Ruchik introduced me to the leader of our team - the VP of BSPM team, Mr. Mukund Krishnamurthy - and all the managers in the office. A fellow intern and I in the BSPM team were met with a galore of enthusiasm and energy by the team who were very warm in their welcome. Ruchik helped us settle in, found us a place in the office, and just gave us the green light to begin! I started with some of the early impressions I had about the project I was going to work on. Compared to that, Ruchik asked me paint my vision for the project - a dream start! We were allotted the project well in advance and they were communicated by Mr. Parihar and the GMC team, so I sort of did my homework. I felt needed and was sure my inputs would be valued - something instrumental as a motivation to continue at any job.
Later, we met with our VP and set the expectations on paper - the goals - we call them level L3 & L5 (L3 being the minimum achievement required from us, and L5 being the recommendation of a disruptive idea - a game changer). This structure really helped me to move forward, and the freedom I have to work on my ideas and the execution of it resonates with the culture of Mahindra & Mahindra, and the philosophy imbued by Mr. Anand Mahindra - that the leaders at Mahindra & Mahindra are given the wings to fly and they have an absolutely remarkable trust in the people. Ruchik always keeps inspiring me for the next disruptive idea, and I'm more and more driven every time after our meetings.
I believe, at a personal level, my progress has been brilliant in the first week itself, and I'm getting to learn more and more wonderful things about the world of business. 'I feel I can fly' would be how I'd sum up my experience in the first week.
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