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(Pre-notice: I am not sure whether I got this question correct. If you see the answer going at a totally wrong correction, don't be mad.)The problem is not about any specific product that China exports. It’s about China in general.In the 80’s, what China did was labor-concentrated works, such as clothes manufacturing. There was a “joke” about how China could buy a Boeing plane by selling 800 million shirts.The business with China was very good for Americans and other western countries at the time. China had the largest labor reserve with decent education, which is good for low-tech manufacturing.During the industrial up-grading, the west, especially UK and US were trying to ditch the low end manufacturing, and switching to a finance-service structure, which the bankers creating the most revenue of the society using the fund in hands, and other people making their livings by providing services to the bankers.The design was good. Developed countries focus on high tech developing, then investing in developing countries and licensing the factories to produce, and finally purchasing the products with cheaper prices. In such design, the whole progress would be in control of the west, since the west owns the intellectual properties and the fund. What the developing countries could gain from this are low labor wages, certain taxes, and lots of pollution.What China did to break this design are 3 things:“Exchange market for technology”. China has the largest single market on earth, even back in 90’s. Although Chinese people in general were poor, but the total amount was not for anyone to ignore. If a western company wants a market share in China, then it would have to agree to share its technology.“Ignore the copy rights”. It’s not a right thing to do, but necessary from China’s point of view. Developing counties in general have no advanced technology. If they’d agree to follow the copy right law, then they’d never got the chance to obtain their own ones. Plus, the copy right law of the US was originally used to protect the right of copying foreign technology, instead of protecting inventions.“Ignore the environment protection and CO2 emission”. During the developing progress, every industrialized western country used to have high CO2 emission and pollution. The idea of CO2 emission allowance is to limit the possibility of developing countries from being industrialized, since there would have to be high CO2 emission at the early stage of industrialization.Point 2 & 3 are basically learned from the west. Here is an example to explain a bit into details about point 1:This is China’s high speed railway map. It’s called 四纵四横/4 vertical 4 horizontal. The designed speed of this network is minimum 200KMPH, and the total length has already reached 29 thousand KM.In 2004, PRC railway ministry at the time set up an open tender for 200KMPH railway train project. It required the bidder to be “a legally registered joint venture in China, which is technically supported by its foreign partner, with the ability of designing and producing matured 200KMPH train, and the ability of manufacturing train”.This requirement clearly states that in order to have a share in this 4V4H project, foreign train manufacturers must transfer their related technologies to a Chinese joint venture, which means that the Chinese employees of this joint venture are allowed to touch every detail. 2 Chinese train manufactures were appointed to be the only selections, CSR and CNR.Besides having a thorough IP transfer contract before bidding, PRC railway ministry also required a test, which the winning bidder must firstly teaches its techniques to its Chinese partner, and railway ministry had a designated office to test whether CSR and CNR learned well. Without a nice exam result, railway ministry wouldn’t paid a dime.The requirement seemed to be very aggressive, but just this open tender itself contained 140 trains, which was huge for any manufacturer. After all, if anyone’s not comfortable with the conditions, quit was always a selection.From 17 June when the requirement was released, to 28 July, 4 bidders were in the competition:Japan Union, which was 6 Japanese companies combined. They were negotiating with CSR to have a joint venture.Bombardier, Canadian manufacturer which at the time already had a joint venture with CSR.Siemens, German manufacture, which was also the first choice of CNR.Alstom, French manufacture, which was the only one which had no