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COVER STORY
CEAT
Cricket
Ratings
turns
20
2
Down memory lane
Call it two decades or one score years,
CEAT Cricket Ratings which has carved
a niche for itself as a leading rating
system in the cricketing world, has scored
highly in these years by recognizing and
rewarding ace cricketers from around the
world based on their performance.
The CEAT Cricket Rating was the first
rating system in international cricket
to recognize and reward outstanding
performers in cricket on an annual basis.
Conceived in 1995 by CEAT, the CEAT
Cricket Rating attempted to answer every
cricket-lover’s persistent and perennial
query – “Who is the best of the best?”
COVER STORY
It was a time when cricket was becoming bigger
and bigger and PMG and CEAT realized the
need to outline a method of recognizing and
rewarding the performances of the top players. It
was in 1995 when cricketing legends Clive Lloyd,
Ian Chappell and Sunil Gavaskar came together
along with RPG’s Chairman Harsh Goenka to
fulfill this long-felt need in the international
cricket arena. And that’s how CEAT Cricket Rating
was born.
The CEAT Cricket Rating stands out by virtue of
its simplicity. It comprises an objective points
system that awards points to cricketers for their
batting, bowling and on-field performances.
During the World Cup years, special awards are
given away. According to Harsh Goenka, the
CEAT Cricket Rating World Cup Awards were
conceptualized to pay tribute to the legends of
World Cup cricket.
“These cricketers have brought joy to millions of
cricket fans from across the world over the years
and it is a small gesture of honoring the spirit
with which they have played the game at the
biggest cricketing extravaganza,” he said.
Simplicity is the essence
The CEAT Cricket Year commences on 1st May
and ends on 30th April of the following calendar
year. The cricketer and team that accumulate
the highest number of points in their respective
categories at the end of this twelve-month period
are declared the CEAT Cricket Rating International
Cricketer and Team of the Year respectively.
The system takes into account overall
performances in batting, bowling, fielding and
wicket keeping. Thus, CEAT introduced the
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CCR Best Bowler, CCR Best Batsman, CCR Best
Cricketer and CCR Best Cricket Team as well as
CEAT Under-19 & T20 ratings.
To promote the CEAT Cricket Ratings brand,
Sunil Gavaskar regularly appears on NDTV 24/7
as cricket expert and also writes a weekly column
in The Sunday Times of India dedicated to the
CEAT International Cricketer of the Week.
There are several awards and ratings in other
fields of activity but CCR’s appeal transcends all
because of the popularity of the game and its star
performers. What’s more, it’s a matter of pride
that this system was incubated in India and by
an Indian company which speaks volumes about
their foresight and contribution towards the
game.
Cricket celebrities galore
CEAT Cricket Ratings was in the international
spotlight and received global attention when
Brian Lara, the renowned cricketer from
West Indies, was named the first ever CEAT
International Cricketer of the Year in 1996. And
since then, there has been no looking back.
When Twenty-20 (T20) cricket started becoming
popular from 2005, a new system called CEAT
T20 Rating was introduced in October 2007.
This system took into account parameters like
a batsman’s strike rate and a bowler’s economy
rate.
Sunil Gavaskar, who has been the world record
holder for the highest number of Test centuries
and one of the greatest opening batsmen of alltimes, is now the chief adjudicator of the CEAT
Cricket Rating Awards which felicitates the toprated cricketers.
Earlier this year in May, CEAT organized a glittering
event at Hotel Trident in Mumbai to celebrate the
success of the winners and give away the CEAT
Cricket Rating International Awards 2015. The
awards honoured the best of the international
cricketers based on their performances for the
year 2014 – 2015.
Speaking on the occasion, Harsh Goenka said,
“CEAT Cricket Rating has always recognized the
achievements of cricketers from the international
and domestic arena. This year, we saw a lot of
action right from India’s tour to Australia and
the recently concluded World Cup, which allowed
us to scrutinize performances across multiple
formats.”
Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara was announced as
the CEAT International Cricketer of the Year while
Ajinkya Rahane was conferred with the CEAT
Indian Player of the Year. India’s Deepak Hooda
was the CEAT Young Player of the Year. Dwayne
Bravo was conferred with T20 Player of the Year
award and Sri Lankan Left Arm spinner Rangana
Herath was awarded as Bowler of the Year.
Besides, Rohit Sharma was conferred the CEAT
Special Award for his record-breaking 264 against
Sri Lanka while West Indian all-rounder Kieron
Pollard was bestowed upon the Popular Player
of the Year award and Domestic Cricketer of the
Year award was won by R Vinay Kumar.
