Hi Friends,

Even as I launch this today ( my 80th Birthday ), I realize that there is yet so much to say and do. There is just no time to look back, no time to wonder,"Will anyone read these pages?"

With regards,
Hemen Parekh
27 June 2013

Now as I approach my 90th birthday ( 27 June 2023 ) , I invite you to visit my Digital Avatar ( www.hemenparekh.ai ) – and continue chatting with me , even when I am no more here physically

Wednesday, 31 December 2014

RE: FW: RE: FW: Make in India Web Portal


Dear Amitabh


I am glad that you liked my suggestions - and thank you for your invite for a discussion with DIPP officers

I plan to visit Delhi , in early Feb 2015 , on a date convenient to you


In the meantime , we plan to upload the following pages / features on B2B web site :

>      Blast Message - Corporate / Industry wise................   12th Jan

>      World - Wide - Wall ..............................................    29th Jan


We have also started compiling  databases of ,


>    Members of Lok Sabha

>   Members of State Legislative Assemblies


I believe , whenever a Foreign Company sends " Interest Message " to some potential Indian Partner Companies , concerned  MPs / MLAs , should also get  Email Alerts

We should involve them in the industrialization of their own constituencies

If they come to know that XYZ foreign company is talking to an Indian Company located in their constituency , they would follow-up / chase various State Departments for early grant of permissions / licenses / no-objection certificates etc

I also read your comments re increasing Exports by 25 %

In India , many SMEs have competitively priced / good quality products , which are " Export - Worthy "

But these SMEs  have no money to advertise in foreign media - online or in print

And , obviously , they have no " Contact Details " ( Email IDs ) of their likely Foreign Buyers , to be able to send out their " Marketing Message "

Through my Promo Emails , I am encouraging them to " Compose " their Marketing Messages and send out to some 8,000 + International Chambers of Commerce ,in 5,332 cities of the World , listed in our online database ( Blast Message - Chambers )

I am suggesting to these SMEs that they " Request " these Chamber Presidents to forward their Message to their Member Firms - may be 8 MILLION foreign companies  !

B2B's message blasting service ( to International Chambers ) is the cheapest way for SMEs to announce the existence of their products /services to the World - just Rs 1,600 / - to reach their message to 8,000 Chambers  !

with regards ,

hemen


From: amitabh.kant@nic.in [mailto:amitabh.kant@nic.in]
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2014 3:16 PM
To: Hemen Parekh
Subject: Re: FW: RE: FW: Make in India Web Portal

Dear Hemen,
I always appreciate your innovative and creative suggestions. We will sit down and discuss all your inputs during your next trip to Delhi. All the Senior Officers of DIPP will join us in this interaction session.
Regards,
Amitabh Kant

----- Original Message -----
From: Hemen Parekh <hcp@recruitguru.com>
Date: Tuesday, December 30, 2014 11:22 am
Subject: FW: RE: FW: Make in India Web Portal
To: amitabh.kant@nic.in, amitabhk87@yahoo.com, amitabhk87@gmail.com
Cc: ravinder.73@nic.in

