http://www.mindtree.com/subrotobagchi Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 18 Nov 2008 07:15:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The first time ever the Indian IT industry tasted a downturn was in 2001. That is when 9/11 sealed the doubt over whether the dot.com and telecom busts as well as a recession were all real. At that time, at MindTree, we were a less than 500 people. We did ... http://www.mindtree.com/subrotobagchi/of-the-melt-down-it-jobs/ The last few weeks, after the sunrise at Pondicherry, have been very hectic. I was continuously on the move - starting with an inaugural address at the NASSCOM summit for SMEs in Delhi, then a trip to Sagar near Jog Falls in Karnataka to be with the folks at NINASAM ... http://www.mindtree.com/subrotobagchi/at-the-nasscom-summit-for-small-medium-enterprises-sme/ It is five o'clock in the morning on a September day by the seaside, away from Pondicherry. I am perched atop a 40-foot-high rappelling wall in the middle of nowhere, overlooking the Bay of Bengal. I am waiting to catch a glimpse of the sunrise. The sun will not come ... http://www.mindtree.com/subrotobagchi/a-professional-for-the-future/ So, this week I am taking you to Trichy, the 2300-year-old, historic South Indian city that has been witness to dynasties like the Cholas, the Pallvas and the Hoysalas - not to forget invaders like the Moguls and the British and the French. Situated by the banks of the ... http://www.mindtree.com/subrotobagchi/boy-grocer-to-director-nit/ From a team building perspective, start-ups go through different phases in their early years. In the beginning, it is mostly all about the core team. Then comes a stage when the core team must expand its sphere of influence to a larger group of people who come to join in ... http://www.mindtree.com/subrotobagchi/of-start-ups-high-performance-teams-part-2/ After MindTree got off to a great start, Sudeshna Shome Ghosh from Penguin sent me a mail asking if I would write a book for aspiring entrepreneurs using my experience of co-founding MindTree. That is how my first book The High Performance Entrepreneur came about! I am glad I wrote ... http://www.mindtree.com/subrotobagchi/of-start-ups-high-performance-teams/ This one here - is especially for Rincy, Naveen and Gurudutta. You have been anxiously waiting for the Part II of our saga of the Prophet of the Bonsai People - Muhammad Yunus. So, here we go.... Professor Yunus, who made micro-credit a new chapter in money banking and public finance, ... http://www.mindtree.com/subrotobagchi/banking-on-beggars/ Yesterday I had the privilege of listening to the Nobel Laureate, Muhammad Yunus speak for the second time in my life. The first time, I had heard him speak under a makeshift shamiana in the courtyard of a village school on the outskirts of Bangalore. He was speaking to a motley ... http://www.mindtree.com/subrotobagchi/the-bonsai-people/ Thank you to all my dear young friends for visiting my Blog. For all of you, I have something special here. It happened like this - last week, I was back at the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore where the Class of 2006 had heard me deliver the "Go Kiss ... http://www.mindtree.com/subrotobagchi/visit-to-iim-bangalore-captured-in-an-mp3/ Dear Aditya, Abhishek, Basanta, Chandra, Chandu, Nikhil, Sreeja, Joshua, Joy and Veena and all of you who have visited my blog recently. Thank you to those of you who have left your thoughts on my Blog. I am sorry that I took a while to acknowledge - what with a daytime ... http://www.mindtree.com/subrotobagchi/go-kiss-the-world-in-hindi/