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December 2016

AN IN-HOUSE MAGAZINE OF SHAREKHAN

VOL. 07 NO.03 | PUBLISHED FROM MUMBAI

Sharekhan is now part of BNP Paribas group

Diwali celebrations @ Sharekhan - 2016

Sharekhan honoured to have Nilesh Shah of Kotak AMC

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We present to you another engaging edition of The Sharekhan Times.

A BIG HELLO to all the Sherus. Although the Indian economy and the world are going through some unexpected transitions (demonitisation, Mr Donald Trump’s win, Brexit etc), at Sharekhan, we are on the cusp of what is expected to be a historic milestone. The BNP Paribas-Sharekhan amalgamation is complete now, with all the legal/statutory/regulatory approvals in place.

Beatrice Cossa Dumurgier, Global Head of Personal Investors at BNP Paribas SA, joined the celebration on completion of the BNP Paribas-Sharekhan deal.

In another development, Tarun Shah, CEO of Sharekhan, has decided to bid adieu. We will surely miss Tarun Bhai as he is fondly called by all the Sherus. From all the Sherus, we wish Tarun Bhai a good health and lasting happiness.

Jaideep Arora, Director, Sharekhan has been appointed as the new CEO. He has been part of the Senior Management at Sharekhan ever since its inception in 2000.

(Read more about the BNP Paribas-Sharekhan deal and the management change on page no 3; also see related pictures).

Next up, catch all the action from this year’s Diwali Celebrations at Sharekhan on page no 4.

Among the other interesting events that took place in the recent weeks included a webinar with none other than Nilesh Shah, MD of Kotak AMC. For more on this event check out page no 7.

Our Business Partner in the Spotlight this time around is Sachin Singal from FinanceOne Consultants. Read his interview on page no 8.

One of Sharekhan’s Business Partners, Rohan D’Souza held a special seminar for the real Indian heroes, The 7 Sikh Regiment (see page no 10).

Sharekhan’s Bhiwadi-based Business Partner, Ajeet Kumar pulled off two events in a day. You can find out more about this event on page no 11.

BNP Paribas AMC in association with Sharekhan successfully conducted a seminar in the IT capital of Bengaluru (see page no 12).

The Delhi Sharekhan team pulled of a HAT-TRICK by conducting THREE seminars. Take a look at page no 13.

A special Mutual Fund training programme was held in Mumbai for Sharekhan Business Partners. Read more on page no 15.

Then there are the regular Sharekhan Times features - Heart-to-Heart with Niket Shah from Sharekhan’s Kanjurmarg office (page no 16); Sheru in a Nutshell with Devangg Kamdar from Sharekhan’s Ruby office (page no 17) and the Time-pass Corner (page no 18).

Hope you will enjoy reading this edition of the Sharekhan Times as much as we did in making it.

Once again, we express our gratitude to those people who helped us in bringing out this edition of The Sharekhan Times.

We look forward to your feedback/suggestions to improve our very own in-house magazine.

Send in your contributions for the next edition of The Sharekhan Times at [email protected].

Stay blessed and happy.

Hemant Maradia, Sharekhan Publishing Team.

December 2016

AN IN-HOUSE MAGAZINE OF SHAREKHAN

VOL. 07 NO.03 | PUBLISHED FROM MUMBAI

Sharekhan is now part of BNP Paribas group

Diwali celebrations @ Sharekhan - 2016

Sharekhan honoured to have Nilesh Shah of Kotak AMC

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financial publication, in its prestigious annual Awards for Excellence. This principal accolade of “World’s Best Bank” was one of eight won in total by BNP Paribas, which also included the regional awards “Best Bank in Western Europe” and “Best Bank for Transaction Services in Western Europe”.

BNP Paribas was also one of the first foreign banks to establish a presence in India in 1860. Today, it is among the leading corporate banks in India, with branches in eight major cities and more than 4,000 employees.

Given its rich legacy, global presence, and constant drive to innovate and excel digitally, BNP Paribas is the right anchor to support Sharekhan's future ambitions.

Meanwhile, Tarun Shah has announced his retirement as the CEO and Director of Sharekhan after serving the organisation since its inception. We wish him well for his future.

Jaideep Arora, the new CEO of Sharekhan believes that the BNP Paribas-Sharekhan deal will allow Sharekhan to reach new heights of success, and become the preferred savings and investment partner for the investors.