> Dear Shri Kant
>  
>  
> Congrats on a very productive - and participative -  " Make In India " workshop yesterday
>  
> From news-reports , I came to know about many " Game - Changing " suggestions that found expressions , in the workshop
>  
> Even though , I did not get the opportunity to air my suggestion to this august gathering , I wish to assure you that , uploading of page " Database of Indian Companies " on Make In India web site , will be ,
>  
>  
> >    Game Changing ( - a " WINDOW " in the MakeInIndia " WALL " ,  enabling Foreign Companies to begin immediate  " DIALOGUE " with Indian Companies )
>  
>  
> >  Instrumental in setting-up a healthy competition among various State Governments to attract those foreign companies to invest in their own State ( based on  Email Alerts from B2B )
>  
>  
> >  May be a small - but decisive - step for raising India's rank on " Ease of Doing Business " thru pro-active
>      intervention of Indian Consuls / Trade Commissioners , chasing Foreign Companies ( in their countries of
>      posting ) , as soon as they receive " Email Alerts " from B2B web site re " Interest Messages " sent
>  
>  
> >  The FIRST STEP towards transforming Make In India web site , into a PERT - based MONITORING PLATFORM to what our Hon PM , Shri Modi labeled , ROAD ( Responsibility / Ownership / Ability / Discipline ) - see Attachment
>  
>  
> I look forward to getting your GREEN SIGNAL , soon
>  
>  
> with regards ,
>  
> hemen  parekh
>  
> 0 - 98,67,55,08,08
>  
>  
>  
> From: Hemen Parekh [mailto:hcp@recruitguru.com]
> Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2014 10:31 AM
> To: 'amitabh.kant@nic.in'
> Cc: 'ravinder.73@nic.in'
> Subject: RE: RE: FW: Make in India Web Portal
>  
> Dear Shri Kant ,
>  
>  
> Even as you examine my suggestion , I thought of bringing to your notice that my suggestion need not be implemented in  ONE GO , but gradually , in following stages :
>  
>  
> *     STAGE   A
>  
>        >    Upload page " Database of Indian Companies " on MakeInIndia web site ( HTML page already sent to you )
>  
>  
> *    STAGE   B
>  
>      >    Start " Email Alerts " to DIPP / Consuls / State Government Officers , when a Foreign Company Executive blasts , " We are interested " message to Indian Companies
>  
>  
> *    STAGE  C
>  
>     >   Upload " REGISTRATION " page for Indian / Foreign Companies to submit their Corporate Data
>  
>  
> *   STAGE   D
>  
>    >    Install Search Engine for " Company Search " on many different " Search Parameters " ( Industry / Country-State / Turnover / Products-Services etc )
>  
>   >    Upload ADMIN page
>  
>   >    Install 24 hour ONLINE HELP ( Text Chat )
>  
>  >    Install  VIRTUAL Cabins for Video-Conferencing to monitor PERT ( Coordinated by DIPP  Change-Agent assigned )
>  
> >     Install Traffic Counters
>  
>  
> Once you give the GREEN SIGNAL , I would be happy to help the web site developers ( Bottom Line Consulting  ?  ) , prepare a PROJECT PLAN , with TARGET DATES for each stage
>  
> If Bottom Line Consulting agrees to allot on full time basis ,  3 Web Developers , then it is possible to finish the entire project in 3 months from the date of your GREEN SIGNAL
>  
> If desired , I would be happy to provide , in my office , sitting space / computers / broadband etc , for these developers and personally supervise the project , in consultations with the DIPP officer designated as Project In-Charge
>  
>  
> Considering the tight time-frame , if Bottom Line Consulting , are unable to spare the necessary development resources , you may want to consider asking them to sub-contract this work to Sentient Systems , who develop / maintain B2B web site  
>  
>  
> I have no doubt that Mr Shuklendu Baji (MD - Sentient Systems  Pvt  ltd - Mumbai ) ,will be happy to contribute his own efforts - and the efforts of his team - to ensure that this project of National Importance , gets completed on time
>  
>  
>  
>  
> with regards ,
>  
> hemen  parekh
>  
> 0 - 98,67,55,08,08
>  
>  
> From: amitabh.kant@nic.in [mailto:amitabh.kant@nic.in]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2014 6:16 PM
> To: Hemen Parekh
> Subject: Re: RE: FW: Make in India Web Portal
>  
> Dear Hemen Parekh,
> Thanks for your suggestion. We are examining it and will revert to you shortly.
> Regards,
> Amitabh Kant
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Hemen Parekh <hcp@recruitguru.com>
