tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67810766545320099372024-03-13T09:07:01.130+05:30SAKETVAANILet's ignite the discussion...saketvaanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11074271863579071365noreply@blogger.comBlogger74125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781076654532009937.post-3224182109567618662020-05-17T16:28:00.000+05:302020-05-18T23:43:42.439+05:30Scaling up Indian Tele-consult Platforms – “7S” success Framework for Virtual Care
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In my earlier post, I focused on key success factors for driving “virtual care” uptake in India. This article would focus on framework that entrepreneurs / startups / strategists can leverage to saketvaanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11074271863579071365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781076654532009937.post-39669940807881893622020-05-10T01:09:00.000+05:302020-05-11T14:38:16.049+05:30Virtual Care – Key success factors for Indian healthcare participants
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After trying to predict the post-Covid era for Indian healthcare in my earlier post, it did emerge that “virtual care” may be a major focus area going forward. In this post, we will try to saketvaanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11074271863579071365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781076654532009937.post-69400125754418615732020-05-03T15:56:00.000+05:302020-05-03T18:30:31.948+05:30Predicting "post-Covid" era for Indian healthcare
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are my own, and do not reflect the view of my current or past employers. I may
not have copyright to any images in the post)
Developments over the past few weeks have been unprecedented
and with “health” at centre of Covid crisis, experiences are personal in nature.
Given the constantly evolving landscape, I thought saketvaanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11074271863579071365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781076654532009937.post-12249305044207102692013-12-23T01:33:00.002+05:302013-12-23T01:35:56.151+05:30AAP ki sarkaar : Will it succeed?
Those who follow cricket could relate to the scenario, “An underdog, not even having an outside chance, goes on the offensive and starts giving the opposition more than just a scare. Suddenly the underdog realizes that s/he can even win the contest. But that’s when the tide starts to turn i.e. the thought of success invites failure.” Some may attribute this to AAP (Aam Aadmi Party) as well whensaketvaanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11074271863579071365noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781076654532009937.post-61589270010076427082013-05-22T01:54:00.000+05:302013-05-23T00:22:14.077+05:30Why did Sreesanth cheat?
If the title of the blogpost gives you the impression that what follows is an investigational account of the nexus among bookies, players, politicians etc., then you are bound to be disappointed. So, in order to set the context, let me outline what this post is all about. This post captures my understanding of what behavioral economists have to say about “cheating”. The learnings are mainly saketvaanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11074271863579071365noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781076654532009937.post-43734678261263934992013-03-30T00:50:00.000+05:302013-04-01T16:56:03.548+05:30Healthcare cost: How much is too much?
My uncle, after undergoing a successful removal of tumor a few years ago, was recently diagnosed with abnormal growth of cancerous cells. It was a case of metastasis i.e. spread of a cancer from one organ or part to another non-adjacent organ or part. Thankfully the disease was manageable due to timely detection and availability of a suitable drug. As we move ahead I must clarify that&saketvaanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11074271863579071365noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781076654532009937.post-11576879131081806292013-01-01T02:00:00.000+05:302013-01-01T11:56:00.724+05:30Framework for containing "Crime against Women"
The New Year is knocking on the doors and despite many negative
occurrences in the past year, hopeful signs lie in store for the
coming year. The hope stems from the fact that the youth has risen and they
have shown appreciable calmness and intelligence despite being provoked by the politicians
and the police. While the effort is
commendable, unless some meaningful gains are achieved in this "saketvaanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11074271863579071365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781076654532009937.post-45650102393224031142012-11-10T14:12:00.000+05:302012-11-12T13:49:12.676+05:30Nepal: In turmoil or in transition?
During the early part of the last
month, I happened to visit Kathmandu for one of my consulting assignments. Given
that Kathmandu has been one of the major tourist destinations and there has been
some mystery attached with the Himalayan Kingdom, I was excited about this
trip. As it was more than a week long trip, my stay over there did help me experience
different facets of Nepal.
saketvaanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11074271863579071365noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781076654532009937.post-42385917579464814652012-09-22T01:13:00.000+05:302012-09-23T03:10:15.304+05:30Mr. Prime Minister, I will try my level best
A couple of hours ago, I happened to watch our Prime
Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, address the nation. Given the spate of criticism faced
by the government in the wake of corruptions and controversial reforms, the public
at large felt an address to the nation was long due. Even his self-proclaimed “khamoshi” (silence) that was meant to save the “aabroo” (dignity) of the corruption laden saketvaanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11074271863579071365noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781076654532009937.post-66887942968546033092012-06-06T17:08:00.002+05:302012-11-17T14:04:30.373+05:30Five major challenges faced by Indian startups
One keeps coming across conversations that focus on when
would India provide or start producing the next Googles or Facebooks? After all, many Indians have played a key role in turning the Silicon Valley as the global innovation-
hub. While nobody may have a conclusive answer to the question posed above but
nevertheless many startups have recently emerged in India, especially
in the field of saketvaanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11074271863579071365noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781076654532009937.post-49367422514192714092012-05-26T18:21:00.001+05:302012-05-27T14:18:46.431+05:30How to clean the IPL mess?
A lot is being said about IPL nowadays so I thought why not
join the bandwagon. After all, IPL which was supposed to be a mix of cricket
and glamour, has instead become a topic taking black money, conflict of
interests, match fixing, abuse, molestations too into its fold.
As is the case (discussed in one my earliest post as well)
that those who run the IPL i.e. organizers (IPL committee), saketvaanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11074271863579071365noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781076654532009937.post-72953787224084219772012-04-25T16:46:00.000+05:302012-04-28T06:56:52.292+05:30Identify your "Consultant Type"
Consulting as a profession has been growing steadily with
more and more firms setting their base in India. Consulting landscape has also
been helped by maturing of Indian business set-up as well as growing popularity of professional courses like MBA. But joining a particular industry, sector or a profession, is
just the beginning. After all, our professional career could well span over 35
years.saketvaanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11074271863579071365noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781076654532009937.post-4503939774181895942012-04-04T01:14:00.000+05:302012-04-26T12:29:07.632+05:30Three types of Primary Interviewees that Consultants come across
As they say, consultants are not scientists; they largely
thrive on collective wisdom. And one of the major sources of this collective wisdom
is “primary interview”. By primary interview, I mean the one-to-one interactions
that you have with people who may be SME (subject matter experts), competitors,
customers or other stakeholders. I must say that these primary interviews have
been one of thesaketvaanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11074271863579071365noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781076654532009937.post-9034155048413484702012-02-29T00:02:00.000+05:302012-03-05T01:07:20.642+05:30Coke opens Citra: Strategic or a shot in the dark?
I must say that I feel a bit nostalgic writing this
post. I still remember, it was one my birthdays almost 2 decades ago (yeah I am
getting older) when I sipped “Citra”, a new flavored soft drink for the first
time. While I don’t recall tasting the clear drink in green bottle too often
after that but I was surprised when I heard that Coca-Cola plans to revive
Citra after 19 years. This move saketvaanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11074271863579071365noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781076654532009937.post-23799251830759259962012-02-07T00:48:00.000+05:302012-02-07T19:41:35.765+05:30Telecom Industry: 3 cheers to 2G verdict?
So, finally the cat is out of the bag. Through a drastic as well
as unprecedented judgment, the
Supreme Court has cancelled
all the 122 2G licenses issued in January 2008. Some may say that
the crook corporates got what they deserve, whereas others might say that it wasn't fair to paint everybody with the same brush. Let’s try to discuss the major fall saketvaanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11074271863579071365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781076654532009937.post-38851605785519501752012-01-02T02:02:00.001+05:302012-01-02T19:01:40.933+05:30Rupee Depreciation: There are lessons to be learnt
Rupee, our very own Indian currency, has witnessed a literal free fall especially in the past few weeks. The rupee slid 15.8% in 2011 and by 0.2% in the last week of 2011 to 53.065 per dollar in Mumbai, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. According to reports, this currency weakened the most in Asia this year. So, what has led to such weakening or should I say, depreciation of the rupee saketvaanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11074271863579071365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781076654532009937.post-11840253842307816992011-12-22T20:30:00.000+05:302013-05-24T03:12:08.539+05:30Five common challenges that Consultants face in India
The idea of penning this blog came to my mind, when I
decided to take stock of my short but eventful stay in consulting. At the start
of my consulting career, I got to interact with a few US based partners or
principals (as they call them over there) and it gave me some insights about
how consulting works in the US. My further interactions with Indian clients and
colleagues tells me that saketvaanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11074271863579071365noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781076654532009937.post-26343026122619122882011-11-27T00:51:00.001+05:302011-11-28T17:35:51.073+05:30FDI in retail: "Modern" solutions to "old" problems?