determined partner. So it was negotiating with both CNR and CSR.Eventually, CSR/KHI, CNR/Alstom, and CSR/Bombardier all got their share from this project. Only Siemens got left alone.Siemens did a fantastic job on research. They knew at the beginning that their Velaro platform was the ideal choice of railway ministry. What they did wrong was to offer extremely high prices on trains and IP transfer.Siemens asked 250 million RMB per train, and 390 million EUR for IP transfer. Evening of 27 July, chief of traffic department of railway ministry went to the meeting room of Siemens, and tried to convince them to lower the price to 250 million RMB and 150 million EUR. Germans rejected this suggestion firmly, because they knew that they were holding the best cards.0700 of 28 July, CNR announced that they were going to cooperate with Alstom. As a matter of fact, CNR accelerated the progress with Alstom 2 weeks before 28th, since they realized that Germans wouldn’t step back even a bit.Once the news was spread, Siemens went down in every major stock market. Related executives resigned, and the whole negotiation team was fired.One year after, PRC railway ministry launched another tender about 300KMPH trains, and only JR and Siemens had the techniques which the railway ministry approved. This time, Siemens got 60 trains with 250 million RMB each, and the IP transfer fee was reduced to 80 million EUR.Nowadays, CNR and CSR is able to compete with their old time teachers in a world stage. I bet that no foreign manufacturers at the time could anticipate that China being able to absorb and develop their advanced technologies.2004, CEO of KHI noticed Chinese technicians to not speed up the learning process too much. He suggest CSR to use 8 years learning the 200KMPH techniques, and another 8 years learning the 350KMPH. In 15 years, CRH Harmony 380A reached 486KMPH during a test run, the 350KMPH trains had already become regular several years ago.Just like how China used its market to exchange advanced technologies, the US is using its market to force foreign manufacturers moving out of China.The tariff would increase the terminal price of made-in-China products, which make them less competitive. If so, manufacturers would have to move their factories to other countries to avoid losing market share.The real problem is that unlike some people think, China didn’t become the world largest manufacturing base by having cheap labors. It has the largest logistics network, the only completed industrial structure, and the largest educated population.A foreign invested factory in China would be supported by hundreds if not thousands of relative components suppliers in the same region, and having more than enough workers with decent education to operate machines. All the products would be transported to the nearest sea port, and arrive the destination country in weeks. This is not something that any other country being able to provide.Why do I spent so much time talking about things which seemly have no connection to fentanyl? Because fentanyl is just another excuse, to stimulate the patriotism of Americans, and eventually lead them to support the trade war.Here is a simple logic: China cannot just export fentanyl to the US. There has to be at least one American importer to cooperate.Once the fentanyl arrives an US port, the American importers would need to provide all required papers to the US customs, and pay for the taxes. After being approved by the US customs and maybe some drug control departments, these made-in-China fentanyl could be purchased by American individuals.US President Donald Trump, who this week blamed China for the US fentanyl overdose epidemicThis is just to redirect people’s focus from lack of drugs overdose control to China. Most of the Americans have been taught that China and communism are evil, so some people would simply take Trump’s words.But really, it has nothing to do with US fentanyl. Even if China stops producing it, this trade war would still keep going. Because the tariff and trade war are targeting on China’s ability of high tech researching and manufacturing.China only produces fentanyl. It’s up to the US government to control its usage and spread.

