Alumni Insights with Bhaskar Ramesh, Director, Google India and PGDM 2002 alumnus
Discover Bhasker's remarkable journey from being an Arts graduate working with Indian Railways to mastering consumer technology and branding at SPJIMR! He shares, "My autumn placements with P&G is what made me fall in love with brand building, FMCG, sales, marketing and over time, I was able to kind of build a great career in the intersection of consumers, technology and brands".
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00:00I'm very grateful to SPJIMR for truly transforming my professional life because before SPJIMR
00:13I was working with the Indian railways and I was an arts graduate so the first exposure
00:17to business and first exposure to marketing and information management technology happened
00:23at this very institute two decades ago and my autumn placements with Procter & Gamble
00:31is what made me fall in love with brand building, FMCG, sales, marketing and over time I was
00:39able to kind of build a great career in the intersection of consumers, technology and
00:43brands and the foundation that I've been able to build at SPJIMR is I think added terrific
00:52value that goes way beyond the degree and the network that it actually gave me like
00:58made me two friends for life so yeah value is an understatement.
01:06A big shout out to the batch of 2002 from SPJIMR we have an incredible set of leaders
01:14right now really leading businesses across the world so very very proud of my batch wherever
01:22you are you guys rock and more than that I think believe it or not we are all very
01:28well connected even today on our whatsapp groups and during our reunion 15th reunion
01:34there are more than 50-60 people actually turned up and spent a couple of days you know
01:40together we have get togethers in different parts of the world it's not a network these
01:46are friends for life and as they grow in their own careers this is going to be the
01:53most valuable friendship and most valuable network you will ever have.
02:03It's been two decades since I graduated from SPJIMR and when I reflect the advice that
02:10I would give myself is join a tech company sooner that's that's one reflection that I
02:17have because it's a whole new era out there and I think no matter which stream or which
02:27you know which specialization that you are interested in it's really important to have
02:33to have a tech lens to problem solving to invest in competencies like critical thinking
02:38leadership and creativity I think there is a lot that you can imbibe while you are here
02:48and just do not get bogged on very clearly having a clear path to career but be open
02:58to opportunities and believe in serendipity and focus on being the best in whatever you
03:05are learning right now so all the very best.