> Date: Tuesday, December 9, 2014 12:45 pm
> Subject: RE: FW: Make in India Web Portal
> To: ravinder.73@nic.in
> Cc: amitabh.kant@nic.in, 'info@blcserv.com, vikram@ignitee.com
>  
> > Dear Ravinder,
>  
> Please pardon me if I appear to be " impatient " ( - one of my bad habits ! )
>  
> But , here is my " presentation " - video notwithstanding  !
>  
>  
> THE     CORE    ISSUE
>  
> ---------------------------------------------------------
>  
> All of my suggestions re improvements in MakeInIndia web site revolve around only ONE central issue , viz;
>  
> *  As it stands now , MakeInIndia web site is like a WALL , plastered with
>     very useful information for Foreign Companies , - information which
>     enable them to make-up their minds re investing in India
>  
> But , having made up their minds , these Foreign Companies want to contact suitable Indian Companies  for teaming up , even as some 2,28,000 + Indian Companies lie hidden behind this WALL  !
>  
> We , urgently need to install a " DOOR " in this WALL
>  
> A door, from which , these Foreign Companies can enter and discover these 2,28,000 + Indian Companies
>  
> A door from which , they can look up / meet up / shake hands , with potential Indian partners
>  
>  
> I have envisaged this DOOR  as a page called
>  
>  
> Database of Indian Companies "
>  
> A door that will , transform MakeInIndia web site ,
>  
> >    from being a mere STATIC reservoir of information
>  
> >    to being a DYNAMIC river of " Information - Exchange "
>  
>  
> A door that will provide to these Foreign Investors , that " last mile " connectivity to be able to " close a deal "
>  
> But that is only HALF the story  !
>  
> We must combine the " Information Power " of MakeInIndia web site with the " Messaging Power " of B2B web site to create an entire Eco System of ,
>  
> " Ease of Doing Business " in India
>  
> This is how :
>  
> *  Every time , a Foreign Company ( Executive ) blasts his " Interest Message " , to some Indian Companies, B2B will not only deliver that message to the target recipients ,
>  
> But ,
>  
> *  Simultaneously , B2B server will send out " Email Alerts " to ,
>  
>    #    Industry-specific " Godfathers " in DIPP
>  
>    #    Indian Ambassadors / Consuls / Trade Commissioners ( posted in
>           the country of that Foreign Company )
>  
>    #     Industry Ministers / Industry Secretaries of the States where those
>           " Message Receiving " Indian Companies are located
>  
>    #     Any other Central / State Government Agencies
>  
>  
> The whole idea is simple ( no rocket science ! )
>  
>  
> Within minutes of blasting his " We are interested in talking to you " message to a few Indian Companies , the sender Foreign Company must receive phone calls from ALL of the above-listed Indian " Change Agents " , -(  let that be the NEW designation for the beaurocrats  ! ) , asking :
>  
> "  How can I help you to find ,
>  
>    >   suitable Indian partner  ?
>  
>    >   suitable manufacturing location  ?
>  
>    >   suitable Indian Bankers / Financial Institutions  ?
>  
>    >   correct Central / State Government Agencies  for various permissions ?
>  
>    >   right Government / Private web sites for additional info  ?
>  
>  
> These Change Agents will also take the initiative to set up online Video-Conferencing , in VIRTUAL CABINS hosted on MakeInIndia web site  !
>  
> During these Video - Conferencing , the Change Agent will display a PERT chart of the entire " Manufacturing Investment Project " , clearly highlighting the CRITICAL PATH , so that each " Activity " lying on the Critical Path , gets monitored by all participants , in a fully TRANSPARENT manner
>  
> If our scientists can send a " Mars Orbital Mission " - an unprecedented FIRST by any country in the World - then there can be no reason to doubt the expertise / capability of our Change Agents and our Software Engineers , to raise India's rank from 142 to 1  !
>  
> This is about the ONLY presentation that I wish to make to DIPP officers / Analytic Agencies
>  
> Once the decision to upload page , " Database Of Indian Companies " is taken , the rest is a matter of details
>  
> I rest my case
>  
> with regards ,
>  
> hemen  parekh
>  
> 0- 98,67,55,08,08
> Dec 09 , 2014
>      
>        
>  
>  
>  
>  
>  
>  
>  
>  
> > From: ravinder.73@nic.in [mailto:ravinder.73@nic.in]
> > Sent: Monday, December 08, 2014 3:17 PM
> > To: Hemen Parekh
