Year 2011 at a glance!!!

Himanshu, Shinod, Arunabh-The 3 Musketeers of Udaipur :)

The Journey of Blue Caramel Info Services Pvt Ltd and its various divisions have been very eventful in the Year 2011. Many new faces and characters joined the organisation and some left as well. New divisions were formed and the older ones consolidated. New areas of operation were started and a platform was created for further grow of the Blue Caramel Group in the new year 2012!

Some visual snippets of the year about to go by are here for all of us to remember and cherish!

Mehul, Sanjay-Double Trouble

The Spin Twins-Tulsi, Niharika

Guest Appearance n Special Appearance-Juhi , Pallabi

New Year Resolution1- The Price of Discipline is Less than The Cost of Regret!

In the next 2 days before the year2011 ends, I envisage to have some New Year Resolutions for Blue Caramel as a whole. These resolutions that I hope to implement have been thought of after learning from the successes and failures that Blue Caramel faced during the Year 2011.

"To Err is Human" but to repeat those mistakes are the prerogative of a Fool and Blue Caramel is not a Fool's Paradise. So these resolutions that would be enumerated in the next 2 days would be a start point for better things to come for Blue Caramel in the years to come, starting with the Year 2012!

New Year Resolution (NYR) 1-   The Price of Discipline is Always less than the Cost of Regret.

To start off, the Year 2012, All Blue Caramelers are expected to know the HR policies and adhere by them with respect to timelines and discipline. Indiscipline would not be tolerated as "A stitch in time saves nine". Only a disciplined Blue Carameler, who can foresee the bigger picture, can fuel the organisation's growth in future and hence more emphasis on Discipline would have to be there in the new year and henceforth.

A self disciplined team member is an asset but a team member who has to be disciplined on a regular basis, creates an environment which is non-conducive for a healthy work place because there is a saying that "One rotten fish can dirty the entire pond."

New Area Manager for the week-A Full Circle!

Ah, today has been a very interesting day! Himanshu and myself went to Hotel Broadway and cleared out the hotel bills on account of the RNT Goldfest. The fest in itself has been a pretty decent success for The Blue Caramelers. The general appreciation that Blue Caramel Events has been able to garner on account of the Fest has been pretty amazing. The Hotels have been quick to appreciate the professionalism of Blue Caramel and the Organizing Committee of the RNT Goldfest, quite unbelievably, too have appreciated our efforts! So, 3 cheers for all the Blue Caramelers for the same. Hip Hip Hurray!!!!!

Today, also saw the Blue Caramel office-Udaipur elect its new AM/Head of the week. After an emotionally charged deliberation, the Team Members elected the Old War Horse-Suheil as their new Head for the week. Suheil being one of the oldest Blue Carameler, now has the onus of seeing off the year 2011 and ushering in the new year 2012 with a blast of good happenings at Blue Caramel-Udaipur!! All the very best to him!

Speaking of seeing off, this meeting was also the last meeting of team members that Tulsi participated in as a Blue Carameler! Our dear "efficient Nepalese" Tulsi, our backbone of operations is getting married in January 2012, a big loss for us! But someone's loss is somebody's gain; we congratulate Tulsi and Tulsi's would be Hubby and wish both of them a very happy and blissful married life! Bon Voyage!!!

X-mas Day!

X-mas for the Blue Caramelers brought in a new Event Coordination, that of the 2 day RNT Goldfest11. This time around the responsibility was only partial. We had to cater only to the accommodation requirements of the delegates who were participating in the Alumni Meet. After much additions and deletions (coz of state wide agitation by the Govt Doctors) and our discussions with the Organising Committee of the RNT Goldfest11, 2 hotels were shortlisted for the accommodation requirements of the delegates; Alka Hotel and Hotel Broadway.

So, on Christmas, the Blue Caramelers had the task of manning these 2 hotels and seeing to it that the delegates were accommodated safely and cozily in their respective Hotels. Sanjay, Mehul and Suheil worked in tandem to facilitate this smooth operation. The Girls Brigade was stationed out of Hotel Broadway. This operation was mostly hassle free. Shinod was in Delhi to celebrate X-mas with his family and Himanshu and myself-Arunabh, after seeing through the accommodation part, went to Mr Kamal Bhandari of Alka Hotel and settled his accommodation bill (a pre-paid gesture from our side).

This uneventful handling of the first day of the RNT Goldfest, for me, was a perfect gift from Saint Nicholas aka Santa Clause on the occasion of Christmas! Though this Christmas was way too sedate with no fun and frolic for me, the fact that it went off smoothly and that too in the midst of an Event in which Blue Caramel was a partner, in effect makes this a Christmas to cherish!! Merry X-mas, HoHoHo!!!!!

