Strength is life

Social Health 3.0

2012-02-01T21:49:00.002+09:00

I have been super busy with work and my second book. There is a fair progress on both the fronts, work and book (work - working on new and intresting product’s, Book – completed my 1st chapter, TOC and plan). It’s been little over 4 months that I started presenting about Social Health 3.0 (application of social media to healthcare) to various leading healthcare providers (hospitals) in India.

The 12 rules of start-up

2012-01-11T20:32:00.003+09:00

It’s been a different school of thought at Infy and I am enjoying my learning here. The work culture, the ethics, the environment and the hierarchy @ Infy is a class-apart :). Every time I am confused about anything literally anything @ Infy I know whom to ask for help – Balaji Desikamani (dearly known as Mr. Encyclopedia at Infy MKTG). Life is fun and learning at Infy is phenomenal. The only

Facebook and Privacy

2011-11-30T14:14:00.002+09:00

One of the questions that have been haunting us in recent past is:” Is Facebook Doing Enough to Protect Your Privacy?”Over the weekend I have been watching some of the senior leaders of my company (board members) interviewed by various business channels. One question that was common to most of the senior leaders of this giant IT empire was: “Why is that you are not on Facebook or Twitter?” One

Sooo many things and soo less time

2011-11-23T00:11:00.002+09:00

Life is becoming insanely busy, there is soo much of work in office:My second book is eternally on hold (unable to pen single word)PhD - suspend for 6 months (reason: No progress)Paper to be presented - no progressCycling - frequency has reduced from daily to bi-weekly to weekly (I am hoping to atleast keep this going)Photography - I have no clue were on this earth is my cameraBuy Tab - rotting

A tribute to the Legend of our times – Steve Jobs

2011-10-13T13:41:00.003+09:00

Steve Jobs died last week and tributes are still pouring in for the departed soul. Apple founder is being called the best visionary of our times Steven P. Jobs passed away on October 5th, 2011 after a long struggle with pancreatic cancer. He was just 56 years old. We mourn his passing, and wish his family the very best. He was the reason many of us got into this industry, or even care about

Social media and healthcare

2011-09-21T13:47:00.004+09:00

I have been busy visiting hospitals and presenting my ideas/thoughts on application of social media in a medium and large hospital set-up. I have also been busy commenting and micro blogging on leading healthcare blogs and magazines.Today, I wrote about the social media and its impact on healthcare industry. The article was well received and published on Infosys blogs, follow the link below to

Google's Strategic Mistake or Smart Strategic move (Motorola Buy)?

2011-08-17T18:14:00.002+09:00

The most discussed and awaited tech news of this week: Google's $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility. There have been hundreds of post's on this topic, but most interesting and contrasting that I recommend are: Harvard Business Review Blog: http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2011/08/googles_strategic_mistakes_dro.html http://www.planonpaper.com/2011/08/16/

A quick personal finance Intro

2011-08-12T15:04:00.002+09:00

For people who are new to my blog. I have authored the first personal finance book tailored for Indian audience. Most of my readers wanted to know, if I have a quick reference PPT. Here you go: A brief introduction to personal finance for Indian audienceView more presentations from Raghavendra Hunasgi.

Google - AdWords - OMG

2011-07-25T18:26:00.003+09:00

For new people on my blog:I am a diehard fan of Google and ex-googler (ex Google employee). Please note the view/opinion in this post is completely mine and Google or its subsidiaries are not responsible for any information published here. (Typical disclaimer)Google is now making $3 billion a month in advertising — the majority of which comes from little text ads next to search results.You might

Rich life and poor death - a random thought!!

2011-07-08T15:57:00.002+09:00

I was reading the most recent blog of Mr.Schwartz and felt it was worth sharing. From last 6 years this question is bothering me and I strive hard to find an answer...We are fortunate to be part of IT bubble, the economy boom the rising India and a corporate living. To be more personal a 3 BHK house in Bangalore to live, a decent car to zoom, a designer brand watch, kid studying in an

A short bio on Mr. N R NarayanMurthy

2011-06-17T13:49:00.002+09:00

I have been actively following the branding blog by Ramanujam Sridhar. I personally consider him as brand guru in India and he is of course from my college.While browsing thru his blog I came across a very short yet beautifully crafted bio of one of my beloved leaders of this century NRN. I thought I should share the article with you all since it has great insight to this leader’s life and

India Celebrates

2011-04-06T21:34:00.002+09:00

Firstly: Congrats to all my fellow Indians we finally made it :)Midnight of 14/15th August 1947 was a monumental moment for this country. People celebrated the independence at midnight. In different corners of the country. But my guess is that the happiness would have been guarded. Many were, in fact, going through the worst in their lives. The scars of partition, communal riots, the

Best Customer Service - email

2011-03-05T20:44:00.003+09:00

Today I received a follow up email from the Customer Service Manager that was both personalized and unexpected. It knocked my socks off! I've included the entire email herein:Hello Raghav! It has been seven days since your order was shipped so hopefully your order #14077740 was delivered without any problems. We made sure to ship your order as QUICKLY as possible! I hope our service beat your

Bridging the gap between Sales and Marketing

2011-02-24T19:25:00.001+09:00

Since my B-school days I always wondered is there a gap or thin line of difference b/w sales and marketing? The answer is obviously YES. Is there a difference in the objectives of these two functions in an organization? The answer is NO. Though organizational goal of these two teams might seem different but end goal is: Revenue generation.Today I finished reading “The end of Marketing as we know

Social Media: Marketing 2.0 tool

2011-02-06T02:36:00.003+09:00

It’s been quite some time I have been juggling with this question where your social media strategy is? Are you and your organization prepared for Marketing 2.0 (M 2.0)?There is much misunderstanding between the concept and the tools—and the benefits of either. There is confusion as to why social media tools can’t be used just like e-mail, bulk mail and advertising. There are also power struggles

Running Vs Cycling

2011-01-25T20:32:00.002+09:00

So its been a long time since I wrote on my space here. The mundane routine of juggling between work and other essential things had kept me from coming here for so long.Finally I have something really interesting and worth blogging about. One of the new friends I have in Hyderabad (Vamshi) got a new cycle....this has been on my wish list for a long time now. I been struggling to prioritize

Dilbert talks about sales

2010-09-30T16:02:00.003+09:00

It is honestly true when it comes to selling your solution/product (IT products/Services) to a life science company - Pharma/Bio-tech/Medical devices etc. It also becomes lill difficult to convinence your internal (boss) and external customers.Making a good strategic sales presentation needs loads of efforts, better insight and also great team lol.

The Generation Gap

2010-09-18T20:26:00.002+09:00