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For Anuj Gandhi, President of SET Discovery Pvt. Ltd, participative management and being receptive to ideas is of an immense importance. An energetic, polite, strategic thinker and perfectionist to the core, Gandhi feels "the big story in 2007 will be the Direct to Home (DTH) and digital cable. We should see deals being struck on all addressable platforms."

In an exclusive interview with whispersinthecorridors.com, Anuj Gandhi before leaving for Singapore said "the Indian Infotainment industry is poised at a very critical phase in its life cycle and is slated to grow in excess of 15-20 per cent in the next decade."

While, sharing secret of his success President of the SET Discovery Pvt. Ltd said "the company has crossed several milestones since its inception."

1/What inspired you to start this venture ?

- Market realities and dynamics of the C & S Distribution business in 2002
- Comparative activities
- Changing face of the Media Industry
- All of the above inspired our thinking and our drive to start SET Discovery Pvt. Ltd. and build it into a Distribution Powerhouse. The company has crossed several milestones since its inception.

2/What difficulties have you faced in developing the business?

Like in any new business, there were concerns about whether we will be able to achieve the goals we had set ourselves, but we had immense confidence in our people and the product we were representing. We have set ourselves high targets and I am happy that we were able to achieve our numbers.

3/What is the secret of your success ?

I can attribute my success largely to the fact that I am a strategic thinker and like to combine my entrepreneurial ability with creativity. I advocate an energized, participative management style and flexibility to understand the diverse and changing needs of the industry.

4/How do you see the year 2007 for the Media Industry?
The big story in 2007 would be DTH and digital cable. We should see deals being struck on all addressable platforms. Digital cable, voluntary CAS(Conditional access system), Headend-In-The-Sky (HITS) should all become a reality and make economic sense to distribution companies like us. As an industry, we should support unregulated CAS. Things will take time to settle down till digital gets in mass volumes.

5/Where would the Indian Infotainment industry be by the year 2020 and your role by then?

The Indian Infotainment industry is poised at a very critical phase in its life cycle and is slated to grow in excess of 15-20% in the next decade.
I believe all aspects of the Infotainment industry would continue to grow. It would not only mean big revenues and market valuations but also great opportunities for more and more people to contribute to this industry.

I have now been in the Media industry for close to 12 years. After having seen the industry grow from where it was, virtually non-existent in 1994, to where it is today, I would like to still be a part of it as it takes its next leap forward.
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NAME THE NAMELESS

Who is the Super Boss & Super Cop-name the nameless.

For a change, this is not a whisper. In fact, it's a yell from the housetop. A yell for the year 2007.If our patrons endorse it, this yell from the WHISPERS should reverberate in corridors of all state capitals, besides of course the heart of India-that Delhi has always been and shall so remain all times to come.

These are happening times. You don't do things. They happen. Or you make them happen. Everywhere on the eve of or at the advent of New Year, people were or are busy looking for their Man of the year. Politicians, businessmen, moviemen, sportsmen and social activists are hogging limelight. The civil servants continue to remain the self-effacing names behind the supposedly big names. They run the Rails and the rustic humour of someone Read gets Qudos and Credits. Thats the funny way democracy goes. Interesting, isn't it?

We thought on the New Year Day we should attempt doing the hitherto unattempted and un-done. You and us will make it happen. We are going launch you this year on a thrilling voyage of a discovery. We are declaring that in the Year 2007 all of you would help us discover the Bureaucrat of the Year and also the Super cop of the Year in each of our major states. Besides, New Delhi's 'Supers' which will happen in December 2007.Every month we will be looking for a Super Boss and Super Cop of the Year in a particular state.

We request all those who are interested in our WHISPERS and visit us frequently to send us the names of such individual officers whom they consider as a Super Bureaucrat and a Super Cop in their state. We are putting forth no yardsticks. You judge entirely on your own. The nominations will rest entirely and exclusively on your wisdom. Just E-Mail the name of Super Boss and Super Cop of your state. This flow of nominations will end on the last day of the month.
We will announce the winner on the 7th day of next month. Seven, the numerologists say, is the number of mystery. Therefore, a good day to unfold it.

