Ten years journey from a banker to an academician…
Ten years journey from a banker to an academician… It's 30th June 2020 today. Exactly 10 years back on same day (30th June 2010) I joined this academic career shifting from the position of Deputy Manager (at HDFC bank) to Assistant Professor in RCPIMRD Shirpur. Hundreds of people during last decade have asked me one common question that 'Sir, Why did you switch from Corporate to Academic career?' I don't know why there was such a big shock in the minds of people to see me going from higher salary to lower salary, from mega city to small town or simply to a teaching profession from being a banker? This kept me surprised always & thinking as well that whether I did right or wrong by choosing this career? I do not know the exact answer to this question even today. Whenever somebody raised doubts on my decision initially, I always felt like Mahabharata’s Abhimanyu who entered the Chakravyuha but didn’t know how to escape out of that. But I tried to convince everyone...