biography of an entrepreneur

Born: December 28, 1932
Died: July 6, 2002
Achievements: Dhiru Bhai Ambani built India's largest private sector company.
Created an equity cult in the Indian capital market. Reliance is the first Indian company to feature in Forbes 500 list.

Dhirubhai Ambani was the most enterprising Indian entrepreneur. His life journey is reminiscent of the rags to riches story. He is remembered as the one who rewrote Indian corporate history and built a truly global corporate group.

Dhirubhai Ambani alias Dhirajlal Hirachand Ambani was born on December 28, 1932, at Chorwad, Gujarat, into a Modh family. His father was a school teacher. Dhirubhai Ambani started his entrepreneurial career by selling "bhajias" to pilgrims in Mount Girnar over the weekends.
After doing his matriculation at the age of 16, Dhirubhai moved to Aden, Yemen. He worked there as a gas-station attendant, and as a clerk in an oil company. He returned to India in 1958 with Rs 50,000 and set up a textile trading company.

Assisted by his two sons, Mukesh and Anil, Dhiru Bhai Ambani built India's largest private sector company, Reliance India Limited, from a scratch. Over time his business has diversified into a core specialisation in petrochemicals with additional interests in telecommunications, information technology, energy, power, retail, textiles, infrastructure services, capital markets, and logistics.
Dhirubhai Ambani is credited with shaping India's equity culture, attracting millions of retail investors in a market till then dominated by financial institutions. Dhirubhai revolutionised capital markets. From nothing, he generated billions of rupees in wealth for those who put their trust in his companies. His efforts helped create an 'equity cult' in the Indian capital market. With innovative instruments like the convertible debenture, Reliance quickly became a favorite of the stock market in the 1980s.

In 1992, Reliance became the first Indian company to raise money in global markets, its high credit-taking in international markets limited only by India's sovereign rating. Reliance also became the first Indian company to feature in Forbes 500 list.
Dhirubhai Ambani was named the Indian Entrepreneur of the 20th Century by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI). A poll conducted by The Times of India in 2000 voted him "greatest creator of wealth in the century".

carrot sandwich

1/2 small banana,
peeled 1 cup shredded carrots
2 tsp lemon juice
1/4 tsp grated lemon zest
2 Bibb or butter lettuce leaves
1 slice whole-grain pumpernickel bread
2 thin unpeeled apple slices

Mash the banana in a small bowl. Add the carrots, lemon juice and lemon zest, and stir to combine.Place the lettuce on the bread, top with the carrot salad and apple slices ready!!!.

This is sony Pa So Ri
Hi Singaporians,
using ez link card used in singapore(convenient for transportation in bus as well as MRT),
Pa So Ri can be used for online transaction by connecting to a pc
then log on to www.ezlink.com.sg
you can do the following with ur ezlink card

• online top-ups
• transactions viewing
• check card balance
• online security
• online payment

Samsung LN-T4665F -A most wanted gadget.

Features:

S-PVA (Super Patterned Vertical Alignment) solution allows to see any display clearly due to the 178˚ wide-viewing angle.

8ms response time so fast action video!

15000:1 dynamic contrast

HDMI connectivity:With two HDMI connections,can connect your DVD player and digital cable/satellite to experience the best picture possible.

Its the shiniest TV ever reviewed so a wonderful one to decorate home!

NOKIA N95.... A symbian smart phone..

N95 is a 5-megapixel camera, with GPS, and innovative two-way slider design,was one of the most anticipated smart phone!!

But is it worth the whopping $750 price. why?

Let us see..

• Its an improvement over the Nokia E65's miniscule buttons.
• It can record VGA-quality video, a robust media player with a 3.5mm headphone jack, a dual-slider design, and integrated GPS, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth.
• The phone eventhough having all failities is only 3.8 inches long by 2.1 inches wide by 0.8 inch thick and weighs only 4.2 ounces!
• The right side of the phone is a shortcut to your photo gallery, and the camera activation button.
• The power connector and mini USB ports are located on the bottom of the device.
• The U.S. version of the Nokia N95 also comes packaged with a TV-out cable, a 1GB microSD card with adapter for SD drives.
• It can accept up to 2GB cards.
• You can plug in your favorite pair of earbuds or headphones for a better listening experience :).

