Madurai based man gets Business Person of the Year Award 2012 in US

A Madurai-born entrepreneur has received the businessman of the year award given by an industry body at Atlanta in the US.

Arvind Krishnaswami, a native of Madurai went to the US for higher studies and subsequently settled there. After a decade of experience in industry evaluations, business strategies, data analytics and particularly devoting years in evaluating the healthcare industry revenue cycle process, he founded Medlytix in 2006 in Atlanta and wove the success story.

Ozone Fitness and Spa ties up with Ansal API Real Estate Company for setting up Spa in Madurai, Chennai etc.,

Ozone Fitness n Spa, a chain of luxury fitness n spa has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with Ansal API, a leading real estate conglomerate into residential and commercial space. According to the franchise MOU entered between both the companies, Ansal API would open 10 luxurious Ozone fitness n spa clubs in its commercial properties located at various places in next one year time, with an estimated investment of Rs 30 Crores. The said clubs would be operated with the brand name of 'Ozone Fitness n Spa' under the franchise system of Ozone Spa Pvt Ltd New Delhi. The upcoming health clubs will be in both tier 1 and tier 2 cities like Luidhina, Jalandhar, Amritsar, Gurgaon, Rohtak, Karnal, Lucknow, Jaipur Chandigarh, Chennai, Madurai, Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, Mangalore, Cochin and Calcutta to name a few by end of fiscal year 2012-2013.

Madurai District Bandh on December 22 Today - All Shops are closed in Madurai today

Various organisations have called for a bandh in Madurai district on December 22 to condemn the Kerala government’s attitude on the Mullaiperiyar dam issue. Pledging support, president of the TN Foodgrains Merchants’ Association S P Jeyapragasam, on Saturday, said that the farmers in Madurai and nearby districts would be deprived of water if Kerala went ahead with decommissioning the dam. A fast will be organised on the day at the MADITSSIA hall.

Madurai shows that Mullai Periyar Dam issue is important for Madurai, because that helps preventing any drought that could happen in future and that has happenned in past. That is the reason this dam was built to make Madurai, Sivaganga, Ramanathapuram belt to be wet for some food to be cultivated!

If I was Mayor of Madurai, Things to do

If was Mayor of Madurai, I would do the following -

I would run Madurai like a commercial company with a combination of non-profit organization, not just like a non-profit organization only.

Check the budget, balance sheet, income, expenses of Madurai Corporation.
I will think how the income can be increased, and at the same time people getting benefitted.

With the given funds, find out what are the channels of income. How to increase the channels of income? Find that out.

Get those companies and get those divisions function very well and make it productive and get more income.

Work on getting entrepreneurship improved. Work on getting the infrastructure of the Madurai Corporation improved, and not just road etc., also the infrastructure like Electricity, Water etc.,
Companies has to be appreciated for more business. More business, more tax payment and more employment happens.

I will go to colleges and education centres to stay in Madurai and get employed or start something of their own to provide employment.

Today, biggest hurdle every startup business in Madurai faces is electricity problem, human resources problem and funding problem.

Create a better Madurai and name it as Greater Madurai next to Madurai, to create a new city by itself. There are lot of opportunities to be created and availed even today. Madurai today is set for only a limit. There is an extreme need to create a new city near Madurai or an extended city to develop and improve.

This is not the limit, but there will be more to the wish and the things to do, if I have to become a Mayor of Madurai.

Goat Farming Business in Madurai - a Business case analysis

Starting a goat farm is a simple process if you do your business homework well. It is all about preparation and developing a goat farming business plan of action and seeing through that plan is done.

If you think you got what it takes to start a goat farm, these business guidelines will multiple your chances to start out right and successfully.

1) Learn About Goats
2) Decide What type of Goat Business You Want to Do
3) Determine on How Big You Want Your Business to Start
4) Get License
5) Purchase Land that you can Develop into a Farm
6) Invest Farming Equipment
7) Advertise

INTEGRATED GOAT farming is a viable income-generating sector, especially for marginal farmers. Studies on cross breeding of the Kanni variety and other local varieties with the Boer goat and the economics of integrating them in dryland farming have shown promising results according to Dr F.R. Sheriff, Director of Extension Education, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (TANUVAS).

"Integrating goat farming with cropping systems like agro forestry models such as, agrisilviculture, hortipasture, boundary plantations, wind belts and silvipasture models with trees and grasses can be established in wastelands to supplement farm income," said Dr. Sheriff.

Feeding variety
Being hardy animals, goats can be fed on Neem (Azadiracta indica) and a wide variety of fodders and grasses such as Kolukattai grass (Cenchrus ciliaris), Guinea grass (Panicum maximum), Stylo (Stylosanthus hamata), Agathi (Sesbania grandiflora), Fodder cowpea (Vigna uinguiculata) and Vagai (Albizia lebbek).