Cricketing legend Kapil Dev was awarded the
‘CCR International Lifetime Achievement Award’
for his outstanding contribution to Indian cricket.
In an emotional mood after receiving the award
he said, “You feel proud. You feel happy to get
a Lifetime Achievement Award. Sometimes you
forget that you played this game. You feel proud
when you come back to your surroundings, you
feel happy.”
CCR
2015
Bigger and
better than
ever before
Mumbai boy Rahane expressed happiness with
his award. “CEAT Indian Player of the Year is a
prestigious award. I was humbled when I learnt
that I would receive it. I enjoy my fame but at the
end of the day it’s all thanks to cricket and that
is my priority. It’s important for me to respect
cricket,” he said.
Dwayne Bravo was equally excited. “Now I am
very happy. Cricketers will actually look forward to
do well and make it to this award at some point
of time. I am very happy to be part of it. I hope
this is not the last time for me,” he said.
CEAT Young Player of the Year Deepak Hooda
said next year he would eye for the IPL award.
“Next year I will prepare harder because I have
the hunger to win the award again,” Hooda said.
Speaking on the occasion, Sunil Gavaskar said
that CEAT Cricket Rating has been a pioneer in
identifying and honoring the potential cricketing
talent of the country. “CEAT has also initiated the
Under-19 cricketing awards taking another step to
emphasize its commitment to cricket,” he said.
Over The Year
rs…
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Indian yet international
The truly international character of the award emerges from a glance at the list of its recipients over
the years. So far, only four Indians have made it to the list of International Cricketer of the Year.
These include Venkatesh Prasad in 1996-97, Sourav Ganguly in 1999-00, Gautam Gambhir in 20082009 and Virat Kohli, for two years, in 2011-12 and 2013-14. Australia has bagged the most number
of Team of the Year Awards in these 20 years.
Here is the list of the past winners of the CEAT Cricket Ratings’ Cricketer of the Year and Team of
the Year.
Year
Cricketer of the YearTeam of the Year
1995-96Brian LaraN/A
1996-97Venkatesh PrasadPakistan
1997-98Sanath JayasuriyaAustralia
1998-99Jacques KallisSouth Africa
1999-00Sourav GangulyAustralia
2000-01Muttiah MuralitharanSouth Africa
2001-02Muttiah MuralitharanAustralia
2002-03Ricky PontingAustralia
2003-04Brian LaraAustralia
2004-05Jacques KallisAustralia
2005-06Ricky PontingAustralia
2006-07Muthiah MuralitharanSri Lanka
2007-08Mahela JayawardeneSri Lanka
2008-09Gautam GambhirIndia
2009-10Shane WatsonAustralia
2010-11Jonathon TrottEngland
2011-12Virat KohliIndia
2013-14Virat KohliIndia
2014-15
Kumar Sangakkara
N/A
When you’re in your twenties, you’re really forging for your future. It’s supposed to be the prime
of your life, the most vital and the most beautiful. Well, CCR - way to go!
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EVENT
Field notes with
Brett Lee
And the cricketing action continued the next day. The very next
morning, CCR brand ambassador, Brett Lee dropped in to RPG
House to share his lessons from on and off the field as a part
of the RPG Confluence learning series. Walking onto the dias
with his winsome smile that already had the ladies swooning,
he made sure to win over the rest of the audience too with a
friendly namaste and aap kaise ho? Here’s an extract from the
conversation between Brett Lee and Sumeet Chatterjee, Sr. VP
and Head- Corporate Brand and Group Communication.
Sumeet: As the CCR brand ambassador, what was your
experience last evening at the CEAT Cricket Rating awards?
Brett: It was great. First, it’s great to be the brand ambassador
for CEAT. 20 years, they’ve been doing those awards and it
was a testament (to the legacy of the awards) last night, to
see the caliber of players and past players that were there.
Kapil Dev, you know, 434 Test wickets. He’s a guy I’ve always
wanted to meet and I had a chance last night to say hello.
Even Sunil Gavaskar. So to be in the same room as those guys,
those legends of the game was just incredible. I even played a
couple of songs with the band and yes, I had a fantastic time.
Sumeet: So among all your memorable wickets, which one do
you cherish the most?
