Released on = July 26, 2007, 6:15 am

Press Release Author = Dr BR Natarajan

Industry = Human Resources

Press Release Summary = This BITSian with a passion for writing draws his
inspiration from Toni Morrison's quote "If there\'s a book you really want to read,
but it hasn\'t been written yet, then you must write it."

Press Release Body = He is presently Executive Director Human Resource Development
at India's oil Major Navratna status BPCL - Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited.
He is an expert in Change Management, Talent Management and has spoken at various
international conferences in UK, USA, Singapore and South East Asia. He has been
playing a stellar role in BMA - Bombay Management Association, Bombay Chamber of
Commerce & Industry as well as Indian Merchant Chamber.

He can speak at length, breadth and depth about the transformation of BPCL into a
Customer Responsive Company. In his opinion, organizations can only create the right
ambience and wherewithal for employees to discover themselves but however the large
part of the success depends on the individual.

Along with Signe M Spencer, Tharuma Rajah, Gaurav Lahiri of HayGroup and S.A.
Narayan of BPCL, he has co authored the Book: The Indian CEO - A Portrait of
Excellence which was released by the Honorable Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on
18 July 2007 at Delhi.

He is none other than Seetharaman Mohan who did his B.E. (Hons) Mechanical
Engineering at BITS Pilani during 1968-1973. Further, drawing inspiration from the
motto of his alma mater Knowledge is Power Supreme, Mr Mohan is pursuing the
specially designed off-campus PhD program for working professionals also at BITS
Pilani.

Within minutes of the book release, he sent a copy of the same to his alma mater.

Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani Rajasthan which has set a
bench mark in industry university collaboration is one among the top ranking
universities in India today offering degrees in various branches of Engineering,
Management, Economics, Pharmacy, Sciences, Engineering Technology, Information
Systems, General Studies, Finance, etc presently at Pilani, Dubai, Goa campuses and
in the near future at Hyderabad campus apart from an array of work integrated
learning programmes for HRD of a vast spectrum of Indian corporates.

Web Site = http://www.bits-pilani.ac.in/dlp-home

Contact Details = Dr BR Natarajan
Professor & Dean
Birla Institute of Technology and Science
Pilani (Rajasthan) 333031 India
Phone 91-1596-242210
Fax: 91-1596-244183
Email: brnt@bits-pilani.ac.in