
Have you got the Cash?
Posted on Mar 26th, 2021 - By shantanu - 0 Comments
With most rating agencies downgrading risk rating for several countries meaning increased sovereign risk, there will be several corporates/companies…

Leaders: Emotional Thermostat
Posted on Mar 19th, 2021 - By shantanu - 0 Comments
As leaders or parents, it often happens that we react to a situation and then repent later. The thoughts such as, “How could I do that?” or a…

The Pandemic and how CFO’s are dealing the crisis
Posted on Mar 19th, 2021 - By shantanu - 0 Comments
The CFO and the finance organisation have once again become the key direction holder and has also assumed a lead role in redefining the business…

Inspirational Conversations: CFO Engage – Pankaj Vasani, Business Leader & Finance Expert
Posted on Aug 10th, 2020 - By shantanu - 0 Comments
Mr. Vasani discusses that quite a few believe it will take forever and a day before the financial performance of their business gets on par with the…

Corona – Threat and Opportunity
Posted on Jul 31st, 2020 - By shantanu - 0 Comments
The world is witnessing the impact of Corona - COVID 19, at personal, social and financial level. We know many things about Corona and doing our best…

CFOs: Planning for Recovery
Posted on Jul 21st, 2020 - By shantanu - 0 Comments
Written in collaboration with @Michael Lane We are still in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, but at many companies, CFOs are beginning to…

The Pandemic and how CFO’s are dealing the crisis
Posted on Jun 26th, 2020 - By shantanu - 0 Comments
The Pandemic CFO: How is the crisis re-defining the role of finance organisation for the business. The CFO and the finance organisation have once…

The Coronavirus Response: What is Next for Finance Leaders?
Posted on Jun 11th, 2020 - By shantanu - 0 Comments
Right now, many finance functions are scrambling to cope. But the coronavirus outbreak and its human and economic repercussions will stay with us for…

TREASURE HUNT WITH CLUES BUT KEYS MISSING
Posted on May 29th, 2020 - By shantanu - 0 Comments
The expectations rose when the Prime Minister announced it as a 20 lakh crores economic stimulus package and emphasized that it was 10% of…

Cash is King in Corona Times
Posted on May 20th, 2020 - By shantanu - 0 Comments
Top 10 Indian Cash rich Companies ironically are all banks. The only non-banking companies worth its name in the top 25 cash rich Indian company is…

Collaboration is Critical Now More Than Ever
Posted on May 11th, 2020 - By shantanu - 0 Comments
After weeks of steadfast resolve, it is a pivotal time in the ongoing fight against COVID-19. Decisions made now will undoubtedly have an impact on…

Covid-19, deeper pain awaits us
Posted on May 7th, 2020 - By shantanu - 0 Comments
Due to the spread of coronavirus and the global lockdown, global organisations and agencies have been predicting the worst economic downturn since…

##CFO role ## COVID crises ## ## Survival of the fittest ## Growth for the strongest ## CXO Strategy ##
Posted on May 6th, 2020 - By shantanu - 0 Comments
We have entered the 3rd month of COVID- 19 crises in India and it is evident that this will play out over many more months. The Indian Government has…

5Cs induced by Covid in pharmaceutical marketing
Posted on May 1st, 2020 - By shantanu - 0 Comments
“There are decades where nothing happens, and there are weeks where decades happen” Vladimir Lenin’s line might depict the COVID19…

Putting corona victims’ data to good use
Posted on May 1st, 2020 - By shantanu - 0 Comments
As of the end of April, there are more than 1 million corona infections in the United States and the global death toll has crossed 200,000. We…

Change is Painful but Rewarding
Posted on Apr 29th, 2020 - By shantanu - 0 Comments
CHANGE IS PAINFUL……………… Change is usually regarded as inherently risky, as well as costly but this new Covid situation has given us a…

How can we as finance community further facilitate in unlocking growth potential of the organization?
Posted on Apr 27th, 2020 - By shantanu - 0 Comments
This is a topic close to my heart - How can we as finance community further facilitate in unlocking growth potential of the organization? It is a…

India to emerge as The Next Super Power, Post Corona Crisis
Posted on Apr 23rd, 2020 - By shantanu - 0 Comments
India to emerge as Most Trusted Partner in Asia for West ; China has lost its Credibility as a Trusted Partner ; Corona will be a game changer for…

