November 18, 2008

KirubaShow is Back. Interview with LiveJournal's Director



After ages, its good to be podcasting again. The news of the tie up with Business Standard was the boost I needed to get back into play.

This morning I got to have a converation with Benjamin Wegg Prosser, who is Director of Corporate Development of SUP, ("pronounced as Soup, as in Tomato Soup"), better known as the owners of LiveJournal. You can listen to the podcast here.

Live Journal, for those who don't know, is one of the earliest blogging services started way back in 1999 and still continues to be a significant player. The intro was done by Rajesh Lalwani, founder of BlogWorks and who handles LiveJournal's account in India.

Ben has an intereting profile. In his earier job, Ben served as director of strategic communications at Tony Blair's cabinet, Yup, the ex-prime minister of UK. Here, he oversaw a series of innovations including the launch of e-petitions service and the first YouTube channel for any head of government in 2007. Take that Obama!

Prior to Downing Street, Benjamin worked at The Guardian where he held positions as publisher and General Manager of The Guardian's website, handling diferent sections.

Go ahead and listen to the interview. You can also download the interview and load it onto your iPod, mobile phone or your music player and listen to it on the go.

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November 12, 2008

Launching a New Podcast Show with Business Standard Newspaper

The news is already out and figured that I might as well talk about it. Kamla Bhatt was the first to tweet about the news and AgencyFAQs is working out on a story.

Business Standard newspaper and I are joining hands to launch a new Podcast show. The show, understandably, will deal with CXOs and influential personalities. The show will not be restricted to just Tech and will cover other fields as well. This way I get a much wider canvas to play with.

The new Podcast show will be an excellent and a logical extension to the weekly column that I author. The top management at Business Standard have been very supportive and I'm extremely pumped up at the opportunity.

I've already started working on the episodes and we are working towards launching the new show in two week's time. Expect to hear from me more on this soon.

It's interesting that Kamla Bhatt, a popular podcaster, had tied up with The Mint newspaper to luanch a new podcast show. I have a lot of respect for Kamla for her dedication and passion she puts in into her shows. We were fellow-podcasters at PodTech and since gotten to know each other well. It's awesome that established main stream media is realizing the value of joining hands with bloggers and podcasters.

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July 03, 2008

Video Review of the Sandisk 8GB Card

Sometimes you don't realize some of the good tools you have with you and you always aspire to get stuff that you almost never usually get. Take for example video blogging. I've been planning to get one of those Flip video recorders ever since I read good reviews about them and been scouting around for it in Chennai with no luck. And all this time, I've been sitting around with my N82 which has pretty decent video feature.

So, instead of waiting for the perfect solution, decided to play around with what I've got. And the right opportunity came by. I received the SanDisk 8GB SDHC card and decided to do a video review of it. If I had a little bit more presence of mind (and more patience), I could have done an unboxing video which would've been kinda cool.
Anyways, I took the product out for a walk around my apartment and here's what I felt about the card.

For smooth viewing, hit play and then hit pause. Give the video a minute and then play again.



For you bums too lazy to see the video :), here's my impression of the product.

1) Wow! This tiny thing can hold 8GB?? I still remember the computer exhibition that I went to where I bought a 4GB hard drive. We've come a long way.

2) Love the fact that there's a tiny card reader that comes with the card. Plug it in and it turns into a thumb drive. The thing that I didn't like is that the card doesn't fit into the reader smoothly. You'll have to kinda shove it in and parts of it juts out. Many who don't take the effort to read the manual, would force it in deeper damaging the card.

3) Apparently, the card is quite strong I'm told, though I didn't get around to testing it. It would survive a 10 foot fall. I'll just take their word for it, thank you.

3) In addition to photos and videos, you can store word files, pdf and just about any file.

4) 2000 songs, 20,000 photos, Hours of video. There sure is a lot of space. Again, it just blows me how they could have so much space in such a tiny thing!

5) The card can be used in mobile phones from Motorola, Sony Ericcson, Nokia. Just make sure they are SDHC compatible. You could even use it in video games, GPS devices and DSLR cameras. Didn't know that bit.

6) The transfer rate from the card reader to PC is 4MB per second. That's one song a second. Not bad.

7) Add to the fact that there's no additional software required to install, and this one get a thumbs up from me.