> > Subject: Re: FW: Make in India Web Portal
> >  
> > Thanks sir,
> > will get back to you soon on this and your earlier mail on presentation.
> > Regards,
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Hemen Parekh <hcp@recruitguru.com>
> > Date: Monday, December 8, 2014 10:47 am
> > Subject: FW: Make in India Web Portal
> > To: ravinder.73@nic.in
> > Cc: info@blcserv.com, vikram@ignitee.com, amitabh.kant@nic.in
> >  
> > > Dear Ravinder
>  
>  
> In the next 8/10 days , I hope to be able to upload on B2B web site , a page titled , " Blast Message - Corporate / Industry wise "
>  
> I reproduce below , the proposed " Page Write-Up "
>  
> For Foreign Company Executives , wanting to send out their " We are interested in talking to you " type of Messages , to Indian Companies belonging to a SPECIFIC industry , this page would prove " Indispensable "
>  
> Imagine , with just ONE mouse click , reaching out to thousands of Indian Companies in a SPECIFIC industry !
>  
> This page will also increase " Outsourcing " by FOREIGN Companies from India
>  
> regards,
>  
> hemen  parekh
>  
> 0- 98,67,55,08,08
>  
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>  
> Dear Visitor :
>  
> Does your Company belong to an Industry / Business Activity , where your potential Clients , belong to some other SPECIFIC Industry  ?
>  
> In such a case , you would want your Marketing Message to go out , ONLY to companies belonging to that SPECIFIC industry
>  
> You are not bothered WHERE ( geographically ) those potential clients are located . They could be ANY City - in ANY Country , as long as they belong to that Industry
>  
> Let me explain with a few examples :
>  
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>  
> You belong to    /   No of Companies in our database      .............................................   Your potential Client belongs to  /   No of Companies in our database
>  
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>  
> Auto Components  /                                                                  ................................................. Auto Components - Automobile   /  10, 089
>  
> Food - Beverages - Liquor  /  5,825                                          ................................................Hospitality - Hotels - Restaurants - Resorts  /  5,716
>  
> Components - OEM Supplying - Spares /  12,997                  .................................................Machinery - Eqpt  Mfr - Capital Goods - Plants - Machine Tools  /  16,285
>  
> Tyre Manufacture  /  402                                                           ................................................. Automobile /  10,089   -  Transport  /     2163
>  
> Construction Materials   /  9,022                                               ................................................. Infrastructure - Construction  /  7,503
>  
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>        
> If this is your situation , then from this page ( after login ) ,
>  
>  
> *   Select  " Marketing Message "
>  
> *   Select  " Industry "
>  
> *  Select   " Country "
>  
> *  Click   "  BLAST MESSAGE "  button
>  
>  
> We will deliver your Message ( E mail ) to ALL the Companies belonging to the selected Industry - in the selected Country
>  
> Of course , you are most welcome to repeat your Message - Blast , by selecting in sequence , other Countries from the Country drop list ( one at a time )
>  
> And , should you happen to be a FOREIGN ( Non - Indian ) Company , wanting to reach out to potential Indian Companies in SPECIFIC Industry  for,
>  
> >    Technology Licensing
>  
> >    Manufacturing  Joint Venture
>  
> >    Equity Participation
>  
> >    Sub - Contracting  /  Outsourcing.... etc ,
>  
> Then ,  there is no other resource on the entire Web , which can deliver your Message , as FAST as we can - to as MANY Indian Companies as we can - with as LITTLE effort as we can ( just ONE click , in less than a second  ! )
>  
> We have implemented what Bill Gates advocated in his famous " treatise " ,  BUSINESS @ THE SPEED OF THOUGHT
>  
> Good Luck
>  
> *  hemen  parekh
>  
>  
>  
> > > From: Hemen Parekh [mailto:hcp@recruitguru.com]
> > > Sent: Friday, December 05, 2014 12:25 PM
> > > To: 'ravinder.73@nic.in'
> > > Cc: 'info@blcserv.com'; 'vikram@ignitee.com'
> > > Subject: RE: Make in India Web Portal
> > >  
> > > Dear Ravinder ,
> > >  
