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Inspiring as Speaker | Saving Lives as Chief Scientist | Creating Jobs as CEO & Entrepreneur | Helping in Digital Brand Management as Advisor | Improving Learning & Skills as Author | Giving Back as Chairman of Non-Profit |

We often ask, “How are you?” And the answer is usually, “I’m fine.”But sometimes, “fine” hides sleepless nights, stress,...
10/10/2026

We often ask, “How are you?” And the answer is usually, “I’m fine.”

But sometimes, “fine” hides sleepless nights, stress, sadness or struggles we cannot explain.

People may smile, work, care for their families and still feel completely exhausted inside.

On World Mental Health Day, a few simple reminders:

→ Protect your sleep and health.
→ Walk, exercise and spend time outdoors.
→ Have someone you can speak to openly.
→ Make time for things that bring you happiness.
→ Seek professional help when you need it.

Above all, **give yourself permission to pause.** A meeting can wait. A message can wait. Your mental health matters.

And when someone says, “I’m fine,” remember that you may not know their whole story.

Sometimes, listening without judging is the greatest support we can offer.

A first year engineering student can look excited outside and still be asking inside, “Will I fit in here?”New campus, u...
03/10/2026

A first year engineering student can look excited outside and still be asking inside, “Will I fit in here?”

New campus, unfamiliar faces, someone already knows coding, someone looks more confident, and suddenly college feels very different from everything that came before it.

While speaking to students at Vidyavardhaka College of Engineering during the Student Induction Programme 2026–27, I wanted to talk less about what an engineer should know and more about what four years can do to a person.

You do not need to have everything figured out in first year.

But do not spend four years waiting for clarity.

Try something. Speak up. Volunteer. Build. Meet people outside your branch.

Some attempts will work, some will fail.

I know because some of my early speeches and videos were terrible. When I see them now, I sometimes wonder why nobody stopped me!

But that is also how improvement happens.

In films, one bad scene does not end the movie. They simply say, “Take 2, Take 3, Take 7...”

College gives students many such takes too.

A poor presentation, a rejected internship or a failed project does not define a person.

And once you start moving, opportunities begin to appear in unexpected ways.

One introduction can become a project.
One meeting can become a collaboration.
One conversation can change direction.

People often call it luck.

I increasingly see it as probability.

We cannot decide when opportunity arrives, but we can give it more doors through which to find us.

Engineering will teach code, machines, systems and equations.

I hope college also gives every student courage to make mistakes, curiosity to keep trying and enough movement to discover a direction nobody could have planned on day one.

Because a parked car cannot be steered.

Selfie with a Leader | Ep 12: Shreehas Tambe, CEO & MD, Biocon LimitedSome scientists publish papers. Some file patents....
26/09/2026

Selfie with a Leader | Ep 12: Shreehas Tambe, CEO & MD, Biocon Limited

Some scientists publish papers. Some file patents. Some build products.

And then there are a few who keep innovating, keep contributing and eventually earn the trust to lead the very company where they began their career.

I first met **Shreehas Tambe** at an industry event where he was speaking on a panel. I don't remember the panel topic as much as I remember the clarity of his thinking. His views on biotechnology and pharma were sharp, practical and grounded.

Later, when I looked him up, one fact caught my attention.

**Biocon is the only company he has ever worked for.**

He joined in 1997 as a management trainee. Today, he is the CEO and Managing Director.

You don't get there simply by staying. You get there by continuing to contribute and remaining relevant year after year.

When I introduced myself, Shreehas immediately recognised that I too lead a biotech company and appreciated what we do. There was no weight of designation in that conversation. It was simply one biotech professional speaking to another.

His journey as an innovator is equally interesting.

Early in his career, he led the development of PlaFractor, a novel bioreactor that earned Biocon its first US patent. Across nearly three decades, he has been associated with 62 patents, led the worldwide expansion of Biocon's insulins business, spearheaded its first overseas facility in Malaysia and helped build Biocon Biologics into a global biosimilars business.

But the number I keep coming back to is not 62.

It is nearly three decades.

When a person joins as a management trainee and later receives the responsibility of leading the company, it tells us something patents and designations alone cannot capture: trust built through contribution.