The government
of India is patting its back as by the passing of the much awaited "FDI in multi-brand
retail", some experts believe that the reforms are back on track. In this
blog, I don’t intend to discuss the criticality of the reform rather my focus
will be on the efficacy of this reform. With the issue increasingly being politicized
across the nation, let’s try to see whether this reform saketvaanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11074271863579071365noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781076654532009937.post-29972712186966515492011-11-08T00:39:00.000+05:302011-11-08T22:54:04.208+05:30Interest rate hikes: Has the time to apply brakes arrived?
The RBI interest rate policies despite evincing lots of interest have become predictable off-late. Given the fact that the last 13 revisions have resulted in rate hikes, there is an understandable gloom associated with it. Our personal loans are getting costlier, buying your dream home isn’t easy, budding entrepreneurs have seen the cost of capital head north etc. Before we discuss further, saketvaanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11074271863579071365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781076654532009937.post-52713619097341430632011-10-15T23:01:00.004+05:302011-11-27T23:14:22.720+05:30The positive side of "Rs. 32"
The Planning Commission of India finds itself in a spot after
submitting before the Supreme Court that the poor are those who, per day, spend less than
Rs. 25 and Rs. 32 in rural and urban areas, respectively. While it’s always
debatable whether the right methodology has been adopted or how valid these
numbers are, but this "Rs. 32 debate" does have some positive significance as far as our
saketvaanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11074271863579071365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781076654532009937.post-6043156408558368052011-08-24T19:45:00.000+05:302011-08-24T22:43:17.648+05:30How Anna moved the nation?
It’s ironical but true. It took a 74 year-old to mobilize one of the youngest nations (in terms of demography) in the world that too using the methodology of satyagraha which till the recent past was touted as being out of sync with modern India. In fact many felt “Gandhigiri” was more the "in thing". A nation that saw cricketers and movie-stars being identified as “youth icons” certainly wassaketvaanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11074271863579071365noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781076654532009937.post-58244479495672565112011-08-10T00:06:00.005+05:302011-08-17T19:19:18.497+05:30Double Dip: The likely impacts on India
In one of my previous blogs I wrote about why double dip was a possibility in the US? Now after the S&P downgrade of the US debt, it seems that the sentiments have really turned for the worse though fundamentally things haven’t changed a great deal. But what if the double dip materializes and what lies in store for India if US is engulfed by the economic crisis? Let’s discuss them.
saketvaanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11074271863579071365noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781076654532009937.post-14170195047978380942011-07-25T21:25:00.002+05:302012-11-16T20:18:01.741+05:30Telecom Industry in India: More players may lead to higher tariffs?
Telecom industry has been instrumental in revolutionizing the lives of common Indians. The mobile phone and now the internet has been in focus of late at almost every level be it policy, corporate, consumer etc. But the industry is going through turbulent times. The 2G scam, the steeply priced 3G spectrum, tax claims… the list is endless. It doesn’t make for a good reading as saketvaanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11074271863579071365noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781076654532009937.post-1071513156884492462011-07-20T23:04:00.002+05:302011-08-27T13:46:15.045+05:30ऐसी भी एक शाम हो जो सिर्फ मेरे नाम हो !!!!!
A creation very dear to me and close to my heart...
भाग दौड़ से दूर कही आराम ही आराम हो,
मन मेरा मुझ तक ठहरे, कुछ और नहीं इसे ध्यान हो!
कागज़ कलम भी संधि कर चले हो विश्राम को,
अध्यापक भी भूल चुके हो दिए हुए गृहकार्य को !
मित्रो की कोई भीड़ न हो, बस साथ मेरे एकांत हो!
मन ही मेरा सखा रहे, बस मेरी मुझसे बात हो!
saketvaanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11074271863579071365noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781076654532009937.post-39852592621260920862011-07-03T23:42:00.004+05:302011-07-16T18:57:29.707+05:30Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin: Are they worth it?
IPOs are back in the reckoning. And this time it’s none other but Uncle Sam that’s the epicenter and the boys raising the bars are from the dot-com business. With most of them having or claiming to have gained the critical mass (for the much abused “network effect”), it’s not a surprise that the valuations are simply going through the roof. The four of the biggest newsmakers are Facebook, saketvaanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11074271863579071365noreply@blogger.com1