[Assam] Why this IIM-A graduate sells vegetables?

[Alpana B. Sarangapani]

> This is commendable. The gentleman has gone from a job seeker to a job> creator. More power to him.
I agree wholeheartedly. 
What we people (should) think of doing, he practically did it. 
 
 
 

 

 
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> Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2008 11:49:56 +0800> From: rajiv.baruah at usa.net> To: assam at assamnet.org; pradip200 at yahoo.com; umesh.sh05 at post.harvard.edu; biku006 at yahoo.co.in> Subject: Re: [Assam] Why this IIM-A graduate sells vegetables?> > > Umesh,> > Methinks you have commented without reading the attached article. My> reference is to "Perhaps the most highly educated green grocer India has> ever produced, he has founded a farmers' cooperative 'Samriddhi' which sells> vegetables in ice-cooled pushcarts. The private-public partnership venture,> launched about a couple of months ago with assistance from the Agriculture> Technology Management Agency (ATMA) with just one pushcart, has now placed> an order for 50 more, thanks to a collateral-free loan of Rs 50 lakh from> the Punjab National Bank".> > > > This is commendable. The gentleman has gone from a job seeker to a job> creator. More power to him.> > > > best regards> > > > Rajiv> > > > > > ------ Original Message ------> Received: Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:55:54 AM SGT> From: umesh sharma <jaipurschool at yahoo.com>> To: assam at assamnet.org, pradip200 at yahoo.com, umesh.sh05 at post.harvard.edu,> biku006 at yahoo.co.in> Subject: Re: [Assam] Why this IIM-A graduate sells vegetables?> > Bikash-da,> I think I did not make it clear. It was a sarcastic take (C-da style)> about top MBA graduates using their management skills in selling soaps ,> cigarettes, etc etc (IIM-A etc's top choice for recruiters are soap and> perfume maker MNCs) .> Those who get in thru quotas never get these top jobs anyway - quota guys> (my idea) end up getting more mature/development oriented jobs - in sugar> factories, construction companies and the like. After that is their skill> and luck.> Umesh Sharma> Washington D.C.> 1-202-215-4328 [Cell]> Ed.M. - International Education Policy> Harvard Graduate School of Education,> Harvard University,> Class of 2005> http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info)> http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info)> www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used )> http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/> http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/> --- On Thu, 3/7/08, DR BIKASH KUMAR DAS <biku006 at yahoo.co.in> wrote:> From: DR BIKASH KUMAR DAS <biku006 at yahoo.co.in>> Subject: Re: [Assam] Why this IIM-A graduate sells vegetables?> To: assam at assamnet.org, pradip200 at yahoo.com, umesh.sh05 at post.harvard.edu> Date: Thursday, 3 July, 2008, 3:33 AM> Hi Umesh,> This is the scenerio of QUOTA system.What they can do more if comes> through> Quota??? ARjun Singh etc never thought of the aftermath of that.> Bikash> --- On Wed, 2/7/08, umesh sharma <jaipurschool at yahoo.com> wrote:From:> umesh sharma <jaipurschool at yahoo.com>> Subject: Re: [Assam] Why this IIM-A graduate sells vegetables?> To: assam at assamnet.org, pradip200 at yahoo.com> Date: Wednesday, 2 July, 2008, 11:13 PM> Hah Hah,> Just like Coca Cola sells water and IIM-A grads in Hindustan Lever sell> soaps> and those in ITC sell cigarrets.> Umesh Sharma> Download prohibited? No problem. CHAT from any browser, without download.> Go to http://in.messenger.yahoo.com/webmessengerpromo.php/> _______________________________________________> assam mailing list> assam at assamnet.org> http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org> __________________________________________________________> Not happy with your email address?.> Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available> now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html> _______________________________________________> assam mailing list> assam at assamnet.org> http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org> _______________________________________________> assam mailing list> assam at assamnet.org> http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
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