For healthy and active animals, farmers are advised to provide a concentrate mixture of 50 parts of wheat, maize or broken rice, 25 parts of groundnut cake, 23 parts of wheat bran or rice bran, one part of mineral mixture and one part of common salt.

Breeding ratio

Does (female goats) normally come to heat in one to one and half years of age. The normal breeding ratio is one buck for 25 does. Goats can be bred three times a year. Usually a buck can service 20-25 does in a single breeding season. For pregnant does, farmers should provide 300 gm of concentrate feed comprising a mixture of groundnut cake, fish meal, rice, bran and mineral salts.The gestation period usually lasts for 147-149 days. It is advisable to keep pregnant does in separate enclosures with straw bedding and fresh water. In case of any difficulty during delivery of lambs immediate veterinary attention is necessary. As soon the lamb is born the mucous on its face and nostrils should be removed to help breathing. The newborn lamb is to be fed with its mother's milk immediately. Lactation period usually lasts for four months. In a well-maintained flock, healthy does yield about one and half litre of milk daily. In case the mother dies, foster does, that are in milking, may be allowed to feed the lamb.In the absence of any milking doe, cow or buffalo's milk may be fed to the lamb using a rubber teat. Generally mortality in kids is ten per cent and in adults 5-10 per cent.

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How to beat competition in your business? - madurai entrepreneurship and business wisdom

How to tackle and beat your competition in your business?

Next big challenge, after profits and HR issues, comes the Competition challenge for the entrepreneur in his/her business. Here are the ways to tackle those challenges!

1) Reduce the price of service - Give it for FREE, in some cases
2) Provide extensive advertisements
3) Use Technology - to reach wide audience
4) Best People and Process
5) Different channels for reaching different segments
6) Be a specialist in the segment and help in all angles - Customers Like To Buy From A Specialist
7) Contact the consumers and customers to see if you can help them more. More Customer Service will help give good impression for the company. Solve their problem
8) Be Creative
9) Giving Something Extra in the services - USP and additional services
10) Do what you say!

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Employees Management - Second Lesson in Management after business idea stabilization - Madurai Business Wisdom

Employees Management is one of the toughest parts of Management when you go LIVE on Business, after your theory, experimentation and after your idea 'seed' becomes a 'plant'.

First, as a business person we come up with an idea, understand and analyze if it is a workable idea or not. Then, we make that idea work as a team. Then comes the employees problem.

Without any jitters or any problems, there is no company. Internal problems are heavy in any company. More than 2 persons in a company, then comes automatic internal politics. One person says about second person to third person. Here starts the problems.

There might issues between ladies, men, egos, super egos, inferior egos, illtreatment between employees. Even though the management might kind enough with the employees, but between the employees problems arise.

Somebody scolds somebody and uses bad words and starts the problem. Some body is not trusted and there starts the problem, in sensitive businesses. Somebody is not satisfied with the salary and leaves the company. Somebody has got some personal problems, hence resigns the company. Overall, there are n-number of issues for employees.

In a small company, we cannot have HR department and management has to deal with all these problems. Usually manager deals with the company internal employees issues and when even a manager has problems with the management or within the employees, there comes severe problems. Atlast the management has to get in and work out the problem.

It is very tough, until and also in the process of building the tree or the banyan tree (similar to your company) and you have to face lot of problems and the problems will continue always. That is part of company building process and also for ever. Once in some stage the tree is built, you hand it over to the managers to deal with it.

Tough gets going, then the gain comes automatically and success comes through as well!

More tips for young entrepreneurs and new startups in India - Mumbai, Madurai

Tips for young entrepreneurs:

1) Coming up with ideas is fine but it doesn't make you any more unique than the other guy. Learn to execute the idea. That is what will make the difference.

2) If you aren't sure about your ideas, discuss it with someone and get a second opinion on how you can go about executing it better.

3) Be clear about your plan, so clear that if someone wants you to write it down you should be able to write it on a piece of paper napkin!

4) Never loose hope.

5) If you're a student be part of the entrepreneurship cell there.

6) Learn to accept failure with a smile because there is something in there for you to learn. Overcome this hurdle and success will be yours.

TVS Srichakra chooses Rediffusion Y&R for Advertising Agency - Madurai Business News

Following a multi-agency pitch, Rediffusion Y&R Chennai has won the creative mandate for TVS Srichakra Ltd, manufacturers of TVS Tyres and Eurogrip brand in the two- and three-wheeler category.