8) Now, the only grouse is that it's so bloody tiny and for a guy like me who has the ability to lose a laptop, I don't see this thing last with me too long! :)

Now for my experience and lessons from doing the video.

1) I put on a very strange accent, especially at the beginning of the video. That's not how I usually talk. And I hate it.

2) I wrote down the key points I wanted to talk, on a Post-it note and stuck it to the side of the phone. That greatly helped me in the flow.

3) I shot this video at noon when the sunlight was directly over me. That created dark shadow and hence had to find a shadowy place. Even then, the buildings around were very bright from the sunshine and that caused the object in front (my mug) to darken. Early mornings or evenings would be a better time.

4) I had to hold the camera horizontally to get the video and that's not a comfortable position to hold the camera. We are so used to handling the phone in a vertical position. Besides, holding the camera in an outreached position for a whole 4 minutes can get a bit painful. I overdid on my pushups exercise and that made it even worse!

5) The surroundings were fairly noisy, yet, quite happy with the sound clarity.

6) Realized that I should never move between a bright sun-lit area and the shadow area. The camera takes a little time to adjust and by that time, all you see is a black silhouette.

7) Realized that video is a powerful tool that helps you communicate certain things that you would never be able to do so in words. Like how the card fits into the tiny card reader to become a thumbdrive.

8) I hate the fact that the video sounded pitchy. Must remember to get more critical! :)

9) I should remember to hold the phone a bit higher. The view up my nose usually isn't quite flattering.

9) And yeah, I should stop that f***ing accent and just be myself.

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February 03, 2008

An India-Born Entrepreneur Raises Over Rs.100 Crores

$27 Million is a substantial amount of money. That's the amount GlobalScholar, an online tutor service, raised yesterday in a 'B' round funding after a $15 Million first round. Yet, this news would not have caught my attention had it not been for its CEO.

Kal Raman hails from Mannarkovil, a small town in Thirunelveli District, TamilNadu. His Mom raised him and his four other siblings through very tough economic conditions. She had to support the family with her earnings of Rs.400 a month.

One look at his profile now, shows that he's come a long way since his tough school days. He has been the Director of Technology at Wal-Mart, Senior Director at BlockBuster, CEO of DrugStore.com and in his last assignment before founding GlobalScholar, he was a Senior VP at Amazon.com.

I'm getting Kal Raman on 'The Kiruba Show' this week. You can actively participate in this podcast interview by one of two ways. a) Jot down your questions to him in the comments section below or b) Record your question in MP3 format and mail it to me at Kiruba @ Kiruba.com. I'll make sure to include your questions as part of the interview and get Kal's answers.

If you have better ideas on how this can be done, I'd love to hear from you. Feel free to call me on my mobile at +91 98415 97744 or email me.

There are some interesting info about Kal. He's a big Rajinikanth fan and even has his photograph at his Washington, Seattle office. He has sponsored orphanages that has benefited 700 kids in Tamilnadu.

I'm looking forward to connecting up with him.

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January 31, 2008

Podcasting at the NASSCOM Leadership Forum



I've been invited by NASSCOM to participate at its India Leadership Forum which takes place in Mumbai on February 13th to 15th. It is NASSCOM's flagship event and brings together the Global Leaders, CEOs, CIOs, and key decision makers to talk about Global Leadership, Innovation, Competitiveness and Emerging Markets.

A look at the participants reads like the Who's Who of the Indian IT industry.... Nandan Nilekeni, Azim Premji, Ramalinga Raju, S.Ramadorai. Read the full list here. I'm looking forward to bringing a whole lot of them in front of my camera for 'The Kiruba Show'.

I've some nice plans of including reader participation where you get to ask them the questions. Will soon set up a wiki where you can jot down your questions and I'll make sure to get the answers from them.

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November 18, 2007

Club Mahindra CEO Podcast Interview

There's a reason why I was looking forward to meeting up with Ramesh Ramanathan, CEO of Club Mahindra. I'm always in awe of folks who dream big and more importantly, see that dream work. Ramesh is the main person who started Club Mahindra from scratch and it has now grown to become the Number One resort chain in India.

I've known Ramesh since the Sify days. He was the head of consumer Internet division then and did quite well until he decided to get back to the company he founded.

I went to the colorful office of Club Mahindra and we had an interesting two hour meeting with him. A condensed 25 minute video of our conversation can be found in the video below.

Disclosure: I'm an external consultant for Club Mahindra and help them with social media strategies.





