Q. One incident from your time in college/B-School that helped shape your professional life?
When asked about a particular incident which has left a significant impact on Mr. Kher, he politely mentioned that there is no one particular incident which has left a substantial impact on him. However, he highlights a habit that he developed during his MBA days of reading case studies, challenges faced by companies in the past and auto-biographies. This habit of reading has helped him during his corporate career by enabling him to learn from the failures and mistakes of others, hence reducing the chances of committing the same ones.
Q. One passion of yours that helps you become better at your mainline career?
Mr. Kher starts with his belief that it’s not necessary for someone to have a passion. Owing to his conversations with the new generation and people in leadership roles, he elaborates that many people fail to understand the difference between the passion and a hobby, mistaking their hobbies as passions, which they might not be pursuing wholeheartedly.
He mentions Photography as his strong passion and something that he relentlessly pursues, proudly stating that he invests heavily into it on all dimensions; be it on equipment, time devotion or travel arrangements. Photography is form of meditation which helps in connecting with inner self and improving focus for the Vice President of PayTM, E-commerce category (small and large appliances). Maybe, we can expect a few offers on photography equipment on PayTM mall in near future. ;-)
Fervently, Mr. Kher describes his visits to Kumbh Mela and Varanasi, citing that he takes solo trips just to follow his passion and captures his observation through his lens. Being alone and close to the customers, he develops his understanding of the rural and Tier-3 markets, which enables him to empathise with different customer segments in India.
In his mainline career, Photography has been his eyes and ears and helps him being observant about the grass-root level market in India.
Q. When you are looking for people in your team, apart from specific skills, what kind of attitudes and approaches do you look for in candidates?
A positive attitude, the ability to think big, and at the same time being ready to get the hands dirty doing nuts and bolts are three qualities that Mr. Kher admires. He highlights that someone’s readiness and ability to still get into the nitty-gritty of things even after years of experience is something that separates them apart for him.
My 3 major learnings about career and the corporate world from the interaction:
- Quoting Mr. Kher, “Life is all about accumulating different experiences, keep going and learning from those experiences." There need not be any specific incident that should move you.
- Remain close to your customer! - we may have our methods to do that, but listening to the customer is critical.
- Be always ready to get your hands dirty! - there is nothing classier than knowing the strategy as well as the execution details.
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Sanchita Ahuja
Intriguing interview
17 Jan 2019, 04.45 PM
Swathi Sham
Very well articulated article.
17 Jan 2019, 04.46 PM
Subhadeep Sen
Nice Article Shobhit..really enlightening..
17 Jan 2019, 11.55 PM
Divya Shah
Awesome !
18 Jan 2019, 12.03 AM
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Interesting read!
18 Jan 2019, 12.08 AM
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18 Jan 2019, 07.50 AM
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Bs
Very Insightful!!
18 Jan 2019, 09.03 AM
Koushik Majumder
The author is a PGDM(Marketing) student of IMT Ghaziabad and member of RACE, The Official Consulting Committee of IMT Ghaziabad.
Good one...
18 Jan 2019, 10.01 AM
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Good job Shobhit!
18 Jan 2019, 10.03 AM
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Inspiring read.
18 Jan 2019, 10.46 AM
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Beautifully described, refreshed my memory of meeting those guys
18 Jan 2019, 12.57 PM
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Good to hear straight from the horse's mouth. Great job!
18 Jan 2019, 01.04 PM
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18 Jan 2019, 01.09 PM
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good job
18 Jan 2019, 03.49 PM
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Nice article
18 Jan 2019, 03.52 PM
sahil ahuja
MBA student at IMT Ghaziabad
Life is all about learning from experiences! We students can also learn a lot experiences of leaders like you sir. Thank you for the insights. Very nicely put down Shobhit!
18 Jan 2019, 04.49 PM
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18 Jan 2019, 05.00 PM
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Great work done
18 Jan 2019, 05.44 PM
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18 Jan 2019, 05.57 PM
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18 Jan 2019, 06.59 PM
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Good one..
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19 Jan 2019, 09.22 PM
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Inspiring !
19 Jan 2019, 10.02 PM
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Really interesting read! Thanks for sharing this experience.
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19 Jan 2019, 10.10 PM
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Worthy read
19 Jan 2019, 10.38 PM
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19 Jan 2019, 10.53 PM
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Nice article...
19 Jan 2019, 11.22 PM
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PGDM Finance || Coordinator of Finance Committee
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19 Jan 2019, 11.31 PM
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Interesting read!
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20 Jan 2019, 12.08 AM
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I am pursuing cs executive
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20 Jan 2019, 12.36 AM
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MBA student at IMT Ghaziabad
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20 Jan 2019, 03.12 AM
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20 Jan 2019, 09.06 AM
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I am a student at delhi university, pursuing economics honors and a aspirant of CAT.
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20 Jan 2019, 10.18 AM
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PGDM Marketing at IMT Ghaziabad
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Ambitious and achiever
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