Brett: Well, not because I’m in Mumbai but I think when
you get the Little Master out, Sachin Tendulkar! I remember
playing my first Test match in Melbourne in 1999, I’m running
in to bowl and I’m at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and I
see Sachin Tendulkar taking centre. It was like a dream…I was
almost ready to get my autograph book and go up to him
saying, can you please sign this for me, Sachin?
I thought I’d better not…
Sumeet: And what’s happening with the Bollywood career?
What can we look forward to?
Brett: I just did a movie, back in Australia. It’s a romantic
comedy, shot in Australia. It’s an Aussie film with a bit of
Indian flavor. I fall in love with a sundar ladki… So you can look
out for that soon…
Let’s just say it was one of those days when the Gods
descended to the Earth!
CCR 2016: Brett Lee joins the party
CEAT has roped in former Australian international
cricketer Brett Lee as the brand ambassador for
CEAT Cricket Ratings. Now, fans can look forward
to get set to engage with iconic former Australian
fast bowler Brett Lee exclusively on CEAT Cricket
Rating. As part of a unique tie-up with CCR, he will
renew his strong bond with Indian fans as he shares
his thoughts on what’s hot in Indian and world
cricket through regular text and video blogs. Also
keep an eye out for intriguing contests where, if a
fan’s cricketing trivia passes the test, s/he could win
loads of exciting merchandise autographed by the
man himself.
C
hatroom
TAKING A CALL
Analysing what goes into the best decisions
Here, we’re focusing on business decision-making at all levels of the
organization and the nuts and bolts of the process. A recent article
published in the Harvard Business Review explored the role of leaders as
decision architects and how they can course-correct decision making
patterns within organizations using various techniques. Let’s find out
how RPG responds.
What are the tools that you use in the decision-making process?
Subba: We use tools such as employee surveys, employee feedbacks, reviews by external consultants and
town-hall meetings to analyze the decision-making process.
Prameela: We make decisions, big and small all the time as leaders and managers and effective decision
is something that we develop with practice and experience. The tools that I have practiced and seem to
work very well for me in making decisions are the devil’s advocate approach and cost benefit analysis for
evaluating the possible alternatives and picking the best ones. This has helped me in selecting options that
take me to my objective quickly and effectively.
Lata: I find this 6 stage process very useful. The steps include first classifying the problem, defining the
problem/concern, understanding boundary conditions, decisioning, implement your decision and finally
seek feedback and improvise.
Harshit: Few tools which I use in our decision making process are multi-voting and nominal group
technique. Multi voting helps me to prioritize my key projects and new initiatives. Nominal group helps
me to brainstorm and create new initiatives that I should undertake for my role. Also, an important tool
which I use is data analytics which gives insights on how a particular campaign is performing and how the
particular initiative performed in past. I also opt for research and dipsticks with stakeholders that give us
valuable insights.
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Subba Rao Amarthaluru
Group CFO
Prameela Kalive
Head- Strategic Services
Zensar
Lata Pathak
Chief Manager-Corporate HR
RPG Life Sciences
Harshit Shah
Manager-Digital
CEAT
While making a decision, how much of it is driven by intellect and rationale and how much of a role does
emotion play?
Subba: We take most of the decisions based on data and hard facts in conjunction with managerial experience.
Scope for emotional decision making is minimized by ensuring screening of actions through multiple layers.
However, we do not rule out the value of entrepreneurial judgment and insights in decision making.
Prameela: I believe that decisions always involve interplay of rationale and emotions and it is not possible to
keep emotions completely out of decision. So while the tools help to make objective and rational decisions,
I often rely on my intuition to help me make the final call as I have seen this work for me most of the time.
When presented with different options, all often equally compelling, I rely on my gut feel to pick one of them.
Lata: As far as possible I try to keep emotional biases out of the process and try to rationalize the decision by
articulating the problem in the most tangible form. However some decisions do force you to take a judgment
call and can only be rationalized in due course.
Harshit: Most of our decisions will always be aligned to organizational priority. So, there is no room for
emotion. Some projects will have some stimulus from the changing environment, but the final decision will be
taken only once we are convinced with the data which has been provided.
While making a decision, how much of it is driven by intellect and rationale and how much of a role does
emotion play?
Subba: A well-researched decision based on facts and metrics definitely weighs more since it ensures that the
decision is not reckless, speculative or one-dimensional. However, we do realize that near- perfect situation
is impractical and thus ensure timely decision making by not waiting for 100% precision.
Prameela: That depends on the kind of decision and the business context. For transactional decisions, where
the need for speed of action is high and impact of the decision is not major, a quick decision is what I will go
for. For major decisions that come with long term impacts and consequences, a well-thought out decision will
be my option.
