The Fake Data-Scientist

Hi all, a very Happy Christmas and advance New Year wishes. This is a sweet moment. No not just a sweet moment but this is a Chocó moment. Confused? Yes I think a better word to substitute sweet is Chocó. As a part of “Me and We - interview series”, I met Mr. Srinath, the Chocó man of Pondicherry, and proprietor of The Ebonyfoods – Chocóla (“Chocola – The Food of God”) Ouf, a lot of home work I did before meeting Srinath, after reading about his 100 varieties of chocolate and especially “chocolate pakoda”. As a successful entrepreneur he shared his success stories and paths he travelled in establishing a sweet and humble organization. More than a chocolate boutique, Ebony Foods is growing as a more streamlined organization. Let’s hear more about this from Srinath! Me&V: Hi Srinath, a many congratulations in showcasing 100 varieties of chocolate from (a small town) Pondicherry. Could you explain us where this Chocó idea has started? Sri: Thanks a lot. What you will ask some w...

Hey All... Today, we have a very special person on Cognizanze interview series!! The person I am talking about is the Managing Director of one of those new bread stores in the town. This is the only “Concept” based store in the city. What is special about this? Innovation is the answer that we get when we search for better answer. I am proud to introduce Mr. Alphan, Baker-street, Pondichéry. A short description about Concept Store “Concept store” describes a store which is identified bya special mix of brands and products. It’s a modern experience of shopping, always in motion and highly innovative. The store addresses particular groups of customers: e.g. luxury, – design-, and street wear-customers. They’ll find (all) the products, they identify with in one store. A typical mix of products and brands in a concept store would be: fashion, shoes, (home-) accessories, books /cd, cosmetics, food, toys, hardware for daily use. The range is wide and some stores even change their shelf a...

Hello guys, this is continuation with my previous post. Cognizanze: Hello sir, happy to see you, and on behalf of SOM, PU we wish you all the very best for your new move. Vishy: Thanks a lot. And am happy to see you people here. Cogi (Cognizanze): Is this new venture a planned one? Do you think restaurant business as a new line of business? Vishy: Restaurant business is a planned business for us. After proven success in our food business (brands like Ruchi and Chinney’s in pickle & vermicelli) we thought of moving out in a bigger manner and as a result, this restaurant. We are happy to launch it in a grand manner, and soon we would start 300 new stores across the nation. We think, we would do it better and bigger here. Cogi: “No marketing, no advertising “don’t you feel, you lag something in your marketing strategy and that too operating in this segment? (I came to know about this restaurant, after reading it from indiainfoline.com and couldn’t find any news about this restaurant e...

Cognizanze feels immense pleasure to write the first hand review for CK’s (CavinKare) new line of business, restaurant. And I am feeling lucky for one more reason that, all the options that I was thinking early came well. I had an interview with restaurant Managing Partner, Mr. Vishwanathan (proud to introduce my B-school Alumni). Before going to the interview we had, I wish the readers should know about CK’s Business. The Company that began its journey as Chik India Ltd was renamed as CavinKare Pvt. Ltd (CKPL) in 1998. With innovative Entrepreneur C.K. Ranganathan at the helm,CavinKare emerged into a successful business enterprise especially in Personal care. Innovation doesn’t need any big investment. And here is the example. CavinKare is the example for this. They are first in Asia to introduce shampoos sachets. CK’s primary business is personal cares are hair care, ethnic care, skin care, home care. Apart from that they have food processing also; they include pickles, masalas, verm...