My Personal Blog - Sarada Ramani

What a personality he is ..  At his age, at his position - how can he be so simple, humble and so hospitable.  I am talking about the great Dr Bala Balachandran .   There can never be such a noble soul at all.  We were in Chicago on Friday to meet up with a client in the morning and my husband wanted to meet Dr Bala to get himself charged and motivated to tackle things head on.  So Ramani wrote to Dr Bala on Wednesday saying that he would like to meet up with him.  Pat came the reply immediately asking him about the whereabouts of our meeting.  Once Ramani wrote back, Dr Bala wrote back, it will take you around 3.00 PM to reach my place after your client meeting and is my house is just 30 mts from the airport.  So you can come over to my house and we can get together over a cup of coffee.  So Ramani calls up Dr Bala's residence after the meeting is over to find out how to reach and believe me his wife picks up the call and tell him to ...

28 th of April 2009 was a very momentous day indeed for many of us - but for one person, it was a dream which had turned out to be a reality due to sheer his hard wok and dedication and having contributed to the society till date with not expecting anything in return, despite the physical age and health condition. I am talking about the Dream of Dr Bala Balachandran to have a world class facility for his child - The Great Lakes Institute of Management in Chennai. it is OK for a man to show his emotions was what we all felt when he became emotional when he started talking about his inspiration coming from his mother and her love for him and how though she is just 4 th grade, has enabled and instilled him a great value and thirst for great things. I am really proud to be part of Uncle Bala , our affectionate, energetic, young old man's great vision. Just to quote from some of the Newspapers - Chennai’s five year old leading business school, Great Lakes institute of ma...

Great Lakes Human Resource Conclave, 2008 Great Lakes Institute of Management takes pleasure to inform about organizing the Great Lakes Human Resource Conclave on Tuesday, the 2nd of September 2008 at Hotel Le Meridien, Chennai. PROGRAMME 0900 – 1000 Hrs Registration 1000 – 1120 Hrs Inaugural Session 1000 – 1020 Hrs Welcome Address Dr. Bala V. Balachandran 1020 – 1050 Hrs Address by the Chief Guest Mr. Prem Chand Gupta 1050 – 1120 Hrs Address by the Chief Guest Dr. T. V. Rao 1120 – 1135 Hrs Tea / Coffee Break 1135 – 1200 Hrs Address by Guest of Honor Mr. Pranab Baruah - Tackling talent acquisition challenges in spiraling inflationary times. 1205 – 1405 Hrs Session 1 Theme: Integration of Corporate cultures and People Management post-merger 1205 – 1230 Hrs Session Chair Address Mr. Chandra Sekaran - Integration of Corporate cultures and People Management post-merger 1230 – 1250 Hrs Keynote Address Dr. Chandrasekhar Sripada - A consulting perspective on managing workplace diversity po...

SWIM - Successful Women in Management - a great initiative from Great lakes Institute of Management. It is all about empowering women and showing the students and the whole world what is it be Woman in a situation of having to manage self and manage others and even the company and take all the people to great Heights. It is the 4 th year of the program start and each year it gets bigger and better. Here is the program schedule and all are welcome Theme Women as Trailblazers: Dreaming, Exploring & Discovering New Horizons Chief Guest Ms. Anu Aga (Former Chairperson of Thermax ) Guests of Honor Mr. T.N. Seshan , Former Chief Election Commissioner Padmasri Sudha Raghunathan , Professional Carnatic Vocalist Ms. Hemu Ramaiah , Founder of Landmark Panel Discussion Educated, Intelligent, Energetic and just in her 40's – Can she still pursue her career dreams? Venue: Hotel Green Park, Vadapalani , Chennai 600026 Date: 12 th August 2008 Time: 9:30 Hrs to 17:00 Hrs Al...