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GVK

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I wish we could say, ‘So what?’ We have the Infosys. As India’s No.1 IT major celebrates its silver jubilee at its Mysore campus, there is news that TCS is looking at tier-II towns as part of its expansion plan ,and Mysore is not an option. The company CEO, Mr S Ramadori is quoted in The Hindu as saying, “we are looking at Hubli, Mangalore, Coimbatore, Pune and Nagpur”.


It may well be our considered opinion that our Mysore is ‘mahaan’. TCS doesn’t appear to share our enthusiasm. My grouse is not that they are looking at Hubli, Mangalore or Nagpur, but that Mysore is not even in the reckoning. Till now, we have led ourselves to believe there is no way Mysore can be overlooked  when there is talk of Tier-II towns in the context of investment potentials.


After all, we have plans in place for doubling Mysore-Bangalore rail track. The airport modernization is on the cards. And then there is the notional Bangalore-Mysore Expressway to enable us to shuttle between the cities within 90 minutes. We have all investor-friendly schemes in place. Snag is they tend to remain, for much too long,  just that - as schemes on paper.



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Bhamy V Shenoy

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It is interesting that you have learnt about it and trying to find out why TCS did not even consider Mysore. How many of our political leaders from Mysore are even aware that a company like TCS which is larger than Infosys has decided not to consider Mysore? If any of them know about it, what have they done about it.

Equally do the local CII or Chamber of Commerce know about this sad development? What have they done about it?

Finally why has our local news papers not written about it?

Can GVK please consider using his word craftmanship to expose this sad news to the residents of Mysore.

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GVK

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Bhamy V Shenoy wrote:

 ... do the local CII or Chamber of Commerce know about this sad development? ... why has our local news papers not written about it?


It is interesting that Dr Shenoy should take note of such troubling message, from one of India's leading IT companies; and a progressive one. I was reconciled to my three-paragraph post going widely unnoticed, as so many other issues and ideas raised in mymysore.com have gone. Our media, Dr Shenoy, can't be totally blamed. They are not known to write or react to nuanced pieces on changing perceptions. A community of readers or city gets the media it deserves.


TCS story appeared as news-in-brief; and neither the newspaper nor its readers appeared to notice the import of Mr Ramadorai's statement. Maybe he didn't state, explicitly, that Mysore was ruled out of reckoning. The TCS chief made the point by implication. 


As for the infrastructure schemes to which I have referred, odd thing is they are being held up, not on weighty matters of principle but on relatively minor issues that a responsive govt. would have sorted out in the wider interests of Mysore's development. But then our politics driven govt. doesn't move; and our media and the concerned citizenry seem content doing not a thing about it. Maybe, we and our media have other pressing issues to think through. Example: Who should be invited to inaugurate Dasara celebrations ?  



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GVK

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GVK wrote:


 ....and our media and the concerned citizenry seem content doing not a thing about it.

I stand corrected, Dr Shenoy. It is not that our citizenry rests content. They seem frustrated at the govt. inaction. This frustration is collectively reflected  in our flag-waving protests, and holding out threats to gherao C M or lock up a govt. office, and some such unimaginative ploy to attract media attention....And this prompts me to post an item, elsewhere on this site.

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Gouri Satya

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The reported statement of TCS' Ramadorai does not seem to have appeared in other leading State or national dailies. May be it is an exclusive story of the Hindu and hence it has not caught the attention of the local media and others to react.


If that is one side of the picture, on the other side is the sad position of Mysore. It is emerging as a looser of projects. The Wipro moved out of Mysore some time back. The Fab City went to neighbouring Andhra. The Airport work is yet to take off. The The Corridor Express roadway work was blocked. And not surprisingly TCS now does not favour Mysore! 


It is indeed unfortunate that neither the CII nor the Chamber of Commerce has reacted in any way and no public voice is heard, not even from the local political bigwigs.


The situation is equally dismal now in the State. In foreign direct investments, the State is slipping down from its earlier place as a leading destination for FDIs. A number of companies are planning to shift from Bangalore. FMCG major Hindustan Lever with 300 strength is the latest to announce its decision to shift its food business to Mumbai. Other States are gaining at the cost of Karnataka.  



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GVK

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Gouri Satya wrote:


The reported statement of TCS' Ramadorai does not seem to have appeared in other leading State or national dailies. May be it is an exclusive story of the Hindu and hence it has not caught the attention of the local media and others to react.


  




No, it was not a Hindu exclusive. For the Bangalore datelined item appeared as news in brief. Even if it were an exclusive item, one would have thought the local media reporters would have followed up the story. They could have got the reaction of CII, chamber of commerce. And also brought readers up to date with a catalogue of missed investment opportunities (as you have done, Mr Gouri Satya). Maybe, the story didn't get local media attention because there is no mention of Mysore in the two-paragraphy Hindu story. The TCS chief didn't say they ruled out Mysore in so many words, in explicit terms. But a conspicuous omission of our town, while Mr Ramadori listed out five other Tier-II towns TCS was looking at, was very glaring for my Mysore mind.


Would like to draw Mr Gouri Satya's attention to my own follow-up on what Dr.Shenoy has said on this issue -  Plugging in, for an MGP blog.            



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Thandava

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Hey Shenoy,

Why you are against InforSys? Is this typical Indian jealousy? We know you are doing your best to step on the toes of many. Your thesis on Mysore university is sheer garbage. 

What is really distressing is the same old five- GVK, Gowri, Bapu, Murthy
and Rao chime in with admiring remarks.

Well, that is the standard of this Mymysore.com . Keep up the good
( should I say bad?) work.

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Thandava

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Hi Gowri Sathya,

The reason is simple. oldies like yourself who is a Mysorean I should acknowledge, but other imports like GVK who have retired here do not take up the Mysore cause in practical terms but indulge in well known platitudes.

Mysore has lost out past and present because it has more men who talk and not act. Journalist like yourself who has some pursuation skill should
do more . Mere talking and blogging won't help. Are you asking what I and my buddies have done? When we knew about TCS movements, we asked two Karnataka MPs to lobby for Mysore, which they did, to their credit. It failed because the TCS people said except us, a small bunch, there were no soundings from others, meaning no groundswell of support.

Shame on scribblers and shame on talking shops! 

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Bhamy V Shenoy

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Hi Thandava,

congrats for asking MPs about TCS. We need more people like you who do the actual spade work and point out mistakes of "bad doers" like us.

To clarify one point. I am not all agianst Infosys. We need more companies like Infosys. I have been always supporting such companies.. What I was attempting (obviosuly I did not do a good job), to do was to warn about the Dutch disease and to take remedial steps. Otherwise it will harm all of us whether one agrees with me or not. This is not mere speculation. This is based on the experience of several countries in the world who have suffered because of the Dutch Disease. It has beocme a practice to shoot the messengers in our culture.

As far as Mysore University is concerned, less said the better. If you think it is one of the best or even qualify as a university, it is all right with me. No less a person than the vice chancellor of that University itself has been more critical of it than I ever could be. Even NAAC committee members in private agreed with my criticism. May be you do not expect much from these institutes.

Thanks all the same for your kind sentiments.

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