O for Opportunity!!

On X-mas Eve and a day after a Wonderful B'Day party, although late (but who cares, better late than never) given by Suheil at Lal Bagh Restaurant, I was in a reverie about the year 2011. Blue Caramel Info Service Pvt Ltd has traveled a lot in this year.

 From a very meager beginning at the start of the Year with 2 locations- Blue Caramel-Jaipur and Blue Caramel-Udaipur, now we have a Blue Caramel which is spread over areas like Jodhpur and Mumbai.

From only www.mydestination.com/rajasthan in the stable, we now have www.mydestination.com/mumbai as well. The foray into Matrix and the emergence of Blue Caramel Events have also been top notch in the year 2011. 

Now coming to the title of today's Blog, O for Opportunity, I came upon a wonderful quote today which said that the letter O which emphasizes Opportunity, is not found in "Yesterday", Once in the word "Today" and 3 times in "Tomorrow". That in a nutshell sums up how I see the progress of Blue Caramel in the new year.   The consolidation of the good work done in the year 2011 is a task that would be of utmost priority in the new Year 2012. Delhi, Gujarat and so on, offer ample Opportunities for further expansion of the Blue Caramel group and then I am sure the future beholds much  more Opportunities for Blue Caramel  to widen its presence and make every Blue Carameler even more proud in the Year 2012!!

Lets all at Blue Caramel gear up to bid a fantastic farewell to 2011 in the next week or so and usher in 2012 with a Bang and a bagful of Optimism!!!!!!

          

Stand out performer of RajRadioCon11!!

There has been a lull after the stupendous success of XX RajRadioCon, the 20th Indian Radiology and Imaging Association Conference and the IRIA Education Programme, both having been hosted by Blue Caramel Events at the Oriental Palace Resorts. The entire project was code named Op-OPR, the full form of which was Operation Oriental Palace Resorts. Each one of the Blue Caramelers of Udaipur put their best foot forward and we had a harrowing time in deciding the Stand Out Performer of Raj RadioCon11.

The first round of voting to decide the Performer of Raj RadioCon ended in a tie between Mr Event-Sanjay and Superwoman-Prerna. After that a tie breaker had to be initiated and in that Prerna was elected as the Stand Out Performer of XX Raj RadioCon11. Kudos to Prerna, Sanjay and the entire Blue Caramel Office, Udaipur for their outstanding performance during the course of the event. But, this was just the beginning and the RNT Goldfest, of which Blue Caramel Events is again a partner, is just around the corner. So, before resting on the laurels, it is again time for the Blue Caramelers to start preparing for the event and after having set the benchmark in the Raj Radio Con, it is time to better it, in the forthcoming event. RNT Goldfest-here we come!!!!!

The Super Success of Op OPR!

Julius Ceasar once famously said "Veni, Vidi, Vici" which literally means I came, I saw and I conquered, the same thing could be said by All Blue Caramels after the spectacular success of Op-OPR. The 3 day IREP and IRIA event under the banner of the XX Raj Radio Con11 was a spectacular success and the event coordinators Blue Caramel Events drew great applause from the delegates, who highly appreciated the efforts and the efficiency of Blue Caramelers.

The 3 day event was a great example of coordination between various departments of Blue Caramel and also between the various vendors who were a part of it. Every thing was smooth and the delegates and the guests of this event took with them memories to cherish for a life time. Though the event was more of an Education Program and Conference, the highlight of this State Level (IRIA) as well as National Level (IREP) event was the lavish Banquet that had a wide spread of food and gave ample opportunities to the delegates to wine and dine. The power packed performance by the live band enhanced the ambiance to a new level. As the wise men say "All work and no play makes Jake a dull boy" there never was a dull moment during the Event and the Education program, for a change, was thoroughly enjoyable.

Behind the scenes there have been great stories of dedication and smart work from all the Blue Caramelers involved in the Operation. Sanjay managed the show very efficiently and was ably supported by all the Committee members and also the new kid on the block, Pallabi, who provided support in the cultural activities. Tulsi and Niharika after having done a fantabulous job in their allotted Scientific Program, e-souvenir & Certificate and I-card Designing Committee, manned or should I say, "womanned" the registration and Help desk admirably. Mehul and Suheil were great in their Catering, Bar and Venue Management as was Srishti in her On-site Management Prerna was a superwoman in her Accommodation and Transport Committee and she exceeded all our expectations with her performance. So, all in all a very very enriching and enjoyable experience for all the Blue Caramelers and the fact that the ending was so fruitful and rewarding  was a cherry on the cake. It is said- " All is well that ends well", but in this case it is just the beginning for Blue Caramel Events.