Pursue PhD only if you are passionate about field and willing for long term commitment, cautions Prof Sridhar
Prof Sridhar at TISS “I have a strange request for you,” said Prof S. Sridhar, with a twinkle in his eyes and a friendly smile. I nodded with an intention to understand what the request was about. “Get me a broom,” added he. “Sorry, broooom”, I fumbled, trying to understand, whether those words which I had heard were actually uttered by him, or there was some kind of confusion. “Yes, you are right” he replied. I carried a broom to the A R Wadia hall, where the professor was to be heard by over 150 TISSians pursuing MA, MPhil and PhD eagerly waiting in the evening. TISSian S. Sridhar (PM & LR-1972) is the Director, Viessmann Leadership Development Program, Management Professor (Emeritus) at University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. He addressed TISSians on 9th January at Naoroji Campus, TISS, Mumbai. Prof Sasmita Palo, Dean, School of Management and Labour Studies had taken initiative to organise the lecture. The lecture started with general introduction of the students, it ...