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Hello everybody!

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I'm really delighted,

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to wish everyone

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all the very best wishes

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on BCG completing 25 years in India.

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A large part of these 25 years

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and I look back with a lot of pride,

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and joy,

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at the huge amount of impact

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that we already have had

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on Indian business and economy.

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And in next 25 years,

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I think we are going to make a very, very big impact

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and that makes me really proud of

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what we've been doing.

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And I would like to narrate one story,

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which stands out for me as a

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representative of the kind of thing that

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we all work so hard for.

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We had the opportunity to work

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with one of the most ambitious,

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bold and visionary leaders

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of banking industry

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in the form of Mrs. Bhattacharya,

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who was the first woman Chairperson,

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of State Bank of India,

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India's largest bank.

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Until that time we used to always feel that

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in public sector banking industry,

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we cannot talk about HR.

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In particular, we cannot talk about

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performance management system of people

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in the banks.

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We all know, there have been a lot of stories around

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state banking industry

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is not at all customer oriented.

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They don't care.

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Service standards are very poor.

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People are not measured,

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and so on so forth and she gave us a challenge

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that I would like everybody

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and everybody means everybody,

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including the clerks, sub staff,

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to be measured on a weekly basis,

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using technology

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and they should not only be measured

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against their targets,

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but they should be measured against

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other people like them in the bank

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among the 3,00,000 people in the bank.

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It was a huge challenge technologically,

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but even bigger challenge culturally,

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and we stood up for it.

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We fought hard for three years,

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and we managed to create

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India's first example

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of a state-owned banking industry,

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trying to measure everybody

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and everybody accepted it.

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And it was a fantastic journey today that

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really inspires us to do

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and not to take no for an answer.

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When it comes to accepting bold challenges

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and the story inspires not just banks in India

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but also many abroad.

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I look back,

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with great satisfaction

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that we, in this platform,

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as BCG are able to aim for phenomenal impact.

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When we support

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some of the pioneering bold ambitious leaders,

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that's what our business is all about.

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So, I really congratulate everybody at BCG,

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for this fantastic sort of journey

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and actually next 25 years

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are for sure going to be even more exciting,

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much bigger impact,

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as the economy accelerates out of

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the current problems but also

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burst with energy

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with a lot of innovation

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that’s so pent up and latent.

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All the best to everyone

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for an exciting journey ahead.