Confirming the win, Amitava Sinha, COO - South & East, Rediffusion Y&R, said, “We are delighted to have this significant new business win in Chennai and it is all the more satisfying because it was won after a competitive pitch. We are in the process of bolstering our Chennai set-up and hope to become more aggressive there in the coming months.”

Commenting on their choice of agency, M Sivasubramannian, Vice President-Domestic Businesses, TVS Srichakra, said, “While we found Rediff’s approach to be most aligned to our own thinking on the brand at this point in time, their suggested creative solutions were refreshingly different and should take the brand to the next level.”

For Rediffusion Y&R, Chennai this is an addition to their current portfolio that includes ITC Classmate, Colour Crew and Paperkraft, Cholam MS General Insurance, Lotte India Corporation and Cavinkare.

Madurai-based TVS Srichakra is a major player in the two- and three-wheeler segment and is an OE vendor to all two- and three-wheeler manufacturers.

TVS Logistics acquires U.S. company MESCO - Madurai reaches out to Michigan - isn't it cool?

The Madurai-based TVS Logistics Services has acquired U.S.-based Manufacturers Equipment and Supply Company (Mesco) to consolidate its holdings in TVS America, a top company official said Tuesday.

"We have acquired the $30 million revenue MESCO based in Michigan and 51 percent stakes of Global Rush, U.S. in TVS America at an outlay of around 50 crore. We have formed a holding company in the U.S. - TVS Logistics America - to house our investments in the U.S.," Managing Director R. Dinesh told reporters.

TVS spots Madurai in the world map very easily!! Great job sir!
This is however a late news (Jan 2011), but I want to bring to the audience anyway!!

Kalyani Honda Madurai receives awards

Kalyani Honda, Madurai, has won the All India Award for Best Environmental Practices, instituted by Honda Motorcycles Scooters India (HMSI) (P) Ltd for the year 2010-11.

Mr L. Murali Krishnan, Managing Director, Kalyani Honda, received the award from Mr Shinji Aoyama, President and CEO, HMSI, at the business meet held for all dealers, at Bangkok a month ago.

Kalyani Honda, Madurai, has been consecutively bagging the award for the last two years, the press release said.

TVS Srichakra Tyres plans to go into Tractor Radials in addition to Two Wheeler Radial Tyres

Leading two and three wheeler tyre maker, TVS Srichakra, which saw it’s turnover crossing Rs 1,000 crore mark during last financial year, plans going into new product segment Tractor Radial Tyres and as also strong brand building activities to boost its share in the after market segment.

This is one of the efforts to de-risking the business of only two-wheeler manufacturing and diversification into Off-road radial tyres and also building a stronger brand in this market.

The company expects stronger turnover growth during this year primarily from American markets as also from other new markets, while it will also focus on exporting two wheeler tyres to countries like South America.

The Madurai-based company, which exports mainly off-the-road tyres, aims higher growth in export turnover as its export destinations are bouncing back and has reached pre-recession days in volumes.

Mumbai based Asianet acquires Kannada Prabha Publications - Indian Express (Madurai) Private Limited

Mumbai-based media group Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd (ANN) has acquired 51 per cent stake in Bangalore-based Kannada Prabha Publications Ltd for an undisclosed amount, reported exchange4media News Service quoting a company statement.

Established in 2005, Kannada Prabha Publications is engaged in publishing a daily newspaper under the brand name Kannada Prabha. It operates as a subsidiary of the Express Publications (Madurai) Ltd.

Save Entrepreneurs, Small Scale to Medium Scale Business and Industries in Madurai

Mr.Sagayam IAS sir,

It is great to see all of your actions on various departments, streets and sections/regions in Madurai. It would be great if you could include in your list of items about - Saving Entrepreneurs, Saving Small scale to medium scale businesses and industries in Madurai.

As on date, there are various hurdles an entrepreneur has to face before or while running an organization. Can we have a one stop shop from Government today for starting a business in Madurai.

If Corporation could arrange a department or an office in Madurai with all the facilities for starting and running an organization. What I mean is - if a first time entrepreneur comes into this office, he/she should be able to register as a private limited or an SSI or proprietorship or partnership or corporation or an organization etc., And not only that, the possible entrepreneur should be able to open a bank account, a bank loan and also any other formalities he wants to do for running an organization. Also a consultant or counseller for explaining the procedures. Also business advisers can be available on demand for explaining their experiences. With this, all the associated businesses also can get favoured like - Job Consultancies for recruitment for that company, Visiting cards printing, Digital Flex preparation or web designing company in Madurai. There are many such companies doing the above mentioned businesses. They can be officially present or their contact can be available in this office, so that the entrepreneur has choices to choose for these ancillary services for running his business. Hope the above point is clear enough.