We often speak about political and social leadership. Economic and scientific leaders also build institutions, technologies, skilled jobs and products that strengthen India's capabilities.

Shreehas represents that kind of leadership.

For young professionals reading this, one thought is worth carrying forward:

Don't just stay in a job. Keep becoming more valuable to it.

Innovate wherever you are. Innovation is not a department. It is a way of contributing.

Sometimes an extraordinary professional journey can happen without changing the name on your ID card.

In aerospace, a tiny part can bring down a plane.I knew this as a fact. But I had never really felt the weight of it unt...
19/09/2026

In aerospace, a tiny part can bring down a plane.

I knew this as a fact. But I had never really felt the weight of it until I walked through Ferra Aerospace, thyssenkrupp Aerospace and Rossell Techsys with 22 delegates from the CII Mysuru Manufacturing Panel.

I entered expecting the machines to impress me. They did.

There was precision manufacturing, sophisticated engineering, strong quality systems, traceability to source and disciplined supply chains.

But as the visit progressed, my attention moved towards people. The care with which someone checked a measurement. The patience with which a process was followed. The seriousness given to what appeared to be one small step.

Nothing looked dramatic.

Yet behind every action was an understanding that somewhere, thousands of feet above the ground, another human being may depend on this work being done correctly.

That made me look at my own work differently.

Like most people, I too have sometimes felt, “This is good enough,” “Someone else will check it,” or “This small detail will not make much difference.”

These thoughts can enter our work when deadlines are close, routines become familiar or nobody is watching.

Aerospace showed me how dangerous “almost right” can become when the responsibility is large.

Quality cannot suddenly appear during final inspection. By then, hundreds of decisions have already been made by hundreds of hands.

Most of us may never manufacture an aircraft component. But all of us create something another person depends on, a product, report, diagnosis, service, decision or simply a promise.

Our mistake may not bring down a plane, but it can bring down trust that took years to build.

I returned with greater respect for aerospace manufacturing, but also slightly uncomfortable with my own idea of “good enough.”

Would I work with the same care if my name were permanently engraved on the final result?

The smallest component can carry an enormous responsibility. The smallest act of care can too.

Thanks Jagan Gupta for organising this.

Success usually makes people settle down. I was sitting beside two people who had done almost opposite.At Mysuru Travel ...
16/09/2026

Success usually makes people settle down. I was sitting beside two people who had done almost opposite.

At Mysuru Travel Mart 2026, while moderating a conversation with Shri CB Ramkumar and Shri Jayaram H R, sustainability came up not as an idea, but as something shaped by years of seeing what careless growth can leave behind.

One point became very clear during our conversation.

Sustainability is no longer a luxury and tourism makes that painfully easy to understand.

We travel because a beach is still clean enough to walk barefoot, a mountain still gives us fresh air, a waterfall still has water worth stopping for, and local food still tastes like somewhere, not everywhere.

We enjoy all of it, click a few photographs, carry memories home and move on. But every visit leaves something behind too.

We often treat sustainability like an expensive lifestyle choice. Organic food, eco-resorts, electric cars, premium products.

But maybe real luxury is much simpler.

Imagine going back to a mountain you loved ten years ago, now with your children, and finding everything except what made you fall in love with it.

Or reaching a beach you once remembered for blue water, only to tell them, “It was much cleaner when I came here.”

That sentence would hurt a little more if we knew our generation helped make it true.

A holiday may last three days. A place has to live with our choices for much longer.

Maybe sustainable tourism is simply making sure someone else can experience same place with same wonder.

Every Ganapati festival, every year, a 10-year-old boy returns to me.He is searching for his 101st Ganesha.The Ganesh fe...
15/09/2026

Every Ganapati festival, every year, a 10-year-old boy returns to me.
He is searching for his 101st Ganesha.

The Ganesh festival has remained my favourite throughout my life. I am sure it is for many of you too.

From the time I can remember, we brought home a Ganapati idol every year, decorated the space, and performed pooja together. There were new clothes, karjikayi, relatives, neighbours, familiar voices, and laughter.

