Two private affairs to remember

Jan 26 was another packed day for us! As India celebrated its Republic Day, at Davos we had something special lined up for the spouses. We were hosting the Spouse’s Lunch at Walserhof, Klosters – a quaint little town a few miles from Davos. This was the first time ever that we organized a spouse-only lunch and we were delighted with the overwhelming success of the event! Our Special guest for the lunch was the renowned Sumi-e-artist, Drue Katoka, who presented her exquisite art to the august gathering at Davos. Drue’s artworks integrate  Asian brush painting techniques with gunshots, hospital beds, alpine snow water and storm and heartbeat recordings and she has been named a Cultural Leader by the World Economic Forum. Drue held our guests spellbound as she presented her work, connecting it to the theme of “Rise” giving adequate insights into her approach and style. The utterly fascinating session was followed...

The World Economic Forum 2012 opened with some of the best minds debating and predicting the future of the world!

The Mahindra Satyam team heard David Cameron telling the Forum that the marathon drive to complete Doha global trade pact talks has failed on Thursday. The other voices we heard Africa and Asia are moving ahead of Europe in the development of their digital infrastructure according to the head of France's largest telecommunications equipment supplier. Angela Merkel said that the failure to fully endorse the financial transaction tax was one of the key areas where European efforts to stem the crisis were "insufficient.". Ken Rogoff, co-author of the best selling "This time it's different", sounded the alarm on interest rates in Davos today, saying that any rise of more than 100 basis points in long term rates would spell "big trouble for everyone".

Vineet Nayyar spoke to the Swiss National Television and elaborated his thoughts on the nature and magnitude ...

The Mahindra Group opened its innings at The World Economic Forum 2012 with a flourish – a superb dinner at the Kaffee Klatsch, which saw the reunion of some great friendships, some warm conversations, some new ties and an overall sense of positive energy – all towards creating a better world for all of us!

Our Delegates from The Mahindra Group, the MSat Europe Team, Vineet and CP welcomed each and every guest and at one point in time, the venue seemed to be stretched a bit at its seams. But all went off well with some great music as company, some superior Swiss cuisine and service – our dinner has certainly reached a certain hallmark that we should be proud of. My best moment was waving goodbye to the last of our guests, way past midnight, as I turned around to see the ‘Mahindra-Rise’ branding, with its full glory, bringing the entire place alive. And to see the ever charged Neha Mehra from the Marketing Team along with Gee, our man from Europe, congratulating each other f...