Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra is quite open to suggestions, and that is evident by the way he responds to people on social media. From praising the ¡®tree bike¡¯ and thinking of marketing the machine as a part of their Farm Solutions portfolio, to replying to an 11-year-old girl who had idea about curbing honking, Mahindra is quite the people person.
This time, Anand Mahindra is all set to ban plastic bottles from corporate boardrooms after a Twitter user pointed them, when he shared a photo of one of his meetings, on Twitter. He captioned the picture:?
¡®The K.C.M.E.T scholarship selections are amongst the most energising engagements in my calendar. The incredible intelligence & self-belief displayed by these youngsters is staggering.¡¯
In reply to this tweet, the woman wrote, ¡®I think the boardroom should have steel bottles instead of plastic bottles.¡¯
Mahindra agreed with the woman and replied saying, ¡®Plastic bottles will be banished. We were all embarrassed to see them that day.¡¯
People on Twitter also agreed with her and came forth with their suggestions.?
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A couple of days ago, a video of a farmer went viral on social media. The video showed the him sitting on what looked like a bike attached to a coconut tree and upon pressing a button, the device went up in a controlled motion, making it easier for him to pick coconuts.
The video was shared on Twitter with a caption ¡®When you want to be a bike racer but becomes a farmer due to parental pressure.' Looking at the invention, Mahindra praised the farmer, Ganapathi Bhat.
He took to Twitter and tagged the President of Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd Farm Equipment Sector, and suggested he put together a team to take a closer look at the invention, so that they can market the machine as a part of their Farm Solutions portfolio.
In another instance, the CEO also tweeted out a video of a farmer attempting to shift the grain and husks in his field after a harvest. Normally, this would have to be done by hand, as the farmer's only piece of machinery seems to be a tractor meant for ploughing.
Mahindra tweeted, ¡®Here's a new product our Farm & Construction sectors will have to consider as a replacement for an excavator:? A Khatiya-vator'. Clearly a lot of people were impressed, given that the tweet has over 16,000 likes and over 2,900 retweets at the time it was posted.?