BE A MILLIONAIRE

About the Book

This is a book on empowerment for planning personal finance, especially for Indian middle class with a stress on the investors from North East. Nobody can live decently without making provisions for food, shelter, and cloth. For human beings to provide for above provisions, wealth creation is necessary. Even monks need money for sustenance. The great prophet like Swami Vivekananda once said that no proper worship would be possible with empty stomach. People nowadays enjoy a much longer life than before. This necessitated the emergence of Personal Finance for security of family members, for continued better health, and for better livelihood.

This book attempts to make our young citizens much more investment savvy. It is not an effort for spoon-feeding. The book would ultimately inspire one to be a millionaire. This is not just a copy book or handbook of notes that would make investors millionaire automatically.

The essays of the book would only empower the mind and inspire one to take his/her own decisions honestly and truthfully. Most of the articles of the book were written from 2008 till 2012.Though economic conditions of the country have vastly changed, the principle of investing has remained unchanged.

About the Author

Gautam Prasad Baroowah, a Business Economist and a Human Resource Management expert was born in Nowgong, Assam, India. His date of birth is First July 1942.He studied M.A. in Economics at Guwahati and Management in Hyderabad and Missouri, USA. His wife Utpala was a teacher of B. Barooah College, Guwahati and did her Ph D. from Calcutta University. He is a well-known writer from Assam, India. AXOM SAHITYA SABHA selected him for prestigious “HEM BARUAH AWARD” for his excellence in creative writing during the year 1998.He created a niche for his path breaking style of writing. He has been basically a poet and a travel writer and now writes a regular Column each in two largest circulated Daily newspapers and one weekly paper of repute. His latest book on saving and Investment was a best seller. His latest book, Tea, legend, Life and livelihood of India was released in Rubin Museum , Manhattan, New York by Joe Simrani, President ofAmarican Tea Association and has become an International Best seller. The Government of India has decided to distribute the book to all the foreign delegates at the International Tea convention to be held from November 22nd, 2007. Mr. Barua was the first person from the entire Private sector enterprise of the country to become the Banking Ombudsman of RBI for Northeastern region and for Bengal region during the year2000 to 2002.At present he occupies the position of Director on the board of B&A Ltd and on the board of India Carbon Limited and act as the “Principal Human Resource Advisor” of Morgan of U.K. who has taken over Assam Carbon Ltd. He is also a trustee of Balaji Temple trust as a representative of WM group. Mr. Barua had been the Group Corporate Vice president of the Williamson Magor Group, Kolkata for number of years and retired from the services in October 2000, but his services were retained by the company till 2004 as an advisor and there after trustees of Balaji Temple Trust and Assam Valley literary committee As a socio-political critic on conflict resolution and economic affairs he has enormous contribution and in recognition of his contribution he was selected to head the Human Resource Committee of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry as well as Bengal Chambers of Commerce and Industry for several years. He was the founder General secretary of NECCI, Guwahati. He has authored six books of poems and wrote number of travelogues .Poetry and its recitation is his passion.He has one son and a daughter and now he divides his time among Guwahati,Kolkata & Los Angeles HOME