[Assam] [asom] Ambani's gift and an ODI in Guwahati

Thu Nov 8 02:00:11 CST 2007

thanks for the ego massage!!!

Happy diwali to you too..

-manojda

On Nov 8, 2007 10:25 AM, SANDIP DUTTA <pseude at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Wow ManojDa,
>
> The info reeled out was awesome!
>
> Happy Diwali.
>
> Regards,
> Sandip
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Manoj Das <dasmk2k at gmail.com>
> To: umesh.sh05 at post.harvard.edu; A Mailing list for people interested in
> Assam from around the world <assam at assamnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, November 8, 2007 9:32:32 AM
> Subject: Re: [Assam] [asom] Ambani's gift and an ODI in Guwahati
>
> Hi Umesh!
>
> India is a great country and we should all be proud of its heritage
> and status as the 'guru' to the world, as the land of wisdom.
> Everything is definitely not hunky dory. Probably progress would have
> been faster and better with a single party rule, as the PM other day
> commented in a seminar on federalism. But things are definitely
> changing at a very fast pace and I am sure the 'India rising' story is
> true. Our BPL, illiteracy rates are receding fast. Democratic India
> with a population of 1.2 Bn will be a force to reckon and I am sure
> one day you'll all be proud of your Indian connection.
>
> -mkd
>
> On Nov 7, 2007 11:22 AM, umesh sharma <jaipurschool at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > I surrender to your judgements. In a land where monuments like Taj Mahal
> > were created (today a high school textbook in US of a student of mine had
> > the Taj as the full page cover photo)  after 22 years  of labor then
> perhaps
> > anythings is justified.
> >
> > Umesh
> >
> >
>
> > Manoj Das <dasmk2k at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >  Ditto Rajni!
> >
> > I have great regards for Umesh's wisdom and judgement, but the
> > headline of his last email on Ambani's gift was something out of
> > place. Mukesh's billions belong to him legally, he is free to dump it
> > in the Arabian Sea, we needn't bother about that.
> >
> > Ambanis and Mittals are different genre of entrepreneurship. Mittal
> > initially bought sick steel plants cheap from governments and turned
> > those around with Indian management skills. He leveraged his Brand
> > Equity(BE) to play in the market, and bought many more plants and
> > ultimately Arcelor to became the largest producer of steel in the
> > world. I feel he has all his eggs in one basket and current boom in
> > the steel business is due to the break neck consumption of steel in
> > China due to the Olympics and construction boom in BRIC countries. He
> > nonetheless epitomizes the Indian entrepreneurship abroad.
> >
> > Ambanis' greatness lies in creating world scale production facilities
> > in India. They like any other successful people found to trick to
> > tackle the system, against which we should not have any grudge; we
> > might just have plain green envy. They have invested in greenfield
> > projects on mega scale and leveraged the BE to raise funds from
> > millions of small/other investors to create wealth. They must have
> > siphoned off large chunks as any businessman do- but it's possibly
> > legal otherwise they would have been behind bars.
> >
> > I am proud that we have great entrepreneurs like Ambani, who will
> > propel India into a great industrial power and someday buy
> > Exxon-Mobil, GM, AT&T, PEPSI or Coca-Cola and gift their wives some
> > islands in the Pacific Atoll on birthdays as exclusive resorts.
> >
> > A quick 'jhalak' at what Ambani Sr. is doing to create a personal
> > wealth of $100 Bn by 2012.
> >
> > 1. Refinery: Existing one with capacity of 30 MMT per year. Another
> > 100% Export Oriented refinery of 27 MMT under construction at Jamnagar
> > costing $6 Bn. together with the existing one, it will be the world's
> > largest refinery in 2008.
> >
> > 2. Oil & Gas: Reliance is ambitiously exploring fossil fuels in India
> > and Overseas. Size: 425000 Km. It has drilled 51 exploratory wells
> > with a success rate of 61%. Location: Krishna Godavari Basin (Deep sea
> > exploration at 4.8 Km). depth of pipeline 3 Km. Building pipeline grid
> > (6500 km) across the country to market the gas with current reserve of
> > 11.3 Trillion Cu Ft. Currently training 9000 welders, fitters at
> > Jamnagar Craft Training School. Stopgap labour import from China-
> > 6000. Investment: $9 Bn
> >
> > 3. Retail: It is shooting for a slice of the growing retail market
> > (Rs. 160000 cr now). In less than a year it already has 300 outlets in
> > 30 cities and 12 states. Through retail it plans to create 5 lakh
> > jobs, and give farmers better planting material, more value for
> > products and assured market. The roll out includes from fresh
> > vegetables to garments. Plan to cover 2500 towns, 120 million sg ft.
> > Investment: $9 Bn
> >
> > 4. Special Econimic Zones (SEZs): Setting up 4 SEZs in Jhajhar,
> > Jamnagar, Raigad and Navi Mumbai spread across 300 sq km. Investment:
> > $ 6.5 Bn. These will be Indian's shopfloors to counter China's
> > competitiveness.
> >
> > Now RIL makes Rs. 14 crore ($3.5 Mn) per hour. This year it will have
> > a turnover of Rs. 128000 crores ($32 Bn) and net profit of Rs. 15000
> > crores ($3.75 Bn).
> >
> > By 2009 RIL will generate cash reserves of Rs. 60000 ($ 12 Bn) a year
> > and by 2012, challenge for Mukesh will be to invest Rs. 300000 ($75
> > Bn) profitably.
> >
> > If he spends portion of his money for personal gratification, we must
> > excuse. After all it's giving employment to those at Seattle:)
> > Currently Mukeshbhai is building his 360 degree sea view mansion of 60
> > floors at Altamont Road with a home theatre, lap pool, helipad at an
> > investment of Rs. 600 crores.
> >
> > Era of Indian commercial colonialism may have just began- beware
> > west...just joking:)
> >
> >
> >  wrote:
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