Category Archives: Personal Updates

End of an Era at Infosys

Posted on August 20, 2011 by Basab Pradhan

Yesterday, N R Narayana Murthy retired from Infosys. In a touching farewell in Bangalore, friends and colleagues, present and past, bade him goodbye. There were breaking voices amongst the speakers and moist eyes in the audience. It was a great … Continue reading →

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Open Toolbox – Blogging etc.

Posted on October 23, 2010 by Basab Pradhan

tools that I use since my move to the Mac. At that time there were some requests to write about blogging tools. Since I know many of my readers have their own blog, or at least often think about starting … Continue reading →

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Survey Results Analysis

Posted on August 7, 2010 by Basab Pradhan

I promised to share the survey results. So here goes. The sample size for all responses fell between 68 and 77. Which is a pretty decent sample size. Interaction with the blog A large portion of the sample don’t remember … Continue reading →

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Conference: The Future of Offshore

Posted on July 30, 2010 by Basab Pradhan

I am helping BRICS Securities organize a conference that we are calling “The Future of Offshore”. The mini-conference is on August 13 at the Grand Hyatt, Mumbai. More details here. It all started when Anand Tandon, Head of Equities at … Continue reading →

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Be There or Be Square

Posted on July 16, 2010 by Basab Pradhan

I used to do a lot of theater in school and college. So much so that I remember a conversation I had with a Psychology professor at IIT (I also did every Humanities course I could!) about how I could … Continue reading →

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An Update

Posted on June 18, 2010 by Basab Pradhan

Some readers have asked for an update on the book. So I’ll start with that first. Gaurav and I started out thinking of the book as a “How To” book on Offshore Services. But as we started writing it, it … Continue reading →

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What I Am Upto

Posted on March 3, 2010 by Basab Pradhan

While things keep me occupied on the personal front, I have been refashioning my professional work to fit it. And it’s been going surprisingly well. First, I have started taking on consulting work. Most of it is strategy and business … Continue reading →

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My Son and Asperger’s Syndrome

Posted on February 17, 2010 by Basab Pradhan

Autism is in the news. My Name is Khan was released last weekend. The movie takes on some important topics (Asperger’s, religion based profiling). The movie was very average, but any movie with SRK in it is automatically big news. … Continue reading →

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