Vinay Maloo (born 10 January 1961) is an Indian businessman, who is the founder and chairman of Enso Group, a diversified conglomerate group. Maloo founded the group in 2005.
Education
Vinay Maloo completed his high school from National High School in Kolkata (then Calcutta). He is an alumnus of where he studied for his bachelor of commerce degree, and graduated with honours, in 1981. St.Xavier's is a part of University of Calcutta. He went onto pursue chartered accountancy from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) but left it midway to start his own business.
Early career
Vinay Maloo started his business career with acquisition of a marble mine in Kankroli, Rajasthan. He left Kolkata for Delhi in 1990 to run Himachal Futuristic Communications Limited (HFCL) with his uncle Mahendra Nahata and Dr Deepak Malhotra, as they had set up their first telecom equipments manufacturing plant in Solan, Himachal Pradesh in 1988.
HFCL
When they co-founded HFCL in 1987, they were the first private sector company to enter telecom equipments manufacturing in India. In HFCL, they set up manufacturing facilities in India for optical fiber cables, optical transport, power electronics and broadband equipment for global supply, and provided turnkey solutions to the Government of India's undertakings and private sector players across the world. HFCL has an in-house R&D department, developing new technologies. Their $25 billion (850 billion) bid for basic services license in India created the momentum for telecom in the country. Late Australian businessman Kerry Packer, also known for his contribution to the sport of cricket, invested in HFCL, in 2000, picking up a 10% stake. Together, they also launched Metro Gold on the national television channel DD Metro.
During technology boom, HFCL peaked at an approximately $3.5 billion market cap making him one of the top 10 richest Indians at age 39. In 2005, the partners split, Nahata keeping the telecom business as Maloo wanted to expand into different sectors and be diversified. In 2006, he resigned from HFCL. He also resigned from all its subsidiary companies. He served as chairman and executive director during his tenure. which is privately held for most part. and have a gas block in Siberian region of Russia. The group sold its stake in Ensearch Petroleum, which had its holdings in 14 oil and gas blocks to Sahara India Pariwar in 2011. Ensearch had oil & gas E&P blocks in Australia, Georgia, Nigeria, Jordan and Gujarat in India.
A PPP initiative of Enso Healthcare LLP, and brand Enso Care, was launched with GE-Wipro and Government of Maharashtra and another one in Punjab with Philips but the group exited before rollout and curbed its healthcare expansion plans. Enso Healthcare LLP is acting as an aggregator for manufacturing of Sputnik V vaccines in India for Russia's sovereign wealth fund RDIF.
They also have interest in solar power innovation, having a modest portfolio of products and capacity to execute turnkey projects.
In early 2020, Enso Group along with Russian Far East Development Fund, tried to rescue the debt laden Jet Airways, and participated in talks for buying controlling stake in it from its committee of creditors (CoC) composed of banks, but talks fell through.
Personal life
Vinay Maloo is a Jain, vegetarian by birth. His father was a chartered accountant. He goes to the gym and practices yoga, meditation.
Awards and honours
*Asia's Most Trusted Leader 2021 - WCRC International
*Dynamic Personality Of The Year 2021 - Xel Research, Global Choice Awards
Education
Vinay Maloo completed his high school from National High School in Kolkata (then Calcutta). He is an alumnus of where he studied for his bachelor of commerce degree, and graduated with honours, in 1981. St.Xavier's is a part of University of Calcutta. He went onto pursue chartered accountancy from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) but left it midway to start his own business.
Early career
Vinay Maloo started his business career with acquisition of a marble mine in Kankroli, Rajasthan. He left Kolkata for Delhi in 1990 to run Himachal Futuristic Communications Limited (HFCL) with his uncle Mahendra Nahata and Dr Deepak Malhotra, as they had set up their first telecom equipments manufacturing plant in Solan, Himachal Pradesh in 1988.
