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Pranav D Saraiya
Class of 2007
What do you enjoy most about your current career position?
There are many reasons for joy in my current position. To name a few;
opportunity to be an entrepreneur, ability to set own goals / agenda,
multi-functional work content, responsibility to provide people growth &
challenging work & so on. The most enjoyable thing perhaps would be the ability
to design the future of Serviceberry.
Briefly describe a typical day at work, in a way that illuminates the kind of
challenges and opportunities your role involves.
My typical day revolves around the following functions:
• Sales Management: Guide the sales team, remove hurdles in their productivity /
success, demand management
• Finance: manage cash flow, working capital & debtors, keep track of company
performance across geographies, see patterns & suggest / make corrections,
capital allocation decisions, expense management
• Strategy & Relationship Management: Make decisions under uncertainty, execute
strategy, manage relationship with key OEM partners at senior levels
What is the next new thing in the industry or vertical you are working in?
Are there any trends that you can identify?
The new trends in our area are Social, Mobility, Analytics, Cloud & Big Data.
These are pretty disruptive forces and have profound implications for the future
of the IT industry itself and the industries it serves.
What was the main highlight or most memorable aspect of your programme at the
ISB?
Getting the ISB Torch Bearer Award was a proud moment. Besides, I was part of
teams that won at various competitions, the notable one being the competition at
IIM, Kozhikode. My team presented a plan to promote inclusive growth in India
using a combination of Technology & Entrepreneurship. The plan was recommended
to the PMO as the best plan for rural India and was forwarded to the Planning
Commission.
If you could offer a word of advice to the current class at ISB, what would
it be?
My suggestion is to keep things simple. We learn various tools at ISB and we
should use them appropriately. We should be watchful of hubris and strive to
become learning machines.
How do you feel you can contribute to ISB?
As alums, it’s upon us to enhance the ISB brand through our performance &
conduct. As we go along, time and monetary contributions are some of the
options.