SOURCE:

http://reviews.cnet.com/smart-phones/nokia-n95-unlocked/4505-6452_7-32085029.html

Bacteria turning more deadlier after its journey from space...

A science experiment showed that the salmonella bacteria which was isolated in the space fromthe crew members when returned back to earth and ingested to mice caused the mice to die faster than if ingested the bacteria present in the earth.
The experts concern are for future astronauts who will embark on longer space missions farther away from Earth-based medical help.

What happens to the bacteria?
The bacteria undergoes transformation or changes in its genes due to the changes in the motion of the fluid surrounding its cells.
In our intestine the current of this fluid decreases leading to the flourishment of the bacterial infections and the same mechanism occurs in the space.

Scientists are working on this to find a solution before allowing the astronauts step into the mars.

source:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/09/070924-space-bacteria.html

Sizzling heat sensitive products...

Well,the heat is on!!!
The widely popular tshirts and tops among teenagers which change their colour when the wearers body heat or while they are touched!
There are shirts with body fader tags and spegathhis for ladies already in the market.

Now how does a cloth change its colour.
Clothes contain a thermocromic pigment that changed between colours one when cold and one when warm.

if u want to see how it looks..
take a look..
http://www.heatsensitive.co.uk/8.html

Want to become a long term investor?...

Then let us have a look at the second richest man in the world!!! WARREN BUFFETT..

Buffett famous as an investor, started with initial fund of 1,05000$ in 1956 and lo it became or grew to $40 billion by next 50 yrs!!!

The bulk of Buffet's wealth was built through intelligent use of leverage offered by his insurance companies.
Long term investment checks your patience,calmness,the ability to understand the complexities of accounting and finance.
But once you are able to pass this test there is no doubt that the result will be fruitful and the proof is in front of us!
Many long term investors follow the guidelines of Warren Buffett.
Some of the guidelines that i have listed are:

• Always invest in business,not in stocks.Confused? The meaning of investing in stocks is buying a stock since its going up or becauze my friends or relatives have suggested it as a good stock!

But in Buffett's approach he doesnt do this.He analyses carefully about the company in which he is interested in investing,finds about its fundamentals, earnings prospects, financial health and management.This is called investing in business! So now onwards our stock is our business right?

• Never buy a business which you dont understand.In his words "Why search for a needle buried in a haystack when one is sitting in plain sight?" .

During his 50 year's time frame there where many tecchnology companies which delivered best returns but Buffett didnt buy one.The reason he said was that he was not able to predict or evaluate about the future of these companies.So before buying a company which you dont understand think of what did the richest man do?

• Buy companies which have defensible and strong market position:

Find out wether the company can make progress or raise prices eventhough the customers walk away.If so you can blindly invest in that company because it wont reduce your investment performance for sure.

• Hold for the long term.

Buffett has generated enormous returns with startling regularity. One of the reasons he is able to do so is because he holds for the long term and is not quick to enter or exit businesses.

For example Buffett was stuck with WPC for 2 years.In these two years the price fell below his purchase price but he didnt sell becauze he knew the fundamentals of the company and he was right ofcourse.When it became profitable he didnt sell it soon because again he knew the company had the potential to raise price to further heights! This is the patience needed while doing business.

• Ignore short term fluctuations in price.

Had Buffett gotten jittery due to short-term price fluctuations, he would have been a lot less richer than he his currently:)

• Buy good businesses when stock are down:

Usually when the market crashes all the stock markets fall and what people do in panic is to sell the stocks.

In 1987, all global stock markets crashed.While all others around him hit the panic button, Buffet bought 10 per cent of Coca Cola for $1 billion.Coca Cola had a great business, great long-term prospects and the ability to expand because of globalisation. By 2006, Buffett had made over $11 billion on Coke since he bought it!

• Diversify, but not over diversify.

Identify a small number of great businesses at the right prices and invest a significant amount of their money in each rather than going for more than 10 stocks.

Hope these tips will be useful for you guys:)

happy investment,happy earning!

sony's IM wireless enabled gadget....