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September 03, 2007

Awesome Podcast Interview with Marissa Mayer of Google



Julio, a friend and colleague at Podtech, has a very interesting podcast with Marissa Mayer. (Did you know she owns a bakery in San Francisco?)

As the Vice President, Search Products & User Experience, Marissa has played an important role in development of many of Google's products. She is easily one of the most influential Googlers around.

Listen to the interview.

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August 08, 2007

Celebrating 75 episodes of 'The Kiruba Show'

The more I keep doing this show (www.KirubaShow.com), the more I keep learning about podcasting in general.

Here are some of my experiences that you may find useful if you want to get into podcasting.

1) Transcription is Important
Search Engines can't read audio or video. That's why you have to make it easy for them to index your podcasts. How do you do that? Transcribe the entire conversation and present them as text.

I realized the power of transcription when I transcribed one of the episodes. My interview with Sam Sethi, CEO of BlogNation, suffered from very poor audio quality. I recorded it over telephone and it wasn't good. Hence, I was forced to transcribe the entire conversation to make it easy for listeners to follow the conversation.

I was glad I did it. Because the search engine picked up this podcast more than any other podcasts that I did. A search for the CEO's name in Google gets my podcasts in the top 20 results. For a long time, it was on the first page itself. And you know how valuable it is to be on the first page of Google.

2) Transcription Is Hard.
That one single transcription of a 15 minute podcast took me nearly 3 hours to get it done. Sure, it was because the audio was bad but nevertheless transcription is hard. Maybe if I had used special tools like voice recognition software, it might have been easier. That one single experience in transcription has increased my respect for transcripters.

3) Show Notes Are Important.
Show notes are brief description of what the conversation is about. Typically, you break it into timelines. For guys who don't want to get into the rigmoral of transcription, show notes can be a substitute. This is something that I will start doing from now onwards, in addition to transcripts.

4) Left and Right Channel Recording Is Not Good.
Let me explain. When you listen to my podcasts using a headphone, you'll hear me talk on the left ear and the interviewee on the right ear. While this help you mentally visualize two folks sitting in a room and talking, it doesn't make for pleasant listening. Since, it is the interviewee who usually talks for most part of the podcast, it can be hard on the ear.

What's the solution? It's best to record the podcast as stereo with both the left and right channel mixed together.

5) Telephone Recording Quality Is Poor
I have almost given up on using the telephone to record. I earlier bought a telephone tapper, a small instrument that lets you directly record using your computer.

I then bought a telephone with a speaker phone but the quality was disastrous. Wasted my money.

6) Recording Via Gizmo Project and Skype Is Inconvenient.
This was what I was initially using for all my podcast recording. But invariably, everytime, I would have trouble connecting through. Sometimes, the constant wait and disconnections has pissed off a few CEOs.

I haven't tried out SkypeOut yet. Its the paid option that lets you call landline phones from your computer.

7) Niche Is Good. It's the Way to Go.
I'm glad I chose a niche area to focus on. My show is about conversations with CEOs of Indian tech industry. I don't cover any other industry, even though it would have made it really easy for me. This kind of focus is beginning to pay off. The readership of the show has exceeded my expectation by many notches. Almost every day, I keep getting pitches from PR agencies to interview their clients. The biggest tip I can give to aspiring podcasters is focus on a very small area but go in deep.

8) Finally, Professional Podcasting is Hard.
I won't sweet coat the truth. Its a lot harder than one would think. It's a fairly time consuming business. I'm not talking about just recording the audio and hosting it. I'm talking about researching questions, editing, adding music, writing introductions, transcripting, writing show notes and finally promoting the show. It can be a full time work on its own.

I must thank a lot of readers who wrote back with their tips for improvement. If you have listened to any of my shows, I request you to let me know what you liked and what you didn't. I'm especially all ears for stuff you did not like. You can be brutally honest. Either leave a comment or email me at Kiruba at Kiruba.com.

If you haven't listened to any of my shows, here's one that I'd recommend.

Interview with GB Prabhat, Ex-Director of Satyam Computers and now Founder & CEO of Anantara Solution. He recently closed funding of nearly Rs.26 crores. Whilst at Satyam, Prabhat helped net in around Rs.800 crores in annual revenues.

Listen in.

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August 04, 2007

Exclusive Audio Interview with Sankarson, CEO of FutureBazaar.com



Futurebazaar.com is India's latest big ticket shopping site that comes from the group which owns India's largest retail chain.

