In the future, in India, how would the value of skills of a person be important compared to the educational background of the person ? For example, one person is from IIM whereas the other person has the track record of bringing companies to success through his skills even though the person do not have great degrees to show. (Can we expect Bill Gates type of success cases in India ? )
Hi Madhu. Its an interesting question - the future is full of all kinds of possibilities. It is important to remember that success is driven by many factors including a person’s own hard work, background, economic condition, thought-process, timing, latching on to available opportunities, etc. Not to forget the role of luck! There are enough and more examples of entrepreneurial success in India, although the scale may not yet have reached the Bill Gates kind of levels. As India’s economy grows rapidly over the next couple of decades, there is no reason to say that we will not see those kinds of successes also. Having said that, at the beginning of one’s journey, degrees such as
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Dear Madhu, There are TWO facets, I would like to highlight. FIRSTLY, The educational background and the professional projects one has done matters in the first few years of one’s career. Over time, the track record matters more along with the professional network and reputation of the person. SECONDLY, It is helpful to have at least one degree (under-graduate or post-graduate) from a relatively more well know institution in that India has had many successful corporate leaders and entrepreneurs who serve as good role models. If you are keen on learning about their common characteristics, I would encourage you to use good AI tools like Perplexity, Chat GPT etc to do your research.
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- 06-09-2024