Sharekhan also aims to reinforce its strong bonding with all its stakeholders, besides pledging to provide first-class service and innovative solutions to its customers, and make the organisation a great place to work.

Meanwhile, from BNP Paribas, Jean-Christophe Gougeon, Varun Sridhar and Loïc Martin will now be part of the Sharekhan team.

Beatrice Cossa Dumurgier, Global Head of Personal Investors at BNP Paribas, celebrated the occasion with Senior Officials from both the sides at Sharekhan’s Mumbai Office (see pictures).

Sharekhan is now part of BNP Paribas Group

It is a great pleasure to announce that Sharekhan Limited is now a subsidiary of BNP Paribas SA after the French financial major completed the acquisition on November 23, 2016. The transaction has now been finalised after having received all the requisite regulatory approvals. Sharekhan will be part of BNP Paribas’ Personal Investors business line, which is dedicated to Digital Banking and Investment Services.

BNP Paribas is a renowned name in the world of finance. It is one of the largest banks in the world and has a presence in 75 countries with more than 189,000 employees.

BNP Paribas' 2015 annual revenues totaled 42,938 million euros while the Group's net profit stood at 6,694 million euros. Its market capitalisation as of December 13, 2016 was ~74.5 billion euros.

BNP Paribas has been named “World’s Best Bank” for 2016 by Euromoney, the

world’s leading global

Jaideep Arora uncorks the champagne. A visibly pleased Jean-Christophe Gougeon, Beatrice Cossa Dumurgier and Varun Sridhar look on

Beatrice Cossa Dumurgier raising a toast while others savour the sparkling drink

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Diwali Celebrations @ Sharekhan - 2016 (The Ruby)

Sherus at The Ruby headquarter office had a blast this Diwali (2016) by pouring their heart out in the ‘Rangoli’ competition and letting their hair down on the dance floor. Everyone was dressed in the traditional attire suited for the occasion, bringing a lot of vibrancy to The Ruby office ambience.

Various interesting games were also played, uplifting the mood further. Prizes were also given for the Best Dressed Female and Best Dressed Male.

The Rangoli competition was judged by an expert panel, comprising the senior management and some members of the Sharekhan Cultural Committee.

The office really came alive with a lot of energy and enthusiasm when the DJ lured the Sherus to the makeshift dance floor (lounge area) and played a few fantastic foot-tapping numbers.

The icing on the cake was the yummy Chaats and luscious Kulfi served in the cafeteria to leave a sweet taste in the mouth and make it another memorable Diwali for the Sherus at The Ruby office.

Best Dressed MaleFirst prize - Prashal Sanil (IT Helpdesk)

Jaideep Arora seeking the blessings of the almighty

Tarun Shah in a traditional attire

Rangoli Winners

First Prize - Sales ops team

Second prize - PMS & IT team

Third Prize - BPG team

Best Dressed Male

First prize - Prashal Sanil (IT Helpdesk)

Second prize - Jivan Kadam (Sales team)

Best Dressed Female

First Prize - Anita Bansode (BPG team)

Second Prize - Harmeet Kaur Saini (Admin team)

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Diwali Celebrations @ Sharekhan - 2016 (The Ruby)

Best Dressed FemaleFirst Prize - Anita Bansode (BPG team)

The Sherus enjoying a game

The faces of the winners say it all!!!

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Diwali Celebrations @ Sharekhan - 2016 (Kanjurmarg)

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In the financial markets, Nilesh Shah does not require any introduction. He is currently the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Managing Director (MD) at Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Company Ltd. His previous assignments were at Axis Capital, ICICI Prudential AMC and Franklin Templeton India.

Nilesh Shah has over 25 years of experience in capital markets and market related investments, having managed funds across equity, fixed income securities and real estate, for local as well as global investors.

We invited Nilesh Shah to visit our Corporate Office at The Ruby, Dadar to participate in a webinar on his views on the Indian markets and share a few details about the products of Kotak Mutual Fund.

Much to our delight, the man of such a big stature graciously accepted our invitation.

The webinar was held at Sharekhan’s Ruby office on November 16 @ 4.15 PM. It was attended by more than 350 participants.

We grabbed the opportunity to have an exhilarating chat with Nilesh Shah and he happily obliged by giving us a lot of valuable insights on the Indian markets in the present scenario.

The chat session was attended by Mehul Koradia, Devangg Kamdar, Mustafa Pardiwala, Hanumant Rao, Gaurav Dua, VV Parmeshwaran and the Sharekhan MF Advisory Team.