> > > Thank you for your invite to visit Delhi and make a presentation to DIPP officers / Analytics Agencies re suggestions to improve MakeInIndia web site
> > >  
> > > Much as I would have liked to meet up with all of you in person , I am afraid my age ( 81+ years ) and CABG surgery 10 years back , will not allow me to travel
> > >  
> > > But , if convenient to you , I would be happy to share my thoughts thru Video-Conferencing ( WEBEX ) - may be next Thursday or Friday . Please advise
> > >  
> > > In the meantime , I hope to courier to Shri Anurag Sharma and Shri Vikram Gupta , my " Transforming India " folder , which , I had sent to Shri Kant , on 06 Nov , and which contains hard copies of all of my earlier Emails re MakeInIndia web site
> > >  
> > >  
> > > As far as " Database of Indian Companies " is concerned ,
> > >  
> > > >    I have compiled this Database over past 24 years of the existence of 3P Consultants ( P ) Ltd , which I launched in 1990 , after retiring from L&T ( 1959-1990 )
> > >  
> > > >    We have executed Recruitment / Headhunting mandates from many of these companies , over these years
> > >  
> > > >    A large number of these Companies had registered on our various Job Portals as " Employers " , starting with launch of www.3pJobs.com on 14 Nov 1997
> > >  
> > > >   Some of these , now de-hosted , portals were,
> > >  
> > >    *   www.World-Wide-Jobs.com
> > >    *   www.GlobalRecruiter.net
> > >    *   www.IndiaRecruiter.net
> > >    *   www.RecruitGuru.com
> > >  
> > > In any case , this database of 2.28 lakh Indian Companies , will NOT be hosted on MakeInIndia server . It remains only on B2B server
> > >  
> > > >  I have also suggested ( strongly ) that , as soon as possible , MakeInIndia web site , itself should have a REGISTRATION page for Companies to register . This will allow
> > >  
> > >     MakeInIndia web site to gradually build-up its own / authentic Company Database ( I have sent the FORM DESIGN to DIPP )
> > >  
> > >     This means , hosting on MakeInIndia web site , a page ( Database of Indian Companies ) will be only a TEMPORARY affair
> > >  
> > > If , in the meantime , there are any questions , please feel free to phone me ( 0-98,67,55,08,08 )
> > >  
> > > Anurag and Vikram too need not hesitate to phone me
> > >  
> > > with regards ,
> > >  
> > >  
> > > ( click to view my profile )
> > >  
> > >  
> > >  
> > >  
> > >  
> > >  
> > >  
> > >  
> > > From: ravinder.73@nic.in [mailto:ravinder.73@nic.in]
> > > Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2014 3:09 PM
> > > To: hcp@recruitguru.com
> > > Subject: Make in India Web Portal
> > >  
> > > Dear Sir,
> > > You have been in constant touch with Mr. Amitabh Kant, Secretary, DIPP on your various suggestions about how to improve 'Make in India' web portal. A number of suggestions made by you are already on cards and our agencies are taking them up in a phased manner. Certain suggestions are difficult to implement. For example, we can not have a list of companies without verifying the credentials.
> > > However, we are eager to listen to your suggestions on web portal and will like you to share your vision with DIPP officials in a presentation with our Analytics Agencies.
> > > You are requested to kindly intimate us a suitable date on which you can visit us and make your presentation.
> > > In case you feel a need to contact our Analytical Agencies their contact details are as follows:
> > > 1. Shri Anurag Sharma, Bottom Line Consulting +919810039498
> > > 2. Shri Vikram Gupta, Ignitee +919810254245
> > >
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > >                     Ravinder, IAS
> > > Director, DIPP, Udyog Bhawan, Delhi.
> > >                 +91 11 23063212
> > >                 +91 8130 145591
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> >                     Ravinder, IAS
> > Director, DIPP, Udyog Bhawan, Delhi.
> >                 +91 11 23063212
> >                 +91 8130 145591
>
>
> Amitabh Kant
> Secretary to Govt. of India
> Ministry of Commerce and Industry,
> Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion,
> 157, Udyog Bhawan,
> New Delhi-110 107
> Tel: 23061667 / 23061815
> Fax: 23061598
> email: amitabh.kant@nic.in


Amitabh Kant
Secretary to Govt. of India
Ministry of Commerce and Industry,
Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion,
157, Udyog Bhawan,
New Delhi-110 107
Tel: 23061667 / 23061815
Fax: 23061598
email: amitabh.kant@nic.in