Rendezvous With Mr. Vaidyanathan Parameswaran | Vice President, BNY Mellon
“It’s fine to have an element of ambiguity regarding one’s career choice. Even I am still exploring.”
“It’s fine to have an element of ambiguity regarding one’s career choice. Even I am still exploring.”
I approached Mr. Amish Mehta, COO CRISIL. I reached out to him via LinkedIn, explained about the scenario and what were the expectations from the interview. I was asked to send a formal email with the requisite details. After sending the mail, I received a call from his secretary with whom the schedule was chalked out. I reached the office as discussed earlier with the secretary and received a warm welcome, following which the interview was conducted successfully and the following questions were asked:
"Evolve by involving others around you."
While participating in this process, the most gigantic task was to get in touch with the personality about whom I am writing this article. Usually, it is our family and friends who always help us in taking the first step. The same scenario happened in my case as well. When I was in the dilemma to figure out whom to contact, one of my close friends suggested me to get in touch with Mr. Digvijoy Singh, currently designated as Head Credit & Policy, Housing loan at Jana Small Finance Bank.
Mr. Vikram Kher - A photographer and an observant leader
I was puzzled as to how I should approach a Senior Management Executive of a top company for an interview.
“Words lead to planning. Commitment leads to action.”
I worked in Aviva Life Insurance Company India Ltd. before joining IIM Rohtak. Although I worked there for a very short span of just 6 months, but I was able to establish a strong connection between me and my colleagues and my boss who is Deputy Vice President of Operations in the company. Upon encountering the competition from Vito Altor I knew who could help me with that, so I called up my boss to affirm if it was okay to call Mrs. Aneela Sinha, who happens to be Vice President of Operations and my boss’ boss. A very sweet yet a determined boss, she often had lunch with us in office as well as we went out on team lunches, but I didn’t have many conversations with her and that is why I called up my boss to brief her first. So upon calling her and briefing her about the complete scenario I asked her a couple of questions to which she answered comprehensively. Following is the excerpt from our telephonic conversation including just the questions.