Before winding up his trip to Sharekhan’s Ruby office, Nilesh Shah also had a casual rendezvous with Sharekhan Directors, Shankar Vailaya and Jaideep Arora.

Sharekhan honoured to have Nilesh Shah of Kotak AMC

Nilesh Shah having an engrossing discussion with the Sherus

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Business Partner in the Spotlight

Sharekhan Times (ST): Why did you choose Sharekhan as your partner and how has the journey been so far?

Sachin Singal (SS): Being a leading share broker in India and having good reputation, we have chosen Sharekhan as our business partner. We joined Sharekhan as Business Partner in January 2003 at Jaipur as their first franchisee in Rajasthan.

ST: Were you involved in any other business before joining Sharekhan? If yes, what was it about? Are you still running it? Has it helped you in growth with Sharekhan?

SS: My elder brother Sandeep Singal is a former employee of Sharekhan. He was the Head of Derivatives but later he started Sharekhan Franchisee at Jaipur in January 2003.

Earlier, he was employed with the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) as Manager of their Derivatives Segment.

He run the Sharekhan franchisee up to November 2006. Thereafter I have been running the Sharekhan franchisee in the name of FinanceOne Consultants.

ST: Describe your business with Sharekhan and share with us your vision.

SS: Presently, we are doing well in delivery-based transactions in the Equity segment as well as the Derivatives segment.

We are also doing business in Currency & Commodity segments to some extent, besides Mutual Fund SIP investments for our Retail clients as long-term investment.

We look forward to grow the business in the future by a great deal and prove our worth as the best broking outlet in Jaipur in terms of online trading and wealth creation.

ST: How have you grown your business over time?

SS: With our customer-friendly services and good quality products of Sharekhan, we could grow our business from

the current level.Sachin Singal

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ST: How do you acquire clients? What is the client conversion process at your outlet, from a lead to the first trade of a new client?

SS: We approach them through phone calls, meet them in person, and also take references from our existing clients, friends and relatives. We also organise canopies, stalls etc to acquire new clients.

ST: In your opinion what are the advantages of Sharekhan and the strong points of Sharekhan’s competitors?

SS: Being a leading brokerage house in India, Sharekhan has good Trading Products, Quality Research, an efficient Trading Platform and high strike rate in calls.

It also has high transparency levels in all areas of business. The HO staff is very supportive.

ST: What are the key risks and opportunities in your business?

SS: India is one of the best emerging markets in the world, and due to that, it provides so many opportunities for long-term investment in Equity to grow wealth.

ST: Have you experienced any of Sharekhan’s education initiatives, such as Active Training Cell, Ignite and Online Training Academy? If yes, what is your opinion of the same?

SS: Active Training Cell, Ignite and OTA are great initiatives by Sharekhan. They help the clients to trade with discipline and help them to make money.

Some of our clients have also completed the IGNITE and OTA programmes, which helped them to trade confidently on their own with a lot of discipline.

In fact, I also completed OTA and it really helped me so many times to identify the right level for buying and selling in the market.

ST: What advice would you give to someone just starting out?

Sharekhan is just like a caring parent for their children and we are the children of Sharekhan as a franchisee. I

Business Partner in the Spotlight

started my carrier with Sharekhan Franchisee when I was just 21 year old. Everybody at Sharekhan is always ready to help you in developing your skills. Sharekhan is just like a family.

ST: What made you choose stock broking as a business?

SS: I got inspiration from my brother to enter the stock broking business.

ST: To what do you attribute the success of your business?

SS: We never go against ethics. We never take clients for granted and never mislead them. We try our level best to solve the clients’ issues or queries at the earliest.

The most important thing is RISK MANAGEMENT. I myself check the risk report of the clients on a daily basis.

We convince the clients to do investments for the long term instead of intra-day trading and F&O trading. It reduces our efforts and the probability of losses to the clients. If your clients earn money, your business will automatically grow.

ST: What has been your learning over the last six years of bear phase?

SS: Have patience in the market and stay invested in good quality stocks. The bear phase is a very good opportunity to invest.

ST: Your message to the rest of the Sharekhan family?

SS: I started my carrier with Sharekhan as a Franchisee when I was just 21 year old. I was so young for this business and also inexperienced. But I never felt that I was alone. Everybody in Sharekhan is ready to help and cooperative. I always feel that Sharekhan is my second family.