The IIM Ahmedabad Interview : Season 1It was a dream, and it still feels like one.CAT 2013 Aggregate 99.99 | Verbal: 100.00 | Quant: 99.44Profile: X ICSE 2008 (95.00) | XII Maharashtra Board HSC (Science) 2010 (84.7) | BTech Engineering Physics IIT Bombay 2014 (85.4) | Work-Ex:0Extra-curricular: National Business Plan Competition winner, Startup core team Member, Institute Literary Arts Secretary with Organisational Color, National Level Quiz winner, International Quiz participant, Case Competition national runner up.Venue: The Orchid, MumbaiDate : 10.02.2014PI:Panel Members: One young gentleman (P1) and another older gentleman (P2) . The young gentleman was on the left and I think he was an alumni of IIT Bombay (he knew about where the lake was etc.).Walk in, P2 is at the door and takes me inside. I take my seat, I was quite peaceful, had chit chatted with them a little bit before the PI. I was the first person of my panel (and I think the first person to be interviewed by IIM Ahmedabad)Episode 1: The one with PleasantriesP1 : So you seem to have run out of space for the essay on your teacher, do you want to add something else? It looks like you ran out of spaceMe : No, I just overshot a bit, I don’t have anything to add.P1 : Are you sure?Me : Yes.P1 rummaging through my file. I see he needs help.Me : Can I take out my certificates.P1 : Please do soI take out my certificate along with the magazine made by our startup, and give it to themEpisode 2 : The WAT SWOT analysisP2 : How do you think you did on them? Do you want to discuss something more, or should we move on?Me : No sir, I think I wrote decently well enoughP2 : Okay, so do you know anything about such problems (with reference to the case) in present day India?Me : No, I can’t think of any. But I am aware of this one. (Pause, so I continue). There was this issue concerning Vedanta (wasn’t there in the case) trying to get a captive bauxite mine.P2 : So where was this?Me : It was in Odisha, and the tribals opposed the move. It was given as a verbal confirmation by the government, and Vedanta invested a lot of money in it. But this issue cropped up and the tribals the MoEF opposed it, so it was disallowedEpisode 3: The one about Home 1.0 and 2.0P1 : Okay, so you’re from IIT Bombay, what is your favorite place?Me : Lakeside (Powai Lake) and Hillside (Sameer Hill)P1 : Which lake Powai or Vihar?Me : Powai LakeP1 : Why not Vihar? You’re in which hostel?Me: Hostel 4P1 : So isn’t there a road near Hostel 4 to Vihar Lake (Here is where I guessed he is an alum)Me: Yes, but it’s restricted nowP1 : Hmm, so where do you get potable water from in IIT?Me: There is pipeline that passes by my hostel, I am not sure if it carries potable water from ViharP1 : Hmm, so how does Mumbai get potable water? What are the other lakes?Me : I know of these two and Vasai Lake (which is tiny, couldn’t think of anything else)P1 : Okay, so you’re from Pune, where does Pune get its water from?Me : (Damn!) There is water carried by tankers from the Mulshi Dam areaP1 : So what about Khadakvasla?Me : (Using sense to come up with something which couldn’t be verified) My area gets it from Mulshi, the other area of the city gets it from Khadakvasla. (Which is sort of true)P1 : Okay, so you stay in Viman Nagar, what are the landmarks there?Me : Sir, there are a lot of hotels that have come up recently, it’s become like a hotel road. Malls, and the air force baseEpisode 4: The one with the CaseP1 : Okay, so you join IIM A and want to get in to hospitality, what are the parameters that you will use to judge a restaurant? (Placements case prep FTW!)Me : (using paper) Footfall (Was going to add more stuff)P1 : Okay, tell me about hotelsMe : Sir, occupancy in peak season and off season, the number of professional engagements like this one organized by IIM A (chuckle in the head)Episode 5: The one with Physics, Chemistry and a TVP2 : (Interrupts) Okay. So you talk about your chemistry teacher who had an impression on you. Why the change from Physics to Chemistry?Me : I did both Chemistry and Physics for JEEP2 : Right, right. But you chose Physics right, what was the reason?Me : Nowadays Physics has become the node of major understanding of a sciences. Even Chemistry has become more of Physics and more of Chemistry. I was seeing this interview with the Bharat Ratna CNR Rao on Walk the Talk with Shekhar Gupta. Shekhar Gupta enters this lab and says “where are the Bunsen burners?” and CNR Rao says that we now do more of Physics, Quantum Physics and Schrodinger’s equation. So, Chemistry has become more about manipulation of molecules understanding their effects on a quantum level and so on and so forthP1: Hmm. So I am layman who thinks Physics and Chemistry are different. Can you give me an example of where they are being used together?Me: Sir, Semiconductors. We understand the behavior of the matter using the Physics, Quantum Physics etc. and choose between various elements depending on the properties of the two.P1 : You seem to be forcing physical and chemical properties against each other, aren’t you?Me : No. Physics is the understanding of the behavior of the matter while chemistry is the macroscopic manifestation of this behavior (I have no idea how I came up with this!)Episode 6: The one with the shot in the darkP1 and P2 look at each otherP1 : Hmm, okay. So can you give me an example of materials used in Semiconductors?Me : Silicon, Germaninum Arsenic.P1 : So any new elements or materials?Me : (Thinking) Some variant using Carbon, I can’t exactly recall. Graphene! (Phew!)P1 : Hmm, so can you tell me a semiconductor manufacturing company in India?Me : (Dafuq!) Texas Instruments?P1 : But don’t they have only an R&D lab in Bangalore?Me : (No idea if the manufacturing facility is there) I think it is thereP1 : A pilot facility of some sort?Me : Yes I think so (No clue!)P1 : What are the other manufacturing facilities of Texas Instruments?Me : Sir, the USP1 : What about Taiwan?Me : (Facepalm) Yes, yes Taiwan alsoEpisode 7: The one where you are on a TV Show in a TV ShowP1: So what is this Brain World Cup that you participated in? Is it something like the Olympics? I haven’t heard of it, it should be quite popular shouldn’t it?Me: Yes it is. Very popular in Japan, but not telecast worldwide. It is a quiz competition that is held inter varsity with participants from Harvard Oxford Stanford etc. It was actually televised before the Olympic games in Japan.Episode 8: The one with GravitasP1 : Hmm, so where did you do your internship?Me : Sir I was working on developing an equity portfolio allocator at Gravitas, as a risk analyst intern. Gravitas is a risk management and technological co sourcing firm.P1 : What was the goal of your internship?Me: My project leader asked me to develop a tool that was targeted at retail investors. So I had to make a tool that was cost effective. I used global data sources such as Yahoo instead of Bloomberg which is a paid data source. Using this I made a tool with a simple intuitive interface coded in VBA with Excel as a front end.P1 : Okay, so if you had to choose between hedge fund management and this economic policy outlined in the essay, what would you choose?Episode 9: The one with Strategic ImportanceMe : Sir, firstly I have an inclination towards strategy management consulting and I would like to work there and not a hedge fundP2 : (I guess I wasn’t clear enough) What does strategy management consulting have to do with this?Me: I was saying that I would choose strategy management consulting over the hedge fund and it would be a choice between this and the economic policy. I have got placed at Monitor Deloitte, which is a strategy management consulting firm.Episode 10: The one with the Masquerading Policy MakerP1: Okay, so elaborateMe : I think the environment is very important to us, and so is this policy. I have a few friends working on Energy policy making, so I have had discussions with them. The environment is something that will influence our lives (realizing that I am going too much on the environment thing). Parallely, the economy is also important to drive growth for the country. If we need to progress we need to push our facilities and drive growth for more prosperityP1 : Hmm, go onMe: Sir, I think we need to strike a balance between the two through good legislature and policies that are inclusive. (Back to my environment crap) I think when they say they are saving the earth and saving the world, I think it is more about saving humanity. We as a race are the most affected by environmental changes, and not the earth, which has been through great variations. For example, if we see Shanghai, life has become miserable because of the smog. We must progress along with taking care of how the environment is affected. This will only be possible with a strong policy that takes care of various parameters, sustainably.Episode 11: The one with the Improvized DefinitionP2: Okay, so you talked about Strategy Management Consulting. What is it?Me: Strategy Management Consulting is the process of providing advice to clients to improve efficiency or performance, taking into account various parameters that are important and defined by themP1 is looking through the startup’s magazine in the meanwhile. He looked quite interested!P2: Okay, so what is strategy in simple