Avinash Pandit

So I graduated IIM Calcutta in the Dean's list, which is given to the top, let's say, 5%.

So many of these IIT kids who came with me were behind me by the end of it.

So I joined this consulting company called Boston Consulting Group.

So it is one of the top strategy companies in the world.

So just like McKinsey, Bain, Etikani, Oliver Wyman.

So these are the top, let's say, strategy consulting firms.

And I think IIM gave me a very good base of

What will go into a business?

What will make it succeed?

What will not make it succeed?

The first principles are thinking that figure out what is the top problem and then break it down into smaller subsections and then get solutions for them.

This is what the thinking and first principles thinking in terms of frameworks is what consulting really, really taught me.

So in BCG, I've worked across many sectors.

I've worked in fintech, consulted big banks.

I've worked in consumer electronics.

Just in Nokia was one of the companies which was a very interesting case.

I've done commercial vehicles.

I've done industrial goods.

So got a sense of businesses across and worked from literally the top CXO layer to the bottom layer in terms of getting the work done.

Nokia was a very, very interesting case study.