ST: How do you manage day-to-day stress?

SS: I am a good cricketer so I play cricket every Sunday to release stress and also go for trekking.

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One of Sharekhan’s Mumbai-based Business Partners, Rohan D’Souza conducted an event exclusively for the ‘7 Sikh Regiment’ on October 4, along with Mehul Dedhia, Rakesh Parab and Kabir Chadha.

The event was done in the army premises in Navy Nagar, Mumbai. He had invited around ~30 officers, but due to some commitments, we had a final attendance count of around 15 people.

Following was the flow of the event:

1. Dedhia spoke on Market Outlook & recommendations

2. D’Souza from Advisory Team spoke on Sharekhan Products, including the Power Portfolio

3. Parab spoke on Sharekhan Trade Tiger & Mutual Funds

The crowd was very interactive and had a lot of queries on Mutual Funds (MF) and Sharekhan products, which were handled by us.

We are expecting around 5-8 account closures from the Navy Nagar event.

One of the officers from the other regiment has requested Sharekhan for doing a similar event for his army regiment, which we are planning to do next month

(November).

Seminar for the heroes of ‘7 Sikh Regiment’

Rakesh Parab giving presentation

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The CDSL Investment Awareness Programme was done in partnership with CDSL, followed by the presentations on Sharekhan’s Market Outlook and Power Portfolio.

The CDSL Investment Awareness Programme was conducted by Mukesh Chouhan of CDSL Delhi.

Bhiwadi Business Partner holds two events in a day

Follow-up cases - confirmed closureSpot closure

Equity/Commodities

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Equity PPMargin

collectedMF-SIP/Lump sum

Summary

Rs50,000 18 4 8

Sharekhan’s Bhiwadi-based Business Partner Ajeet Kumar pulled off two events in a day (October 2, 2016) with close to 150 attendees.

The introduction was given by local RFM, Anand Mohan, with a small note on client acquisition.

The Mutual Fund (MF) event was presided over by the Sharekhan team, in collaboration with ICICI Prudential AMC.

MF - Investment Awareness program was conducted by Ravikant Sharam - Manager at ICICI Prudential, Alwar.

Majority of the attendees were from Honda Cars, Relaxo Footwear, Eicher Motors, Saint Gobain, Ashok Leyland etc.

This was followed by a presentation on Market Outlook, which was done by Anshuman Malik, Branch Manager at Gurgaon-II Branch.

Event snapshot:

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BNP Paribas AMC in association with Sharekhan successfully conducted a seminar on September 17, 2016 at Hotel Pride, Richmond Road, Bengaluru.

The focus of this event was on BNP Paribas AMC’s products, and more importantly, on how to sell MF products. We invited 25 Business Partners, who had shown a keen interest in selling MF products through Sharekhan.

The seminar was conducted by Balsubramani, Regional Head of Sales at BNP Paribas AMC, along with Sharekhan’s Cluster Head, Channaraj KJ.

The main topics discussed were: BNP Paribas Dividend Yield Fund, BNP Paribas Mid Cap Fund and BNP Paribas Monthly Income Plan.

The event was attended by Sharekhan employees and Business Partners.

BNP Paribas AMC & Sharekhan MF event in Bengaluru

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Sharekhan’s teams have always had a hands-on approach towards training & education of its customers - be it branches or Business Partners. Topics of seminars are decided after determining the need of the times or clients’ requirements.

Recently, the Delhi team organised three seminars at Karnal, Sonipat and IMT, Ghaziabad.

The following are the key highlights of these events.

The Karnal Event (September 3) – This event was organised by Business Partner, Manish Aggarwal, especially for big-ticket Sharekhan customers to pitch/sell our Managed Product - Power Portfolio, and to give an update on the Market Outlook. A total of around 15 people assembled who were briefed about Sharekhan’s Foot Prints by Anand (RFM). His speech was followed by the Product Presentation of Gaurav Kapoor (BM-Barakhamba Branch). The event gave us TWO deal closures besides enhancing the assets of the Business Partner.

The Sonipat Event (September 11) – This was an Investment Awareness Programme (IAP) event on Mutual Funds (introduction on MF and Invest MF with Sharekhan), organised by our Business Partner, Ravinder Suresh Kumar. Total attendance was around 90 people. Approximately 60% of the attendees were new to Sharekhan. Local marketing was done by Suresh Kumar to create a buzz for the new clients. Five new Sharekhan accounts were opened while 15 people started MF accounts with us, with more in the pipeline.

