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
4 comments:
gaIts really one of the wonderful session we had in our college..Thanks to Mr Nikhil for that..
I wish we too had such talks during our college days.
I am not at all surprised that Nikhil managed to impress our students. I wish all the best for his new venture.
His experiences that he shared with us were really worth listening..I learnt as well as enjoyed listening to it..
Dear Prof. Dastikop,
Thanks for the kind words. It was my pleasure and a privilege to interact with the students at S.D.M College of Engineering and Technology. I hope the students had some useful take-aways from the session. Look forward to such interactions in the future. Thank you for the opportunity.
Vanishri,
Glad you enjoyed the session.
Pavan,
Thank you for the good wishes. I'm sure with your wishes and support, we'll go a long way.
SDMCET 2009 Group,
Glad you enjoyed the session. Look forward to more of such interactions in the future.
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