By IM i mean instant messaging.
Sony has launched an instant messaging hand held device especially for youths!
cool isnt it?
It will be at first available in US.
Its name is MYLO (My life online :)).
The gadget is small with keyboard and a display.
It includes 1 gigabyte of onboard flash memory and a Memory Stick Pro Duo expansion slot.
It mainly used for IM and also to do net calls.
sony has made shakehands with skype for net phone calls and with yahoo and google for IM.

what do you think youths?

source:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5255236.stm

A boy of 17 inc!!

I am talking about the ROBOT boy built by David Hanson .Its a robot boy with 17'' height and weighing 6 pounds.

He is the outcome of 5 yrs hardwork of Hanson and his group.

Eventhough the robot cant walk or talk he has blinking eyes which can track a person and he is able to express as in this picture below..

Hanson says he envisions Zeno as an interactive learning companion, a synthetic pal who can engage in conversation and convey human emotion through a face made of a skin-like, patented material Hanson calls frubber.

"It's a representation of robotics as a character animation medium, one that is intelligent," Hanson beams. "It sees you and recognizes your face. It learns your name and can build a relationship with you."

One of the robot Zeno's biggest advancements is that its brains aren't inside the robot. Instead Zeno synchs wirelessly to a PC running a variant of Massive Software — the same Academy Award-winning code that enabled the fantastical battles among humans, orcs and elves in the "Lord of the Rings" movies.

want to join zeno's world ?

http://www.zenosworld.com/

A new way to preserve endangered fish...

In a quest to preserve endangered species japan researchers are producing endangered species from other plentiful species through surrogation.
Papa salmon + mama salmon = baby trout!!
Goro Yoshizaki, a Tokyo University marine scientist is leading the research..
what he did is
he used"salmonids," a family that includes both salmon and trout.
he engineered salmon to be sterile.He injected newly hatched salmon with stem cells destined to grow into sperm that he had culled from male rainbow trout.
Once they were grown, 10 of 29 male salmon who got the injections produced trout sperm, called milt!
Those new trout grew up able to reproduce.

Want more details?
here is the source:
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/WireStory?id=3598169&page=2

emWave PC Stress Relief System

The emWave PC technology is an easy-to-use software program with a heart rhythm monitor. The system is an innovative approach to stress relief based on learning to change the heart rhythm pattern and create physiological coherence in the body.

When stressed, your heart rhythms have an irregular, jagged incoherent pattern. When you shift to a more positive emotional state, the heart rhythm pattern changes to a smoother, wave-like coherent pattern. By seeing the visual change on the screen and associating it with a more peaceful, calm internal state, you learn to manage stress and maintain a state of physiological coherence and balance.

It leads you to reduced stress, improved mental function, better memory, clearer decision-making, better relationship communications, and improved physical health.

The system includes :
emWave PC 1.0 software CD
In-depth computer-based tutorial
USB sensor pod (interface device)
USB finger tip pulse sensor with strap*
USB 6 foot extension cable
Free technical support
Free telephone orientation class

As with any physiological training tool that can effectively help you improve your health, you may find you need less medication, if you are taking medications for stress, anxiety, pain, high blood pressure, diabetes or other stress related disorders. It would be wise to discuss any changes in your needs with your prescribing doctor.

Its price is $295 and can be purchased online through

http://bio-medical.com/product_info.cfm?inventory__imodel=6005

Google GGGGG PHONES.......

Google mobile phones are coming!

Google had pushed before for the fact that the consumers in USA can buy any phone and can use it on any carrier on the future.

Google phone will most likely be 3G as well that means allowing videoconferencing!

well you cant do that in IPHONE right?

Google mobile phone may have a google software inside allowing you to do any tasks related to web (hurray :))..

It might have a video IPOD and since it will have a google software built in the surfing in the mobile phone will be faster than the usual..

The device,article speculates could go on sale in 2008..

here are some more pictures of how it may look ..

A typical southern karnataka dish..

Can any one guess what it is..

Its called PALYA in karnataka.

Its a vegetarian dish and is usually served along with rice.

Simple to make and tasty to eat.

Ingredients are as shown

• 2 cup of any green vegetable like beans,ladies finger.