The Institute of Management Technology (IMT), Ghaziabad Event (August 29) – The Team believes that “A skill can be cultivated. The mind, like the body, can be moved from the shade to the sunshine.” With this approach in mind, a seminar was organised in the IMT Ghaziabad, where we positioned Sharekhan as a corporate to the budding young employees of the future. We presented Sharekhan as a cool and growth-oriented entity. Along with the brand reach, the other key purpose of this event was to inculcate a sense of wealth building through MF.

IMT, Ghaziabad is ranked sixth among the Top 10 B-Schools in India. Most of the students here belong to the affluent families. They were quite excited to participate in the Sharekhan event. We conducted this seminar to spread our brand reach to the future entrepreneurs and to create awareness on savings & wealth creation through equity investments.

Delhi Sharekhan team conducts THREE seminars

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A canopy was placed in the campus, mainly to motivate students to participate in our Wealth Creation seminar. We got a chance to address around 90 students in the evening, where we showcased Sharekhan, its corporate structure, products and the right methodology of savings and investments. The seminar lasted for about two hours.

The presentation was well appreciated by Vishal Sharma (BM –Faridabad), Nishant Mittal (BM – Ghaziabad) and Shipra Pahuja (BM-Delhi Branch), Amit Pal (RSM), Sumit Sharma (TL) and Sachin Kumar (TL). The response from the students was extremely encouraging.

To encourage and nurture future talent, we went a step ahead to promote a college event called “AD-O-Holic”, which is a competition organised among all B-Schools (including IIMs), and only the select top participants get to showcase their advertisements and qualify for the prize.

Delhi Sharekhan team conducts THREE seminars

The Lucknow Event (September 16) - Our Lucknow Team, in association with Franklin Templeton AMC organised an IAP focussing on MF, where Rishab Kesarwani, Investment Advisor, started with a brief introduction. Later, Gaurav Nagar from Franklin AMC apprised the audience about MF through a very interactive and engaging session. The focus of the seminar was to educate the inactive as well as new Sharekhan clients. The total participation was around 70 clients, which was possible with the incessant efforts of Sharad Gupta, Gurpreet Bedi, Sambhav Kumar and the entire Lucknow team.

We would like to extend a special thanks to Mradul Verma for the continued support and guidance.

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Training for Mutual Fund (MF) operations was conducted successfully on August 27 at Hotel Anantha Executive Suites in Mumbai for Sharekhans’ Business Partners.

The event was successfully carried out by Head Office (HO) Business Partners Group (BPG) team and the Mutual Fund Operations Team.

A total of 57 Business Partners attended the training on various aspects of operations, relating to business & processes involved to facilitate their end customers as well as to boost their overall revenue.

India’s overall Mutual Fund (MF) industry is gaining traction, with new folios increasing by 25% since September 2014. The MF team in Sharekhan is also focused aggressively on accelerating its growth going ahead.

In order to get our Business Partners hooked on to the new MF

business segment, we first provided sales & business training to them by an external trainer followed by a detailed training on various operational processes.

The objective of this training was not only to equip the Business Partners with the right skills required to perform

operations of the MF business, but also to give them confidence to capitalise on the new revenue stream.

We had invited all our Mumbai Franchisees. Also, 77 of our esteemed Business Partners attended the MF business training programme. The training was hosted by the Mumbai Franchisee Team and was conducted by operations trainer Milan Acharya.

The entire MF business operation team of Anand Barbhaya was involved to take queries raised by the Business Partners.

All our Business Partners felt very positive and are now geared up to develop the MF business.

Mutual Fund training programme in Mumbai

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Heart-to-Heart with Niket Shah

Sharekhan Times (ST): When and how did you begin your career?Niket Shah (NS): I was always attracted to stock markets since Class IX. During my CA internship, I had audited books of Ketan Parekh (the infamous trader/investor) and his entities, which further developed a liking for the stock markets. After clearing CA in January 2004, I got an opportunity to work with Sharekhan. From April 2004 till date, my marriage with Sharekhan is still intact.

ST: Share your memories of the first day at Sharekhan.NS: I met my life partner on the first day at Sharekhan.

ST: What do you like to do in your free time?NS: Play with my kids. ST: What's been your most memorable moment at Sharekhan so far? NS: Spending an entire night in office on July 26, 2005 (the day Mumbai was flooded), we were roaming on the streets at 2:30 AM, watching movies and had loads of fun.

