Care to manage?
ANUJ KUMAR
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What does the management guru Arindam Choudhuri has to say?
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PHOTO: S. ARNEJA
GO FOR MANAGEMENT: Arindam Choudhuri
Looking for advice on management as a career option? Listen to management guru, Arindam Choudhuri. "Today simple graduation is no longer the lowest common factor to get a job, particularly in the private sector. It has been replaced by a degree from a business school. For it not only prepares for the job market, it also develops the personality of the students."
Broadens horizons
Famous for being straight forward, Arindam says, "If you don't have a passion for a specific vocation, go for management." He explains, "This is no rocket science and you have to study some 72 subjects during the course. One would be good in at least a few of them. It broadens the horizon because today there are so many industries asking for candidates with management degrees."
A product of Delhi Public School, R.K. Puram, Arindam says, "During those days engineering and computers were the sought after courses. Fortunately, my father, a management teacher himself, encouraged me to take up economics and later management." Talking of his father, Malay Choudhuri, Arindam recalls, "He not only pushed me to be good at maths and English, but also asked me to read literature. I had read as much Indian and world literature by 10th class, as students generally read by their post graduation. I used to read Mahabharat every day." This he says made the crucial difference. "I have been able to discover the relation between the teachings of the Gita and the management theories, which corporate honchos generally neglect." One of his simplistic logics that he used to teach when Sourav Ganguly was the captain, "Sourav Ganguly doesn't need to tell Sachin Tendulkar how to bat." "Now it is not there in any management book, but it really works at the shop floor level. Some of the workers are so good that the team leader has to work just on their attitude not skill."
Also a filmmaker, after "Rok Sako To Rok Lo" Arindam is again working on a youth-oriented film.
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