terms?Me: Sir, it is the path that you design and follow to reach a certain goalEpisode 12: The one with Einstein as a ConsultantP2: So what is the application of Engineering Physics to Strategy Management Consulting? You seem to be switching again here?Me: I actually I learnt a lot. I learnt how to communicate complex ideas in a simple manner. Can I show you an example on paper?P2: SureMe: Sir, so in General Theory of Relativity we understood how masses behave at high velocities in the presence of an acceleration or gravitational force. Writing the equation of tensors is quite complex. But this idea can be explained in a simpler manner using the space time fabric and that masses create curvatures in this space time fabric, just like balls on a table cloth. We can understand how light bends, or objects behave quite easily using this. A black hole is like a hole through the cloth, more massive objects create more curvatureP2: Hmm, okay (He nodded his head quite a lot during this)Episode 13: The one with Drive and MotivationP2: So in your form you write that you worked where you learnt team spirit and drive and motivation. Can they co exist? Aren’t they contrarian?Me: I think team spirit is the framework through which a group of individuals synergize and work to use the power of a multiplying force. Drive and motivation is on an individual level, where each individual is driven or motivated to succeed. A team which has team spirit running through it, along with very driven and motivated individuals in superb.Episode 14: The one with the elusive ToffeeP1 and P2 look at each other (Bakre ko jaane de?)P1: So, nice talking to you. Here, have a toffee.I grasp it say my thank youP1: How did you rate the interview?Me: I think it was goodP1 and P2 smile: Okay, you can leaveMe: Should I call the next person in?P1 : No it’s fine.Really nice interview. Left me with a great feeling. It was really nice talking to such learned and well aware people!Episode 15 : The FlashbackBoth gentlemen take my courses in Operations and Finance (and I do like the courses too, deja vu) on campus.Thanks for the A2A.

The IIM Ahmedabad Interview : Season 1It was a dream, and it still feels like one.CAT 2013 Aggregate 99.99 | Verbal: 100.00 | Quant: 99.44Profile: X ICSE 2008 (95.00) | XII Maharashtra Board HSC (Science) 2010 (84.7) | BTech Engineering Physics IIT Bombay 2014 (85.4) | Work-Ex:0Extra-curricular: National Business Plan Competition winner, Startup core team Member, Institute Literary Arts Secretary with Organisational Color, National Level Quiz winner, International Quiz participant, Case Competition national runner up.Venue: The Orchid, MumbaiDate : 10.02.2014PI:Panel Members: One young gentleman (P1) and another older gentleman (P2) . The young gentleman was on the left and I think he was an alumni of IIT Bombay (he knew about where the lake was etc.).Walk in, P2 is at the door and takes me inside. I take my seat, I was quite peaceful, had chit chatted with them a little bit before the PI. I was the first person of my panel (and I think the first person to be interviewed by IIM Ahmedabad)Episode 1: The one with PleasantriesP1 : So you seem to have run out of space for the essay on your teacher, do you want to add something else? It looks like you ran out of spaceMe : No, I just overshot a bit, I don’t have anything to add.P1 : Are you sure?Me : Yes.P1 rummaging through my file. I see he needs help.Me : Can I take out my certificates.P1 : Please do soI take out my certificate along with the magazine made by our startup, and give it to themEpisode 2 : The WAT SWOT analysisP2 : How do you think you did on them? Do you want to discuss something more, or should we move on?Me : No sir, I think I wrote decently well enoughP2 : Okay, so do you know anything about such problems (with reference to the case) in present day India?Me : No, I can’t think of any. But I am aware of this one. (Pause, so I continue). There was this issue concerning Vedanta (wasn’t there in the case) trying to get a captive bauxite mine.P2 : So where was this?Me : It was in Odisha, and the tribals opposed the move. It was given as a verbal confirmation by the government, and Vedanta invested a lot of money in it. But this issue cropped up and the tribals the MoEF opposed it, so it was disallowedEpisode 3: The one about Home 1.0 and 2.0P1 : Okay, so you’re from IIT Bombay, what is your favorite place?Me : Lakeside (Powai Lake) and Hillside (Sameer Hill)P1 : Which lake Powai or Vihar?Me : Powai LakeP1 : Why not