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

Monday 9 February 2015

FW: MakeInIndia as an ACTION - MONITORING PLATFORM


Shuklendu  /  Nitin


In the attachment to the following email , I have conceptualized the display of a ADMIN page , which we shall allow designated Central / State Government Officers to be able to " access / view " , using some User Ids / Passwords

Of course , data to be captured for SCREEN F , cannot be obtained from B2B website log - so forget about it

However , data to be displayed in SCREENS A / B / C / D / E , are obtained from our own log

I am sending this to you because , sometime by April , we should introduce this ADMIN page


May be , we will also find some method to link up :


>  Interest Messages sent by Foreign Companies ,  

with

>  Email Alerts acted upon by recipient " Change Agents "



We must " close the feedback loop " to know whether those " Change Agents " did - or did not - act upon the Alerts

Of course, if their " action " is to make a " phone call " , then we have no means of knowing !

But , if " Alert Recipients " were to click on any of the links embedded into the " Alert Message Text " , then we should try to capture that event

Eg :

Take a look at the DRAFT Email Alert below and ask, " Where can we insert , what hyperlinks ? "

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DRAFT :  E MAIL    ALERT    TO   INDIAN    AMBASSADORS

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Sub Line :   " Ease of Doing Business " in India


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Dear Change Agent :


      Using online Message Blasting service of

          www.B2BmessageBlaster.com ,


      a  FOREIGN   Company ( located in the country where you are posted ) ,has sent a message to a few Indian Companies , details of which are as follows  :

  

      #      MESSAGE  SENDER

          >   Name of Foreign Company :.......................
          >   Country                           :.........................
          >   City                                :..............
          >   Email ID                          :.............. ( Make this clickable / capture event )
          >   Phone No                         :..............
          >   Name of Executive            :..............


      #     MESSAGE  TYPE

              Inviting Indian Companies for Technical Collaboration /
              Joint Ventures  


     #      MESSAGE  TEXT


             "  ................................................................................................................................ "


     #    SENT  TO  FOLLOWING   INDIAN   COMPANIES

           Click here { Blast No. 1234  } to see the list of recipient Indian Companies
           online on our web site ( showing clickable Email Ids )

          ( clicking on link " Blast No 1234 " will take the Change Agent " to the relevant page on our site )



    Dear Change Agent ,


    You are uniquely placed to improve India's rank in

                      " Ease of Doing Business "

    Just imagine the terrific impact that you can make on this FOREIGN Company when ,

within a few minutes of its inviting Indian Companies , YOU write / phone , offering  YOUR  help in setting up their project !


And , since this Email Alert is being sent to MLAs / MPs / Chief Ministers / Industry Ministers - Secretaries etc  of the States where these Indian Companies are situated , the " Early Bird gets the Worm " !


Wishing you Good Luck ,


with regards ,

hemen parekh


Mumbai ( 0 - 98,67,55,08,08 )



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Planned ADMIN page will be one more powerful reason for Amitabh Kant to agree to our request

hcp



From: Hemen Parekh [mailto:hcp@recruitguru.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2014 12:17 PM
To: 'siddhartha.anand@ficci.com'
Cc: 'singh.shailen@nic.in'; 'amitabh.kant@nic.in'; 'nsitharaman@nic.in'
Subject: FW: MakeInIndia as an ACTION - MONITORING PLATFORM

Dear Siddharth,


In World Bank's report on " Ease of Doing Business " , Singapore ranked   # 1  /  India ranked  #  142

Can we beat Singapore ?

It is difficulty . Here is why :


Some  40 years ago , Mohan Pherwani ( VP - Planning / Larsen & Toubro ) , made a presentation to the officers of Singapore Development Authority ( SDA ) , for a joint venture between L&T and SDA , for manufacture of Bottle Closures ( Crown Corks / Alu. Capsules ) in Singapore

After the presentation , a SDA officer took Pherwani to look up  suitable sites  for setting up the proposed factory

In the evening , when Pherwani returned to his hotel , receptionist handed him a letter from SDA ,

>     confirming SDA willingness to form a JV with L&T

>     allotting the factory plot selected by Pherwani

>     enclosing a cheque ( drawn in favour of L&T ), towards SDA's  contribution to the equity capital of proposed JV

Sure ,  difficult to beat  !