How our world has changed
Posted on Apr 22nd, 2020 - By shantanu - 0 Comments
Who would have believed even a month and a half ago that we would all be locked down as we are now? Watching an Andrea Bocelli performance on…

Economic Crisis : To hold cash or to boost consumption ?
Posted on Apr 22nd, 2020 - By shantanu - 0 Comments
Economic Crisis : To hold cash or to boost consumption : A big question mark while playing safe. Recently in this pandemic environment, I was looking…

Cash Flow Management Strategies during Covid-19 – Let’s Sort Out the Challenge Together
Posted on Apr 20th, 2020 - By shantanu - 0 Comments
COVID-19 took the world by utmost surprise. Currently more than 75 countries are now reporting positive cases of COVID-19 as the virus spreads…

Economic Impact of COVID-19
Posted on Apr 16th, 2020 - By shantanu - 0 Comments
Coronavirus (CoV) is a large family of viruses that causes illness. It ranges from the common cold to more severe diseases like Middle East…

What happens after we flatten the curve?
Posted on Apr 15th, 2020 - By shantanu - 0 Comments
We are amidst a crisis that even the oldest living generations have never seen. Governments across the world have imposed restrictions on living a…

How India can restart the economy engine after lifting the lockdown
Posted on Apr 14th, 2020 - By shantanu - 0 Comments
What is the impact of this lockdown? India is an economy of 1.3 Billion people where 300+ Million people are living on less than one dollar per day…

Economic slowdown and India’s response to financial crunch
Posted on Apr 13th, 2020 - By shantanu - 0 Comments
As India goes through the throes of the coronavirus lockdown, with millions cooped up indoors and worries over community transmission and…

Coronavirus outbreak: The hidden opportunity in social distancing
Posted on Apr 11th, 2020 - By shantanu - 0 Comments
The coronavirus pandemic, which has forced millions of children temporarily out of schools, presents an opportunity for a new mindset for our…

How we should priortise our contribution for relief in the Covid 19 crisis
Posted on Apr 9th, 2020 - By shantanu - 0 Comments
With all the information around, it is important to be clear what our priorities should be, when we contribute towards relief in the Covid 19 crisis.…

Challenges faced by NBFCs in the Adoption of Ind AS
Posted on Apr 9th, 2020 - By shantanu - 0 Comments
Having assisted many companies in transition from IGAAP to Ind AS we have come across aspects that many companies ignore as part of their transition…

What Can Business Do To Combat the Coronavirus?
Posted on Apr 9th, 2020 - By shantanu - 0 Comments
It is remarkable how swiftly governments of the world from China to European Union to the United States to India, have taken decisive measures to not…

How Procurement Organization can respond to Pandemic situation?
Posted on Apr 9th, 2020 - By shantanu - 0 Comments
The dramatic spread of COVID-19 Corona Virus has disrupted lives, livelihoods, communities and businesses worldwide. And we don’t know how much…

Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Indian Industry
Posted on Apr 6th, 2020 - By shantanu - 0 Comments
A crisis in scale of COVID with a complete shutdown for weeks can restructure Indian economy to the worse.The year 2020 started positively for India…

Mahatma Gandhi writes to India on COVID19
Posted on Apr 3rd, 2020 - By shantanu - 0 Comments
Dear Fellow Indians & Mitron, Namaste. Kem Cho? I am writing to you from up here, without a mask, where all species live in heavenly harmony. My…

IT Services in BC and AC
Posted on Mar 31st, 2020 - By shantanu - 0 Comments
As Thomas Friedman has said in the New York Times, from now on the world faces a new historical divide. The world ‘Before Coronavirus’ (BC) and…

Of temples, ships and more… One day & 3 stories
Posted on Mar 30th, 2020 - By shantanu - 0 Comments
Management lessons from my holidays It has taken me a bit of time to come back to LinkedIn and pen some thoughts. Finding the right headspace space…

The 5 elements of Finance
Posted on Mar 27th, 2020 - By shantanu - 0 Comments
Like the 5 elements of nature (space fire air earth & water) these are the 5 elements of finance. My visit to the panchabootha stalls of…