्या काही प्रकल्पांचाही उल्लेख केला पाहिजे.. ज्ञान प्रबोधिनी फौंडेशन या आमच्या अमेरिकेतील संस्थेच्या वतीने    ‘लर्न  इंडिया’   ही  मोहीम  सुरु केली आहे.  “दिल्याने होत आहे रे आधी दिलेची पाहिजे” हे सूत्र  आहे. डिसेम्बर हा देण्याचा महिना .. तर जानेवारीची संक्रान्तीची देण्याची परंपरा.. “घेणाऱ्याने एक दिवस देणाऱ्याचे हात व्हावे” अशी ती  देण्याची परंपरा आपण येत्या वर्षातही जिवंत ठेवूया. आपापल्या परीने लहान मोठे उपक्रम करूया.. “सर्वेS त्र  सुखिन: सन्तु ।” चा मंत्र म्हणत  जुन्या वर्षाला पाठमोरं  होत  होत.. नव्या वर्षाचं स्वागत करूया..

सोनेरी सळसळत्या उत्साहानं नव्या सूर्याला सामोरं होऊया.. !

विद्या हर्डीकर सप्रे       

संपादकीय

Happy Birthday to you, Padma Vibhushan Dr. Raghunath Mashelkar

www.gmgindia.org

It was an amazing talk! : Written by Sunil Kulkarni Tokyo

Deepak Shinde: Outstanding Contribution Award.

3rd PBD Conference Samir Ketkar,

AI and Deep Learning in Real World Ruplai Deshpande

Innovation Intellectual Property IP Dr Sanjay Bhandari PhD

Ranuka Phadke in conversation with Pradnya Punekar

“Miles To Go Before I Sleep” Prof Ganesh Hingmire Bsc, LLB, LLM,

Dr. Amit Telang ji “Opportunities for cooperation in Healthcare sector in the post Covid world ”

Sanjay Tambe

Rohit Sathe

Entrepreneurial Wisdom: Sanjeev Chitre

Success Story Garje Marathi AI mentoring

Garje Marathi Global Technocrats

Lead By Example Ravindra Kolhe

101 Ph. D. DEGREES SUPERVISED AS A SINGLE SUPERVISOR

Agricultural Industry Insights with Avinash Deshmukh

Ashwini Mokashi Keeps the Blood Flowing

GMG Saksham AI program

Mentoring in AI by Ajit Jaokar

GMG Agri-Tech Workshop

Happy Birthday to you, Padma Vibhushan Dr. Raghunath Mashelkar

पद्मविभूषण डॉ रघुनाथ माशेलकर

०१ जानेवारी वाढदिवसाच्या हार्दिक शुभेच्छा

जीवेत शरद: शतम

" Dear Padma Vibhushan Dr. Mashelkar, 

www.gmgindia.org

Garje Marathi Global Foundation is Non- Profit company, registered under section 8(1)(a), (b) and (c) of the Indian Companies Act, 2013.

Sanjiv Brahme and Sanjay Dhavalika are founders of  GMG Foundation , the India Chapter of Garje Marathi Global.

This chapter is formed to lead and control all India focused activities of Garje Marathi Global , such as . GMG Saksham, GMG Agri-tech and others.

The chapter’s website is developed by Ninad Pradhan of Marathi-Shrushti. The site is live from 01 Jan 2021. 

For more information visit www.gmgindia.org

It was an amazing talk! : Written by Sunil Kulkarni Tokyo

The other day there was a talk organized by Garje marathi & the speaker was none other than Dr. Prof. Mashelkar. In his talk the line that caught my attention was "Scarcity and high aspiration is a potent combination" and that when he was a child he was experiencing the scarcity while his mother induced aspiration by probing/pushing him towards learning and higher education.  (her mission was to have him reach the highest degree that can be achieved - so when he told her that he did his masters by then she  had found that there is something called PhD and she inspired him / asked him to do it and so on) .. It was an amazing talk !

While listening to it, I realized that when we were trying to inspire or motivate our kids or induce aspiration, we were wrongly trying to tell about scarcity (that we had seen but which they didnt see). We often would tell them about the chawls, cycle, travel by bus and ration shop etc while they would be puzzled (as they experienced none). On the other hand we should have focused more on aspiration side - which can be still seen and observed. It need not be just Bill Gates or Tatas etc. It could be the doctor in your family circle who worked throughout the pandemic or the cousin who joined military leaving a corporate job or the ISRO scientist who launched the satellites and so on..

Aspiring to better yourself continuously or aspiring for something bigger and better with a noble cause in itself could be a good inspiration and motivator..

Secondly we can cover up for the scarcity part by rather giving more exposure - in terms of travel / internships / visibility / experience of working with NGOs and learning on social platforms from early age and so on ..