But not impossible , considering that the person propelling Singapore's current " Business Friendliness " is also , a person of INDIAN origin !

That person is Mr Tharman Shanmugratnam , Singapore's Finance Minister since 2007 and Deputy Prime Minister since 2011

Can MakeInIndia web site help to improve India's rank ?

Yes , of course !

By hand-holding a Foreign Company , right from the moment its executive visits MakeInIndia for the first time , till its Indian factory starts producing

By monitoring and controlling the entire process / journey , using the SCREENS ( A / B / C / D / E / F ), shown in attachment ( proposed DIPP ADMIN page of MakeInIndia web site )

By alerting thru automatic SMS - Emails ( within ONE MINUTE of any transaction on MakeInIndia / B2B web sites ) , those " Agents of Change " , viz :

>     Industry-specific God-father of DIPP

>     India's Ambassadors / Consuls / Trade Commissioners , posted in the country of the interested Foreign Company

>     Industry Secretaries of Indian States where the factory is proposed to be put up

>    Other Central / State Government departments / Ministries , concerned for various approvals

Can you imagine the pleasant surprise of those Foreign Company Executives , who receive calls of help from these Agents , TWO MINUTES after the transaction  ?

We like to hear that India is a Software Superpower ; that 21st Century is going to be the Indian Century

But that won't happen without breaking out of the obsolete ways of working / paper-pushing

As our PM , Shri Narendra Modi says ,

" Government should not get into business itself : it should facilitate business "

I await your feedback to my proposal

with regards ,

hemen  parekh

Mumbai ( 98,67,55,08,08 )









From: Hemen Parekh [mailto:hcp@recruitguru.com]
Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2014 11:45 AM
To: 'siddhartha.anand@ficci.com'
Cc: 'MakeInIndia Response'; 'singh.shailen@nic.in'; 'amitabh.kant@nic.in'
Subject: MakeInIndia as an ACTION - MONITORING PLATFORM

Dear  Siddharth ,


In itself , MakeInIndia web site is a great initiative where Foreign Companies can find , almost all the info re Investment Opportunities in India

But can we turn MakeInIndia , into something far more effective ( in attracting Foreign Investments ) than a mere " Source of Information "  ?

For example , can it be made into a " Hand - Holder " for a Foreign Investor , all the way till he actually starts production in India  ?

Can ADMIN page of MakeInIndia be made to look like a ,

>    Flight Deck of a fighter plane  ?

>    Dashboard of a Supertanker  ?

>   Control Room of a Power Station /  Refinery  ?

With DIPP officers constantly watching ( on the ADMIN page ) , the activities taking place ( eg: Registrations on MakeInIndia web site  and  Messages being blasted from B2B web site )

And then assigning a specific officer to act as the GOD FATHER of each Foreign Company registering  and requesting some kind of " Assistance " ( see Section I of FORM DESIGN )

The ADMIN page should have :

>      Year / Month / Date wise ,  search and display

>     Foreign Company-Name wise , search and display

>     Indian Company Name wise , search and display

>     God-father Name wise , search and display

>     Foreign  Country - wise , search and display

>    Type of Assistance Requested-wise , search and display

>    Message-Recipient Indian Company-wise , search and display


Some 50 years ago , when Admiral Rickover ( of US Navy ) , floated a tender for the first nuclear warship , he insisted that only bids accompanied with a PERT chart , will get considered

He understood that building a nuclear warship is a PROJECT , where PERT ( Project Evaluation and Review Technique ) was the key to timely completion

He was right  !

Since then , each and every major US Govt tender insists on the bidder to submit a PERT chart

This is a major reason , most US Govt projects do get completed ON TIME

It is no different with a Foreign Investment Project - which , in my opinion , must be accompanied with a PERT chart , clearly displaying , the CRITICAL PATH

There is no insurmountable difficulty in monitoring each Foreign Investment Proposal on MakeInIndia , using a PERT chart

If India wants to improve its , " Ease of Doing Business " rank from 142 to 42 , this could be THE way forward

Please do not hesitate to phone me ( 0-98,67,55,08,08 ) , if I could be of any help

with regards ,

hemen  parekh

Mumbai

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