Ideally an office from the government to facilitate for starting and successfully running any business in Madurai. As on date, many web designing companies are opened in Madurai and at the same pace, they are closed, due to poor business planning. Many small scale businesses has to be promoted. It is like planting seeds or planting small saplings in various places in Madurai and they will grow into trees - atleast 3 out of 10 will grow into big trees. This is the vision and if we are able to achieve it, we will be successful and we can prove Madurai as a model city in Tamil Nadu and in fact in India.

In many cases, this office can help in preparation of business plans. If the business plan is good, then help in what they are lacking.

I think entrepreneurship is the lifeblood of Madurai or for any city development. If entrepreneurs start companies, businesses and industries - that will be the best thing that can happen to Madurai. More employment and more profits and more tax payments and more prosperity to all of the Madurai-ites. I cannot think of any other mechanism of flourishing Madurai.

Promote Entrepreneurship and you don't have to do anything else for making Madurai to make it as a New Madurai and Great Madurai!!

Professionalism to any business - Madurai Business, Entrepreneurship, Madurai Business Ideas

You might think there is not much scope for business in Madurai for engineering and IT youths. But, that is completely untrue. Madurai, Trichy, Coimbatore and other cities in Tamil Nadu has lot of potential for business.

In most of the cases, the existing businesses are not run in a professional manner. The businesses currently in Tamil nadu and the way businesses are done are not having customer service in mind, in most of the cases.

Hence, there is lot of scope for just doing the existing businesses. If we get into these existing businesses with good customer service, professional approach to the business, set up all the human resources with good hard working ability and customer service approach, set up all the processes to run by its own with the human resources, research and understand the market perfectly and use your understanding effectively - then definitely there is lot of scope to do many things.

You will be in the roads of many past business men who settled in Madurai or came to Madurai and did business and were and are successful even today in Business.

Some of the big business men are - TVS Sundaram Iyengar, Thiagarajan Chettiar, and many English men who started Madura Coats, Alagendran etc., Be in their lines and I am sure you can reach there in their path. Madurai is a great place to do any business.

Madurai - Innovative, Incubation place/city for starting a company

As TVS group and few other groups have proved that Madurai is an incubation place for starting your company, that factor is fully not established.

Hence, I want to prove that Madurai is a great place to start business first and then of course you can expand your business to whatever extend you want and whatever extent your business wants.

Madurai is cost effective, Madurai has good human resources, since there are lot of colleges in and around Madurai. Human resources in Madurai start migrating out of Madurai for job all the time, and hence we can make use of them and that will stop them to go out of Madurai easily.

I already know that Madurai is a great place for incubation companies and startup companies and I will prove soon in this blog and let everyone know about the power of Madurai for starting up your company!!

How to start a company in Madurai? I have a business idea, but don't know how to execute!

How to start a company in Madurai? I have a business idea, but don't know how to execute!

Is that your question and concern you have? We, Sana Angels can help you with that. We are a new venture firm who can help with investment into a new innovative business idea - mostly related to Web, BPO and IT.

Say, if you have a business idea, which you think can be profitable and very few or no one has executed it before, and you have the passion to implement it - but you need help in executing the same, then we can help you do the business.

We can help fund your business initially and going forward we will help in implementation of your idea. You can be the CEO of the company, and we will help you achieve your dreams.

What do we get out of it? Yes, we get partnership in the company, since we are investing money and spending time in executing the idea with you. Also, with a social responsibility, we promote entrepreneurship in Madurai and that is one of our dreams via New Madurai Foundation - a non-profit wing of Sana Consultants.

Contact us at 9629557866 or email SanaVenture@gmail.com. Email is preferred first - with an idea and then we can get in touch with you.

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More Opportunities to be created in Madurai

Attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) is the way for developing Madurai. Investment of Rs 1,000-crore will bring additional 30 per cent investment in support services.

For that to happen, Madurai Airport needs to be an operating international airport, said Mr S.R. Nageswaran, Managing Director, ITCOT Consultancy and Services, Chennai, here recently.

Delivering the inaugural address of the Sourashtra Industrial and Trade Conference (SITCON) organised for the first time by Sourashtra Chamber of Commerce, he said Chennai began to develop only after attracting FDI in 1994 with Hyundai and Nokia setting up their plants. Infrastructure development needs to precede such a flow and stakeholders in Madurai should strive to get international status for Madurai Airport.
More opportunities

When such a thing happens, there will be more opportunities for local entrepreneurs, he added.

The Chamber should come out with a compact disc of who's who of the Sourashtra community, as Sourashtra entrepreneurs are spread across the world in different fields.

Source: Hindu Business Line

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