Good aspirations and exposure to different /diverse things at a young age can also be a potent combination I think ..

Tiger moms (for good aspirations) and elephant dads (for good exposure) could be an ideal balanced combination ..

Deepak Shinde: Outstanding Contribution Award.

The 10th Conference and Exhibition - China Sourcing Summit On Petroleum & Chemical Equipment ( CSSOPE 2020), jointly organized by TOPCO and Alibaba Group, was conducted # in Hangzhou China on 17-18 December 2020.

Deepak Shinde was facilitated by Outstanding Contribution Award.
This year's theme was Oil & Gas 4.0: Digital Procurement and Supply Chain Management in the Post-epidemic Era.
Large number of domestic and International participants took part in the conference, like SINOPEC Engineering, Alibaba, Saudi Aramco, SABIC, BASF, Linde Engineering, Schlumberger, Marie Tecnimont, Wison , Wanhua Chemical, Enppi Petroleum, CNPC, ADNOC and so on. Presented to the august gathering, which in addition to large physical presence also had over large numbers of virtual attendees.

3rd PBD Conference Samir Ketkar,

https://www.garjemarathi.com/member_details.php?member=SamirManohar-Ketkar

( Founder Garje Marathi Muscat Chapter)

3rd PBD Conference:  Panel Discussion on India and the Gulf arranged by MEA, Government of India.

Samir participated in this important panel discussion recently as a representative of GCC Oman  & India relations with  strategic investment focus and its relevance for ensuring energy security of our “Atmanirbhar Bharat” vision.

The main part of his viewpoint is covered in 12 minutes clip from 45 minutes onwards for at this video link on :

Facebook: https://fb.watch/2j0PnSnzlo/

YouTube: https://youtu.be/50OsdzqGuw8

Jai Hind!

Samir Ketkar,

Upstream Economics & Strategy Consulting practice, EMEA

(based in MiddleEast/Muscat).

AI and Deep Learning in Real World Ruplai Deshpande

https://youtu.be/r2mWOEsEYps

Rupali Deshpande - Global Partner Business Manager, Medical Instruments, NVIDIA In this talk, Ananth and Rupali From NVIDIA will dive deeper into one of the modern approaches of AI – Deep Learning (DL). This talk will cover basic fundamentals of DL, how the DL ecosystem has evolved, how different industries are adopting this technology including for the fight against COVID-19 and how it is changing and impacting the world in 2020. Tune-in and learn about building relevant skillsets and ways to be part of this new industrial revolution.

Innovation Intellectual Property IP Dr Sanjay Bhandari PhD

https://youtu.be/f0ozDjmbAKs

- What is "Intellectual Property(IP)" and what are the different forms of IP

- Why is Innovation & Intellectual Property so critical for the growth of your organization

- How to spur innovation and strategies for filing patents

Dr. Sanjay Bhandari: Semiconductor industry Executive with over 27 years of Industry experience in building and managing global development teams. Exemplary track record of delivering commercially successful products leading to high volume shipment in fast paced environments.

Ranuka Phadke in conversation with Pradnya Punekar

Mrs. Renuka Phadke , MSc CeMap Owner and Director of V R Mortgage Solutions Ltd

https://youtu.be/f1WO9ioLo6M

Renukas Phadke

( https://www.garjemarathi.com/member_details.php?member=Renuka-Phadke ) Interviewed by Pradny Punekar, leading member of Garje Marathi UK Chapter,

“Miles To Go Before I Sleep” Prof Ganesh Hingmire Bsc, LLB, LLM,

https://youtu.be/g7JxXeEKL8A

Interviewer : Anand Ganu, Founder President Garje Marathi Global Inc. www.garjemarathi.com Prof. Ganesh Hingmire (https://www.garjemarathi.com/member_details.php?member=Ganesh-Hingmire)

"Law Professor of The Year 2020 (IPR), By Indian National Bar Association!

Dr. Amit Telang ji “Opportunities for cooperation in Healthcare sector in the post Covid world ”

https://youtu.be/fjp2AFthfUk

“Opportunities for cooperation in Healthcare sector in the post-Covid world.” Hon’ble Dr. Amit Telang MBBS MD, Consul General of India, Frankfurt_ - Organized by Garje Marathi Global www.garjemarathi.com

Sanjay Tambe “Opportunities for cooperation in Healthcare sector in the post Covid world ”

https://youtu.be/D9Spa4q_nJE

Rohit Sathe “Opportunities for cooperation in Healthcare sector in the post Covid world ”

https://youtu.be/6Iwky1F7Rgs

Entrepreneurial Wisdom: Sanjeev Chitre

https://youtu.be/KS5VumyCs-Y

Sanjeev has had a tremendously successful industry career of starting, growing, and executing the liquidity of several small and medium size companies. In 2004, he founded The U-Group LLC, a strategic and M & A advisory firm focused on Exit-Engineered Execution including cross border leverage in transactions. The U-Group LLC has successfully implemented several value-enhanced exits for medium sized technology firms through product, technology, market expansion, and financial re-positioning in both domestic and global markets. 