Led by Kishore Biyani, the group owns and operates huge retail chains including Pantaloons, Big Bazaar, Food Bazaar, Central, E-Zone, Fashion Station, Depot and many others.

FutureBazaar.com recently got infused with a funding of $25 million and is bound to give established etailers in India many sleepless nights.

I caught up with Sankarson, CEO of FutureBazaar.com at the eTailing Conference in Chennai. Shanky, as he prefers to be called, has had impressive experience in the online retailing market having set up shopping sites for Rediff and Shoppers Stop.

In this podcast, Shanky gives his honest opinions about etailing in India and about FutureBazaar in particular.

More interviews with CEOs at KirubaShow.com

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July 24, 2007

Interview With Sekar Vembu, CEO of Vembu Technologies



I first saw Sekar at Proto.in. He opened up the event with his talk 'How to Bootstrap your business without a VC' that won him instant admirers. He was supposed to be the second speaker but the first speaker did not turn up and hence Sekar stepped in. And what an impression he made on the audience. He spoke out of experience. After all, he has helped bootstrap three companies and he should know.

Sekar isn't a smooth talker. He doesn't sway you by suave English. But what he does best is be brutally honest and speak from the heart.

After the event, we stepped off from the noisy auditorium to one of IIT class rooms to record this interview. Sekar knew the place well and helped choose a quiet room. After all, IIT was where he spent 6 years of his student life doing both his bachelors and masters.

Sekar Vembu is now the founder & CEO of Vembu Technologies, a company that focuses on the online storage backup market.

Sekar is a serial entrepreneur with over 11 years of experience in the IT industry. He was a co-founder, the CTO and a Business Unit head for AdventNet, a leading player in the network management domain, albeit better known these days for the ZOHO suite of products. He had helped AdventNet grow to a 300-person organization without raising any venture capital funding.

After AdventNet, he founded SwissSQL, a database migration solution that helps save over 90 percent of the migration effort and over 80 percent of the costs typically involved in database migration projects; SwissSQL was later acquired by AdventNet in 2004. Thereafter, Sekar founded Vembu Technologies and has played the pivotal role in growing the company to its current position.

If you are reading this via a feed reader, you can listen to the interview here.

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July 19, 2007

So, What is a Mobile Monday?



You'll know by listening to this podcast with Rajan, the guy who helps organize Mobile Mondays in Bangalore.

Can't wait?

OK. Here's a quick synopsis.

Mobile Monday is a global community of mobile industry visionaries, developers and influencers who meet up on Monday evenings over coffee or beer to network and share ideas, best practices and trends on mobile technologies. There are many city chapters and people get together to network and learn from each other.

In this podcast, Rajan, who runs a mobile company himself, talks about the history of Mobile Mondays and how this global concept was born. He also talks about what happens during MobileMonday meetings. And, finally, why Monday of all days?!

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July 18, 2007

The Indian Who Made $350 Million Months Before the DotCom Crash



In the year 2000, KB Chandrasekhar reaped $350 million when he sold his company Exodus communications. The timing could not be more perfect because a few months later, the dotcom bust happened and the company ran into bankruptcy under the new owner.

So, when the whole industry was down, Chandra walked out a rich man.

I met that man yesterday in person to have a conversation. You can listen to the conversation in the podcast above.

Exodus was no ordinary company. At one time, over 90% of the World's Internet traffic was passing through Exodus' backbones.

Currently, Chandra is co-founder, CEO and chairman of the board of Jamcracker. He has also invested in over 20 companies, the prominent of them are e4e and Aztec.

His career as a high-technology entrepreneur has spanned Exodus Communications, Fouress Inc., Rolta India, Ltd and Wipro.

The podcast interview traces this true blue Chennaite's growth from his college days to the high profile successful global IT entrepreneur that he is now.

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July 16, 2007

Video of Inside the Googleplex

This short 5 minute video shows you life inside Google's Mountainview office. I've read so much about Google's way of life that I didn't find anything new. But if you haven't looked inside their office before, this is good watch.

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July 14, 2007

How a Guy Makes Money by Giving His Music Away for Free



Jamison Young is a full-time musician who has refused to sign up with big record labels. Instead, he believes in giving away his music for free using Creative Commons, and that has surprisingly helped him sell more records.

