Aman, I need some leads!

[NIna Kochhar]

Dear Aman,

Arjun (Big Kochi) has come out with an excellent product which has been on the market for a couple of years now, and which I am helping him with.  The attachments are self-explanatory.  They are a range of notebooks/sketchbooks of very high quality, comparable to the European Moleskine brand, and are particularly well received by Westerners. The bookshops at The Oberoi Hotels, Oxford Bookstore, etc. are quite excited about them.

The website is being revised and will be ready to see in a few days www.brahmabooks.com.

I think they will make excellent corporate give-aways, especially during conferences, at Diwali, for the New Year etc. and I would like to make inroads into Financial Consulting companies for marketing Brahma Books.  I have a list of both pharma companies, and consulting companies, but need to know decision makers in them.  Since you have  worked in a few, I wonder if you can provide me with some leads ...or even just email addresses and designations of who to approach.  .  I know that the internet is a huge resource, but nothing beats someone knowing someone, who knows someone...!

Please do apply your very resourceful mind...I look forward to hearing from you.!

Fondly,

Nina K

[NIna Kochhar]

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Aman Batra <amanba...@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, May 28, 2013 at 12:56 PM
Subject: RE: Aman, I need some leads!
To: NIna Kochhar <nina.ko...@gmail.com>, amanba...@yahoo.co.in

Dearest Nina Aunty,

 

My apologies for the delayed response. I was actually was trying to figure out who I can suggest for this purpose. Have been out of the multinational corporate scene almost 10 years now – so most of my leads have dwindled away.

 

The product seems to be very nicely put together. I would think Gaurav would have the best of leads given his rich corporate gifting experience.

 

Here are a few names that come to mind.

1.       Anirudha Taparia, COO – India Infoline - anirudha...@iiflw.com (Puja Kochhar is also with the same firm)

2.       Avni Batra – HR - Mckisney – (she is on holiday overseas currently – gets back in about 15 days)

3.       Ashish Bhatia – Fortis Healthcare – ashish...@fortishealthcare.com – i am not in been in recent touch with him. Although he is an OS and very helpful – and very senior in their system

4.       Amit Mehta – Head, Clarksons India +918800599199 – he is an OS and a batchmate – may have a need for gifting purposes – don’t have an email but you can call and give my reference

5.       Ashim Bhuvania, Partner – Ambit Corporate Finance - +919892582367 – he is an OS and a batchmate – Gaurav knows him well too.

6.       Deepak Oliyan – Dell – doh...@gmail.com he is an OS – Arjun should know him (Mrs. Kumar’s Son) – He is very helpful – I am not in active touch with him  

7.       Nitin Gupta – Partner, Ernst & Young nitin...@in.ey.com he is the only guy I Know there. Not the right guy for this stuff but i don’t know anyone else in that system anymore

8.       Piyush Patodia – Grant Thornton +919810307355 – we worked together in EY – but i have not spoke to him in years - you could give it a shot

 

I am not too sure if you would get anything from the above – but maybe worth a shot.

 

Please wish Arjun all the very best with this new venture.

 

I Trust all is well with you. Will give you an update on my V are Family venture soon. Was on hold for a bit.

 

With love and warm wishes,

 

Aman