SUBHASH CHNDRA GOEL- Rice Trader Turned Media Mogul

Subhash Chandra was born on 30 November 1950 in Hisar, Haryana. He left studies after completing 12th.(Not a point to be highlighted as it may send wrong signal to youth and society at large) He went on to start his own vegetable oil unit when he was only nineteen years old and soon ventured in to export of food grains. In 1981, his visit to a packaging exhibition led him to set up Essel Packaging Ltd. Later it was merged with the Swiss Group Propack A.G., and was renamed as Essel Propack Ltd. Later a casual visit to a friend at Doordarshan gave him the idea of starting his own broadcasting company.


Chandra knew nothing about programming, distribution or film rights. What he did understand quite well was the Indian sensibility though. Funded by UK businessman, Zee came into being as India’s first satellite TV network on 2nd October 1992. Zee TV competes with, among others, Sony Entertainment Television and STAR Plus. It made news when it forged a distribution partnership with Rupert Murdoch’s Star DEN, a one time partner. Group’s Dish TV, which has over 12 million subscribers, is now his second biggest asset. Zee TV also launched regional channels in several regional languages. Today, the Zee Network reaches out to 32 million homes across India, besides reaching out to countries like USA, the  Caribbean Islands, the Middle East, Europe, Africa, Far East, Australia and New Zealand.

Chandra has also set up amusement parks in India. He is also credited with bringing the concept of online lottery to India through his company Playwin Infravest Private Ltd. He started the failed Indian Cricket League, a domestic Twenty 20 cricket league. In November 2009, he took over management responsibility of Daily News and Analysis (DNA), which is one of the fastest growing newspapers in India. He is having interests in movie production, multiplexes, education and animation too.

TALEEM Research Foundation was set up by Chandra in May 1996.Chandra is the President of Global Vipasana Foundation

Chandra is the Chairman of Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation of India. He is also the founder Chairman of the Global Foundation for Civilization Harmony, an interfaith.

He won an International Emmy Directorate Award for 2011.

His Net Worth as March 2012 is $ 1.8 B. In the Forbes Billionaires he is # 29 in India.



                                                                                     Bhargav Adhyaru.

NAUSHAD ALI---COMPOSER OF THE CENTURY

     Naushad Ali was born on December 25,1919 at Lucknow. His father was a court clerk. Naushad Ali studied hindustani music at Barabanki  under Ustad Ghurbat Ali, Ustad Yusuf Ali, Ustad Babban Saheb and others. He was also repairing harmoniums there. While giving music for silent movies he grasped the naunces required in composing a film's background music score. Later, he  took training under Laddan Khan until he became capable of working independently as a composer. There also he developed the sense to pick rare musical jewels from folk tradition of Punjab, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Saurashtra.His family was strict follower of Islamic diktat of prohibition of music. He preferred music to family and left the family and ran away to Bombay.

                               In late 1937, he stepped in to Bombay. Initially he stayed at Colaba and after a while he shifted to Dadar opposite Broadway theater where he would sleep on footpath. He assisted music director Ustad Jhande Khan who was paying him monthly salary of Rs.40. Then composer Khemchand Prakash took him on as an assistant for the film Kanchan at Ranjit Studio,at salary of Rs.60. per month and for the lifetime Naushad remained extremely grateful and was considering him as his Guru.

                               He composed for his first independent film Prem Nagar in 1940 but it was Rattan (1944) that took him to the top and enabled him to charge Rs.25000 a film then.When Naushad got married, the band was playing the tunes of the super hit songs of Rattam.

                               He was one of the first to introduce sound mixing and the separate recording of voice and music in playback singing. He was first to combine the flute and clarinet, the sitar and mandolin. He also introduced the accordion  and first to concentrate on background music. But perhaps his greatest contribution was to bring Indian Classical Music in to the film medium. He even used distinguished classical artistes like Amir Khan, D.V. paluskar and Bade Ghulam Ali Khan. Pandit Jasraj has compared Naushad  with his father-in-law Dr. V. Shantaram. Naushad said once" My country is not so poor that I have to go begging and foraging for western music.

                              From 1942 to 1960 Naushad was one of the top music directors in Bollywood. He composed music for nearly 64 films. Out it 26 celebrated  Silver Jubilees, 8 celebrated Golden Jubilees and 4 celebrated Diamond Jubilees. Mother India (1957), for which he composed music, was the first Indian film to be  nominated for Oscar. He composed the tunes of Taj Mahal: An Eternal Love Story (2005) at the age of 86.

                             Naushad Ali was conferred the Dada Saheb Phalke Award for his lifetime contribution to Indian Cinema and Padma Bhushan  in 1992.

A GREAT JOURNEY FROM HARMONIUM REPAIRER TO MUSICIAN OF THE CENTURY ENDED on 5 May, 2006.

                                                                                                      Bhargav Adhyaru

Dr. Kallam Anji Reddy-Chairman, Dr. Reddy's Labs

Dr. Kallam Anji Reddy- " Always Ready with  a healthy dose and Prescription of  Passion."


Kallam Anji Reddy was born in 1940 in Guntur District. His father was a Turmeric farmer.
Dr. Reddy got his B.Sc. degree from A.C. College, Guntur and then B.Sc.(Tech.) from UDCT, Bombay, followed by Ph.D. in chemical engineering from NCL Pune in 1969.

He started his career with state-owned PSU, Indian Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (IDPL)(1969-1975). Then he founded Uniloids Ltd. in 1976 and then founded Standard Organics Ltd. in 1980.
In 1984, with an initial capital of Rs.25 lakh he founded Dr. Reddy's labs. Over the years, it transformed Indian bulk drug industry from import-dependent in mid-80s to self-reliant in mid-90s and finally into the export-oriented industry. His mission was to bring new molecules in to country at a price that common man could afford. Dr. Reddy's Labs was the first company to to take up drug discovery research  in India in 1993. It is the first Asian pharma co. outside Japan to be listed on the Newyork Stock Exchange.

Dr. Reddy is a serving member of the Prime Minister's Council on Trade and Industry.
Dr. Reddy ihas been recipient of several awards and honours. Sir P. C. Ray award twice conferred on him by the Indian Chemical Manufacturers Association (1984 and 1992).

Dr. K.A. Reddy was honoured with the badge of "Hall of Fame" in 2005, for his entrepreneurship, leadership thrust and innovation. In 2001 he was awarded the Padma Shri and in 2011 he was also conferred with Padma Bhusan. He was honoured with the life time achievement in Health award at the Asian Voice Political & Public Life Awards for 2012 at London.

Corporate Social Responsibility at Dr. Reddy's transcends cheque-book charity. It is about enhancing healthcare, imparting education, developing skills and unlocking the doors of progress. It is not an expense, but an investment into our collective future.

Dr. Reddy's Labs Eq. Share Price as on 07.03.2012 at NSE is INR.1673.00. Company is commited to deliver long-term enrichment to its stakeholders.
Company is serious about spreading smiles.

                                                                                                            Bhargav Adhyaru