Lata: From a personal stand point, a well thought-out decision weighs heavier on any given day. I strongly
believe decisions or may I say most of our decisions should be well thought out because these decisions impact
a lot of people - not only at work but also personal lives of ours and our loved ones. I firmly believe in something
the 17th century French philosopher Voltaire who was the 17th Century French philosopher: “No problem can
withstand the assault of sustained thinking.”
Harshit: I think it’s a balance of both and depends on the scale of the impact as well as investments in a
particular project. If there is a massive investment involved with change management expected across functions
in the organization, it has to be well-thought out one. In certain scenarios, the projects will be relatively simpler
and faster TAT is expected. In that case, a quick decision with basic data backup and dipstick is the way to go.
There has to be a strong basis in whatever route you opt for.
corporATE REPORT
Raychem
is a Great Place to Work!
Raychem RPG joined the august list of the top 100 Indian companies included in the Great
Place to Work list this year. This prestigious ranking is an annual survey of global best employers
conducted by the Great Place to Work organization, which rates companies through various
parameters to assess employee satisfaction.
Raychem RPG was selected from among 550 companies that had participated in the contest.
The organizers who inspected the work places also interviewed employees and followed a
rigorous assessment process before selecting Raychem RPG to be a part of the list.
An excited Ramani Kasi, President, Raychem RPG expressed his delight, “The idea was very
simple. It was to take Raychem from being a good employer to making it great. And to see how
far we have progressed this year, we decided to put our people practices to test by participating
in the GPW survey. And I’m delighted we’ve made it to the top 100,” he said.
A long journey
The journey towards excellence at Raychem began a few years ago with RayCharge, a program
which was conceived to take the company on a new learning curve with shared values. This
award comes as an outcome of this long journey. And the focus on people practices extends far
beyond the corporate headquarters. At IBD and at the Vasai plant, the spotlight is on creating
a healthy work environment. “Our teams followed procedures, practices and acted on them
tirelessly to achieve the desired objective,” said Deepak Kumar, Senior Vice President (IBD).
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So what makes Raychem a great place to work? In explanation, Satishkumar Deshmukh, GM, (IBD)
says that most of the ideas here get generated from the bottom of the pyramid and then flow to the
top which is something unique about this company. “The top level management takes great pride
in making sure that employees from all levels contribute in growing this business,” Deshmukh said.
At the same time, some employees like Nitin Sharma, Vice President (IT & BD) feel encouraged by
the entrepreneurial culture, the freedom to start new projects, collaboration with new teams and
making sure that the hard work bears fruit.
“I am so excited to be part of the Raychem journey of becoming good to great. I am pretty sure that
Raychem will soon become the Greatest Place to Work,” said Sharma.
With the pillars of trust, pride and camaraderie deeply imbibed in the organization, it’s no surprise
that the employees consider this award almost a personal achievement. “I feel extremely proud
to be associated with this Great Place To Work. I feel the award is extremely justified,” said Babu
Bhaskaran, Divisional Manager, HR.
Harmony in diversity
It is not an easy task to achieve harmony in a work atmosphere when so many employees come
from diverse cultures. Under such circumstances, it may become challenging for the management
team to achieve a common goal. “Putting all employees in a common culture has been a great effort
in building a strong organization,” said PS Shankara Raman, Vice President (IBD).
The opportunity of career progression is enormous at Raychem RPG. Here, many employees have
mastered varied skills and have been given due recognition for their hard work and dedication.
For instance, Daisy Dotivala who has been with the company for more than thirty years. She was
initially employed to work in the secretarial office from where she was moved to the back office
where she handled sales. From there she was given an opportunity to work in the HR department.
She was eventually transferred again to her current role in corporate communications.
“I enjoyed my experience and I always felt that Raychem RPG was a great place to work,” she said
with a smile.
And now, Raychem RPGians are eager for the next challenge. “It was waiting to happen. Now that
we have got it, we want to further build on it,” said Amit Bhatia, Senior Vice President (EPD).
FoCUS
Taking the people
story forward...
T
he people story at RPG entered a new phase with the new head of Group HR,
S. Venkatesh taking over from Dr. Arvind Agrawal who retired after a spectacular
innings of fifteen years. Better known to us as Venky, he brings with him over 28 years
of rich experience across MNCs, diversified Indian business groups, private equity
and consulting. After completing his Masters degree in Personnel Management
from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Venky went on to work for marquee
companies like ITC, PowerGen Plc, BPL Innovision Business Group, Arvind Ltd and
Vedanta Resources Plc. He joined RPG in 2014 as Executive Director-HR at KEC and
eventually moved into the Group role in January 2015.