Vihar? You’re in which hostel?Me: Hostel 4P1 : So isn’t there a road near Hostel 4 to Vihar Lake (Here is where I guessed he is an alum)Me: Yes, but it’s restricted nowP1 : Hmm, so where do you get potable water from in IIT?Me: There is pipeline that passes by my hostel, I am not sure if it carries potable water from ViharP1 : Hmm, so how does Mumbai get potable water? What are the other lakes?Me : I know of these two and Vasai Lake (which is tiny, couldn’t think of anything else)P1 : Okay, so you’re from Pune, where does Pune get its water from?Me : (Damn!) There is water carried by tankers from the Mulshi Dam areaP1 : So what about Khadakvasla?Me : (Using sense to come up with something which couldn’t be verified) My area gets it from Mulshi, the other area of the city gets it from Khadakvasla. (Which is sort of true)P1 : Okay, so you stay in Viman Nagar, what are the landmarks there?Me : Sir, there are a lot of hotels that have come up recently, it’s become like a hotel road. Malls, and the air force baseEpisode 4: The one with the CaseP1 : Okay, so you join IIM A and want to get in to hospitality, what are the parameters that you will use to judge a restaurant? (Placements case prep FTW!)Me : (using paper) Footfall (Was going to add more stuff)P1 : Okay, tell me about hotelsMe : Sir, occupancy in peak season and off season, the number of professional engagements like this one organized by IIM A (chuckle in the head)Episode 5: The one with Physics, Chemistry and a TVP2 : (Interrupts) Okay. So you talk about your chemistry teacher who had an impression on you. Why the change from Physics to Chemistry?Me : I did both Chemistry and Physics for JEEP2 : Right, right. But you chose Physics right, what was the reason?Me : Nowadays Physics has become the node of major understanding of a sciences. Even Chemistry has become more of Physics and more of Chemistry. I was seeing this interview with the Bharat Ratna CNR Rao on Walk the Talk with Shekhar Gupta. Shekhar Gupta enters this lab and says “where are the Bunsen burners?” and CNR Rao says that we now do more of Physics, Quantum Physics and Schrodinger’s equation. So, Chemistry has become more about manipulation of molecules understanding their effects on a quantum level and so on and so forthP1: Hmm. So I am layman who thinks Physics and Chemistry are different. Can you give me an example of where they are being used together?Me: Sir, Semiconductors. We understand the behavior of the matter using the Physics, Quantum Physics etc. and choose between various elements depending on the properties of the two.P1 : You seem to be forcing physical and chemical properties against each other, aren’t you?Me : No. Physics is the understanding of the behavior of the matter while chemistry is the macroscopic manifestation of this behavior (I have no idea how I came up with this!)Episode 6: The one with the shot in the darkP1 and P2 look at each otherP1 : Hmm, okay. So can you give me an example of materials used in Semiconductors?Me : Silicon, Germaninum Arsenic.P1 : So any new elements or materials?Me : (Thinking) Some variant using Carbon, I can’t exactly recall. Graphene! (Phew!)P1 : Hmm, so can you tell me a semiconductor manufacturing company in India?Me : (Dafuq!) Texas Instruments?P1 : But don’t they have only an R&D lab in Bangalore?Me : (No idea if the manufacturing facility is there) I think it is thereP1 : A pilot facility of some sort?Me : Yes I think so (No clue!)P1 : What are the other manufacturing facilities of Texas Instruments?Me : Sir, the USP1 : What about Taiwan?Me : (Facepalm) Yes, yes Taiwan alsoEpisode 7: The one where you are on a TV Show in a TV ShowP1: So what is this Brain World Cup that you participated in? Is it something like the Olympics? I haven’t heard of it, it should be quite popular shouldn’t it?Me: Yes it is. Very popular in Japan, but not telecast worldwide. It is a quiz competition that is held inter varsity with participants from Harvard Oxford Stanford etc. It was actually televised before the Olympic games in Japan.Episode 8: The one with GravitasP1 : Hmm, so where did you do your internship?Me : Sir I was working on developing an equity portfolio allocator at Gravitas, as a risk analyst intern. Gravitas is a risk management and technological co sourcing firm.P1 : What was the goal of your internship?Me: My project leader asked me to develop a tool that was targeted at retail investors. So I had to make a tool that was cost effective. I used global data sources such as Yahoo instead