The Government Business - Talk from Dr. Jaijit Bhattacharya, Director, Hewlett Packard
Thursday, August 5, 2010
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In the recent edition of Leadership Talk Series, we got opportunity to interact with Dr. Jaijit Bhattacharya, Director, Government Advisory at Hewlett Packard. We all found the session to be quite an eye opener in terms of opportunities that are available for private sector in doing business with government and also typical challenges that are there in this area. Businesses today definitely can’t afford to overlook tremendous potential that is there in providing goods and services to government given the fact that government is largest procurer in the country.
Dr. Bhattacharya highlighted the need for businesses to be impartial and neutral towards political establishments so that change in government doesn’t put you out of business. Another interesting point that I noted was how can we factor in typical challenges like delayed payments, beaurocracy etc. in our business model itself so as to ensure a successful execution.
Dr. Bhattacharya also shared his experiences regarding how Brazil chose to deliver cable TV through standardized CAS set top boxes and provided internet services as well through same boxes with the strategy to increase internet penetration as well as to deploy the resources efficiently within the country. He talked about open source revolution and how businesses today are leveraging it in government sector by providing services around open source solutions. He ended the session with food for thought for all of us: ‘Can India develop its own Microprocessor one day?’
A Wonderful session. I found him a perfect blend of technology and business.
Agree with you...
Being aware that one needs to "manage the government" is certainly an eye opener:-)