Mr. Nikhil Kulkarni- Manager Key Accounts, Minglebox made a very interesting, impressive and engaging presentation to our students today. He packed his lively presentation with his personal anecdotal references, be it his travel with American students across India or his interview with a bollywood star. Our students identified him as one among themselves- for Nikhil Kulkarni is just 24 years old but seems to have seen so much of personal exploration and professional exposure. He advised students to set target for a 30 year career- divided into 6 test match format -each test running for 5 years. He advocated for a five year stay with any one company because that helps in understanding crucial aspects of company, industry. He advised students to
- experiement heavily in the first 3-5 years of career as it may help them identifying their "real passion" and build a career around it.
- Find a mentor who can show them the possible "futures" and lead them to there.
- to remain grounded to realities all the time, it is OK to get excited for some time- but get back to realities at the earliest
- Think big- keep focusing on how big can your idea or project become
- Find out career models - think and act like them
- later part of the presentation he covered more technical aspects such as Web 2.0 and how to go about product managements with illustrations. Finally he spoke about personal initiative- http://wegetahead.blogspot.com/ which is offering mentoring for needy people in north karantaka
In all the talk was refreshing, containing wealth of experiences and more. Thanks Nikhil