And Uttar Pradesh is the first state, we are beginning with. Arguably the most appropriate state to discover the undiscoverable or to name the perennially nameless. There is no territorial bar. You can nominate even for an incumbent outside your state. You can be brief or elaborate. As you choose. You don't even have to disclose your identity. We will trust you.
So, here we begin. Just E Mail us on <sureshmehrotra@yahoo.com>A very Happy New Year.

Jadhav to return to Maharashtra
Secretary Mines A K D Jadhav who has sought VRS from February 1 is returning to Maharashtra to join the State Water Commission as Member. He is 1970 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

S K Arora to move ?
Grapevine has it that Secretary Information and Broadcasting S K Arora is moving to some other Ministry. He is 1971 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Bombay Club trying for extension of Shahi
Bombay Club is reportedly still trying to get another extension for RV Shahi as Secretary Power. He is scheduled to retire by this month end.

71 IAS officers empanelled
Altogether 71 IAS officers belonging to 1987 batch have been empanelled to the rank of Joint Secretary in the Government of India.

Raman Kackar empanelled
Raman Kackar has been empanelled to the rank of DG in the Government of India. He is 1973 batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Who will be Joint Secretary Urban Development ?
Who will be new Joint Secretary Urban Development in the Government of India? Tie is said to be between 1986 batch West Bengal cadre IAS officer Dr Rakesh Kumar Vatsa and IDAS officer Savitur Prasad.

Coutinho is JS UT
Levis A Coutinho is new Joint Secretary (UT) in the Ministry of Home Affairs. He is 1977 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Pandey is back from Geneva
I M Pandey has joined the Ministry of External Affairs as Director (Counter Terrorism) after his return from Geneva. He is 1990 batch IFS officer.

Ms Savitri is Under Secretary Eurasia Division
IFS officer Ms Savitri has joined the Ministry of External Affairs as Under Secretary in the Eurasia Division in place of Sandeep Chakravarty.

Chakravarty to be OSD (PR) in MEA
Sandeep Chakravarty is being tipped to take over as OSD (PR) in External Publicity Division. He is 1996 batch IFS officer.

Former GoI secretary joins Congress
Former Secretary Coal in the Government of India P K Mishra has joined the Congress party in Orissa. Former 1966 batch IAS officer, Mishra, is actively working to strengthen the party.

RLDA reconstituted
RLDA has been constituted by the Ministry of Railways , with R R Jaruhar (IRSE)/ME, Rly Board as its ex-0fficio Chairman, B B Saran (IRSE) as Vice-Chairman, Ashok Gupta (IRSE) as Member(Planning &Infrastructure Development), A K Bhatnagar (IRAS) as Member(Finance) and Deepak Kashyap (IRTS) as Member (Rail traffic coordination). RLDA will take up commercial development of 43000 Hectares of vacant railway land all over the country along with setting up of World class stations through the PPP route.

1991 batch IAS promoted in Madhya Pradesh
Eight 1991 batch IAS officers in Madhya Pradesh Mssrs M K Varshney, S K Mishra,Arun Tiwari,Vishwa Mohan Upadhyay,Ashok Varnwal,Pramod Agrawal,Satish Mishra,Sudha Chaudhry and one 1984 batch IAS officer Rashmi Shukla Sharma have been given super-time scale .

Shah appointed Judge
The President has appointed Mukeshkumar Dahyalal Shah as Additional Judge of the Gujarat High Court for a period of two years .

IPS promotions in Himachal Pradesh
1986 batch IPS officer K C Sadyal ,1987 batch IPS officer Prithvi Raj and two 1988 batch IPS officers T K Deka and O C Thakur have been promoted to the rank of IG in Himachal Pradesh. Two 1993 batch IPS officers

FORUM

Specialised training must be utilised

Posting a person to a position where his specialised talent can not be used is a sheer waste of time, money and talent. There must have been very compelling and special circumstances, in the first instance, to select a police officer for training in a field not directly related to his normal duties as a police officer. Having given him training, presumably at considerable monetary cost to the Government, it is only fair and in larger public interest that the specialised training be properly utilised and at the earliest before it disappears from the head. The sarkari establishment has to learn to look beyond its nose.

