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Monday, Mar 27, 2006
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The New Manager
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Education Columns - mbas@work `Courage is key'
Peeyush Bajpai Director of www.Raftaar.com, an integrated Hindi search engine
Starting a job is usually the point when much of theoretical knowledge ends and application of all basics and jargon learnt at B-school begins, accompanied with a bit of unlearning as well, says Peeyush Bajpai, Director of www.Raftaar.com, an integrated Hindi search engine. An engineer from REC, Jamshedpur, and an MBA from Lucknow University, Bajpai says work experience helps one extract the maximum from a B-school programme. "Personally, my pre-MBA experience at a civil construction firm helped me grasp theories better during my Masters in International Business at Lucknow University." On what B-school taught him ... The programme provided not only theoretical knowledge, but the courage to question the `learned one' on application aspects. A number of visiting faculty, with wide ranging industry experience, taught us along with the regular teachers. Both had a completely different perspective to teaching that did confuse me but also ensured that I resolved the contradictions. On what it should have taught ... I think the courage to take risks in life and the importance of failures has not yet been appreciated by B-schools. Grades and placements are the only measures adapted. My programme should have taught that a good job is not the only outcome, but it is important to excel in whatever you do, even if it is small. The importance of stepping back and looking at the bigger picture is missed out by most students and never emphasised by the faculty. On applying what he learnt ... While I have moved from international business to economics research to developing the first integrated Hindi search engine, a lot has been based on my two years at B-school. The confidence that you can find solutions to a varied set of problems has been one. The other has been to focus at identifying the need and not the product.
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