Success Story Garje Marathi AI mentoring

https://www.garjemarathi.com/Blog/newsletter_details.php?newsletter=Success-Story-Garje-Marathi-AI-mentoring-

Garje Marathi Global Technocrats:

Association of Bio-Health-Pharma technocrats

GMG Technocrats: The Association of Bio-Health-Pharma technocrats  was officially launched on  19 December 2020 by Hon'ble Dr. Amit Telang Consul General of India Frankfurt.

https://www.garjemarathi.com/Blog/newsletter_details.php?newsletter=GMG-Technocrats-

Lead By Example Ravindra Kolhe

Ravindra Kolhe MD. PhD. FCAP. Vice Chairman, Pathology. Physician | Scientist | Educator. Augusta, Georgia, United States

https://www.garjemarathi.com/Blog/newsletter_details.php?newsletter=Lead-By-Example-

101 Ph. D. DEGREES SUPERVISED AS A SINGLE SUPERVISOR

Padmashree Professor (Dr). Ganpati Yadav

B.Chem. Eng. Ph.D. (Tech.), D.Sc. (Hon. Causa, DYPK), FTWAS, FNA, FASc, FNASc, FNAE, FRSC (UK), FISTE, FIChemE (UK), FIIChE, FICS

Garje Marathi is blessed to have Prof. Ganapati D. Yadav as our ‘Guide- Mentor’ (https://www.garjemarathi.com/member_details.php?member=Ganpati-Yadav )

EMERITUS PROFESSOR OF EMINENCE

J.C. Bose  National Fellow (Govt. of India)

Former Vice Chancellor and R.T. Mody Distinguished Professor and Tata Chemicals Darbari Seth Distinguished Professor of Innovation and Leadership

INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY MUMBAI

Padmashri Awardee

Conjoint Professor, University of New Castle, Australia

Adjunct Professor, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada

Adjunct Professor, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia

Founding Chair, ACS India International Chapter

President, Maharashtra Academy of Sciences

Former President, Catalysis Society of India

Former President, Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers

Council Member, Indian National Science Academy (2019-)

In top 0.2% of researchers in Physical Chemistry in the World, at No. 66 (Stanford Uni Nov 2020)

https://www.garjemarathi.com/Blog/newsletter_details.php?newsletter=101-Ph.-D.-DEGREES-SUPERVISED-AS-A-SINGLE-SUPERVISOR-

Agricultural Industry Insights with Avinash Deshmukh

Avinash Deshmukh

https://www.garjemarathi.com/member_details.php?member=Avinash%20-Deshmukh

https://www.garjemarathi.com/Blog/newsletter_details.php?newsletter=Agricultural-Industry-Insights-with-Avinash-Deshmukh

Ashwini Mokashi Keeps the Blood Flowing

First Responder Spotlight: Ashwini Mokashi Keeps the Blood Flowing

Ashwini Mokashi

https://www.garjemarathi.com/member_details.php?member=Ashwini-Mokashi

https://www.garjemarathi.com/Blog/newsletter_details.php?newsletter=Ashwini-Mokashi-Keeps-the-Blood-Flowing

GMG Saksham AI program

 Program Leader: Prof. Ajit Jaokar London, UK

Organized By Garje Marathi Global Innovation Academy

https://www.garjemarathi.com/Blog/newsletter_details.php?newsletter=GMG-Saksham-AI-program-

Mentoring in AI by Ajit Jaokar

After successful completion of first program ‘Mentoring in AI’ (https://www.garjemarathi.com/Blog/newsletter_details.php?newsletter=Success-Story-Garje-Marathi-AI-mentoring- ) Prof. Ajit Jaokar announces second program ‘Mentoring in AI’.

His noble mission ‘Give Back’ continues.

https://www.garjemarathi.com/Blog/newsletter_details.php?newsletter=Mentoring-in-AI-by-Prof.-Ajit-Jaokar

GMG Agri-Tech Forum

The forum is  a symbiotic network of Agri-Tech and allied subjects experts, professionals, academics, and entrepreneurs for the benefit of students, young entrepreneurs, startup entrepreneurs and farmers from Maharashtra.

https://www.garjemarathi.com/Blog/newsletter_details.php?newsletter=GMG-Agri-Tech-Forum

GMG Agri-Tech Workshop 

Garje Marathi Global ( www.garjemarathi.com ) has organized four weeks Agri-Tech workshop for the benefit of students, young entrepreneurs, startup entrepreneurs and farmers from Maharashtra.

https://www.garjemarathi.com/Blog/newsletter_details.php?newsletter=Garje-Marathi-Global--Agri-Tech-Workshop-

अंकासाठी लेखन पाठवण्यास संपर्क: editor@garjemarathi.com 

अंक दर  महिन्याला   प्रसिद्ध होतो.