of Bloomberg which is a paid data source. Using this I made a tool with a simple intuitive interface coded in VBA with Excel as a front end.P1 : Okay, so if you had to choose between hedge fund management and this economic policy outlined in the essay, what would you choose?Episode 9: The one with Strategic ImportanceMe : Sir, firstly I have an inclination towards strategy management consulting and I would like to work there and not a hedge fundP2 : (I guess I wasn’t clear enough) What does strategy management consulting have to do with this?Me: I was saying that I would choose strategy management consulting over the hedge fund and it would be a choice between this and the economic policy. I have got placed at Monitor Deloitte, which is a strategy management consulting firm.Episode 10: The one with the Masquerading Policy MakerP1: Okay, so elaborateMe : I think the environment is very important to us, and so is this policy. I have a few friends working on Energy policy making, so I have had discussions with them. The environment is something that will influence our lives (realizing that I am going too much on the environment thing). Parallely, the economy is also important to drive growth for the country. If we need to progress we need to push our facilities and drive growth for more prosperityP1 : Hmm, go onMe: Sir, I think we need to strike a balance between the two through good legislature and policies that are inclusive. (Back to my environment crap) I think when they say they are saving the earth and saving the world, I think it is more about saving humanity. We as a race are the most affected by environmental changes, and not the earth, which has been through great variations. For example, if we see Shanghai, life has become miserable because of the smog. We must progress along with taking care of how the environment is affected. This will only be possible with a strong policy that takes care of various parameters, sustainably.Episode 11: The one with the Improvized DefinitionP2: Okay, so you talked about Strategy Management Consulting. What is it?Me: Strategy Management Consulting is the process of providing advice to clients to improve efficiency or performance, taking into account various parameters that are important and defined by themP1 is looking through the startup’s magazine in the meanwhile. He looked quite interested!P2: Okay, so what is strategy in simple terms?Me: Sir, it is the path that you design and follow to reach a certain goalEpisode 12: The one with Einstein as a ConsultantP2: So what is the application of Engineering Physics to Strategy Management Consulting? You seem to be switching again here?Me: I actually I learnt a lot. I learnt how to communicate complex ideas in a simple manner. Can I show you an example on paper?P2: SureMe: Sir, so in General Theory of Relativity we understood how masses behave at high velocities in the presence of an acceleration or gravitational force. Writing the equation of tensors is quite complex. But this idea can be explained in a simpler manner using the space time fabric and that masses create curvatures in this space time fabric, just like balls on a table cloth. We can understand how light bends, or objects behave quite easily using this. A black hole is like a hole through the cloth, more massive objects create more curvatureP2: Hmm, okay (He nodded his head quite a lot during this)Episode 13: The one with Drive and MotivationP2: So in your form you write that you worked where you learnt team spirit and drive and motivation. Can they co exist? Aren’t they contrarian?Me: I think team spirit is the framework through which a group of individuals synergize and work to use the power of a multiplying force. Drive and motivation is on an individual level, where each individual is driven or motivated to succeed. A team which has team spirit running through it, along with very driven and motivated individuals in superb.Episode 14: The one with the elusive ToffeeP1 and P2 look at each other (Bakre ko jaane de?)P1: So, nice talking to you. Here, have a toffee.I grasp it say my thank youP1: How did you rate the interview?Me: I think it was goodP1 and P2 smile: Okay, you can leaveMe: Should I call the next person in?P1 : No it’s fine.Really nice interview. Left me with a great feeling. It was really nice talking to such learned and well aware people!Episode 15 : The FlashbackBoth gentlemen take my courses in Operations and Finance (and I do like the courses too, deja vu) on campus.Thanks for the A2A.