ST: Can you advise our readers on how to pick up a winning stock? NS: Simple, follow the winners.

ST: Do you remember your very first trade/ investment? Did you make a profit on it?NS: Yup, it was Sonata Software, and purchased my first mobile from the profit made from that trade.

ST: You love working in the stock broking business because…?NS: It is this industry which has no set ways of working. You face different situations every day, routine is boredom and surprises excite, and hence the liking for this industry.

ST: Message to all other the Sherus…NS: Start learning French

Straightfrom the

heart

Which was the last book you read? Indirect taxes for my last CA exams I don’t like

reading books. What is your favourite television show? The Kapil Sharma Show and a couple of talent-hunt

shows. A movie you can watch over and over again? Andaz Apna Apna. If you could pick anyone in the world to be your

neighbour, who would you pick and why? Any army man, what better inspiration can one have in

the neighborhood. If you wanted to change your name, what name would

you change it to? I don’t want to change my name. What’s the one thing about you that nobody can ever

guess? My passionate nature. As a child what did you dream of becoming? A Civil Engineer Do you believe in God? No, I feel God is a creation of humans, either for greed or

out of fear. What are your best memories of college? Rose day events. What are your worst memories of school? Being hit on hand with a scale by the school principal. You have a natural talent for…? Being loved by others. Who is your role model and why? Character of Lord Krishna in Mahabharata. He has very

simple solutions to the most complex issues of life. What is your favorite holiday destination? Of the places visited so far, I like Switzerland the most. Who’s your favourite sportsperson? In wrestling, HHH is my favourite. Which is the one thing that you would like to change

about yourself/your life? I am very unorganised, so I would like to be particular. On a scale of 1 to 10 how happy are you? 10, no complaints from life. What is your take on the rising rate of crime against

women? The act is no less heinous than terrorism and I feel these

criminals should get equal treatment as being given to the terrorists.

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Sheru in a Nutshell

1. Food for mind

Magazine: Business TodayWebsite: Google and Moneycontrol Newspaper: Economic Times and Mumbai MirrorTV channel: CNBC TV 18 and HBO

2. Stress busters

Music: Old Hindi movie songs / Chess on iPadMovie: ZNMD & Gods must be crazyTV programme: Indian Idol and Sarabhai v/s SarabhaiHobby: Play Table Tennis

3. Fitness mantra

Eat: Soups & saladsDrink: Green teaExercise: WalkingAvoid: Late night parties

4. Nothing more than feelings

Fear: Gaining weight againJoy: Vacation with familyFrustration: Hearing lies from people

5. A matter of taste

Beverage: Ginger masala chaiDish: Most dishes cooked by my wife (just to name one, Undhiyu)Dessert: Ice cream (almost all other sweet dishes also)Restaurant: Swati, Little Italy and RK

6. As I like it

Colour: RedSeason: WinterSmell: Deep woody fragranceCity: Mumbai

7. Yesterday once more

As a child I collected: StampsI played: Cricket, Marbles and Lagori I watched: Star Trek / Yeh Jo Hai ZindagiI read: MahabharataI dreamt of: Being a pilot and travel the world, but ended up in the broking business. I would still love to travel as much as possible

Devangg Kamdar

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Time-pass Corner

1) Who was known as Iron man of India? 2) Professor Amartya Sen is famous in which of the fields?

3) Amjad Ali Khan is associated with which of the following musical instruments?

A.Govind Ballabh Pant B. Jawaharlal Nehru

C. Subhash Chandra Bose D. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

5) R K Laxman is a renowned?

A. Dance master B. Writer

C. Cartoonist D. Journalist

A. Sarod B. Veena

C. Violin D. Sitar

4) Guru Gopi Krishna was a maestro of which of the following dance form?

A. Kuchipudi B. Kathak

C. Manipuri D. Bahratanatyam

Ans 1) KFC

Ans 2) McDonalds

Ans 3) Subway

Ans 4) LG

Ans 5) Nike

Ans 6) Tata sky

A. Biochemistry B. Electronics

C. Economics D. Geology

All complete and correct entries received before December 31, 2016 will be eligible for a draw and three lucky Sherus will win a gift voucher of Rs1,000 each. So put on your thinking caps and roll (contest not open to the contributor, his friends, relatives and neighbours at Sharekhan). You may address your replies to [email protected].

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