If not balanced, hybrid work might lead to chaos, says Patt & Whitney HR head
He was delivering the keynote address at the annual HR Conclave of Manel Srinivas Nayak Institute of Management (MSNIM), Bondel, with the theme 'Future-Ready Workplaces: Redefining HR for the Next Decade,' here on July 19.
Discussing the emergence of hybrid work models and their implications for personal and professional well-being, Mr. Sandeep stressed the need to unlock hidden potential and strike a harmonious balance between various aspects of life.
The annual event aimed to build employability skills among MBA students and help them align with the evolving expectations of the corporate world. HR professionals, corporate leaders, faculty members and students attended. The Institute signed an MoU with Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) to promote mutual collaboration and industry engagement on the occasion.
KCCI president and Bharath Group Executive Director Anand G. Pai emphasised the need for students to develop skills that bridge the gap between education and employment. He urged students to become valuable assets to their organisations by cultivating a sense of purpose and professional ethics.
Women's National Education Society president Manel Annappa Nayak highlighted the evolving significance of human resources in today's dynamic and competitive business environment. He noted HR has transitioned from being a purely administrative function to becoming a strategic partner in driving organisational growth.
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The Hindu
23-07-2025
- The Hindu
If not balanced, hybrid work might lead to chaos, says Patt & Whitney HR head
Hybrid work which offers freedom in personal and professional life, might lead to chaos if not balanced, said S.P. Sandeep, Head of human resources at Patt & Whitney India. He was delivering the keynote address at the annual HR Conclave of Manel Srinivas Nayak Institute of Management (MSNIM), Bondel, with the theme 'Future-Ready Workplaces: Redefining HR for the Next Decade,' here on July 19. Discussing the emergence of hybrid work models and their implications for personal and professional well-being, Mr. Sandeep stressed the need to unlock hidden potential and strike a harmonious balance between various aspects of life. The annual event aimed to build employability skills among MBA students and help them align with the evolving expectations of the corporate world. HR professionals, corporate leaders, faculty members and students attended. The Institute signed an MoU with Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) to promote mutual collaboration and industry engagement on the occasion. KCCI president and Bharath Group Executive Director Anand G. Pai emphasised the need for students to develop skills that bridge the gap between education and employment. He urged students to become valuable assets to their organisations by cultivating a sense of purpose and professional ethics. Women's National Education Society president Manel Annappa Nayak highlighted the evolving significance of human resources in today's dynamic and competitive business environment. He noted HR has transitioned from being a purely administrative function to becoming a strategic partner in driving organisational growth.
Hindustan Times
21-07-2025
- Hindustan Times
The Taste by Vir Sanghvi: Delhi welcomes new eateries, but dining experience falls short
There is good news and there is bad news. The good news is that many new restaurants have opened in Delhi this year. Once upon a time all the openings were in Gurgaon which was not great for Delhi people who did not want to brave traffic jams of much more than an hour or get stuck in water-logged roads for the three months of the year when Gurgaon becomes some Haryanvi's idea of Atlantis, the undersea kingdom. Delhi sees new restaurant openings but quality remains a concern.(Unsplash (representative image)) The bad news is that most of the newish Delhi restaurants are not much better than those in Gurgaon where the average standard is pretty dismal. The National Capital Region (NCR), which is basically Delhi plus Gurgaon plus Noida (which is the one part of Uttar Pradesh that nobody bothers to travel to for the food), has nothing on Mumbai or Bangalore where great new restaurants keep opening. Oh yes, Delhi is very good at the top of the market (Bukhara, Indian Accent, China Kitchen, Dum Pukht, 360, Shang Palace, etc) and the dhaba food can be wonderful. But at the middle of the market very few outstanding restaurants have opened in the last few years. If you want a reliable place to go to, the 50-year-old favourites (United Coffee House, Kwality etc) are still your best options. I know because even though I keep trying to eat at home when I am in Delhi, on the grounds that I eat out all the time when I am travelling, I have forced myself to explore the restaurant scene over the last two months in the interests of keeping my readers well informed. (Which is not to say that every bad meal I have had to endure is your fault, dear reader, only to inform you of the sacrifices I make for the sake of this column.) There have been some good experiences. Sahil Mehta, who is to the patisserie scene in India what Cedric Grolet is to France, has opened the Paris Coffeehouse in Greater Kailash Two market. Of course it's wonderful because Sahil is incapable of making any patisserie that is less than excellent. But it's a small cafe that depends entirely on Sahil's skills and not a full fledged restaurant. And then there is Mesa in the Lodhi Colony Market (apologies to those who live outside the NCR but all Delhi localities have strange names like these) which is a relaxed oasis of casual dining. (Dos, Tres, and Jamun are popular options.) My wife and I wandered in one day for lunch and were pleasantly surprised. Mesa is run by a young chef called Sandeep Namboodiry, who once worked with the great Manish Mehrotra (after I posted about my meal at Mesa on Instagram, Manish messaged to say how talented Sandeep was), but sticks (mostly) to a modern European menu here. Not everything works brilliantly— he doesn't have the oven required to make the greatest pizzas, though his were not bad, and his Japanese omelette was not much more than acceptable— but there's enough delicious food to make me want to go back. You can see real skill on display here and Sandeep is a chef to watch. This counts for something because I don't think Delhi has as many talented chefs as, say, Mumbai. And unfortunately, even when Delhi chefs