HFCL
When they co-founded HFCL in 1987, they were the first private sector company to enter telecom equipments manufacturing in India. In HFCL, they set up manufacturing facilities in India for optical fiber cables, optical transport, power electronics and broadband equipment for global supply, and provided turnkey solutions to the Government of India's undertakings and private sector players across the world. HFCL has an in-house R&D department, developing new technologies. Their $25 billion (850 billion) bid for basic services license in India created the momentum for telecom in the country. Late Australian businessman Kerry Packer, also known for his contribution to the sport of cricket, invested in HFCL, in 2000, picking up a 10% stake. Together, they also launched Metro Gold on the national television channel DD Metro.
During technology boom, HFCL peaked at an approximately $3.5 billion market cap making him one of the top 10 richest Indians at age 39. In 2005, the partners split, Nahata keeping the telecom business as Maloo wanted to expand into different sectors and be diversified. In 2006, he resigned from HFCL. He also resigned from all its subsidiary companies. He served as chairman and executive director during his tenure. which is privately held for most part. and have a gas block in Siberian region of Russia. The group sold its stake in Ensearch Petroleum, which had its holdings in 14 oil and gas blocks to Sahara India Pariwar in 2011. Ensearch had oil & gas E&P blocks in Australia, Georgia, Nigeria, Jordan and Gujarat in India.
A PPP initiative of Enso Healthcare LLP, and brand Enso Care, was launched with GE-Wipro and Government of Maharashtra and another one in Punjab with Philips but the group exited before rollout and curbed its healthcare expansion plans. Enso Healthcare LLP is acting as an aggregator for manufacturing of Sputnik V vaccines in India for Russia's sovereign wealth fund RDIF.
They also have interest in solar power innovation, having a modest portfolio of products and capacity to execute turnkey projects.
In early 2020, Enso Group along with Russian Far East Development Fund, tried to rescue the debt laden Jet Airways, and participated in talks for buying controlling stake in it from its committee of creditors (CoC) composed of banks, but talks fell through.
Personal life
Vinay Maloo is a Jain, vegetarian by birth. His father was a chartered accountant. He goes to the gym and practices yoga, meditation.
Awards and honours
*Asia's Most Trusted Leader 2021 - WCRC International
*Dynamic Personality Of The Year 2021 - Xel Research, Global Choice Awards
Tony Beet (born 24 November 1962) is an English musician best known for being the lead singer of The International Beat (1988-1993). The band included members of The Beat (Saxa, Everett Morton) and General Public and Dexys Midnight Runners (Mickey Billingham), and poet Louie Campbell.
Biography
Beet was born in Birmingham, England. He started playing the guitar at the age of fourteen and soon fell in love with the sound and dynamics of an acoustic guitar, on which all of his songs are written. His roots are in ska and rocksteady, which are reflected in his songs; they are a blend of ska/reggae and rocksteady/soul sound mixed with urban folk. Beet is a singer, songwriter and soprano saxophone player, which is what he was playing when he met Saxa in 1984. Their The Hitting Line album was produced by Ranking Roger and Mickey Billingham.
Beet wrote and co-wrote many songs for The International Beat. They performed live around the world, including tours in the U.S. and Europe, alongside Bad Manners, The Selecter, The Toasters, and original English Beat members Dave Wakeling and Ranking Roger, among others.
He currently plays with The Acoustic Theatre, playing ska and rocksteady songs with acoustic instruments.
Biography
Beet was born in Birmingham, England. He started playing the guitar at the age of fourteen and soon fell in love with the sound and dynamics of an acoustic guitar, on which all of his songs are written. His roots are in ska and rocksteady, which are reflected in his songs; they are a blend of ska/reggae and rocksteady/soul sound mixed with urban folk. Beet is a singer, songwriter and soprano saxophone player, which is what he was playing when he met Saxa in 1984. Their The Hitting Line album was produced by Ranking Roger and Mickey Billingham.
Beet wrote and co-wrote many songs for The International Beat. They performed live around the world, including tours in the U.S. and Europe, alongside Bad Manners, The Selecter, The Toasters, and original English Beat members Dave Wakeling and Ranking Roger, among others.
He currently plays with The Acoustic Theatre, playing ska and rocksteady songs with acoustic instruments.
Waleed Ehsanul Karim (),(; 1 July 1944 - 19 April 1965) was a fighter pilot in the Pakistan Air Force and one of the youngest F-86 Sabre pilots in the world.