अंकात व्यक्त झालेल्या विचारांशी आणि मतांशी संपादक सहमत असतातच असे नाही.

                                                गौरव या अंकासाठी काही सूचना 

• या अंकासाठी आलेल्या सर्व लेखनाची पोच  देणे वेळेअभावी  शक्य होणार नाही. 
• या अंकासाठी आलेल्या लेखांवर संपादकीय संस्करणे करण्याचे  आणि निवड करण्याचे सर्वाधिकार संपादकांकडे रहातील.
• अंकातील कोणताही मजकूर, छायाचित्रे, ऑडिओ , व्हीडीओ   कोणत्याही प्रकारे अथवा माध्यमात पुन्हा व्यक्त करण्यासाठी लेखकांची अथवा संपादकांची  लेखी अनुमती आवश्यक आहे.
• अनुमतीने पूर्वमुद्रित करतानाही “गर्जे मराठी” आणि “गौरव” चा उल्लेख केल्यास आनंद होईल.
• गौरव साठी साहित्य पाठवताना ते स्वतः:चे असावे आणि ते पूर्व पसिद्ध झाले असल्यास मूळ प्रसिद्धी चा दिनांक आणि नियतकालिक अथवा माध्यमाचे नाव संपादकांना कळवावे. 
• अन्य लेखकांचे साहित्य पाठवल्यास, कृपया त्या मूळ लेखकांची अनुमती घ्यावी. आपल्या साहित्यात कोणाची अवतरणे घातल्यास कृपया मूळ लेखकाचा उल्लेख योग्य प्रकारे  करावा.     

GMG Agri-Tech Workshop  

Garje Marathi Global ( www.garjemarathi.com) has organized four weeks Agri-Tech workshop for the benefit of students, young entrepreneurs, startup entrepreneurs and farmers from Maharashtra.

• To encourage digitization in agriculture: robotics, sensors, and Big Data analytics platforms
• To promote Urban/Indoor farming, soil-less farming and Hydroponic farming.
• To guide and encourage students and young entrepreneurs
• To Mentor Agriculture startups: Idea generation, opportunity identification, finance, Incubation and acceleration.

Webinar Series:

1. Saturday 16 January 2021, 7.30 PM IST :  

Vivek Damle Ph.D Biotech/Agribusiness Management, Chairman SAVIDA Agri- Com Pvt. Ltd. Mumbai India

Ashwin Abhyankar Business Mentor, Ideas, IT and Execution San Diago

2. Saturday 23 January 2021  7.30PM IST:

Chinmay Soman PhD Interdisciplinary Materials Science Co-founder and CEO at EarthSense, Inc Illinois USA

Girish Chowdhary, Ph.D.  Associate Professor and Donald Biggar Willet Faculty Fellow, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Computer Science

3. Saturday 30 January 2021, 7.30PM IST :

Avinash Deshmukh  MSc Horticultural Science, VP Marketing - BASF Asia Pacific Singapore

4. Saturday 06 February 2021, 7.30 OM IST 

Dr. Mandar Godge PhD Plant Molecular Biology Research Scientist Singapore

Moderator: Ashwin Abhyankar

Mentors may assist the deserving candidates on individual basis beyond webinar series

Application Form:

The desirous entrepreneurs, students, farmers and individuals  from Maharashtra can apply in Google form https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc_249qxtABFrbwVGy-006hvXPrN8drVmNMQCdW5XxzCJLADA/viewform?usp=sf_link

GMG Agri-Tech Forum

The forum is  a symbiotic network of Agri-Tech and allied subjects experts, professionals, academics, and entrepreneurs for the benefit of students, young entrepreneurs, startup entrepreneurs and farmers from Maharashtra.

The purpose statement

• To encourage digitization in agriculture: robotics, sensors, and Big Data analytics platforms
• To promote Urban/Indoor farming, soil-less farming and Hydroponic farming.
• To guide and encourage students and young entrepreneurs
• To Mentor Agriculture startups: Idea generation, opportunity identification, finance, Incubation and acceleration.
• To create a symbiotic network of Agri-Tech and allied subjects experts, professionals, academics, and entrepreneurs. 