Now, this may sound contradictory but Jamison says that by giving away his music free as downloads, it vastly increases the number of people who listen to his music and they in turn refer to their friends. This spreads word about the album and quite a few of them buy the album off the store shelves. He says the money he makes this way is higher than the pittance that big record labels give him. This is actually a good technique to give a fighting chance against the more established artists.

Jamison has written, sung, produced and marketed his own album, called 'Shifting Sands of the Blue Car', the music for which is freely available for download on his website and at MySpace.

Jamison is an Australian now living in Europe. Over the past year, he has performed in Australia, France, Germany, Czech Republic, Austria, Thailand, Switzerland and the U.S.

Jamison launched a new project called 'Hungry Artists Feed Hungry People', with portion of the sale proceeds going to help poor people in third world countries.

This is one of the more interesting podcast interviews I have done. If you are reading this in a feed reader, here is the link to the podcast.

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June 29, 2007

Podcast Interview with John Buckman, CEO of Magnatune



Ask any musician and he'll tell you about the unfair treatment and high-handedness of big record labels. They always call the shots and take most of the revenues. John Buckman saw an opportunity here. He created an artist-friendly label called Magnatune that not only shares profits equally with musicians but also allows them to retain the rights to their work. His company's tagline closely resembles Googles' "We are not eveil".

Artists are encouraged to post their music online at Magnatune. Listeners are free to download and listen to the music. They also have an option to pay and they can pay any amount of their choice. Surprisingly, quite a few listeners voluntarily pay money.

It reminds me of the 'Annalakshmi Restaurant' in Chennai. Once a year, on their founder's day, they have this special scheme. It's 'Eat what you wan, Pay as you like'. Surprisingly, their collections that day is above their normal collection. John has applied a similar principle to his music business where the emphasis is on trust.

John says that Indian music forms the second largest category. He encourages many Indian independent musicians to use his platform to reach to a wider audience.

John Buckman is a serial entrepreneur, a musician, a marketeer and an open media evengelist. John sits on the board of Creative Commons and it's no wonder that he has successfully used the open source principles to establish a unique kind of business model for the music industry.

Prior to founding Magnatune, Buckman founded Lyris Technologies in 1994. Lyris sells software for email newsletters and spam prevention. The company was generating $12 million in annual revenues when Buckman sold it in 2005.

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June 02, 2007

Original Signature Tune for PodWorks

Chinmayi has helped compose a signature tune for PodWorks. For those who don't know, Chinmayi belongs to A.R.Rahman's team and has sung for Guru, Sivaji and numerous tamil movies. She is also a TV host for Vijay TV and a Radio Jockey for Aaha FM.

I love the melodious tune, especially the flute rendition towards the middle. The music starts to grow on you over time, much like the Airtel tune by ARR. Listen to it..

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May 25, 2007

How to Make an Unforgettable First Day at Office

Take a look at what Aditi Technologies did to its new joinees on Day 1 of their joining. Goes to show the extent software companies will go to in these days of hiring madness. Must watch video.



Sent by Sridhar Pabbisetty, who works at Aditi and whom I met at BarCampBangalore3.

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May 24, 2007

PodWorks Promotional Video

.. is here.



It's shot by Dinesh from IndiaInteracts.com and also a member of the organizing team. We shot this at the Cafe Coffee Day inside IIT Madras which has become the team's home base.

Only 15 more days to go for the event.

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May 21, 2007

Interview With Twitter Co-Founder

Biz Stone talks about the microblogging service's runaway success. Twitter users will find it interesting. If you haven't been bitten yet, more reason for you to check it out.

BTW, just realized that I've hit a century of tweets as of today. My twitter page is at http://www.Twitter.com/Kiruba

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May 04, 2007

Call for Volunteers for India's Biggest Podcasting Event



PodWorks will be India's biggest event focusing on audio & video podcasting. The event is scheduled for June 9th & 10th. The event's name has been changed to 'PodWorks' to reflect the focus on a more hands-on learning and not just talks. The event will continue to be on an unconference model but will have a more workshopish style and focus on learning by doing.

The first organizers meet will take place this Sunday at 3:00 pm at IIT Madras' Cafe Coffee Day. If you would like to join the organizing team, it would be great to have you over. You don't necessarily need to know podcasting but must be interested in learning podcasting and have a penchant for organizing events.

