Monday, December 23, 2013

VITALINFO : Long pause or beginning of an end?

On November 28, 2010, I came across the news “Ex - DG V.Leeladhar chosen for National Banking Award” and thought to share it with others. This led to conceptualising the VITALINFO blog (http://mangeshtarambale.blogspot.in/)  with the very purpose to provide a platform for wider dissemination of updated information related to and happening of events in and around RBI.  With only 4 info items uploaded on the first day, VITALINFO completed 3 years of its existence on 28th November 2013. I have been doing it single handedly and the blog is published well before 7.30 a.m daily.
During this journey, it received all the appreciation from the Top Management, RBItes, EX-RBItes, Re-Tyred colleagues, eminent persons like Dr. D.Subbarao, Dr. S.S.Tarapore, Smt Shyamala Gopinath, Smt Usha Thorat, Dr. Subir Gokarn, Shri Anand Sinha, H.R.Khan, Shri G.Padmanathan, Dr.Smt Deepali Pant Joshi,  Shri P.B.Kulkarni, Dr.T.V.Gopalakrishnan, Dr. A.Vasudevan, Shri A. Chandramouliswaran, V.S.Das, V.K.Sharma, A.N.Seshan, M.G.Warrier, Yerram Raju, Kamala Rajan et al. The list has become endless. Now apart from officers, even Class III staff members of the RBI have become regular reader of the site.  "Making the RBI a knowledge institution" was on top of the agenda of the then Governor Dr. D.Subbarao during his tenure. My little efforts towards that have now started reaping fruits. In an e-mail communication, Dr. D.Subbarao commented on VITALINFO as under:-
Dear Mangesh,
Many thanks for your mail. I am deeply touched. Yes, I access VITALINFO much more regularly than I did when I was in the RBI.  It's one sure and simple way of keeping in touch with the world of RBI; it feeds my curiosity and satisfies my nostalgia. I remain impressed by your comprehensive and prompt coverage of all the news that matters to RBI and am amazed by how you do this every day without fail. Your motivation, enthusiasm and sense of service should be a role model for all aspiring professionals. I do hope VITALINFO will continue to maintain high standards of quality and integrity and become an increasingly important platform for dissemination of news and views in the RBI fraterniy. My best wishes for its continued success.
Best regards,
Subba

I am also quite inspired with the views of Dr.Raghuram Rajan as under:-
“The Reserve Bank is a great institution with a tradition of integrity, independence, and professionalism… key to all this is communication, and I want to underscore communication…”


Down memory lane, I have become nostalgic today to look back as its time to pause for a little while.  My son Harshal is getting married on 28th December 2013 and I will be too busy in my family commitments.  As also I am under orders of transfer and will be relieved on 31st December to report to Mumbai.  It may take time to settle down to return to mission VITALINFO.  I am not quite sure, this time its a long pause or the beginning of an end........................................................

5 comments:

SR Kane said...

It has been a tremendous exercise and efforts put by you since last 3 years to help others. We hope Almighty will give you all strength and support to continue the VITALINFO. Congrats for good news of your son's marriage.
All the Best. Waiting for a vital news of taking a fresh guard and start a new inning soon.
Thanks for what you have done.
SR Kane.

K R Nair said...

Dear Mangesh ji
I am deeply touched by your total commitment to whatever you do, which is obvious from this blog. One would not find many of your ilk, who are apologetic in taking time off for such important personal engagements! And at the same time, you have the onus of relocation and settling in the new environ. I am confident that you will handle both with your characteristic aplomb, and continue the vitalinfo more effectively, and make it eternalinfo!

You have distinguished yourself by drawing encomiums from very highly placed people like the Hon’ble Governor himself as also from most common readers from the RBI fraternity and erstwhile RBI fraternity like me, at once.

And here is wishing you all the very best for the wonderful occasion on 28th December 2013 as also a very happy, prosperous and successful New Year 2014!! Do also let us know which department you are getting posted to.

K R Nair
NABARD Regional Office
Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad

P Aravindan said...
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P Aravindan said...

Dear Mangesh Tarambale,
I am one of your admirers for your immense contribution to the RBI community in creating and developing a well appreciated purposeful VITALINFO. I am sure you will be able to continue (you should continue) your efforts when you become free after your son's wedding ceremony is over. It may be a few days or even weeks, but we will await your coming back. We wish you well on your transfer and also our best wishes to your son and would be daughter-in-law a very happy married life. From P.Aravind

Unknown said...

Hi Mangesh,

Congratulations for the marriage of Harshal. My blessing for the newly weds. I know it may be perhaps a bit difficult to manage the Vitalinfo from Mumbai where you will be burdened with more responsibilities in your official capacity but not impossible and I am sure you will continue this venture for the benefit of all your well wishers.