Lessons I Wish I had Learnt before 25

Priyaranjan Jha, RKMV 1988

Rome was not built in a day and nor does one’s life. It is a gradual evolution and is a mix of both success and hardships we face in our lives. Many of our alumni brothers who have achieved much in their lives and serve as an inspiration for us, fresh pass outs and current students alike, have seen their quota of failure, hardships and challenges.

The twentieth session of the Praktani Adda was a light tête-à-tête about such failures of one of our senior brothers and lessons learnt from those pitfalls that would serve as a guiding light for the alumnus early in their career and a self-revelation for the achievers.

Priyaranjan Jha conducted the session, a 1988 pass out from Ramakrishna Mission Vidyapith Deoghar. A stalwart in his field, Priyarnajan Jha works for PepsiCo as Managing Director and Vice President- Global Delivery Hubs. He currently leads a team of over 5,000 in their global business services (Mexico, Russia, Egypt, USA, Poland, China and India).

Before joining PepsiCo in April 2019, he spent 22 years with Genpact, Reliance Infocom, IBM and Tata Motors. He has got his BE (Mechanical Engineering) from NIT, Silchar & MBA from IIM, Lucknow. He is keen on medieval and colonial history, biographies, spirituality and giving back.    

This session focused on lessons he learned from his many mistakes and a few successes. These lessons relate to managing one’s finances, leadership, business, and life. The speaker desires that other Vidyapith brothers don’t repeat the mistakes that he has made and can pick up a few learnings from his experiences. Early to mid-career brothers and those with teenage or older children can benefit immensely from this talk.