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Talking about his extended transition, Venky gives the credit to Dr. Agrawal and Chairman Harsh Goenka.
“What we’re talking about is a fifteen month transition and it could have gone terribly awry. But I trusted
both Chairman and Arvind to ensure that the handover happened at the right time. And Arvind was very
involving, he didn’t wait till I ‘took over’ from him, he kept sharing many things. Even when I was in KEC,
I would have a group perspective and we would talk about many things which were the need of the hour
and so on. I must have asked him thousands of questions but he always took it in his stride, never lost
patience,” he recounted.
Incidentally, these conversations formed the core of the bond the two leaders shared. “The best part
of working with Venky were the numerous animated discussions we had, often late in the evening, on
nuances of people at RPG and HR processes which define the unique culture of the organization,”
commented Dr. Agrawal.
Besides, Venky pointed out the immense contribution his predecessor had made to the people function
at RPG. “A lot of things we take for granted today, I’m sure he worked very hard to introduce them,
whether its 360 degree by all employees, most companies only do it for a couple of levels, but we do it
across all levels, employee engagement, the way the PRIDE system functions, he would have built it all
from scratch. So he’s left a great legacy,” he said.
As HR professionals though, the two bring vastly different approaches to the table. Still, there is an
alignment in overall vision and in carrying the RPG people legacy forward. “The one thing about Venky
that stood out, apart from his solid credentials as one of the most respected, seasoned HR professionals
in the country is that he is truly a strong champion of people. He wants to do things for the good of the
people in the organization and this is one value which bonds us both,” explained Dr. Agrawal.
Going forward, Venky’s dream is to work on shifting the culture of the group into an entrepreneurial one.
“One of the questions I’m trying to seek answers to is, how do we bring in the DNA of entrepreneurship,
what I call corporate entrepreneurship. You work for a company but you still treat it like your own personal
business. And as we look at growing our businesses aggressively and also entering new lines of business,
I think this trait would be paramount for our employees to have. And consequently, the way we measure
performance, the way we reward performance, all of that needs re-thinking and we need to do whatever
it takes, whatever is appropriate to take RPG to the next level,” he shared.
Clearly, the challenges he faces in the current phase of growth that the Group finds it in are different from
the ones Dr. Agrawal handled during his tenure. “During my years, I have seen RPG having to do different
things in different phases. For instance, during the turn-around phase, we needed to do downsizing,
in consolidation phase we had to exercise prudence in all our decisions and now in growth phase we
are planning with ambition. But one thing, I have experienced right across these three phases is our
continued commitment to values of respecting people and trusting their capabilities and intention to do
the right things. We did not lose this even during the difficult days of early 2000s.This is a strong lesson
and rich memory that I will carry with me,” reminisced Dr Agrawal.
Moving on, Venky is keen to focus highly on internal talent development. “For me, in the ideal world,
we should stop hiring from outside. I should be able to find all my talent in the hidden jewels here. And
business growth needs to facilitate that because only then can we provide the best growth opportunities
to our employees. To me, that is a logical end to whatever we do in HR,” he concluded.
Bull
Arjuna
Awards
Most
Valuable BrandsCEAT Sri Lanka
Brand CEAT has moved up 12 positions among Sri
Lanka’s top 100 brands as listed by Brands Annual
magazine, from 63 in 2014 to 51 for 2015.The brand
value has improved by 45% over that of last year.
Today, the brand is valued at Rs. 1044 mn versus
Rs. 718 mn last year, an increase of Rs 326 mn.
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This year’s Arjuna Awards for the
best summer interns went to Dinesh
Valiramani (NITIE), Ancy Varghese
(XLRI) and Shahzeb Feroz (IIMRanchi). The prize was a hard-earned
one coming at the end of a rigorous two
month-long internship across various
group companies. For the winners, not
only does this mean a cash award and
a pre-placement interview but also a
chance to see their efforts realized with
almost all the project recommendations
being implemented.
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CEAT signed a 3 year deal with BCCI as Strategic Time Out
Partner for the Pepsi Indian Premier League (IPL). Pepsi IPL
has emerged as the biggest cricket property in India and given
CEAT’s long term association with cricket, this was a natural
progression. This property allows CEAT to drive saliency
around the brand through which the company hopes to build
value for customers over this period.
