Dr Gokarn, who inaugurated the Business Line Club for the academic year 2011-12 at the SRM University here, exhorted the students to “keep learning continuously”.
Plan for your careers, he told the gathering of (mostly management) students, impressing upon them that a career ought not to be a series of accidental events. Have long-term aspirations, set yourselves goals, he said.
Dr Gokarn also cautioned the students that the workplace would be very different from the college where one could choose the company they wish to keep. In the workplace, however, there will be all kinds of people and one needs to be able to set aside personal likes and dislikes.
He also wanted the students to be ethical in their conduct and set themselves boundaries beyond which they would never go.
Speaking on the theme ‘The Future of Organisations – Environmental Drivers and Strategic Responses', Dr Gokarn gave the gathering a sense of how things were up to 20 years ago (when the economy was closed) and noted how ‘four forces' – market, globalisation, technology and regulations – have changed organisations.