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`Globalisation is here to stay'
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The technocrat who heads the Canada Division of Fedex Express is a strong votary of globalisation. He shares his thoughts with G. Mahadevan.
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WHEN RAJESH Subramaniam left Thiruvananthapuram in the early 1980s, the idea of going to the U.S. was but a distant dream. After a B.Tech degree in Chemical Engineering from the IIT Bombay, however, Mr. Rajesh walked a "well-trodden path" to the U.S.
At 38 years of age today, he heads the Canada Division of the Fedex Express, America's premier express transportation company. In a recent interview to The Hindu , Rajesh did some plain speaking on the irreversibility of globalisation, on India's strengths in the global market and how the country needs to put its act together on the infrastructure front to stay abreast of the global market.
Job opportunities
Mr. Rajesh has no two ideas about globalisation. He says it is here to stay, that it is irreversible and that in the long run, globalisation is going to prove beneficial to countries all over the world. The present anger against globalisation, even in the U.S., is because the benefits of this process are now concentrated in the hands of a few people. In the years to come, "Today, it no longer matters where goods and services are produced. They can be reached to anywhere in the world in a matter of hours. What we do is a good example of the power of global service," he points out. Along with globalisation will come a spurt in jobs for Indians. In fact, the number of job opportunities in the country has gone up over the years and many more jobs are on the way, he argues.
Mr. Rajesh points out that a couple of decades ago, going to the U.S. was a must if one wanted a good career. Today this is no longer the case. Going abroad is one of the options for the youth in India. Jobs are coming to them, companies are coming to them. He feels that globalisation is getting a bad name, undeservingly so, in some quarters. Mr. Rajesh says that because of the bad business practices of, say, a couple of companies, it is not fair to brand the entire private sector as anti-people and pro-profit. "The company I work for has a people-services-profit approach to business. It has been globally rated as one of the best places to work in, in the world. Most of the business world, including the MNCs, have a solid record of social commitment," he says.
Human resource
India should look to build further on its already strong educational sector to compete better in the global market. Mr. Rajesh identifies the vast human resources potential that the country has, as one of the major strengths in the global market.
According to him, India is being viewed with renewed respect in the global financial nerve-centres, for this very wealth it possesses.
However, the country needs to get its act together in the matter of putting in place infrastructural facilities such as roads and communication networks.
This, argues Mr. Rajesh, is an essential pre-requisite for competing against a country such as China, which is poised for a major economic growth in the coming years.
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