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Vijay Eswaran Receives DIMP Award (PRweb)
Vijay Eswaran, QI Group Managing Director and QuestNet founder, has been conferred with the honorary Darjah Indera Mahkota Pahang (DIMP) -- which carries the title Dato' -- at an investiture ceremony in Pahang, Malaysia.
GoldQuest Office In UAE Inaugurated By Vijay Eswaran (AMEInfo)
GoldQuest International inaugurated its Middle East regional office in the UAE at a celebration attended by HH Sheikh Saeed Bin Tahnoon Bin Mohammed Al Nahyan and the company's Group Managing Director Mr Vijay Eswaran, along with dignitaries and 500 invited guests.
Vijay Eswaran Launches Gold Coin In Phnom Penh (National Radio)
Q1 CEO Vijay Eswaran gave a speech. His presentation was spirited and glitzy as he stated that the event was not that big, "Today we have 500 next time 5000.
Improving Working Conditions For Indian Workers In Malaysia (The Economic Times)
“Like any other country with a multi-ethnic base, there are bound to be problems. But we also have a tradition of resolving our problems within our boundaries, as we have done for the last century and a half. The diversity of Malaysia is not something new. For us, it is not a new adjustment to migratory forces like the US or Europe is currently facing. Malaysia has been situated on the confluence of the trade routes between India and China for the last 800 years. The first Chinese arrived here in late 12th, early 13th century. And Indians have been here longer than that. One can see a great many Indian and Chinese influences on language, culture and tradition here. We are a cultural melting pot of all the various nations in Malaysia,” says Vijay Eswaran, group MD and CEO of the QI Group of companies.
Vijay Eswaran Speaks Out In Sri Lanka (Daily Mirror)
Dato Vijay Eswaran also said his interests in Sri Lanka are both fundamental and sentimental. “From a sentimental view point it’s also my roots – returning to Sri Lanka is returning home. So if people think I am a foreigner who will pick up my bags and run, for me this is my home and you cannot chase me away from home…”
Vijay Eswaran On Baseball Movies (USA Today)
Vijay Eswaran, a native of Malaysia and CEO of Hong Kong-based conglomerate QI Group that runs everything from hotels to TV stations in 30 countries, says it is a good thing there are baseball movies like The Natural and Field of Dreams or many foreign executives who otherwise speak fluent English would be in "a bit of a sticky wicket."
Vijay Eswaran Talks About "Gandhian" Principles (The Hindu Business Line)
As a founder of QI Group companies, which has evolved itself on Gandhian principles and takes pride in serving only vegetarian food, Mr Eswaran said that Gandhian principles are perhaps more relevant in today’s flat world than ever before, transcending geographies.
Vijay Eswaran's Advice For American CEOs (USA Today)
Vijay Eswaran (pronounced Veejay Eeshwuhrn) is not well known in the USA, but throughout Asia he has become something akin to a CEO/spiritual guide. Picture a Kung Fu episode with David Carradine running Hong Kong telecommunications, travel, e-commerce, entertainment conglomerate QI Group, a company less than 10 years old that is approaching $1 billion in annual sales. Eswaran, a Hindu Indian born in Malaysia, starts each day monk-like with an hour of silence, a practice detailed in his book In the Sphere of Silence. From a time zone 12 hours away, Eswaran, 47, spoke with USA TODAY reporter Del Jones. Following are excerpts, edited for clarity and length.
Vijay Eswaran Book: In The Sphere Of Silence (FindArticles)
In The Sphere of Silence (RYTHM House) by Vijay Eswaran made its American debut at BookExpo America in New York City on June 4, 2005. The highly acclaimed book has opened to strong sales and reviews in Asia where it has already sold over 10,000 copies. Among those praising In The Sphere of Silence have been Stephen Covey, author of The 7 Habits of Successful People and Ken Blanchard, author of the One Minute Manager.
Vijay Eswaran's Book Reviewed (Forbes)
There is scant space for silence today. We saturate ourselves in sound. We have largely grown uneasy with the domain of the imagination and the inner life, the silence of our own minds--a place that the poet e.e. cummings described as "the turning edge of life." Yet Vijay Eswaran, chief executive of the Qi Group, a Hong Kong conglomerate, believes that time spent there makes him a better businessman. He has written a management book, In the Sphere of Silence, in praise of the power of an hour of quiet introspection every day to sharpen the mind.
Vijay Eswaran's In The Sphere Of Silence USA Debut (Encyclopedia.com)
The author, Vijay Eswaran, came up with the book to accompany the journal because without the book that expounds on the philosophy behind the Sphere of Silence, many might practice it the way many churchgoers go to Sunday Mass, with nothing in their hearts but the force of obligation which later degenerates to boredom because they do not appreciate the deeper meaning and philosophy and, more importantly, the beauty behind the practice.
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