Founder Mentors:-

• Vivek Damle Ph.D Biotech/Agribusiness Management, Chairman SAVIDA Agri- Com Pvt. Ltd. Mumbai India
• Ashwin Abhyankar Business Mentor, Ideas, IT and Execution San Diago
• Mandar Godge PhD Plant Molecular Biology Research Scientist Singapore
• Avinash Deshmukh, MSc Horticultural Science, VP Marketing - BASF Asia Pacific Singapore
• Chinmay Soman PhD Interdisciplinary Materials Science Co-founder and CEO at EarthSense, Inc Illinois USA
• Girish Chowdhary, Ph.D.  Associate Professor and Donald Biggar Willet Faculty Fellow, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Computer Science

Garje Marathi Global invites Agri-Tech and allied subjects experts, professionals, academics, and entrepreneurs  to join the forum.

For more details, contact Anand Ganu 0017327897130, anand@garjemarathi.com  

After successful completion of first program ‘Mentoring in AI’ (https://www.garjemarathi.com/Blog/newsletter_details.php?newsletter=Success-Story-Garje-Marathi-AI-mentoring- ) Prof. Ajit Jaokar announces second program ‘Mentoring in AI’.

His noble mission ‘Give Back’ continues.

Fill in and submit Google form for application: (Program Admission by Selection) https://forms.gle/XxYYGDzsf1YrneyF6

GMG Saksham AI program

 Program Leader: Prof. Ajit Jaokar London, UK

Organized By Garje Marathi Global Innovation Academy

(Email your applications along with short CV to garjemarathi@gmail.com. Admission at the discretion of Prof. Ajit Jaokar)

•        Three month program starts from  Saturday 20 Feb 2021.

Introduction

Module schedules

Module details

Introduction to Core Python

Python libraries for machine learning

numpy

Pandas

ScikitLearn

Matplotlib

End to End Problems

End-to-End Machine Learning Problem: Regression

End to End ML Problem: Classification

Team

Ajit Jaokar

Dr Amita Kapoor

Kajal Singh

Aditya Jaokar

Introduction

AI is one of the key skills today. The Saksham AI mentoring program offers an opportunity to learn AI using your coding knowledge. Set up by education experts in the UK, the program has the following highlights

• We start three month from  Saturday 06 Feb 2021.
• The objective is to teach AI (machine learning and deep learning) using coding in Python
• We expect the participants to know some coding but not necessarily Python
• You will need a laptop and a browser 
• Team and acknowledgements: Ajit Jaokar + TBC

Module schedules

• Feb 1 Introduction to core Python (details below)
• March 1 Python libraries (numpy, Pandas, Matplotlib, SKlearn)
• April 1: End to End classification and regression problems
• Submissions as ipnyb notebook format

Module details

Introduction to Core Python

• Notebook interface(Colab)
• Variables
• Data types
• Assignment
• Decisions
• Functions
• Files 
• Object Oriented Programming

Python libraries for machine learning

numpy

•             Creating Arrays

•          Accessing Arrays

•          Other properties of Arrays

•          Performing operations on Arrays

Pandas

•             Series

•          Dataframes

•          Dealing with missing values

•          Statistics, Group By

•          Feature Engineering, Apply functions

ScikitLearn

•             Rescaling and Standardizing data

•             Model evaluation and metrics

•             Classification and Regression model instantiation

•             Regularization

•             Optimizing Parameters

•             Ensemble models

•             Building Pipelines

Matplotlib

•             Basic Plots

•             Customising plots, subplots

End to End Problems

End-to-End Machine Learning Problem: Regression

• Define the Problem Statement
• Analyse and Preprocess data
• Split the data
• Choose a Baseline algorithm
• Choose an evaluation metric
• Refine our dataset
• Split data into train and test

• Run baseline model on refined dataset
• Test Alternative Models
• Choose the best model and optimize its parameters
• Use to predict and evaluate 

End to End ML Problem: Classification

• Define the Problem Statement
• Analyze and Preprocess data
• Split the data
• Choose baseline algorithm
• Train and Test the Model
• Choose an evaluation metric
• Refine our dataset
• Test Alternative Models
• Choose the best model and optimize its parameters

Team

Ajit Jaokar

Based in London, Ajit's work spans research, entrepreneurship and academia relating to artificial intelligence (AI) and the internet of things (IoT).

He is the course director of the course: Artificial Intelligence: Cloud and Edge Implementations. Besides this, he also conducts the University of Oxford courses: AI for Cybersecurity and Computer Vision.

Ajit works as a Data Scientist through his company feynlabs - focusing on building innovative early stage AI prototypes for domains such as cybersecurity, robotics and healthcare.

