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, 30 November 2015

RE: My Presentation Skills / L&T Story - 4


Dear Friends :



I , once again , urge you to send to me ( hcp@RecruitGuru.com ) , your own memories / instances of L&T , for uploading on www.hemenparekh.in

I am sure each one of you cherish some such incidences worth recording

Read together , these stories will tell the World ( at least , the Indian Business World ) , the Values , the Business Ethics , the Management Practices , that we all imbibed and nurtured

I have read many books about great companies like Google / Apple / Microsoft / IBM / General Motors etc., but I have not come across any which was a result of a collaborative effort of its past employees - themselves as " Characters " of the play !

Who will remember - and preserve L&T legacy - when we are all gone ?

We owe to the current and the next generation of engineers / managers , what went into making of this GREAT company - the pride of India

If you come forward to add your own contribution , L&T  STORY , can become a case study for the IIMs / MBA colleges around the country

One last thing :

You need not add your story as a " thread " to the email started by HRS ( - after a while , it may become ONE MILE long ! )

Just send it to me

I will inform everybody , after uploading

And like , true blue-blooded L&T-ites , set " Targets / Schedules " for your contributions  !

with regards,

hcp / (M) 0 - 98,67,55,08,08

PS :

From my ADMIN page ( on Blogger ) , I found that , yesterday 45 of us visited / read , L&T Story - 3

There must be many other L&T-ites , who you know but are NOT covered by this mailing list

Pl do forward this invitation to them and encourage them to contribute

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From: Haridas Shenoy [mailto:hrshenoy1941@gmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2015 3:16 PM
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Subject: My Presentation Skills

My Presentation Skills

Sometime in 1993, VH Iyer brought some Materials Management guys attending some training program to Powai and asked me to explain our systems to them.

I had full knowledge of the system but zero presentation skills.  I completed the presentation in one or two sentences and told them to ask questions.

I was so embarrassed by my inability that I vowed to myself to develop.

The opportunity came soon, courtesy Mr VS Shiroor to whom I was reporting to from 1.4.1981 till 29.4.2000 – in the department named Data Processing Section, later upgraded to Switchgear Information Systems.

In 90s, NITIE at Powai used to conduct Materials Management Training Program, duration being 5 days.  L&T PSW were allotted some 3 hour slot to explain our systems, by far the best in the industry as far as I am aware.  Mr Shiroor made one or two presentations.

When he had an opportunity to make the next one, I requested him to allow me to accompany him as an observer, to which he readily agreed.

The next time such the opportunity came I asked him “Can you allow me to take this session?”  Without hesitation, he did.  I did a wonderful job; I did not mess up like the first time.

I also told Mr Shiroor one more thing.  “I know they offer an honorarium (it was some Rs 300 for the 3 hour session).  Apart from the experience of developing presentation skills, I need that extra money too (all 3 children were studying engineering at various stages at that time)”.

For the next 5 years or so, I did those presentations and earned those few extra bucks.

An unforgettable generosity on the part of Mr Shiroor – one of the many!

HR Shenoy, 7666128505
Co-Founder, Tejora Technologies Limited, tejora.com

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