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A guide in your path to success
if your intentions are pure then you are bound to succeed and this book will just help as a
guide in your path to success.
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The Inspiring Journey of a Hero
Sub title: Learnings from the Life of OP Munjal
Author: Priya Kumar, Ram Charan
Pages : 224
Binding : Hardback
Publisher : Penguin India
ISBN13 : 9780670087471
Price : Rs 399
OP Munjal started Hero Cycles in
1956, fuelled by meagre resources
and an insatiable ambition. His
vision was to create an inexpensive
and effective mode of transportation for a
post-Independence nation on the move.
The rest, as they say, is history: Hero
Cycles went on to become the world’s
largest bicycle manufacturer.
This book chronicles the life of OP
Munjal through anecdotes from his
professional and personal life. He proved
that a people-focused management style
could be superior to the process-driven
systems of the West. The book is a result of
extensive conversations with O.P. Munjal,
Hero employees, dealers, and family
members.
Written for today’s leaders who is hard
pressed for time, the book has short and
lucid chapters with enriching thoughts
and striking illustrations driving the
message.
So, if your intentions are pure then
you are bound to succeed and this book
will just help as a guide in your path to
success.
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GOOD GOVERNANCE: NEVER ON INDIA’S RADAR
Author: Madhav Godbole
Publisher : Rupa
Price : Rs 500
is clearly divided into two worlds-the much touted “shining India”
signifying the glossy, superficial, highly westernized sections of society with
their extravagant lifestyles, and the “left-behind India” or Bharat, which
‘India
consists of the poor, deprived, malnourished, under-fed, neglected and
marginalized sections of society, residing largely in rural areas and in slums and
hutments in urban areas. There is an ever widening gap between these two Indias.’
In this concise yet wide-ranging book, Madhav Godbole delves into
what he considers the root of India’s socio-political problems: the lack of
good governance, which, he asserts, has never been a focus of governments
in our country.
Godbole traces the rise and fall of politics and policy in independent
India from the time of Jawaharlal Nehru’s prime ministership to present
day through a careful exploration of several issues—from defining the
concept of good governance as understood universally, to identifying
the highly problematic areas of governance that need urgent action and
emphasizing how changes in polices can make a marked difference to
governance in our country.
Author’s biodata: Madhav Godbole (born on August 15, 1936) joined
the Indian Administrative Service in 1959 and took voluntary retirement
in March 1993, when he was Union Home Secretary and Secretary Justice.
His distinguished career included assignments such as Secretary, Petroleum
& Natural Gas, and Secretary, Urban Development in the Government
of India, Principal Finance Secretary, Government of Maharashtra, and
Chairman, Maharashtra State Electricity Board. He worked for the Asian
Development Bank from 1980 to 1985. He has been chairman of several
committees including the Enron power project, good governance, right to
information, and management of international borders.
Dr Godbole has a MA and PhD in Economics from Bombay University
and a M.A. in Development Economics from Williams College, USA. He
is the author of 16 books in English and Marathi, of which nine are in
English.
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