But as a boy, my biggest excitement began after lunch.

A few friends and I would set out on a mission. We had heard that seeing 101 Ganeshas that day was auspicious. I don't remember if we ever reached 101. But we certainly tried!

If we couldn't, we would visit the 101 Ganapathi temple in Agrahara and fulfil our wish.

Almost every home had a Ganapati. We would knock on doors and ask:

“Ganapati koorsideera? Have you kept Ganapati?”
“We want to see Ganesha.”

The door would open. We would fold our hands, admire the decorations, receive prasada, and move on.

Unknown children could knock on a stranger’s door and be welcomed inside. Children from other streets came to our home too.

For one evening, doors were open. Homes were open. Hearts too.

For us, God was not far away inside a large temple. He was sitting in almost every home in our area, in different colours, decorations, and forms.

A leaf can become Ganesha.
A few lines can become Ganesha.
A simple curve can suggest his form.

As I grew older, friends and I collected money, selected an idol, created a small pandal, and organised poojas, bhajans, games, and competitions. After a few days, came visarjan.

There was excitement in choosing the idol, pride in decorating the pandal, and sadness when it was time to say goodbye.

Years later, while living in Hyderabad, I went with friends to see an enormous Ganapati, several storeys high.

The scale had changed, from small idols in Mysuru homes to a towering Ganesha in Hyderabad. But the excitement inside me was the same.

Today, I no longer go around counting Ganeshas. But if I don't see at least one Ganesha on Ganapati festival, I feel very incomplete.

Because somewhere inside the man I am today, that boy is still walking down a street, door to door, hoping the next door will open, and there will be a Ganapati.

Ganapati comes home for only a few days. But every year, he brings my entire childhood back with him.

Wishing everyone a joyful and blessed Gowri Ganesha festival.

Adding Ganapatis from friends & family. At this rate, maybe the 101 count is still on!

For years, I thought confidence meant learning how to speak better. I understand it very differently now.While speaking ...
13/09/2026

For years, I thought confidence meant learning how to speak better. I understand it very differently now.

While speaking to nursing and allied health students at Narayana College of Health Sciences, one question after another began coming in.

How does an introvert handle extroverts?
How do I deal with insecurity?
How do I stop reacting immediately?
How do I talk to myself when nobody else is around?

I smiled at some of them because I have lived through many of those questions myself.

At 19, even a simple conversation could make me nervous. I would overthink, hesitate, sometimes say nothing and then spend hours wondering why I did not speak.

Years later, I stand on stages almost every week. Fear did not disappear one fine morning. I simply kept putting myself into uncomfortable moments until they slowly became familiar.

One thing I learnt is simple. Saying something and feeling foolish for a few minutes is often easier to live with than saying nothing and regretting it for years.

One student asked how an introvert can survive among people who speak continuously.

I told her, you do not have to beat someone at speaking. You can beat them at listening.

A patient is often going through an emotional moment, not only a medical one. Pain, fear and uncertainty cannot always be solved immediately, but empathy can still make a difficult moment easier to carry.

Sometimes someone only wants another human being to sit there, hear them fully and not rush to fix everything.

We spend years trying to improve how others see us. Very little time goes into understanding how we see ourselves.

Maybe confidence is not becoming fearless at all.

Maybe it is learning to trust yourself enough to speak when something matters, listen when someone needs you, and still stand by yourself when nobody else is there to reassure you.

A design school can make you look at something as familiar as a saree very differently.Going back to Queens School of De...
08/09/2026

A design school can make you look at something as familiar as a saree very differently.

Going back to Queens School of Design gave me a chance to speak with young designers about three things I have come to value deeply: Skill, AI, and Reputation.

Skill was where I began.

Not only stitching, colour, textiles, or software, but learning to observe people closely.

A bride does not come looking for 5.5 metres of cloth. She comes with expectations, family, photographs she may look at twenty years later, and a certain feeling she wants to carry.

Sometimes, someone may bring a 40-year-old Mysore silk saree belonging to her grandmother.

At that moment, design is no longer only about making something new. Memory, culture, and emotion are sitting on your table along with the fabric.

Then came AI.