S P Singal
Aaj Ki Aawaz

Amar Singh with Jaya Pradha in tow reached Punjab,
Chalo at least victims ko milla kuch laab!!!

Comparing Nithari to the bodies found in Brar's Mill is like comparing a molehill to a mountain!!! In Nithari more than 30 kids went missing and the SP Sarkaar and Police slept over it!!! In Punjab the Police registered cases but came to a blank!!! But Amar Singh is now on Mission Cover up…… try to blacken Congress to the deep black shade that SP is in!!! Rather than accepting that Sarkaar erred and taking remedial action Amar and Mulayam are just fibbing and fobbing!!! Both the UP Sarkaar and Police should be brought under the scanner to correct the system...... why is UP known as the Badland and why is UP known as edge of Badland !!! Amar and Mulayam will be soon ejected from UP…….. the first step if UPites want UP to become Uttam Pradesh!!!

NCP should seriously think about returning back to the Congress fold,
To many in NCP this idea has been sold!!

NCP …….. No Continuance after Pawar !!!! This is a reality that NCP has to come to terms with!!! Praful maybe a Cabinet Minister but is not a National Politician!!! Tariq Anwar was, is and will always be a backroom player….. unknown!! Pawar's daughter is not even recognized out of Baramati!!! So Pawar needs to take a reality check and check back into Congress!!! But now maybe Congress would not be too interested in admitting him into the Party….. a failure Cabinet Minister would be more of a liability!!!

Ajit Singh is the biggest aaya ram gayaa ram,
Ajit Singh's support is available to anyone for a daam!!!

Ajit has no ideology!!! His ideology is power and the ensuing benefits!! Trying to get Ajit Singh to join any Party is like akin to giving a 'bar baala' a receptionist's job….. he's a hardcore freelancer and his Party is just me, my and mine!!!!

The poster boy for Congress is the Punjab elections is Manmohan Singh,
Amrinder Singh ki photo Congress ne out of the window ki hai fling!!

Amrinder has proved to be one of the worst CM's Punjab has had!!! Realizing that Amrinder is a huge liability Congress has decided to sidetrack him!!! Navjot Sidhi has very correctly described Amrinder 'hankaari Raja' or egoistical Raja!!!! His hankaar prevented him from meeting the electorate that voted him to power…….. rapped the hand that voted him to power!!!

Mein 31 baras ka and tu 33 baras ki lets tie the knot,
This is how Ash's hand Junior Bluffmaster sought!!!

And the Media went gaga !!! Actually Big B has spent a fortune for his son's PR!!! For Guru's publicity Big B has chipped in ….. in a big way!!! Just prior to the release of the movie both the Bluffmasters, Senior and Junior, walked to Sidhivinayak from their home in Juhu. Had this been a walk for their aastha or belief both would have quietly slipped out of their home incognito and walked to Sidhivinayak……but this was a PR stunt for Guru and so a thousand plus crowd walked with them and the Media was informed well in advance to be at hand to cover this walk...... dramabaazi!!!

Bharat Kumar
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CORPORATE

Goyal to appear for interview
Executive Director of the Allahabad Bank, S K Goyal, is appearing for interview to the post of CMD of a nationalized bank scheduled to be held on January 24.

O N Singh to join USGI
Former CMD of the Allahabad Bank, O N Singh, has joined as Chairman of Universal Sompo General Insurance , a Japanese Company. The company is expected to launch its operations by March.

Sharma is Director of Punjab and Sindh Bank
K K Sharma has been nominated as Director on the Board of the Punjab and Sindh Bank.

Dastidar is GM SBI
A Ghosh Dastidar has joined as general manager, Network- II, of the SBI, Bengal circle.