Besides the University of Oxford, Ajit has also conducted AI courses in the London School of Economics (LSE), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) and as part of the The Future Society at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.

He is also currently working on a book to teach AI using mathematical foundations at high school level.

Ajit was listed in the top 30 influencers for IoT for 2017 along with Amazon, Bosch, Cisco, Forrester and Gartner by the German insurance company Munich Re.

Ajit publishes extensively on KDnuggets and Data Science Central.

He was recently included in top 16 influencers (Data Science Central), Top 100 blogs (KDnuggets), Top 50 (IoT central), and 19th among the top 50 twitter IoT influencers (IoT Institute).

His PhD research is based on AI and Affective Computing (how AI interprets emotion).

Dr Amita Kapoor

Amita Kapoor is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electronics, SRCASW, University of Delhi, and has been actively teaching neural networks and artificial intelligence for over twenty years, and she is an active member of ACM, AAAI, IEEE, and INNS.

Amita completed her masters in Electronics in 1996 and her Ph.D. in 2011.

During her Ph.D she was awarded a prestigious DAAD fellowship to pursue a part of her research work in Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany. Amita was awarded the Best Presentation Award at the Photonics 2008 international conference.

Amita has more than 50 research publications in international journals and conferences, and has co-authored four books, including the best-selling “Deep learning with TensorFlow2 and Keras” with Packt Publications.

Passionate about using her skills for the betterment of society and humankind, Amita spends her spare time in various AI-related IoT and healthcare open source projects. She was recently awarded the Intel AI Spotlight Award 2019 for her work on the early detection of Acute Myeloid Leukemia using AI.

Amita’s present research areas include Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, IoT, Deep Reinforcement Learning, and Robotics.

Kajal Singh

Kajal is a Machine Learning Engineer working with Machine Learning and AI projects for a large global consultancy.

She has worked on use cases like anomaly detection, sentiment analysis, classification, transactional AI assistants, complex big data processing, data analytics, document digitisation etc. Kajal also has been a part of multiple hackathons conducted within and across IT industries.

She is also awarded with Amazon Pride Card for her research contribution to “Women In AI” project of IIIT, Bangalore

She has won special recognition for her project 'Transactional AI assistant'. She also has been honoured as 'Master Hacker' in Makeathon at a regional level in India.

Kajal has also been leading a research project (non-commercial) working with a German company on pricing optimization using Reinforcement Learning (RL).

Her project involves working on RL on pricing optimisation strategy for revenue increase and customer retention using a mixture of algorithms based on Markov Decision Processes (MDP).

Aditya Jaokar

Aditya Jaokar is a student of Computer Science in London. He will be responsible for the development and evaluation of the coding submissions

First Responder Spotlight: Ashwini Mokashi Keeps the Blood Flowing

Despite the pandemic, the all-volunteer Montgomery Emergency Medical Services (MEMS) sponsored six blood drives in five months, thanks in large part to Ashwini Mokashi.                  

“We collected a total of 158 units of blood, which could save 474 lives,” says MEMS Sergent Ron Gerschel. “I am extremely proud of our organization for being able to have such a tremendous impact on so many people beyond the borders of Montgomery despite such difficult times. Ashwini made this possible.”

Gerschel also thanks The Montgomery News, township officials, and, of course, the donors, who also made it possible.

Considering the extreme strain on the nation’s hospital networks, blood banks are desperately looking for blood donors. Simultaneously, indoor gatherings’ restrictions required scheduled blood drives to be canceled, including the Montgomery EMS March drive.

As COVID cases and hospitalizations increased, the blood-stock in the hospitals dwindled, Gerschel said. Mokashi took on this challenge with aplomb and conquered it, organizing some of Montgomery’s most successful blood drives — despite the pandemic.

Mokashi simply says she got advice from her scientist husband about making blood drives safe for everyone. She then talked to Vitalant, the vendor that performs the Montgomery blood drives, and discussed plans with the MEMS executive committee. She also made a case to local newspapers, and then started organizing the blood-drives.

The response from Montgomery Township residents was tremendous. The drives were “sold out” a week in advance, and people would beg to get in on the list, Gerschel says.

Montgomery EMS was lucky to have been able to work with the Princeton Elks to host some of the drives, to take advantage of their extensive space. “Everyone felt good about doing something meaningful for the community,” he said.

Thanks to Mokashi, community members were able to safely donate blood during an especially needy time. The stories are heartwarming.
 

► One Montgomery man donated blood as a gift on his 50th wedding anniversary.

► A 72-year-old woman who hadn’t stepped out of the house for months, donated for the first time — signifying how important it is to give blood now.

Mokashi began volunteering at MEMS in April 2018. Within a month, she was organizing the blood drives. She also looks after the program of loaning medical equipment (wheelchairs and such) to residents who have a short-term need.

