Ye Meri Life Hai - Chirag Mehta

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Month: May 2007 (page 5 of 7)

The linearity of revenues and headcount for IT Industry

One bugbear faced by TCS and most of its Tier-I peers is what the IT industry nattily calls ‘the linearity of revenues and headcount’. In plainspeak, it means that revenue growth for companies such as TCS, Infosys and Wipro has become synonymous with employee addition. In TCS, for example, revenues moved up from Rs 9,727 crore in 2004-05 to Rs 18,685 crore last financial year — a 92 per cent jump. Headcount, meanwhile, has almost doubled from 45,714 to 89,419 employees.

S. Ramadorai, a TCS lifer and CEO & MD for 11 years, concedes that breaking this linearity is an important issue for the company. “We never wanted headcount and revenues to be linear. So, if we look at the number of people we had when we were a billion in revenues and the number of people we have now at $4.3 billion, you will see that the ratio has changed,” says Ramadorai who adds that the company’s focus on R&D will eventually help it break the linearity.

“So, the question we continue to ask ourselves is, ‘when we achieve $10 billion or $6 billion, should it be on the current ratio of headcount?’ And I believe it will be achieved more efficiently,” he says.

Does Infy holds a better Brand Recall than TCS ??

TCS CEO Ramadorai speaks on global brand recall.

  • Infosys holds a better brand recall among customers worldwide. Indeed, recently, the otherwise meticulous newspaper, the Economist, incorrectly described Infosys as India’s largest IT services company.
  • Similarly, TCS’ banking software product BankOne pulls in $120 million (Rs 504 crore) a year, but it is Infosys’ smaller offering Finacle that is better known

It was in relation to Experience Certainty campaign launched by TCS to achieve Global Brand Recongnition

Tata Elxsi’s VCL adds virtual reality to Ta Ra Rum Pum

Tata Elxsi’s Visual Computing Labs has provided virtual special effects for the Hindi film Ta Ra Rum Pum. The effects involved 800 shots displaying 3D people filling up a stadium, 3D cars racing on the tracks, smoke, fire and sparks and a 3-1/2 minute song sequence in CGI — with dancing bears, chocolate rivers and the actors Rani and Saif in a fantasy foodworld.

At first glance this two-hour action packed film, filled with fast cars and beautiful women, a family drama packaged in a slick  production, looks like a lot of special effects, the in-camera type, but very little CGI.

The reality is somewhat different.

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Inspiring Thoughts – Part3

The choice you make today will usually affect tomorrow.

Take time to laugh, for it is the music of the soul.

Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears.

Love is strengthened by working through conflicts together.

Harsh words break no bones but they do break hearts.

Bas Muskurana Chahatha Hoooon

एक ऐसा गीत गाना चाह्ता हूं, मैं..
खुशी हो या गम, बस मुस्कुराना चाह्ता हूं, मैं..

दोस्तॊं से दोस्ती तो हर कोई निभाता है..
दुश्मनों को भी अपना दोस्त बनाना चाहता हूं, मैं..

जो हम उडे ऊचाई पे अकेले, तो क्या नया किया..
साथ मे हर किसी के पंख फ़ैलाना चाह्ता हूं, मैं..

वोह सोचते हैं कि मैं अकेला हूं उन्के बिना..
तन्हाई साथ है मेरे, इतना बताना चाह्ता हूं..

Sweet Marriage Proposal

Ack :-  Manmeet R
When I saw your name next to mine,
In our wedding card,
I felt blessed.

When I saw you smile,
Seeing me in traditional bride groom dress,
I felt teased.

When I held your hand,
During the marriage rituals,
I felt responsible.

When you entered my lonely bachelor life,
And changed it into a heavenly abode,
I felt lucky.

When you showed the same love as I did,
Towa rds my parents,
I felt proud.

When you scolded me,
For neglecting my health amidst my hectic work,
I felt pampered.

When I saw you scream,
Crying out of labour pains,
I felt helpless.

When I saw tears of happiness in your eyes,
As you looked at our kid,
I felt blessed once again.

All these feelings have bloomed in my heart,
But are yet to blossom in reality.

As these are feelings I long to feel,
For these are still unfelt.

WILL YOU MARRY ME??

There is tremendous happiness in making others happy

Ack:- Divya Bajpai

Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs. His bed was next to the room’s only window. The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back. The men talked for hours on end. They spoke of their wives and families, their homes, their jobs, their involvement in the military service, where they had been on vacation.

Every afternoon when the man in the bed by the window could sit up, he would pass the time by describing to his roommate all the things he could see outside the window.The man in the other bed began to live for those one-hour periods where his world would be broadened and enlivened by all the activity and color of the world outside.

The window overlooked a park with a lovely lake. Ducks and swans played on the water while children sailed their model boats.Young lovers walked arm in arm amidst flowers of every color and a fine view of the city skyline could be seen in the distance. As the man by the window described all this in exquisite detail, the man on the other side of the room would close his eyes and imagine the picturesque scene. One warm afternoon the man by the window described a parade passing by.
Although the other man couldn’t hear the band – he could see it. In his mind’s eye as the gentleman by the window portrayed it with descriptive words. Days and weeks passed.

One morning, the day nurse arrived to bring water for their baths only to find the lifeless body of the man by the window, who had died peacefully in his sleep. She was saddened and called the hospital attendants to take the body away. As soon as it seemed appropriate, the other man asked if he could be moved next to the window. The nurse was happy to make the switch, and after making sure he was comfortable, she left him alone. Slowly, painfully, he propped himself up on one elbow to take his first look at the real world outside. He strained to slowly turn to look out the window beside the bed. It faced a blank wall. The man asked the nurse what could have compelled his deceased roommate who had described such wonderful things outside this window.

The nurse responded that the man was blind and could not even see the wall. She said, “Perhaps he just wanted to encourage you.”

Epilogue:

“There is tremendous happiness in making others happy, despite our own situations”
“Shared grief is half the sorrow, but happiness when shared, is doubled”
“If you want to feel rich, just count all the things you have that money can’t buy”
“Today is a gift, that’s why it is called the present.”

Inspiring Thoughts – Part2

The real measure of a man’s wealth is what he has invested in eternity.

Laughter is God’s sunshine.

Everyone has beauty but not everyone sees it.

Thank God for what you have, TRUST GOD for what you need.

If you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries of tomorrow,you have no today to be thankful for.

Man looks at outward appearance but the Lord looks within.

ABC of friendship

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Inspiring Thoughts – Part1

Anger is a condition in which The tongue works faster than the mind.

You can’t change the past, but you can ruin the present By worrying over the future

Love…and you shall be loved.

God always gives His best to those who leave the choice with Him.

All people smile in the same language.

Everyone needs to be loved…  specially when they do not deserve it.

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