General(ly) ruling the hills!

Bbelonging to the rare breed of politicians with a military background, Major General (Retired) Khanduri, elected chief minister of Uttarakhand, proudly says, "“I am a 73-year young man”. And the reasons for his good health are not difficult to discern. A tea-toteler, he diligently performs his daily dose of yoga and meditation. No doubts, why he has succeeded in bringing the army's legacy of honesty, discipline and integrity with him into politics. And the love for his military background clearly reflects in his trademark handle-bar moustache.

Born & brought up in Dehradun, Khanduri went on to graduate from Allahabad University. He later joined the Indian Army as a cadet for the Corps of Engineers. He got the engineering degree from the College of Military Engineers at Pune and served the Indian Army till 1990. His political career started in the following year when he joined BJP and won the Lok Sabha election from Garhwal Parliamentary Constituency. His tryst with power came in 2000 when he was appointed as the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Road Transport and Highways. He was elevated to the rank of Cabinet Minister in 2003, till NDA was kicked out of power in 2004. He added another feather to his cap, leading BJP to victory in the recently concluded Uttarakhand Assembly Elections.

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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2006

An IIPM and Management Guru Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri's Initiative

‘Bed’-deviled

Have you ever visited one of the premier hospitals – say the All India Institute of medical science (AIIMS) – in New Delhi? On any normal non-crisis day, hundreds of serious patients strive to occupy a hospital bed. Pathetically then, the Indian healthcare system has proved to be thoroughly inept in providing for the basic needs of healthcare in the country. According to the last available WHO report, India has fewer than one bed and one doctor per 1,000 population. India has 6,00,000 beds, compared to China’s 3.2 million hospital beds across the country. A state-wise analysis show that 33% of Maharashtra’s hospital beds are concentrated in its capital Mumbai alone. More than 50% (of the 60,000 that are registered) of Maharashtra’s doctors have practice in Mumbai.

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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2006

An IIPM and Management Guru Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri's Initiative