CEAT is IPL’s
strategic timeout partner
CEAT also partnered with Pepsi IPL through multiple onground and digital activations during the upcoming season.
With plans to bring much value for their internal & external
customers through this association, CEAT conducted
intriguing contests on social media around the strategic
timeout among various other initiatives.
PGCIL
applauds
KEC’s
efforts
The third edition of the Annual Investor
Conference saw its highest attendance ever
this year with over 225 participants spread
across the opening address by Chairman &
senior management and individual meetings
with companies. Many high quality investors
from Tier 1 & 2 funds attended the conferencePrincipal MF, Apax Partners, SBI MF, Exide
Life Insurance, IFC, Amundi & Westbridge
to name a few. International broking houses
present included CLSA, HSBC, UBS, Macquarie,
Nomura & CIMB while JM Financial, Kotak,
IIFL, Motilal Oswal, Anand Rathi, Edelweiss and
others represented the Indian broking houses.
Once again, KEC upheld its promise of
superior customer service with Power Grid
Corporation conferring awards on them as
the best transmission line contractors &
another special prize for helping in restoring
power to New Delhi last year. This award
which came to KEC for the second year in a
row comes on the back of being recognized
by the state power utilities major as a
preferred partner with 31 ongoing projects
in various regions of the country.
RPG meets the
investor
communit y
About me: My life’s motto is simple:
Follow your dreams and become
successful. I need to, because I have
expensive dreams.
What makes me happy: Success and
recognition at work and spending time
with my family.
Food I cannot resist: Anything cooked
with milk.
My inspiration: My elder cousin.
Five things I cannot do without:
Spending time with family, laptop,
mobile, TV & my car.
About me: A fun loving person who
likes travelling & making personalized
gifts. I am a die-hard animal lover and
a big foodie.
What makes me happy: Spending
time with my pet dog ‘Dollar’, going
on a walk at Worli Sea Face, shopping,
creating handmade greeting cards &
gifts and trying out new cuisines.
Food I cannot resist: Ghar ka Khana,
Pav Bhaji, Gol Gappe, Aloo Tikki, Cheese
Burst Pizza, Pasta, Chilly Paneer, Hide
& Seek Biscuits and Blue Lays.
My inspiration: Dr. Daisaku Ikeda.
Five things I cannot do without: Phone,
internet connection, music, money and
perfumes.
My passion: To grow in life.
My passion: Adventure sports, bike &
car racing.
My motto in life: Work hard to achieve
what I want to achieve.
My motto in life: Be the change you
wish to see in the world!
My favourite movie: Perfume- The
Story of a Murderer.
My favourite movie: Rang De Basanti,
Queen, the Harry Potter series.
My favourite music/song: Any
romantic song.
My favourite music/song: London
Thumakda from Queen, Empire State
of Mind by Jay-Z and Ahaantein from
Agni Band.
RPG to me is: A place I will always
remember as I have achieved many
milestones while working here from
last 5 years.
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RPG to me is: A Great Place to Work!
About me: I am fun loving by nature &
I love being around people. I also love
helping people grow.
What makes me happy: Music,
friends & being able to express myself
amongst loved ones.
Food I cannot resist: Chinese…any
kind…from anywhere…at any time…at
all times.
My inspiration: My parents- they
inspire me to be a better human being
& professional every day. They give me
the confidence to be myself & to do my
best.
Five things I cannot do without: My
family, tea, music, travelling, good
friends.
My passion: My work is my passion. I
feel happy & satisfied coming to work
every day.
My motto in life: You always do your
best & God will take care of the rest.
My favourite movie: Top Gun.
My favourite music/song: Right now
it’s ‘Take me to Church’ by Hozier.
RPG to me is: Growth, opportunity,
inspiration & an avenue to meet
amazing people!
RPG
Enterprises
About me: A happy-go-lucky chap,
jovial and naughty.
What makes me happy: Reading
books, Googling, public speaking.
Food I cannot resist: Poha, garam
paratha.
My inspiration: Sam Walton.
Five things I cannot do without:
Internet, mobile phone, Post-its,
Economic Times.
My passion: Adventure sports,
meeting and interacting with people
from various facets of life.
My motto in life: If you try, you might.
If you don’t, you won’t.
My favourite movie: The Pursuit of
Happyness.
My favourite music/song: Der lagi
lekin, ab maine hai jeena seekh liya by
Shankar Mahadevan.
RPG to me is: A chance to learn and
grow.
Ashutosh Gupta
RPG
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