BOOK REVIEW

PRESENTED BY:
KINSHOO SHAH
0920940
MBA-IB
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
KIRAN MAZUMDAR SHAW
AZIM PREMJI
N. R. NARAYAN MURTHY
MY LEARNINGS
 INTRODUCTION
Business Gurus spoke about:
 Causes for success.
 Passionately committed to Goal.
 Firm foundation of Values-Personal &
Corporate.
 Simplicity & Humility.
Seeing Customer in a social perspective.
Love for people in General & “Supportive”
Organization.
 Out-of-the-Box Thinking.
 Outstanding in a Constrained
Atmosphere.
 Chairman & Managing Director of The
KIRAN BIOCON India Group.
MAJUMDAR SHAW
“I try & make the most of what I have. One
should excel in whatever one pursues.”
“One has to struggle & one has to believe in
oneself.”

• Ability to spot an opportunity miles away.

• Recognized inherent potential & worked
relentlessly with a dedicated band of
people.
• A woman in male-dominated business.
• Every company is a “knowledge company”.
• Admires unconventional people.
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Her Contributions….
Running a Contract Research Organization.
Assist Irish Embassy in New Delhi.
Brought biotech revolution in India.
$350 billion pharmaceutical industry alone revolves
around 400 drug targets known to wreck human health.
Introduced concepts of R&D in India.

Message for youngsters-”Don’t be besotted

with just one thing-money. Money comes
automatically when you succeed.”
 AZIM PREMJI
Chairman & Managing Director of WIPRO.
He is a soft-spoken, modest, witty & a laconic
person.
“Efficiency does not need to be proclaimed from the
roof-tops : it will be proved in your results.”
“With utmost respect to Human Values,
We promise to serve our
Customer with Integrity,
Through a variety of Innovative,
Value of Money, products & services,
By Applying Thought, day after day.”

Major concern: “Maintaining high growth rates on

a larger base, maintaining cultural continuity
with the addition of a lot of people.”
 His Contributions &
Strategies….
Joint project with Karnataka govt - Azim Premji
Foundation Programme - to bring back to school 2
lakh dropped out students.
Understand the needs of customers better than the
competitors.
“Successful leaders create leaders under them.”
“We need to become a nation of hard workers. We
need to work both harder & smarter.”
Respect for other individuals & humility.
Values help achieve success & also make success
enduring & lasting.
Message: “Believe in yourself. Be willing to
work hard. Maintain a personal code of ethics.”
 N. R. NARAYANA MURTHY
Chairman & CEO of INFOSYS Technologies
Ltd.
“Leadership is about making what seems
impossible, possible.”
Believed in sharing wealth with his
employees.
“First & foremost we value ‘respect’ more
than anything else.”
“No corporation can sustain its success
unless it can make a difference to society.”
Putting public good ahead of private good
will eventually lead to private good.
Firm must ensure fairness & transparency.
Experiment with innovation.
 Milestones…
He was the first Indian to get his company listed on
the NASDAQ National Market in 1999.
Originator of the successful concept of Offshore
Software Development.
Infosys has set up the Infosys Foundation in order
to help needy people & organizations.
Improve customer satisfaction, reduce cost,
improve productivity, improve the comfort level of
customers.

Message: “ Work hard & smart, be creative & be

honest. Be trustworthy with everyone in
dealings.”
 Venu Srinivasan

Deepak P arekh

Mukesh Ambani

Kurian Varghese
My Learnings
Leadership is about creating a vision,
communicating that vision to followers &
exhorting them to move towards that vision.
Values help weather storms.
Trust forms the essence of all relationships.
Customer is central to any business.
Implementation of innovative ideas.