Think Tank

‘The Long Road: Journey is the Destination’
By Dr. Vivek Banerjee
Cedar Books 
Four days back I started reading The Long Road, Dr. Vivek Banerjee’s debut novel. And now that I ended it, I have also ended up ordering three more copies of this book as a gift to my friends. I have rarely done this for any [...]

I had written before on my blog, about how I got an idea of making a social change by helping my colleagues in my office to donate old clothes and other items to the poor and needy (through an NGO). I started collecting material from colleagues about a month back. People used to call me [...]

‘Getting Rich Your Own Way’: Achieve all your financial goals faster than you ever thought possible
By: Brian Tracy
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 
A lot of books have been written on the topic of financial wisdom. Most of these authors are self-made millionaires (some are even billionaires) and that gives the required confidence to both the authors [...]

Forbes has brought out a list of World’s Most Innovative Companies, ranking them by a matric called Innovation Premium:  
http://www.forbes.com/special-features/innovative-companies-list.html 
Salesforce.com is ranked as world’s most innovative company. Amazon.com is at #2, confirming that technology companies will remain in the most innovative lot as a practice. Some favorites appear like this: #5 Apple, #7 Google. We have [...]

‘Designing & Managing the Supply Chain: Concepts, Strategies and Case Studies’
Second Edition
By David Simchi-Levi, Philip Kaminsky and Edith Simchi-Levi
Tata McGraw Hill 
Devid Simchi-Levi is a professor of engineering systems at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Phil Kaminsky is Asst. Professor at University of California, and Edith Mimchi-Levi is co-founder and VP of LogicTools Inc, a supply [...]

A very interesting article from Darren, who spent some time with the NGO ‘Goonj’ while in India. It is a kind of review of Goonj, as well as a feedback for we Indians :)  
I am sure you will find it very interesting. 
Someway, Somehow: The valuable lesson I learned in India 
http://www.vanderbilt.edu/magazines/vanderbilt-business/2010/11/someway-somehow/ 
Darren Gest, who earned his MBA [...]

‘George Soros on Globalization’
By George Soros
Publisher: PublicAffairs New York 
George Soros is an American financier, businessman and notable philanthropist focused on supporting liberal ideals. He also appears in Forbes Billionaires at #46 (#18 in United States). His profile at the Forbes website mentions, “He has given away more than $8 billion since 1979 to human rights, [...]