Young designers today can explore ideas, colour combinations, trends, communication, and business possibilities within seconds.

AI may create ten options, yet someone still has to decide which one belongs to a real person.

And finally, reputation.

A young designer may begin with one student project, one customer, one photograph, or one recommendation.

Slowly, a name starts getting connected with a certain style, a certain standard, and a certain feeling.

Sometimes, a new opportunity begins with somebody simply saying, “I know a person who does good work.”

Skill gives substance, AI opens possibilities, and reputation gives a name meaning.

Watching young people stand at a point where all three are beginning to come together felt deeply satisfying.

Mysuru’s future great export may not be in boxes. It will travel through talent, ideas, and intelligence.For generations...
05/09/2026

Mysuru’s future great export may not be in boxes. It will travel through talent, ideas, and intelligence.

For generations, Mysuru sent sandalwood, silk, Mysuru pak, and many other products across India and beyond.

Today, a different kind of value is travelling from Mysuru.

At the inauguration of rProcess’s fifth delivery centre at Thandya, I saw what that shift can mean.

More than 2,000 professionals now contribute to global work in AI data annotation, engineering design, ADAS, and other advanced technology areas.

But the real story is not the number 2,000.

One job can mean a daughter building a global career while staying close to her parents.

It can mean a first-generation graduate entering technology.

It can mean a person with a disability being recognised for capability.

One salary can bring relief to a home.

One career can change the confidence of an entire family.

rProcess chose Mysuru again, grew here again, and invested here again.

That matters.

Mysuru has always known how to create value locally and take it far beyond its borders.

Perhaps its next golden era is already being built, one opportunity, one family, and one belief at a time.

Selfie with a Leader | Ep 11: Mahesh Bhirangi, MD & CEO, Pragati Engineering Belgaum Pvt. Ltd.Some leaders build where e...
30/08/2026

Selfie with a Leader | Ep 11: Mahesh Bhirangi, MD & CEO, Pragati Engineering Belgaum Pvt. Ltd.

Some leaders build where everything is available.
Some build where the ecosystem supports them.

And then there are leaders who build where they have to create the ecosystem around them.
Mahesh Bhirangi is one such leader.

I first met Mahesh when he came to Mysuru for an industry event. He was leading the industry council in Belagavi at the time.

I don't remember the designation from that meeting as much as I remember the person.

Soft-spoken, down to earth, and genuinely warm. Within a few conversations, he felt less like an industry colleague and more like a friend.

And then I understood what stood behind that simplicity. More than three decades of building.

Pragati Engineering, a precision manufacturing company built and nurtured by the family over generations with discipline and values.

And they built it from Belagavi. Not Bengaluru. Not Pune. Not Chennai.

That part of his story connects with me. I too left Mysuru, went abroad, and came back to build from here. I understand what it means to choose your roots when the easier option is somewhere else.

Anyone who has built from a Tier 2 city knows the reality. Talent is harder to attract, customers are farther away, and the ecosystem you need is often the ecosystem you have to create yourself.

Yet when you look at what Pragati manufactures, you see standards that can stand alongside the best anywhere.
⭕ CNC machine tool accessories and precision components serving OEMs across India
⭕ ISO 9001, 14001 and 45001 certified
⭕ Sustainable practices including solar energy, rainwater harvesting, and a monthly no-vehicle day

Their products sit inside machines that make other products. But take companies like Pragati out, and Indian manufacturing simply does not move.

We speak about political leaders and social leaders. But not enough about economic leaders who spend decades creating products, jobs, and opportunities in places that need them most.

Mahesh represents that kind of leadership.

For young professionals reading this:
Technology will change. AI will automate more. Quality will become expected.
But values cannot be automated.

The humility you carry, the standards you refuse to compromise, and the respect you have for your roots while still having the ambition to grow. Those will matter even more.

When I meet Mahesh, I don't feel the weight of the company behind him. I feel the warmth of the person in front of me.

Strong roots. World-class standards. No need for noise.

This is what leadership looks like when values outlast trends and roots become strength.

Follow Mahesh Bhirangi and Pragati Engineering Belgaum Pvt. Ltd. on LinkedIn.

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