A personal note to colleagues,friends and well-wishers Published on July 2,2007 Dear Friends, This is a personal note which I believe you, as my well wishers, deserve. After many eventful and happy years with PricewaterhouseCoopers, I have decided to move on and do something new and challenging. PwC is in safe hands…
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Blue print to tackle traffic2
Blueprint to tackle traffic New blueprint to tackle traffic Jan 06 2009 A congestion-charging scheme was introduced in London. This resulted in a 26 per cent reduction in average congestion levels in central London. It also generated an estimated £123 million revenue in 2006-07 By Roopen Roy Excessive dependence on personal modes of transportation causes unacceptable…
Blue ocean strategy
Blue Ocean Strategy Blue Ocean Strategy written by W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne (both Professors of INSEAD) is a fascinating book of just over 200 pages. I first heard of this book from my colleague Frank Brown who was the global leader of PwC’s Advisory practice. Frank quit PricewaterhouseCoopers to join INSEAD as its…
Blog of Francine McKenna
Blog of Francine McKenna I came across an interesting BLOG of Francine Mckenna on the web and there is an entry about me!!! You will find this BLOG @http://www.retheauditors.com/2007/07/vote-of-no-confidence-for-pwcs-indian.html About her Francine McKenna Ms. McKenna has twenty-plus years of experience in the professional services environment, including tenure both in the US…
Bill Gates at Harvard
Bill Gates at Harvard Text of speech as prepared for delivery Bill speaks at Harvard Harvard Commencement President Bok, former President Rudenstine, incoming President Faust, members of the Harvard Corporation and the Board of Overseers, members of the faculty, parents, and especially, the graduates: I’ve been waiting more than 30 years to say this:…
Bharat, that is, India
Focus on Bharat,that is,India Unsupported embed ” India, that is Bharat, shall be a union of states….” First Article of the Constitution in India Bharat, that is India Roopen Roy “For us to think we can somehow deal with some of these global challenges in the absence of major powers like China, India…
An old debate
An old debate Lead us from darkness into light Roopen Roy Visva-bharati represents India where she has her wealth of mind which is for all. Visva-bharati acknowledges India s obligation to offer to others the hospitality of her best culture and India s right to accept from others their best. — Rabindranath Tagore Accountants are…
Analytics:the new holy grail
Analytics will drive performance By Roopen Roy May 31 2011 In our epic — the Ramayana, there is a thrilling description of how Hanuman saved the life of Lakshmana. In the battle of Lanka, Lakshmana received a mortal blow and was in a state of coma. Only ‘Sanjivani’, a powerful herb, found in the Gandhamardan mountains…
Amartya Sen’s Nobel Banquet speech
Amartya Sen’s Nobel Banquet Speech Short banquet speech Amartya Sen’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1998 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highness, Ladies and Gentlemen, More than two millennia ago, the poet Horace said, “It is lovely to be silly at the right moment.” Well, I plead silliness in taking this to be the…
Ahead lies
Ahead lies the ocean of tranquility Ahead lies the ocean of tranquility Oh my navigator- the moment has come to set sail! You my eternal friend Cradle me in your lap As we voyage into the infinite The North Star alone illuminating our route. Ahead lies the ocean of tranquility! Oh great emancipator Set me…