Background
Karim was born on 1 July 1944 to Fazlul Karim and Nazmunnisa Chowdhurani in Harbang, Chakaria, Cox's Bazar, British India (later East Pakistan, now Bangladesh). He completed his Senior Cambridge (GCE) from PAF Public School Sargodha in April 1961 (5th Entry, Sabre House) and joined the Pakistan Air Force in August 1961. Before that he completed his Class 6 in Chittagong Collegiate School.
Cadet in the PAF
He gained commission with the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) on 22 June 1963 in the 36th GD(P) Course with serial number PAK-4362, and being the Wing Under Officer
, was a candidate for the Sword of Honour, but did not end up receiving it. In a debate at the PAF Academy in Risalpur, Karim passionately advocated for the Language Movement of 1952, which compelled the Government of Pakistan to establish Bengali as an official language on par with Urdu and English, which were the official and mainstream languages in West Pakistan. He was later nominated and became known as the captain of the basketball team at the academy. Flight Lt. Matiur Rahman (later recipient of the Bir Sreshtho in the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War) and Air Vice-Marshal Momtaz Uddin Ahmed were his classmates in both Sargodha and Risalpur.
Fighter pilot in the PAF
Following his commission, Karim was posted with the No. 2 Squadron at PAF Base Masroor in Karachi, Sindh, West Pakistan. After successfully completing Jet Conversion Training on T-33 jet trainers, he was designated for a Fighter Conversion Training Course with the North American F-86 Sabre (a relatively new aircraft being delivered by the United States to Pakistan since the late 1950s), following which he was posted with the No. 19 Squadron in Peshawar due to his strong performance.
Karim was famous amongst personnel in the PAF for the daring stunts he performed with his F-86 Sabre, and also took part in the Republic Day flybys in Rawalpindi on 23 March 1965 as a wingman alongside Air Marshal Asghar Khan (then Chief of Air Staff of the Pakistan Air Force) and Air Commodore Zafar Chaudhry in Lockheed F-104 Starfighters.
Rann Of Kutch Conflict
Karim was killed on 19 April 1965, during skirmishes with Indian forces in the Rann of Kutch that directly preceded the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. His Sabrejet, which was hit by Indian anti-aircraft guns early in the morning, had serious engine trouble and rapidly plunged into the Arabian Sea about 10-15 miles off of the southern coast of Karachi at night as he was returning from a reconnaissance mission over Gujarat, India.>He had engaged the Indian Army in strafing runs throughout the Rann of Kutch and dropped smoke bombs during the daytime to screen attacks by Pakistani infantry. Neither his body nor his aircraft were recovered, although part of the rudder from the F-86 was found about two months after the incident and subsequently retrieved. He was a fighter pilot with the 17th Squadron (The Tigers) of the Pakistan Air Force when he died, and Air Marshal Azim Daudpota was his squadron leader at the time.
See Also
* Sarfaraz Ahmed Rafiqui
Background
Karim was born on 1 July 1944 to Fazlul Karim and Nazmunnisa Chowdhurani in Harbang, Chakaria, Cox's Bazar, British India (later East Pakistan, now Bangladesh). He completed his Senior Cambridge (GCE) from PAF Public School Sargodha in April 1961 (5th Entry, Sabre House) and joined the Pakistan Air Force in August 1961. Before that he completed his Class 6 in Chittagong Collegiate School.
Cadet in the PAF
He gained commission with the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) on 22 June 1963 in the 36th GD(P) Course with serial number PAK-4362, and being the Wing Under Officer
, was a candidate for the Sword of Honour, but did not end up receiving it. In a debate at the PAF Academy in Risalpur, Karim passionately advocated for the Language Movement of 1952, which compelled the Government of Pakistan to establish Bengali as an official language on par with Urdu and English, which were the official and mainstream languages in West Pakistan. He was later nominated and became known as the captain of the basketball team at the academy. Flight Lt. Matiur Rahman (later recipient of the Bir Sreshtho in the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War) and Air Vice-Marshal Momtaz Uddin Ahmed were his classmates in both Sargodha and Risalpur.
