Believe me or not, something unheard is happening at ZCBI. I could feel it right from day one. It kept on growing in volume and intensity with each passing day. It started with the breath of few individuals, soon it turned into the air of Innovation and now it is no longer a mild breeze, it is a strong Wind. Yes! The Wind of Transformation has begun! It is a Wind which both the ZCBIians and the Corporates have felt alike. They have begun to experience it, enjoy it and sail with it.
Call it the first destination or the beginning of a journey, on 10 June 2008, ZCBIians were enriched and enlightened by none other but the founder of this Concept ZCBI, the Mastermind behind this Epitome of Innovation, Dr Ganesh Natarajan, Chairman NASSCOM & CEO, Zensar Technologies.
Fun at heart, follower of intuitions and passionate about enjoying every moment at work, Dr Natarajan believes in listening to his heart. He is a sailor in this sea of life and hates wasting fuel going against the stream. Probably, he is a strong believer of the ‘Law of least Efforts’ which says that you achieve utmost success when you seem to apply the least efforts, the enjoyment in the journey is so extreme that it overwhelms the burden of the efforts!
The Big day started with the celebrations of the first 50 days of ZCBI. ZCBIians presented the journey so far to Dr Natarajan who was highly impressed by the ‘Ehsaas’ Social initiative and the advent of ZCBI into Secondlife, an online Virtual World, as well!
There is something at ZCBI which compels its visitors to follow the Mantra of Success – Doing things differently and Dr Natarajan was no exception. To everyone’s surprise Chairman of NASSCOM started his lecture not by speaking about IT, US, Europe or Asia-Pacific but by speaking about Rural India. He asked us that how many have spent a decent part of their life in small towns of Rural India. To Dr Natarajan’s surprise there were many of us who had absorbed the Purity of Rural India in our childhood. This was something unique we shared with Dr Natarajan, himself coming from a small town of Bihar and an introvert in the early days of his life, we were overwhelmed by his strong connection with his roots.
Dr Natarajan now fired a question at us ‘What is NASSCOM and its purpose of existence’. Multiple answers soared from all corners of the classroom and each covered just some aspects of this huge body. Dr Natarajan explained that the prime purpose of any big coalition is to share and comprehend the best practices with each other and NASSCOM does the same. It is a platform for the IT & BPO Industries to Learn, Share, Enrich and Grow together. He went on to ask the reason behind the success story of Indian IT industry during its early days. There were many answers and someone popped up with the Y2k solution but Dr Natarajan wanted an answer that would appeal to his ‘that sense’ which all of us have in plenty but tend to use it least because we feel it is common, yes indeed it is common but didn’t Abraham Lincoln once said ‘God loves common people, that is why he makes so many of them’. Yes! Dr Natarajan appealed to us to use the immense strength of our common sense and trust the wonders it can create. He went on that during 1980’s a strong trend began when students from IITs and other premium institutions went abroad, particularly to the US for higher studies and work. Strong presence of Indians in US and other foreign countries helped the IT industry to grow exponentially. This is the power of Collaboration and indeed it is much common than solving the mighty Y2k problem!
Dr Natarajan went on to apprise us about the company he currently heads, Zensar Technologies. He said that in order to achieve success it is extremely important to be Original and Differentiate yourself from the crowd. Zensar Technologies differentiates itself from the rest by believing in Constant Innovation, ZCBI being a classical example. Dr Natarajan informed that Zensar Technologies focuses on Process and Business Model Innovation. He added that the Business Models keep on evolving and need Constant Innovation. It started with TCS’ Onsite Offshore Model, followed by Infosys’ state of the art facilities in India better called the Global Development Centres and currently Zensar Technologies latest Business Model is a revolution in itself for the industry. Dr Natarajan informed about the Innovative practices that Zensar Technologies follows in People Management as well. Encouraging Women Leaders, Zensar Technologies is indeed a People Oriented Organisation.
However, one needs two hands to clap. Let one hand be that of the Associates & other of the Organisation and Zensar Technologies shall never stop Clapping. The essence of this was pointed out by Dr Natarajan saying that even if on one morning you feel not going to Zensar, you better quit!
Indeed the ‘Law of Least Efforts’ shall be followed by all Zensarians - Amen!
By: Abhinav Baloni
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