7. What
was your occupation and how did you get into the field?
As mentioned earlier above,
I started working while I was pursuing under graduation in Commerce. I commenced work as an Audit Clerk learning
Accounting, Bookkeeping and Auditing. My
role involves bookkeeping for small & medium sized Business Enterprises to
conducting internal and/or statutory audits for large manufacturing companies in private
sector, and, also public sector undertakings and banks.
After graduation, I moved to
Mumbai to pursue better prospects while I was still pursuing my post-graduation
in Commerce.
Later, I got an opportunity
to migrate to Middle East / Gulf where I got familiarized with modern corporate
working culture with MNCs (Multi National Companies) of large Businesses and
Trading Houses where I have had the illustrious opportunity to learn more and
more technologies in Supply Chain Logistics, Financial Accounting and
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) kind of Applications.
8. How
did you happen to come to Singapore?
Over the two decades since 1990, I got expertise in above business
functions which helped my career progression as to what I am today, I gained
ample skills and knowledgebase to enhance myself into ERP technologies and
Applications Systems that gave me momentum to move to Singapore in 2006. Over
the years, I am still learning to upgrade and update myself considerably, in my
own way, to be UpToDate in the technology I am specialized in, so as to be a
viable resource to reckon with, on the go.
9. Do
you have any messages/ aspirations for the next generation?
Compared to me or my predecessors
in our two families, consider the generations together where history evolves by
itself, now, technology has evolved greatly in unimaginable proposition in 21st
century. We are talking of Artificial Intelligence, Robotic Process Automation,
Machine Learning, IoT (Internet of Things) besides other periodic enhancements
and improvements in every faculty of Manufacturing, Production, Trading &
Marketing and post-Sales Service and Services as an industry.
It’s imperative thus for young
generation in 21st century to be viable and always be willing to
learn continually while pursuing whatever you want to, as per your individual
academic or career ambitions. You cannot
afford to stop learning at any time of your career, until you reach your
pinnacles of life. Thus, Knowledge is
wealth, while Time is equally the force behind continuously enhancing one’s
skills and talent on the go. Keep abreast
of what’s happening around and never lose an opportunity to grow yourself to
enhance yourself professionally or in all what you would endeavour in life,
without foregoing your personal ambitions and career progression.
10. How
do you think the world has changed as compared to the past?
Thanks to technology and scientific
advancement over several decades and even over couple of centuries since
British era in India, overall, the lifestyle and standard of living has
improved a lot.
Technology has brought neo modern
innovations and discoveries whereby we now enjoy the benefits in multiple ways
in our day-to-day life, in various faculties, that also impacts our day-to-day
life.
History has taught us good and bad,
right and wrong, and what not on earth.
It’s up to us the humanity to
comprehend the history, historic significance of every Nation’s freedom fight
and/or liberation from oppressive forces, in some geographies, it was
dictatorial or autocratic regimes.
Across the board, the socio-cultural fabric of each demography has
changed a lot, due to adaptation of modern technology that Science has brought
us.
It’s also up to us the humanity to
understand the consequences of such innovations and discoveries in every walk
of life – be it business, trade and commerce, healthcare, socio-cultural
etymology to name a few. When you study in due course, in your pursuit of
seeking knowledge for academic perspective as well as personal well-being, you
need to consider the history of each demography as well as the geo-political
impact that each such advancement has indeed brought in, and, as to how we need
to tackle the bad over good, not necessarily ignoring the bad. We must learn
from the history, to mould ourselves in the right path and right spirits to
make our life even better for our own self and for the community at large,
period.
11. Do
you think it is important for the younger generations to know about family
culture/heritage?
Yes, indeed, one must always know
his familial or national history from where he comes from, where he belongs as
a community, where he endures his socio-cultural belief system and so on.
We might succeed in our academic
pursuits in whatever field we would endeavour to the best of our capabilities
and wherewithal.
Yet, we need to remember our
routes where our forefathers have lived - both paternal and maternal
hierarchies – and we shall never forget their sacrifices and compromises in
their day-to-day life in their times, without which, we are NOT here what we
are today.
That would lead you to know each
family culture and heritage that we inherit, where we need to inculcate the
sense of belonging to our ethnic values, familial values and principles and the
value system we have had, historically within the family.
Be it cultural, spiritual,
religious or political or geo-political landscape, the significance of our very
existence as humanity revolves around and rests in the community we belong, the
society we live in and hence we need to imbibe those good old values and value
systems, ethical principles that our forefathers carried for ages, it’s our
responsibility to carry on the mantle for several generations to come.
A society that forgets its
history and its historic values can never shine and survive. There are umpteen evidences
of ‘where it is lost significantly’ that’s a different topic to discuss yet
another day, yet another session. Such
discussions would always bring you goosebumps to realize ‘who we are, where we
come from and where we belong’ , period.
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