Amol Shahane remembers the first time he was introduced to St Valentine.
A tiny village in the Gangotri area and a self-discovery vacation...
'It was almost as though there was widespread relief that the defence bureaucracy, and the minister, could find someone willing to shoulder the blame for everything that had gone wrong with the services under Antony's charge -- the poor preparedness of the forces, slow acquisitions caused by indecision, cancellation of contracts and whimsical blacklisting of defence contractors over the tiniest suspicion that they may have paid speed money or kickbacks.'
The task I had undertaken was by no stretch of imagination an easy one, says Ajay Singh.
Few top honchos of India Inc did very well in 2014.
India'sstartups have a good beginning but will they survive competition is a big questions which needs immediate attention.
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