Mr. Prasad Chandran is the Founder Chairman of SEEGOS – a Social Enterprise for Ethics, Governance and Organisation Strategies. He is the former CMD of BASF in India and was the Head of all BASF companies in the South Asia sub-region.

Student Protests: Justified Or Not?

And for a Friday as student agitations in US are flaring up, some thoughts….. some musings….. Some of the world’s best known Excellence Centres in Columbia, NYU, Yale, MIT, Harvard, Brown, UT Austin, Emory, USC and many others are currently in news, not for what we normally know them for. Highest standards in Research, Education…

Maharashtra Political Conundrum: India Votes

And for a Friday in Mumbai, in the midst of a blazing summer and election fever, some thoughts….. some musings….. Maharashtra sends 48 members to the Lok Sabha and is the second largest contingent, after UP, amongst all states of India. However, this 2024 election, most political pandits are confused about the likely outcomes. Every…

IPL: The Great Leveller

And for a Friday as India’s mega sports carnival IPL is progressing; some thoughts….. some musings….. Today is match 26 out of the 74 matches before the playoffs of IPL 2024. Every evening, millions of Indians need no other entertainment between 7.30 to 11.30 pm. And weekends are bonus as there are two matches. The…

Pune Days: Reminiscences

And for a Friday returning from my favourite city Pune, some thoughts….. some musings….. I always have very fond nostalgia for Pune where I had spent all my childhood and early years of collegiate at the Ferguson college. So an invitation to meet up with some of my colleagues from Searle India, where I had…