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

Tuesday 10 January 2012

if I were you


Dear Executive

If it is a matter of 9-to-5  thankless / demeaning drudgery  Vs  getting a challenging dream – job, I would not take a risk.

In that case, I would

Ø   First download  Resume  Rater  tool

     ( without login / free from  www.IndiaRecruiter.net )

Ø   " Rate " my resume and find my  Raw Score

Ø   Rewrite my resume with relevant  keywords

Ø   Re-rate it to see if my  Raw Score  improves

Ø   Finally post it on  www.CustomizeResume.com

When 13,000 + recruiters are using   Resume  Rater software  to decide ( based on unbiased / objective Raw Score ), whether to call a candidate for interview or not, I would not take a risk if I were you !

Regards

hemen  Parekh

Monday 19 December 2011

WHITE PAPER ON BLACK MONEY !

19 Dec 2011

WHITE  PAPER  ON  BLACK  MONEY  !

How much money has flowed out illegally from the developing countries over the last 10 years ?
DNA [ 16, Dec. 2011 ] sourced following figures from a report titled, “ Illegal financial flows from developing countries over the decade ending 2009 “, published by Global Financial Integrity – GFI :
     
       Country                              $  Billion

  • China…………………………………………..2,740

  • Mexico…………………………………………….504

  • Russia……………………………………………..501

  • Saudi Arabia……………………………………380

  • Malaysia………………………………………..350

  • UAE………………………………………………….296

  • Kuwait……………………………………………..271

  • Nigeria…………………………………………..  182

  • Venezuela……………………………………..  179

  • Qatar………………………………………………  175

  • Poland…………………………………………….. 162

  • Indonesia………………………………………… 145

  • Philippines…………………………………….   142

  • Kazakhstan………………………………….. 131

  • India……………………………………………….. 128

Poor people of India are telling Finance Minister ,Pranabda :

“ Sir, we don’t need your white paper. We need our black money back” 

With regards

HEMEN  PAREKH 

Tuesday 13 December 2011

The Case of Missing Mentors





As reported by DNA ( 10 May,2012 ), following are the findings of The Standing Committee on Human Resource Development – Government of India :


Ø  % age of Faculty positions lying vacant in

          *   24 Central Universities ..........................  35  %

          *   39 Central Universities …………………………….  39  %

>  %  age of Professor level vacancies
                         [ in 16 Central Universities  ]…………………………… 55  %

Ø  %  age of Faculty positions lying vacant
                  In 77 State Universities………………………………………50+ %

But why are faculty positions lying vacant ?

Here are ( educated ? ) guesses of the Committee :

Ø  Young students were not attracted towards teaching profession

Ø  Recruitment process was a prolonged one

Difficult to digest when India’s colleges are churning out some 3.5 Million graduates every year

Did it occur to the Committee that may be these graduates are simply “ Not Employable “ ?

Proof :

When AMCAT ( Aspiring Minds Computer Adaptive Test ) was conducted in 20 colleges of Mumbai University, only 1 % of the final year students appearing for the test ( 50 out of 5,000 ) were found “ employable “ !

We are in a vicious circle !

With regards

hemen  Parekh


Jobs  for  All  =  Peace  on  Earth



           

Monday 12 December 2011

JUDICIAL PRODUCTIVITY

12 Dec 2011

JUDICIAL  PRODUCTIVITY

If figures published in DNA [ 29, Nov. 2011 ] are any indication, there is a perceptible improvement in India’s judicial system.
Here are those facts :

·             During 5 year period ending Dec 31, 2011(?)
·             No of new cases filed……… ………… 111.60  million
·             No of cases disposed off……………..107.70 million
·             No of cases pending………………………..3.79 million

Assuming that the courts worked for an average of 200 days / year, ( ie: 1000 days in 5 years ), this translates to disposal of nearly 107,700 cases per day !
So , each of those 12,600 judges disposed off ( on an average ), 8.5 cases daily

While admitting 8.85 cases every day !

A total of 17.3 cases in a 4 hour period ! That is some productivity !

Of course ,with the arrival of e-governance, it is anybody’s guess what would happen when 120 million citizens having internet connections can lodge a corruption related complaint against 12 million Government servants , on Lokpal’s web site

With regards


HEMEN  PAREKH

Friday 9 December 2011

Corruption rises in India ?


Just when you thought that there was no room for corruption to rise any more , Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index shows, India has fallen by 8 places !

Here are corruption indices of various countries ( as reported in Economic Times / 02,Dec.2011 ) :

      [  Score:   0 = Highly Corrupt,        10 = Very Clean         ]

Ø  New Zealand………………………                     9.5

Ø  Denmark……………………………. 9.4

Ø  Finland………………………………9.4

Ø  Sweden………………………………9.3

Ø  Singapore………………………..      9.2

Ø  China…………………………………3.6

Ø  Sri Lanka……………………………..3.3

Ø  India………………………………… 3.1

Ø  Bangladesh……………………….     .2.7

Ø  Pakistan……………………………    2.5

Ø  Uzbekistan…………………………   1.6

Ø  Afghanistan……………………..       1.5

Ø  Myanmar…………………………… 1.5

Ø  N Korea……………………………. 1.0

Ø  Somalia………………………………1.0


Now you know why Team Anna wants a strong  LokPal  Bill, covering even those 57 lakh, Class “ C “ government employees
Do we hear Standing Committee saying :
“ Oh, but perceptions can be deceptive ! “

With regards

hemen  parekh

Tuesday 6 December 2011

WHO IS AFRAID OF THE BIG BAD WOLF ?

6 Dec 2011

WHO  IS  AFRAID  OF  THE  BIG  BAD  WOLF  ?

If and when , Wal-Mart , Carrefour , Tesco arrive in India , who will be afraid of them ?

Certainly not all of the 50 million small retailers

There are many amongst them who are thoroughly transparent , honest and have a very high standard of business practices.

In fact , no foreign Super mart can even match their personalized service to their customers

The retailers who are afraid are the ones who engage in one or more of the following un-ethical practices :
·      Selling fake / duplicate goods

·      Selling sub-standard goods

·      Selling goods at a price higher than the M.R.P

·      Cheating on correct weights

·      Selling goods without bills / cash memos

·      Selling expired goods

·      Not subscribing to “ Packaged Commodities Act “

·      Not subscribing to “ Weights and Measures Act “

·      Selling same item at different prices, especially to poor illiterate customers

·      Refusing to accept genuine “ Returns “

·      Selling drugs without prescriptions

·      Passing off misspelled, poor quality “ Substitutes “

·      Selling PDS items for poor in black market

They are afraid because they will have to give up their un-ethical ways of making a fast buck by cheating their unsuspecting customers

As a customer , I support FDI in retail

But I will continue to patronize my honest corner grocery store !

With regards

HEMEN  PAREKH