A "Young" Old Man Of JBIMS!

“Don’t enter the rat race. Because even if you win, you will just be a super rat and nothing more”, roared a 70 year ‘young’ man (as he calls himself). The entire class is spellbound and in a miraculous state of fearful respect for this man. It is one of the life principles that he teaches us in his own unique way. This man is Mr. Boman Moradian, a man of not only a great success but also great values and principles. He taught us operations management and has been teaching at our institute for years. Over these years Mr. Moradian has inspired a lot of people. Just the fact that he also taught people like Ms Chanda Kochhar and Mr. Uday Kotak, is enough to understand the time he has spent in teaching and inspiring. A great businessman and a world class consultant who chooses to keep teaching at this age to pass on the knowledge he has gathered over the years is indeed a great inspiration.
Once, this man put a question in front of the class. “To improve your productivity, you have to measure the performance of your workers in terms of time taken to complete the task. But before taking the measurements, if you tell the workers they are going to be observed, it will make your measurements unreliable. What would you do in such a situation?” The suggestions started pouring in. Somebody said the measurements should be taken without their knowledge. The professor made him believe that he was slightly satisfied with his answer and asked him to elaborate. With the newly found confidence, the student went on to list how the measurements can be done without their knowledge. And then there was a long silence in the class. Everybody understood that this is the calm before the storm. And then the professor roared in his usual style, giving everyone a lesson of their life, and imbibing in our minds that how that would be unethical and how ethics is of prime importance.

The lessons I have received from this great man are going to make me not only a hell of a business professional but also a hell of a person. I am proud of being at a place where I got an opportunity to listen to this man. If given an opportunity, I would like to work for Idea Cellular. With the great revolution brought by JIO in the telecom sector, it has become very competitive. I want to work with an organization where I have challenging assignments which keep me on my toes. I believe that this challenging environment is necessary for a professional to move quickly on the learning curve. All that learning and experience takes a person to where s/he wants to rise. Aditya Birla Group has one of the most rigorous management training programs. Idea Cellular being almost one third of the market capitalization of the Aditya Birla Group, seems to be the place to be for me.   Parag Marathe MMS-II, JBIMS