Fighter pilot in the PAF
Following his commission, Karim was posted with the No. 2 Squadron at PAF Base Masroor in Karachi, Sindh, West Pakistan. After successfully completing Jet Conversion Training on T-33 jet trainers, he was designated for a Fighter Conversion Training Course with the North American F-86 Sabre (a relatively new aircraft being delivered by the United States to Pakistan since the late 1950s), following which he was posted with the No. 19 Squadron in Peshawar due to his strong performance.
Karim was famous amongst personnel in the PAF for the daring stunts he performed with his F-86 Sabre, and also took part in the Republic Day flybys in Rawalpindi on 23 March 1965 as a wingman alongside Air Marshal Asghar Khan (then Chief of Air Staff of the Pakistan Air Force) and Air Commodore Zafar Chaudhry in Lockheed F-104 Starfighters.
Rann Of Kutch Conflict
Karim was killed on 19 April 1965, during skirmishes with Indian forces in the Rann of Kutch that directly preceded the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. His Sabrejet, which was hit by Indian anti-aircraft guns early in the morning, had serious engine trouble and rapidly plunged into the Arabian Sea about 10-15 miles off of the southern coast of Karachi at night as he was returning from a reconnaissance mission over Gujarat, India.>He had engaged the Indian Army in strafing runs throughout the Rann of Kutch and dropped smoke bombs during the daytime to screen attacks by Pakistani infantry. Neither his body nor his aircraft were recovered, although part of the rudder from the F-86 was found about two months after the incident and subsequently retrieved. He was a fighter pilot with the 17th Squadron (The Tigers) of the Pakistan Air Force when he died, and Air Marshal Azim Daudpota was his squadron leader at the time.
See Also
* Sarfaraz Ahmed Rafiqui
Steven Laidlaw (born 17 June 1973) is a Scottish former footballer who played as a forward for East Stirlingshire and Livingston.
Career
Club career
Laidlaw started his career at Livingston but found it difficult to break into the first team with players like Graham Harvey and Jason Young in fine goal scoring form at the time. The forward went on to make 17 appearances and scored 4 goals during his time at Livi.
He left Almondvale Stadium in 1997 to get more first team football, and signed for Berwick Rangers. He played for the Wee Gers for one season, but failed to score in 21 appearances for the club.
The striker signed for East Stirlingshire in 1999 where he found the net on a regular basis. Laidlaw scored 15 goals in 33 appearances for the Shire.
Laidlaw returned to Shielfield Park to re-sign for Berwick Rangers in 2000. His second spell began well after scoring 3 goals in his first 4 games. However he didn't score in his remaining 17 games for the Wee Gers, and received 2 red cards in this time.
In December 2000, he departed Berwick Rangers for the second time and signed for Montrose. He rediscovered his scoring touch at Links Park, netting 16 times in 39 appearances, including a hat-trick in a 3-1 victory over Hamilton Accies in February 2001.He also netted a hat-trick in a 4-1 Scottish Cup victory over Tarff Rovers in November 2001.
Career
Club career
Laidlaw started his career at Livingston but found it difficult to break into the first team with players like Graham Harvey and Jason Young in fine goal scoring form at the time. The forward went on to make 17 appearances and scored 4 goals during his time at Livi.
He left Almondvale Stadium in 1997 to get more first team football, and signed for Berwick Rangers. He played for the Wee Gers for one season, but failed to score in 21 appearances for the club.
The striker signed for East Stirlingshire in 1999 where he found the net on a regular basis. Laidlaw scored 15 goals in 33 appearances for the Shire.
Laidlaw returned to Shielfield Park to re-sign for Berwick Rangers in 2000. His second spell began well after scoring 3 goals in his first 4 games. However he didn't score in his remaining 17 games for the Wee Gers, and received 2 red cards in this time.
In December 2000, he departed Berwick Rangers for the second time and signed for Montrose. He rediscovered his scoring touch at Links Park, netting 16 times in 39 appearances, including a hat-trick in a 3-1 victory over Hamilton Accies in February 2001.He also netted a hat-trick in a 4-1 Scottish Cup victory over Tarff Rovers in November 2001.