IIM Indore organized an Industry Meet 2017 on 24th June, 2017. The chief guest of the evening was Mr Ashwani Lohani, chairman and MD, Air India. The meet was attended by Youthens News representatives, Guneet Bhatia and Pranshu Khandelwal. On having conversation with Mr Lohani about his views on Youth startups and, he said “it’s very important to work aggressively hard.”
Mr Ashwani Lohani, Chairman & Managing Director of Air India. He is known for holding Limca Record for having four “engineering degree equivalents” in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering and Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering from Institution of Engineers, India. He also holds Guinness Book of World Records for successfully running the ‘Fairy Queen Express’, the world’s oldest working steam locomotive. He has also worked as DRM, Delhi Division; Director, National Rail Museum; Chief Administrative Officer, Rail Alternate Fuels; Commissioner and Managing Director of Madhya Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation and Chairman & Managing Director India Tourism Development Corporation.
His message for the youth said, “You will shortly cross the boundaries between this world and the real world. Test yourself, who you are, what you are.” It’s important to learn to develop for the difficult situations and circumstances. He said he often meets youth and know that most of them are into getting bigger positions like IAS. He asks why everyone wants to be in the most important sector. If you’re thoughts are guided just by the power, importance, and money, then it’s not worth it. Real power is personal, your persona, conduct and thought process. According to him, the key to success is overcoming the fears. “It’s important to conquer ones’ fears, be bold and determined.” He even shared his views about what an adult stands for; “an adult is someone who takes full responsibly of every action and its results.”
“What really matters is whether you’re putting your best or not? Focus on putting as much as contribution as one can. Create the future which you want to have. Decide it, then you will achieve.” – Mr Ashwani Lohani
Mr Aditya Shrivastava, Senior Vice President, Volvo Eicher, Indore also shared his views on what is the current situation of skill development in India. He said, “These days large investment is done in IT and Hospitality structures rather than engineering side. With coming of E-commerce industries and mall cultures, workers are now getting better working conditions like AC conditioners, and so attracting them towards the engineering industry and manufacturing industry has become a big challenge.” He also added his views on the changing Business cycle of the economy with recession, demonetization, and then GST, and by this he added, “Hiring and making people work for a longer period is a big challenge.”
He also said “Though people are coming after working from different companies they are still blank. It’s quite difficult these days to get real skilled workers. Hardly 40% of the total recruitments are skilled.” On asking about his views on Man versus Machines, he said “There are factors why automation is important. These are labor safety, cost and quality.” He concluded by, yes automation is required, but a balance is must.
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Mr Satish Nadiger, Managing Director, Chief Executive Officer and Director, John Deere India Private Limited believe that India has started from an agrarian economy to industrial economy then to service economy. “When we move to the service sector, with all the IT, we have the challenge to empower youth. The major agenda is to empower the youth form rural sector, skill the rural youth to be able to operate the machine. If we look at what is happening in the agricultural sector, the youth is not willing to do the laborious work and aren’t even educated enough to work.”
He took to example of driving a tractor and operating a tractor, saying this is what we are working on. It’s not about teaching a person to drive a tractor; it’s about making him understand to operate one. Mr Nadiger’s views on why automation is getting a better option these days were “Automation, this is how do you work more efficiently.”
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