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Lakshmi Mittal presents the 2013 FT
ArcelorMittal Award to Dr Devi Shetty
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Financial Times editor Lionel Barber, Dr Devi
Shetty and Lakshmi Mittal, chairman and CEO
of ArcelorMittal
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Bangalore based Narayana Hrudayalaya has won
the 2013 FT ArcelorMittal Boldness in
Business awards.
Hosted by the Financial
Times editor Lionel Barber and Lakshmi
Mittal, chairman and CEO of ArcelorMittal,
the awards recognise outstanding examples of
companies taking bold decisions and creating
profitable and socially useful enterprises
to drive change and innovation on a global
scale.
Narayana Hrudayalaya currently runs 6,000
beds across 20 hospitals in eleven cities.
In his acceptance speech Dr Devi Shetty, the
founder of Narayana Hrudayalaya, said that
his dream is to "make affordable quality
healthcare accessible to masses worldwide".
After the awards Dr Shetty explained about
his work and vision the editor of NRIfm,
Vijay Rana. On winning the award Dr Shetty
said:
To listen
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Ethics and values of the Tata
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Dr JJ Irani, the Director of Tata Sons,
recently spoke at the Initiatives of
Change Conference in Caux, Switzerland
on the subject Trust and Integrity in
the Global Business. He demonstrated how
the House of Tatas have applied
these ideals in their business. In an
inspiring speech he told that the
founder of the house JRD Tata lived in a
rented flat and his personal wealth was
embarrassingly low.
To listen
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(English)
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Lord Swaraj Paul on his early life,
friendship with Indira Gandhi and
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Lord Swaraj Paul came to Britain for the
treatment of his daughter, who later
died of leukemia. Grief-stricken, he
resorted to meditation and thought of
retiring from acting life. But then in a
remarkable comeback he created a steel
manufacturing business. Today his Caparo
Group is Britain's largest family owned
company with a turn over of £400
million. Here he talks about his early
life and his mantra for success.
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My early life in Jullundhar and
education in MIT
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Coming to UK and the mantra of my success
You need to have hard work,
honesty, integrity and of course luck to
create a successful business, says Lord
Swaraj Paul and then he preferred to keep
his business within family and without debt.
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On Indira Gandhi and investments in India
He was a close friend of the
late Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. In
1978 when out of power he helped to arrange
Mrs Gandhi's visit to Britain. Analysts saw
it the beginning of her political comeback.
Then he tried to invest in prestigious
Indian companies like Escorts and DCM but
had to make a retreat due to the combined
resistance of India's big business houses.
He says he was ahead of time. in 1983,
Indian businesses were scared of foreign
investors.
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Creating
India's largest Business Consultancy |
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KN Memani,
the new president of Punjab, Haryana
and Delhi Chamber of Commerce began his
career as an article clerk in Calcutta
and rose to become the head of Ernst
and Young India. Here he talks about his
daring professional move from Calcutta
to Delhi.
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Bringing IT giants to Bangalore
At the
beginning of India's IT revolution he helped
the US multinationals like Texas Instruments
and Intel to set up their
base in Bangalore. And then he managed the
successful integration of E&Y India and
Arthur Anderson to create India's largest
accounting and business consultancy firm.
To listen
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