Winning Stroke: Interview with Abhishek Sinha, Chief People and Operations Officer, KPIT Technologies Ltd.
If not in the current Profession, you would be?
A Writer – definitely.
One tune you always hum.
“I believe I can fly” by R.Kelly.
One Book to read when you want to motivate yourself.
“The Go-Giver” by Burg & Mann.
One Dialogue of a movie that motivates you or you like the most.
From Hollywood – “I don’t want to survive … I want to live” (12 Years a Slave).
From Bollywood – “Ek baar joh maine commitment kar di … uske baad tho mein khud ki bhi nahi sunta” …. (Wanted).
The Place you have never been to and always want to go to.
New Zealand … fascinated since I saw “Lord of the Rings”.
An animal that signifies you & why.
Horse – They are known for agility and endurance. People who work with me know that I want everything ‘now’. I run half-marathons … which can’t be done without the quality of endurance. Did you know that a horse can sleep anytime and in any position? I am the same. My wife dreads my “sleep-while-driving” mode.
A Movie Character you most resemble or resonate with.
Marvel or DC – DC – more because the villains are ‘cooler’ there … and hence more fun to beat.
Batman or Superman – Batman – human, mortal, cool car, has a real girlfriend … and a sidekick.
Tom or Jerry – Jerry … I would rather be chased.
Chacha Chaudhary or Super Commando Dhruv - Chacha Chaudhary kyunki “Chacha Chaudhary ka dimaag computer say bhi tez chalta hai.”
If your life was to be turned into a movie who would you like to play your part?
Sushant Singh Rajput – if he can play MS Dhoni, I am sure he can play me too!
Luck or Hard Work, what do you think weighs more in defining a successful Person.
Neither. It is the attitude that defines the altitude of a person.
One best decision you have ever made.
Despite having no clue of how to even switch on a computer, I joined the IT Industry in 1993!
A strategy that you always use to take your decisions in Personal or Professional life.
Actually, there is no strategy. It is about having a positive attitude and being passionate about everything you do – in personal or professional life. I have always followed this inspirational quote from Martin Luther King Jr. “If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as a Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, 'Here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well’”.
Whose advise you seek when in dilemma?
Always … my wife’s. When wife is the reason for dilemma, my kids'.
What has been your biggest achievement?
Inculcating (vociferous) reading habits in my kids … and completing my first half-marathon 2 years back (I was asthmatic as a child and could hardly run).
One thing that you want to change in yourself.
Ability to keep changing my hairstyle. Maybe keep a Ponytail.
A line said by your closed one that you never forget.
“What’s the worst that can happen?” This is one line that motivates me to try out new things; get out of my comfort zone, and pulls me out of gloom when all’s not well.