For a time, Mokashi also trained to be an ambulance driver. Even though she finally discontinued it, she says her driving skills improved to the point that her kids noticed, and they were surprised at how well she drove after four months in the program.

Fun apart, the emergency calls she took during that time taught her life lessons.

“Every call was an education on how people react in critical times, how they got into the crisis, and how helpless people can feel,” Mokashi said.

She says she realized her doctorate thesis in philosophy helped her to understand the practicality of philosophy — specifically how one can obtain happiness through perspective and positive thinking.

Her book, Sapiens and Sthitaprajna, was published in 2019. Her volunteer work with MEMS inspired her to start a business in 2020 called “Philosophy and Happiness,” where she coaches or counsels individuals philosophically.

She also is available for speaking engagements on philosophy. She plans to start philosophical workshops for young people and to advise organizations on how to streamline their ethical concerns.

In short, the EMS work goes hand-in-hand with her philosophical beliefs. She says she is grateful she gets the opportunity to help the community along with all her wonderful colleagues at Montgomery EMS. ■
 

Visit her website at: ashwinimokashi.com.

Source: https://www-themontynews-org.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.themontynews.org/amp/first-responder-spotlight-ashwini-mokashi-keeps-blood-flowing

Published with permission from Ashwini Mokashi

https://www.garjemarathi.com/member_details.php?member=Ashwini-Mokashi

Listen to Ashwini Mokashi : “Pursuit of Happiness in Lock down and beyond”, Hosted by Garje Marathi Global

https://youtu.be/9nZUwxabi60

Avinash Deshmukh

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Welcome back to the Marketing Expert Series! In this issue we venture into the fields and minds of some of the most important people on Earth: our agricultural experts. Most of us do not give much thought to how the agricultural industry works, and how they have adapted to the changes in technologies and consumer trends. Who among us has stopped to think about how the agricultural industry has adopted new technology to improve the quality, quantity, and sustainability of the food that ends up on our tables.

Meet Avinash Deshmukh, Vice President for Marketing for BASF Asia Pacific, a man not only passionate about the agricultural industry but also about humanity. Well-traveled, vastly experienced, Avinash has worked in agriculture for most of his life, and takes us on a fascinating journey of digital transformation and adaptation in an industry that we really should all be paying more attention to. 

Disclaimer: The views expressed below are personal and should NOT be interpreted as BASF views, although several references have been made to BASF.

Welcome, Avinash, it’s great to have you on our Marketing Expert Series. To get started, can you tell us a bit about yourself? How did you end up in your current role? 

While growing up in Mumbai, India, I visited my uncle’s farm every year during the summer vacation. This led me to study agriculture and has become both a passion and my life over the years. 

I am grateful for the  opportunities in my life, which has taken me around the world – circa 10 years in the UK while also working across Europe, around another 10 years in the USA, followed by 6 years in Germany, and now 4 years in Singapore looking after Asia-Pacific marketing. 

In agricultural business, I meet many farmers and associated colleagues. I’ve visited places that you tend not to find in the ‘Top 100 Must-Visit Tourist Places’ and I enjoy every bit of it. I have met farmers who farm more than 10,000ha and farmers who farm less than 1.  I find amazing similarities in all their passion for food production and their feet-on-the-ground approach. 

On a personal side, my wife’s support has been the most critical success factor in living around the world, travelling +50% of the time and bringing up our son in so many different places. Currently, my son is pursuing his PhD in Astrophysics in Germany and I am hoping that he will contribute to agriculture in the Space 😊.

Was there something that first drew you to marketing? Was it something you always wanted to do?

I started my career with a passion for agriculture and a strong desire to work internationally. Flexibility, attitude, and respect for humanity have been my key companions in this journey. I’ve been a salesperson, logistic coordinator, regulatory affairs manager, product manager, commercial (export) manager, strategic manager, a leader, helping M&A etc. I never looked at any of these roles as being less important than others. I don’t even have a formal MBA in marketing, and my MBA was achieved over 30+ years interacting with farmers, professionals, colleagues in real life across various roles & with differing responsibilities.

At the moment you work with BASF Asia Pacific, what kind of work does BASF do? 

We create chemistry for a sustainable future. We combine economic success with environmental protection and social responsibility contributing to the success of our customers in nearly all sectors and almost every country in the world. 

Our portfolio is organized into six segments: chemicals, materials, industrial solutions, surface technologies, nutrition & care, and agricultural solutions. I work for the Agricultural Solutions segment where we firmly believe that farming is the biggest job on Earth – and it’s getting bigger and more complex. The challenge is to give our growing population access to enough healthy, affordable food, while reducing its impact on the environment for future generations. At BASF, we not only take up this challenge but also aspire to  lead the way forward for agriculture by finding the right balance for success – for farmers, for agriculture, and for future generations. 

