Academic Publishing – The Indian Opportunity There can never be one clear definition, interpretation or prediction about Indian academic publishing. Any article making any sort of claim can and will be challenged. And it should be challenged. But that doesn’t take away from certain facts about the country and its potential. Here are some figures… More The World of Academic Publishing

Updated: Jan 2, 2020 Publishing is NOT printing. This is perhaps the reason many aspirants shy away from considering mainstream publishing. It’s true that publishing began with printers and printing presses, however, this changed when printing and publishing became specialised. Today, hardly any publisher owns a printing press. There was a period in the late 1990s… More Careers in publishing

In many ways 2018 was a different year. The entire Indian education system has been going through changes at a frantic pace. It began with a more vocal and visible change in K-12 publishing with the government taking a stand on how this sector is to function. It began with the National Council of Educational… More Reimagining Indian Education

Guru Gobind Dono Khade, Ka Ke lagoon Paye,Balihari Guru Aapne, Jyon Gobind diyo bataye Loosely translated it means My Guru and the Lord standing before me, who should I first pay my respects to?I bow to you my Guru, because you helped me reach my Lord. In each of our lives, irrespective of nation, creed,… More My Guru and Mentor – Dr Pritam Singh

The term FEEDBACK is perhaps one of the most commonly misunderstood word. Perhaps the most incorrect interpretation is thinking FEEDBACK = CRITICISM. The line separating the two is a very thin one if one looks at a classical dictionary definition of the two words.   Criticism is: to express disapproval (of someone or something); to… More Giving and Receiving Feedback

Updated: Dec 31, 2019 In the last week I have been asked this question twice. My answer has been YES and NO. When anyone speaks of university presses they first think of Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press and Harvard University Press. I also think people will talk about a country specific university press and I… More Will an Indian University have a world-class university press?

Over the years I have had the good fortune of interacting with leaders, organizations and individuals at various stages of their respective careers. Strangely I have found a common answer to the question on compassion, “I/We are a compassionate person/organization.” If we treat this as the gospel truth what then is the need to even… More Building a compassionate workplace

The word corruption conjures of memories of dingy government offices where the peon at the door is the beginning of a chain of graft that extends to the very top. It almost seems like every person in a position of power wants to use it to amass wealth by unscrupulous and unacceptable means. The general… More Corruption – the greatest scourge of India’s colonization

Updated: Dec 31, 2019 I remember a story I heard when I was very young. The exact venue is fuzzy but the event was a Rotary or Jaycees’ dinner. There was a speaker invited who was a General Manager (Sales) of a well-known car company. The key message that I remember was as follows: When a… More India

Over the last two decades or so, the word disruption has acquired a positive twist representing ‘a light at the end of the tunnel’. It no longer means an interruption or interference. Businesses are being disrupted at an unprecedented pace. Many ride the wave but most end up too weak to survive. There is no… More Managing in the times of disruption

Am grateful for all I have been blessed with. Tough times don’t last, tough people do. 27 years ago, on 11th March, I obtained a Central Railway identity card that helped me travel in suburban trains in Mumbai. At that time, I could only afford 2nd class travel. This year on 11th March I posted… More Never forgetting where I came from

In the last two decades I have worked for just two organizations but have met with people from various organizations. The one question I have wondered about is the emphasis on creating a standard acceptable Culture of the company. One of the organizations that had people in some 20+ countries didn’t feel the need to… More The value of Culture in an organization