• 1 table spoon curry leaves
• chili powder 1 teaspoon
• turmeric powder 1/2 teaspoon
• 2 to 3 red chilli
• a cup of water
• salt for taste
• 3 teaspoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon mustard
• 1 teaspoon urad daal
• 3 table spoon oil

Take oil in a pan.Heat it put mustard and urad daal when mustard starts sputtering add the curry leaves.Put the cut vegetables and a cup of water.let it boil.As the water boils keep constantly stirring vegetables.Add chilies,salt (2 teaspoon),sugar and turmeric to it.Add chilli powder if you like it to be more spicy.now cook it in a low flame.once in a while stir it so that vegetables get cooked correctly.check the water content.when the water content has diminished and vegetables are fully boiled remove it from heat.(if vegetables are not fully boiled (can see by using a spoon ;) ) then add some more water and allow to boil)

now decorate it using coconut shreds and our palya is ready!!!

Gadgets on your vista screen!!!

hi everybody.

When i wake up the first thing i do is on my computer.

It feels so nice to see my favourite gadgets on the screen wishing me good morning :)

My gadgets are a smiley clock,calendar,newsreader,weather gauge etc..

I feel so refreshed when i see the news in my news feed along with a cup of tea..

you can make these gadgets to change their place or remove or add one in the sidebar of your screen and acheiving this is very simple.

want to know how?

• choose if the gadgets should be in the left or right of the screen.


• right click on the empty space of the sidebar.


• you get many options by which you can add gadgets,remove or bring the gadgets to the front.


• click on the properties where there is an option "sidebar is always on the top of other windows" you can check or uncheck it.


• To remove a gadget move the mouse over it and click there will be a close x sign.


• At the top of the sidebar there is an add button if you click on it it shows a list of gadgets.The list in my computer are clock,calender,news feed,stock,currency,picture puzzle,cpu meter,weather,notes etc.


• There is an option inthe corner "get more gadgets online" which will lead you to location http://vista.gallery.microsoft.com/vista/SideBar.aspx?mkt=en-us from where you can download more gadgets or create one of your own.

If you want to see my vista screen here it is..

" Let us dance to the tune of music "

says sony's egg shaped,palm sized cute stereo..

well it looks so cute that sony has nicknamed it as ROLLY..

Rolly emits light (contains LED)and dances to the tune of music by stretching its two arms and rolling..

sony has used its robotic technology to acheive this!

guess how much does this rolly cost?

40,000 yen..



Rolly will be coming to the market next monday thats sept 29

its size is 104 millimeter wide,65 mm tall and 65 mm deep, and weighs just 300 grams..

imagine holding rolly and dancing to the tune of music!

Rolly i am coming to have you.. ;)

las vegas!! cool pics..

Here are some of the pictures of las vegas..

night view..

cool..

isnt it?

My relatives had gone last week for a trip to vegas..

i was amazed by the clarity of the pictures..

When asked they said about their new camera..

which is..

Canon EOS 400D / Digital Rebel XTi

To know more about the camera visit

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0608/06082416canoneos400drebelxti.asp

oh! is there no light in the street?.. have a nightlight ..

OVAL's flashlight!!
having an innovative design,easy to carry and shows you the road ahead as well as at your feet.
So no need to move your hands or rotating the light for a better view..

source:
http://www.firststreetonline.com/product.jsp?id=51360

Palm secure PC login kit using a mouse model..

Fujitsu Limited and Fujitsu Frontech Limited unveild on sept 11 that they have developed a PC Login Kit for use with the PalmSecure palm vein biometric authentication device.

A mouse model and standard model is being selled to corporate users.

key features:

• elliminates the need of using an authentication server becauze the kit comes with a login authentication software.


• The mouse model shown in the figure is the worlds first PC mouse having a biometric authentication in it.


• hygeinic since the user doesnt have to touch the surface.


• highly secure method since veins are present internal to the body and no one can forge it :)


• login to PC is very easy not requiring a password or ID.

So its a nice way to prevent data leak from your PC which may contain many valuable(secretive!) information.

colours.. colours and more colours..

colour colour which colour do you want?

here is Philips living colours expected on sept 13th.

The lamp uses 4 LEDs, two red, one blue, and one green .

By increasing, reducing, brightening or dimming each LED through a remote,they can produce over 16 million different colours!

To know about its features ,settings and price visit

http://www.red5.co.uk/Philips-LivingColors-pr-403.html?affiliate=543d1cd4