Musings 'n scribblings of a philanthrope ..

A train of thoughts and writings on development, technology and the economy focusing on the socio-techno-economic-cultural surge of developing economies to regain and partake in leadership of the world. Written by George Easaw, member of the faculty of Business Administration of Allliance University, Bangalore, India. (This is purely an academic site, no commercial use is allowed. Photography rights lie with the respective organisations). Mention credits as needed.

Monday, September 14, 2015

HG Geevarghese Mar Coorilose of Indian Orthodox church, Mumbai..


HG Geevarghese Mar Coorilose,

The Holy Father who introduced me to pure orthodoxy, who in spite of all worldly forces around him tried his level best to maintain his spirituality and tried to be loyal to God and his calling..

We are praying that all those who schemed against HG will be put to realise the truth tomorrow, 15 sept, 2015, by the grace of God and HG will come back as Bishop of the Indian Orthodox church.

I know HG from 1981, when as Fr George Kurian he was the Gen Secretary of MGOCSM, guided us through the student orthodox movement and was my warden of the Orthodox Students Centre, Trivandrum.

Later when he made my son Jobin the altar boy at Goa St Marys Orthodox Church or at Powai church when he came for services as Bishop of Mumbai and we were in IIT Bombay, he never missed a chance to meet up and talk. I also had the good opportunity to take him to our house in Ponda, Goa at least on two occasions and give him food.

My sister Alice and b-i-law Geevarghese Vaidyan and their kids in Mumbai are also very close to HG. The only aspect I feel sad is that I never got the opportunity to visit The Gregorian Community in Roha, Maharashtra, which is the pet project of HG.

The very fast developments over the past three days on HG made me feel really bad about how politics even in spiritual organisations can be so very demotivating and silly ! We can only pray that God guide the Holy Church under his guidance and God give him the health to lead the church for many more years.

Tomorrow, we have to wait and see what decision the Holy Synod takes to bring back HG to the forefront. There is also a rumour that HG may be shunted out of mumbai. Let the Church show all care and concern so that a senior Holy father is not pained too much ..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=10&v=GxLOBGWhVzM AD 52 anthem of our church ..

Saturday, September 12, 2015

Leading SBI, the nation's largest and oldest bank .. Challenges ..

A lion(ess) of a leader .. Leading and transforming India's largest and oldest, 200 year old bank ..

Mrs. Arundhati.. made of steel and soft as a flower ..

Value of great leadership. SBI Chairman, Ms. Arundhati Bhattacharya ..

Leading and transforming a 200 year old institution in a democracy like India where labourers in public sector start a strike at the drop of a hat, is no mean achievement. And to direct the institution through modern times, enabling a smooth digital transition is a great achievement.

She has so many stakeholders to satisfy. First of all the customers, then the employees, the old retired employees, the central govt, the shareholders, the major leading industries of the country who sit on the Director Board, the board of Directors, the trade union leaders, the foreign and private bankers, the Reserve Bank of India, the global banking monitoring and regulatory mechanism, what not. and to glide smoothly through all these challenges without a hitch, speaks volumes of the leadership and ability of this individual.

http://m.businesstoday.in/story/most-powerful-women-in-india-business-2015-arundhati-bhattacharya-sbi/1/223468.html

If you look at her credentials. it is no great, no ivy league education and no background of science and technology. But having the qualities to take the bank through very pressing and modern times, where everything is going digital, is no mean task.

Some good leadership quotes .. Wishing her al the best for the rest one year more of her career ..

ge..

Friday, September 11, 2015

Leadership Lecture series, Google Hangout with Prof. Manu Vora, Illinois Inst of Technology.

One of the good videos played during the brief 50 min talk thru Google Hangout at Alliance University this morning, 11 Sept, 2015, networked with other Institutes across the country.. Pl click on the link below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDp87fxfXoM

Prof Manu spoke of Stephen Covey's 7 habits of Effective Leadership, Jim Collin's great research work on Level 5 Leadership, also about the eighth habit of Effective leadership of moving from Effectiveness to greatness, Tipping Point Leadership (Kim and Mauborgne's article in HBR of '03 on the Police Commissioner of NY city William Bratton's efforts to lead the NY Police dept) were all topics which came up during the presentation.

Influencing, igniting and inspiring ordinary people to do extra ordinary things is what Leadership is all about.

We look forward to next Google Hangout session on 9 Oct on Effective Teamwork ..

ge..

Thursday, September 10, 2015

M-KOPA, the game changer ??

Africa has the potential to generate 1.5 trillion GWhr , ie. a million MWhr or 1000 million KWhr (units of energy, costing INR 6-8/unit).

The innovative M- Kopa scheme has the potential to change the energy scenario in Africa as also other parts of the world, reverse innovation !

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/09/10/opinion/green-energy-for-the-poor.html?referrer=

George

Wednesday, September 09, 2015

Jerry Amaldev and Cornell University ..

Jerry Amaldev Sir ..

Famed Malayalam music director Jerry Amaldev Sir is the only Indian Director to get a PG degree "Master in Fine Arts" from the globally renowned and famed Cornell Uniiversity, ithaca , New York in 1975..

http://www.jerryamaldev.com/about_jerry.html

Here are some of his best malayalam film music compositions.. Kiliye kiliye and others for Manjil Virinja pookkal and other films ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVxlG7NbMo4 Kiliye kiliye ..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niJ_NnZo9fU Poovalla Poonthaliralla .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-eEkiAXdds Manjaadi Kunnil ..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53PJX_uNPok Onnaanaam Thumbi vaayo ..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28KM8kn9pN0 Kanninnu ponkani ..

Monday, September 07, 2015

ASQ Leadership lecture Series.. Prof Manu Vora ..

As part of the American Society of Quality (ASQ) Leadership Lecture Series, Prof Manu Vora from ASQ US would be delivering a series of 12 talks from US which will also be simultaneously attended by students from Alliance University Bangalore and 8 other Institutes and Universities a
across India over Google Hangout ..