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Venkata Rama Sarma

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Venkata Rama Sarma

Admin and HR Manager

Nano Wicore Labs Pvt Ltd.,

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Could you tell us briefly about your family background?

I belong to a below middle class family - staying at Hyderabad with my wife and two sons - eldest son is a SWE working with Infosys and second son just completed +2 and planning to get into engineering course

Career Profile:

I was engaged in a MNC Pharma marketing for about 2 decades with a travelling of more than 20 days in a month - Now I am confined to a stationery job looking after Global Partnerships for a Social Enterprise

Job Profile:

My job responsibility is basically fund raising for social objectives - we have partnerships with Organizations/Trusts from various Sectors - My role is resource mobilization, Donor Servicing, submission of Proposals/Budgets/Reports etc.,

The Journey So Far:

I really enjoyed while I was in Pharma marketing where every day you will have new experience, new acquittances, new roles to play, new opportunities, win win situations - I got rare opportunity to associate with different people from different walks of life with unpredictable behaviours

Degrees That Matter:

Degrees/Certifications will give you only theoritical knowledge - Experience will provide a real life application of acquired knowledge - Now I am at the fag end of my career, my focus is to help those aspiring youngsters in various professional and personal fronts

Advice For New Professionals:

Be sincere and honest to what you have committed to the Organization - Put your best of efforts for the prosperity of your Organization - Be open to accept any additional responsibilities, which I feel are learning platforms for new things

Changes In The Professional Environment:

Now organizations have become over ambitious - Human element is getting replaced by softwares/hardwares - Phenomenoal cultural change in man management aspect - long term goals are getting substituted by short term gains

Working Life Management:

I have different slots for my professional area, personal area and family area - I will never intermix them

Plans For The Future:

Highly satisfied human being

Growth Strategy:

Regularly shifting the monotony by grabing new challenges, open for learning from any body, let it be an office boy or a managing director

Done Differently:

Step by step perfect growth plan - Never continue in same role for more than 3-5 years

The Decisions That Matter

Accepting the role of Regional Manager for new launch Company