have talent, the restaurants are badly run. A few months ago I went to Cala, an unassuming neighbourhood restaurant in Panchsheel Park. The European food was far better than anyone had a right to expect. The pizzas were good, the pasta was authentic and a sophisticated prawn dish stole the show. The chef appeared to serve the dessert (also good) and when I asked about his background, said he had worked at Masque in Mumbai. Encouraged by that experience I booked for lunch last Sunday. When we arrived the solitary server in the dining room asked if I had a reservation. I said I did and gave my name. I don't know why he bothered to ask because he didn't look up any list of reservations but just led us out of the restaurant to an outside area where a low hung shamiana had been erected. I remembered the outside area because we sat there last time. This time, presumably because it was hot, it had been covered with this makeshift shamiana. It was dark (either they had no lights or they had not bothered to put them on) claustrophobic and the tables had not even been set. I asked why this was our only option given that I had booked the day before. The server had no idea. I said we could not possibly eat here and left. He seemed unconcerned. Perhaps the restaurant is closing down and they don't care about guests. Because nobody who wants to stay in the hospitality business can afford this kind of attitude. Stuck for a place to have lunch, I looked up Plats, which many people have praised, on the net , found the number and called. Nobody answered. I then called Indy at Eldeco centre. This is run by the people behind QLA, a restaurant I like. They answered the phone promptly but said they were full. Resisting the urge to take the easy way out and find a hotel restaurant or to return to one of our two go-to places for Sunday lunch (Cafe C at Chanakya and Cha Shi, both of which are excellent) we decided to try our luck at the new bustling Eldeco Centre in Malaviya Nagar, where there are many other restaurants apart from Indy. Nearly every place was full. There were crowds of hungry Bengalis outside 6 Ballygunge Place and the Arts Room was packing them in. But we roamed the corridors till we found a table at a Japanese restaurant called Hikki which I had never heard of. It is a relatively plush place that is well managed and because it is more expensive draws an older average diner than most of the Eldeco restaurants. For all that, there were some basic mistakes. The tables are lit with overhead lamps that come down dangerously low which, I guess, is a stylistic touch favoured by someone with dodgy taste. But, more crucially, all of the lighting has been designed by a person who has never heard of Instagram. The low-hanging lamps throw shadows on the food so that you can't take pictures and they also make the guests look strangely ugly. The food is hit and miss. The prawn tempura was good with high quality frying but this was not true of the chicken karaage. The gyoza had an oily slippery feel to them. And even by the standards of junk sushi, the nigiri was a disgrace, made with rice that was so dry they could well have cooked it a week ago. The meal was redeemed by an interesting noodle dish which was made carbonara style (like the pasta) and powered with the addition of Korean gochujang paste. To the credit of the servers, they quietly took the karaage off the bill when they saw we had wasted it. Clearly, they mean well. And to be fair, by the time we left, the restaurant was full. Perhaps they will get their act together: they need some urgent changes in the kitchen and they need to get someone who understands lighting to redo the lamps in the dining room. So, nothing inspiring to report. But I shall keep looking. At some stage, some thing really good will turn up. Or so I hope!
The Hindu
12-07-2025
- The Hindu
Bolpu seeks to support ventures, ideas and thoughts of aspiring entrepreneurs, Capt. Chowta
Dakshina Kannada MP Capt. Brijesh Chowta said the Bolpu initiative launched on Saturday, July 12, seeks to bring out at least 10 success stories of aspiring entrepreneurs every year, 50 in all for the next five years. Speaking at the launch of Bolpu, meaning light or dawn, here, Capt. Chowta said the initiative seeks not just to find new ideas, but also to support ventures, ideas and thoughts which need support from policy, legal, regulatory, finance, and banking perspectives, and link it to government programmes. Capt. Chowta said the Bolpu team would pick up around 10 ventures every year and over a period of five years, there would be at least 50 success stories from the region. Over a period of time, he wants Bolpu to be a community-driven programme wherein every resident of Dakshina Kannada finds a reason to support entrepreneurs. Trade and industry bodies, including the Kanara Chamber of Industry and Commerce (KCCI), Confederation of Indian Industries (CII), The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE), Kanara Industries Association (KIA), different government departments and others would hand-hold aspiring entrepreneurs to launch their projects, the MP said. Capt. Chowta said Dakshina Kannada has several success stories of entrepreneurs; but not many stories were told to the world. Even temple management in the coast, right from performing poojas to distribution of anna prasada, was a model that could be followed by entrepreneurs. Though the region had been the cradle for many start-ups in banking, hospitality, education, healthcare, and many more long back, when the word start-up was coined, the younger generation began moving towards the IT field. Now it was time to encourage young entrepreneurs to set up successful business models and implement the 'Back to Ooru' (back to native) initiative. Dakshina Kannada thus could be the start-up capital of many enterprises. Instead of attempting to bring in entities, namely, Infosys or TCS to Mangaluru, youngsters here should build the region's own Infosys or TCS, he said. On the occasion, the website of Bolpu along with QR code was launched to guide the aspiring entrepreneurs. TiE Mangaluru president Rohith Bhat, KCCI vice-president P.B. Ahmed Mudassar, CII Mangaluru president K.N. Nataraj Hegde and Karnataka Digital Economy Mission's Beyond Bengaluru vice-president Chetan Dixit announced support of their organisations to the Bolpu initiative. Later, they exchanged a memorandum of understanding with Capt. Chowta. Mangaluru City South MLA D, Vedavyasa Kamath, former Minister B. Nagaraja Shetty, former MLC Ganesh Karnik and others were present.