To sum up in 6 words: “The Right Balance For Better Yield”.

Is there something in particular you enjoy most about your role at BASF?

Several things actually, but to name just a few: 

First and foremost, the people-oriented culture & creative working atmosphere.

Secondly, the diversity of businesses, people and cultures throughout the organization.

And lastly, for me personally, the unmatched opportunity to interact, learn from and contribute to the farmers, professionals, and colleagues who ensure there is enough food on our table.

When I first approached you about joining this Series, you mentioned that agriculture is the latest frontier being disrupted by digitization. What’s it like working in the agriculture industry as a marketer? 

We could talk about this for hours. Digitization is changing the world at a much faster pace, especially with the COVID-19 situation. Although we use digitization as a generic term, I want to focus on three areas: automation, outreach, and convenience. 

Agriculture has always been people’s business and will stay that way, but the way we do business is changing. 

Examples of automation in the industry include GPS-guided farm machinery allowing precision sowing/seeding,  harvesting, etc.. Machine learning and algorithms are also helping provide prognoses and solutions for future problems, while computing allows us to access and record farm data.

In terms of outreach: traditionally, a new product training or piece of information was disseminated through face-to-face meetings. This method is time-consuming and less efficient. Today we can reach an audience of 50,000+ in one go through online platforms. 

With regards to convenience, many farmers can now buy and sell their produce at a click of a button. They can spray their crops using drones – making the operation both faster and safer for the operator. BASF has recently announced a joint venture with Bosch in the field of smart seeders and smart sprayer technologies. Additionally, through BASF’s Xarvio digital platform, we are already helping thousands of farmers identify crop-specific problems and solutions – all through a simple app on the smartphone.

Agriculture is undergoing tremendous changes this decade as many genius minds and organizations are focusing on this sector. Personally, I believe that all these changes will contribute to sustainable agriculture that we will all be proud of.

Has being involved with agriculture impacted your marketing style in any way?

Absolutely. I deal with farmers, channel partners, and professionals who live either on the farm, usually in rural places and small villages. There are many special  traits of the farming community. For example, this is the only community that consistently sees sunrise every day. In my travels many of my meetings have started at 6am. Also, farmers buy everything retail but sell their produce wholesale. And lastly, farming is still the most unpredictable, largest scale operation in the world that is totally at the mercy of mother nature – you can not control rain, shine, wind, hail, cold, hot…… I can go on 😊.

Having worked with this community over the years makes me appreciate their challenges, contribution, and needs. BASF is a trusted brand all over the world for that very reason, because every employee is in it to find that right balance.

Now, with the COVID-19 pandemic, has there been any strain on the industry? Have you had to adapt your marketing strategy to any changes?

Fortunately, agriculture is one of the least affected industries because food production is the basic need. That said, the industry has suffered from supply delays or additional freight costs, shortages, volatility in currency rates, trade barriers, low commodity prices etc. Closure of restaurants, public places, and state boundaries has affected demand for fruits, vegetables and perishables. I am confident, however, that the resilient farming community is overcoming these pressures.

For us, not being able to meet our customers face-to-face has been the most important challenge. We are adapting our interactions to online platforms, virtual trial tours, permissible small face-to-face meetings, and various other means. Digital Marketing has become extremely important, especially content creation. So we are adapting our digital marketing outreach. For example, BASF Agricultural Products has one of the largest Facebook follower communities in Asian agricultural markets.

What about for you, personally, when this pandemic is over, what’s next for you?

Well, first and foremost, I would like to see my family and friends face to face. Then I will take as much time as required to connect with the farming community “in person” and fill my lungs with farm air – honestly, I miss it. The majority of the food is and will be produced on the farm for the foreseeable future and I cannot wait to get out there to find that right balance for success – for farmers, for agriculture, and for future generations.

Any advice you’d give to young and aspiring marketers? 

I would not call it advice, but rather a sharing of what has worked for me. 

Flexibility, attitude, and respect for humanity have been my key companions in this journey. In any business, it is important to identify and resolve the pain points of the customer, and/or to create a new “wow” experience. It is vitally important that the marketed product meets the value propositions assured by an organization. Always remember that customers will ultimately figure out the authenticity of your product/service promise.

There will be rapid changes all around us but as long as you have a big heart, open mind and a strong character,  you will always come out better.

Thank you, Avinash, for sharing these insights and experiences. How can people connect with you if they’d like to know more?

You can always reach me at +65 8139 6153 either by phone or WhatsApp, or they can always email me at avinash.v.deshmukh@basf.com.

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