Buddy Talks

Lions don't learn to pull carts... Because they aren't supposed to pull carts..  However we usually take too long to realise this and sometimes we don't even realise...  Interestingly, it was one security guard named Guruprasad at Taj Coromandel in Chennai who met Sachin Tendulkar in Hotel corridor for an autograph and pointed out a specific mistake Sachin was making on the ground resulting in his lost batting form against guests Australia back in 2001, when rest of the team was performing excellent. Guruprasad was diehard fan of cricket and Sachin and he used to watch each and every stroke of Sachin repeatedly .  No commentator, No coach, No colleague could point out what Guruprasad could ...that Sachin was using an ill fitting Armguard ( elbow guard) which was affecting the swing of his bat . This was a shocking realization. The correction of the Armguard fitting led to Sachin gaining his form again. Sachin corrected his mistake, but was Guruprasad in the right professi...

 One of the career that has been always the "Go to" option for many students who don't find any specific branch like technology, biosciences or commerce interesting… is Management. Obviously doing an MBA is considered to be a gateway to management careers. Interestingly, considering the fact that the educational sector has failed to equip Engineers with enough employability skills, over 80% of engineering graduates turn to management, post their engineering degree after having denied a deserving engineer a engineering college seat. Even in top technology education centres like IITs, MBA from IIM or other top B schools still lures considerable students with its promise of high starting salaries and a fast paced career growth.. However as it is with all degree courses, MBA degree isn't a guarantee of success in getting you even a good job, forget success in life. As far as securing a campus placement is considered, yes, some B schools do have a promising t...

 Careers in commerce have been quite in demand since some time now. In the 80s and 90s Commerce was the trusted refuge for those who were either rejected by or scared of science and didn't consider humanities ( called as Arts usually) dignified enough then. In those days it was one of the Graduation degrees with some dignity after science . Youngsters thought of it as a gateway to banking jobs or corporate accounting jobs .. or at least stepping stone for MBA . Then arrived the trend of much glamorous yet tough CA. ( Actually, ICAI was established on 1st July 1949 and first CA in India as registered on 9 June 1950 is CA Gopaldas Padamsey Kapadia , first MBA college was established later in New Delhi in 1954- however the tough CA exam wasn't much popular in masses then . ) CA has maintained its sheen for quite a long mainly because of a highly professional and tough qualifying exam testing practical and industry-relevant knowledge and skills of the aspirants. However,...

 "Well, I haven't yet decided what to do.. I am thinking..."  is a typical response from a teenager studying anywhere between Std 10 to even a graduation degree course in quite a few cases these days.( helplessly unapproved by his parents ofcourse, who either want him to do something they want or whatever he wants.. but decide something ) In some cases homes have become battlefields with frequent battles erupting weekly if not daily between the parties. ( you know what I mean by parties) Closed doors, headphones and mobile / laptop and sometimes even  blocked communication are the favorite weapons used by young warriors once the initial round of verbal firing is over... parent simply has to back off in the battle helplessly and push the topic under the carpet for next week.. well, I wish, time should have been a solution provider instead of just being a healer.. shouldn't it? Inspite of so many  tools and resources available to help you figure out your care...

"गुड इव्हनिंग काका तुम्हाला कधी वेळ आहे ? मला थोडं बोलायचं आहे तुमच्याशी. " अदितीचा व्हाट्सअप मेसेज वाचून मी थोडा विचारातच पडलो.. आता काय बरं बोलायचं असेल हिला ? आदिती म्हणजे साधारण पाचेक वर्षांपूर्वी तिच्या आई-वडिलांबरोबर माझ्याकडे आलेली एक शांत गोंडस मुलगी. तेव्हा ती दहावीत होती. माझ्या एका करिअर मार्गदर्शन सेमिनार मधून प्रेरित होऊन वैयक्तिक मार्गदर्शनासाठी माझ्यापर्यंत पोहोचले होते . तेव्हा  मी त्यांना मार्गदर्शन केले होते. तेव्हा छान गप्पा झाल्या होत्या आई ग्रॅज्युएट,वडील बारावी उत्तीर्ण पण व्यवसायात उत्तम जम.. "आमचे काही म्हणणे नाही बघा, तिला जे करायचे आहे ते तिने करावं… आम्ही पूर्ण सपोर्ट करू. पण जे करेल ते मात्र उत्तम करावे." माझ्या सेशन नंतर आदितीचा खुललेला चेहरा बघून तिचे वडील बोलून गेले होते. नववी पर्यंत सीबीएससी शाळेत 90% पेक्षा जास्त मार्क पडत होते तिला मी तिचा स्वभाव, तिचे व्यक्तिमत्व, तिच्या क्षमता आणि तिची आवड आणि  तिचा कल या सर्वांचा अभ्यास करून तिने शक्यतो ह्युमॅनिटी किंवा ज्याला आपण आर्टस् म्हणतो या विषयात शिक्षण घेऊन पुढे ...

 Hey Varun,  would you stop that gaming and listen to me ? Savita almost yelled at her teenager son , since she had called for him twice in last 10min.  Varun paused and and gave her a irritating look,  “ kya  hai Maa” Don’t you dare to look at me that way.. Savita fumed at him and snatched his mobile and threw it on the bed  Your results are  to come on 15 th and you havent even decided   what are you gonna do ? What do you want to take up ? why are you not serious about your career ? she was anxious "I don’t know Maa, I am confused" Varun murmered Why didn’t you call your Mama.. I have been insisting to you for so many months Varun kept silent .. he didn’t want to tell her that mama was almost forcing him to take up mechanical engineering and then get into IT … 17 year Varun didn’t want to take up engineering, neither was he sure of what he wanted to do . His grade 12 and CET / JEE results were to be declar...

So the much discussed Buzzword in the corporate world (more specifically in the engineering  and technology firms  ) is here - Industry 4.0.  By the way, there isn’t any industry without either Engineering or Technology in it. I am sure by now,  You as a young aspirer would have read and must be thinking about this Animal called Industry 4.0 While there will be excellent articles talking in detail about it and how the industries as well as all the individual stake holders must change and upgrade their knowledge and skills to tame the animal, what I intend to talk to you about, through this article is, the necessity to look at Soft Skills from Much wider perspective – much beyond the  confidence - communication skills and  interpersonal skills periphery. You need to know that better understanding of your personality, your specific strengths , your thinking and execution pattern will impact your seamless integration with the fast paced changes on the anvil. ...