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Focus on Corruption
Curbing corruption needs focus By Roopen Roy Apr 19 2011 It does not matter whether Anna Hazare is a saint or a limelight-seeking social activist. It is also irrelevant whether Pappu Yadav, a former MP facing a life sentence for murder, fasted in sympathy from his prison cell in Bihar, or that Narendra Modi wrote Hazare a…
Flaws in Leadership Culture
Flawed leadership cultures By Roopen Roy Nov 20 2012 FANTASY OF POWER? In the political arena, many examples of megalomaniac leaders are Hitler, Saddam Hussein and Kim Jong-II. In this April 10, 2011 file photo, Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi gestures to his supporters in Tripoli, Libya Charles Handy in his seminal work “Gods of Management”…
Fiscal Incentives to spur Innovation
Fiscal incentives to spur innovation Roopen Roy (Roopen Roy is the Managing Director of Deloitte Consulting, India. Views expressed are personal) We hate comparisons with China. But it is sometimes good to wake up and smell the coffee. India lags behind China in spending on research and development. The number of people dedicated to…
First follower advantage in start-ups
Published in the Financial Chronicle Smart idea? Tweak and implement By Roopen Roy Aug 04 2015 India is at the cusp of a startup boom. We have young entrepreneurs, a talented pool of IT resources and a large and growing domestic market. We need more job creators than job seekers. Therefore, India must become a beehive of…
Financing at the Bottom of the Pyramid
By Roopen Roy Oct 12 2010 In the era of “inclusive growth”, financing the poor at the bottom of the pyramid is not just politically correct but also socially desirable. Of late, it has become economically viable and remarkably profitable. There is, however, a great deal of confusion about the term “micro-credit”. The business models that…
Fare forward! Bengal.
Roopen Roy (Roopen Roy is the Managing Director of Deloitte Consulting. Views expressed in this article are personal) “O voyagers, O seamen, You who came to port, and you whose bodies Will suffer the trial and judgement of the sea, Or whatever event, this is your real destination.’ So Krishna, as when he…
Entry of Foreign Universities
Turning the entry of foreign universities into an opportunity Roopen Roy On June 24, 2009 the Committee to Advise on Renovation and Rejuvenation of Higher Education (a.k.a. Yash Pal Committee) submitted its 94 page report to the the HRD Minister Shri Kapil Sibal. It prescribed caution about the entry of “foreign universities” with…
Employment generation is critical now
Budget should be an avenue to employment By Roopen Roy Feb 17 2015 The 2015 budget is round the corner. The expectations from finance minister Arun Jaitley are sky-high. He can meet all those expectations only if he is a deft combination of Santa Claus and Houdini. He will certainly meet some of our aspirations by being…
Dreams from my Stalin
Comrades X and Y are sleeping in their hotel room in Athens when Comrade Stalin appears smoking his pipe. ” Greetings Comrade Y ,” says Stalin,” What are you two doing here?” ” We are furthering the cause of world revolution to shake off the yoke of US imperialism. We are making a concrete analysis…