We have an enviable team of advisors from the broadcast medium who will also join us on Sunday. Alaphia Zoyab of NDTV, Sudhish Kamath & Kathik Subramanian of The Hindu, Chinmayi of Ahaa FM & Vijay TV, Nandini of RadioCity, Sharavathy of Headlines Today.

You'll be joining an already strong team that organized successful, sell-out events like BarCamp, BlogCamp, Proto.in & WikiCamp. If you are game, do land at IIT's Cafe Coffee Day on Sunday at 3:00 PM. If you need help getting there, you can call me at 98415 97744 or email Kiruba @ Kiruba.com

It'll be a fantastic opportunity to be part of a landmark event.

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May 03, 2007

KirubaShow Celebrates 50 Episodes of Conversations with CEOs

The CEO talk show is one of the most interesting and satisfying projects that I have undertaken. In case you are new, check out www.KirubaShow.com . It's an audio & video podcast show where I interview CEOs & news makers from the Indian IT industry. That's the niche I've decided to occupy and will plant my flag real good.

Here are few recommended listening.

Asawari Desai, Director of TIE Global.
Ajay Adisheshann, CEO of Paymate (Cool company that enables online buying via SMS)
Drew Clark, Founder of IBM Venture Capital Group
Sridhar Iyengar, ex-CEO of KPMG India

A good way to catch up on the show is to subscribe to the RSS feeds. Here is the feed link http://www.podtech.net/indiatech/author/kirubas/feed

The first 50 shows is a good warm up. I feel the best is yet to come.

I have always been fascinated with podcasting and realized its a powerful medium for communicating just like blogging has been.

The realization came in 3 years back when I tried a few test podcasts. Unfortunately, I didn't pursue it with vigor and I regret that to this day. Being one of the early movers has its advantage and I wasted a three year lead. The thought had been eating me from inside and it was with a sense of frustration I decided to take up podcasting more seriously 10 months back.

I began with what I was comfortable with. Interviewing folks I was personally fascinated with. I must've done about half a dozen podcasts before it caught Robert Scoble's attention. The timing was just right as PodTech was expanding. I was invited to host my own show and loved the opportunity. It's good to be on the same platform as Tom Foremski, a former Financial Times Technology Columnist, Jason Calacanis, ex-GM at Netscape, now with Sequoia Capital and of course, Scoble himself, the person who showed us the human side of Microsoft.

There used to be a time when I would have to give a 3 minute discourse about the show when I cold email a particular CEO. I still do but its gotten a lot easier. People recognize the show. In fact, I've received requests from most leading PR agencies requesting to do an interview with their client. When you receive calls from PR agents, its a sure shot sign you've arrived.

Yahoo! India has listed PodTech's IndiaTech as recommended listening in all its city portals and that's a good thing.

Like I said, the shows so far have been a good warm up. I want to raise the bar. There's a lot of room for improvement. I need to invite more high profile 'A' names. The likes of PhaneeshMurthy of iGate, Ram Shriram of Sherpalo, Nandan Nilekeni of Infosys etc. I need to ask more tough questions. Need to do more research on my subjects. I need to get professional help with video editing. I need to invest more money in advanced equipments. I need to make the show more user participative. Some of the most insightful questions lies with the audience.

It's going to be a challenge but its going to be an enjoyable challenge.

The next 50 shows should be something to watch out for.

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January 26, 2007

Podcast Interview with Pradeep Kar, CEO of Microland

It's good to get back to my show after a short break. I get to speak with Pradeep Kar. Don't know this guy? Hmm.. let me drop you a few hints. Think of the infamous full page advertisement on the front page of Times of India. Hint 2: He's the guy who brought big names like Compaq, Novell, Cisco & Netscape to India. Hint 3: He's the guy who started the Beer drinkers Association of IT! Well, now you get the kind of guy we are talking about.

He was truly the poster boy of Internet during the dot com boom days. In his own words, he says he raised $50 million without even giving a business plan to his investors. Such was the aura surrounding this guy. The bust came and his Internet empire crumbled. Those unlimited beer on Friday nights dried up.

Now, he seems on his way back. He has focussed on his company's core competency, IT infrastructure management. But boy, what a roller coaster ride it has been.

I met him in Mumbai and we had an interesting discussion. You'll find that in the interview below. It's an audio interview. Some folks might mistake it for video by the looks of the player. Do listen to it and let me now your frank feedback.



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