by Rajan Singh | Sep 5, 2023 | LinkedIn Posts
A few years ago, at an organic food show in Trivandrum, a girl at the entry counter stopped me. And with the zeal of a convert, she shoved a pamphlet in my face, and started lambasting how evil genetically modified (GM) food was. I am not for or against GM food but to...
by Rajan Singh | Sep 4, 2023 | LinkedIn Posts
In a finance class at Wharton, I realized the root cause of the 2008 financial meltdown — complexity. And if we are not careful, for the same reason, many will get hurt in the current crypto craze. In the abovementioned class, the professor explained loan...
by Rajan Singh | Sep 1, 2023 | LinkedIn Posts
In my first year at IIT, we had a race — no, not the rat race, but a literal one. We had to pick a humanities course, which was assigned ‘first come, first served.’ Prof Amit Ray’s course on arts/design was the most popular — he gave ‘A’ grades quite...
by Rajan Singh | Aug 31, 2023 | LinkedIn Posts
When I left McKinsey to join private equity in India, I was extremely nervous. I knew nothing about investing. All I had learned at b-school and at McKinsey was the theoretical stuff. And now I would have to rub shoulders with the ‘pros.’ Since these people were...
by Rajan Singh | Aug 30, 2023 | LinkedIn Posts
Many years ago, during a social event, an IPS officer known for obsessive drinking claimed that while serving in the Border Security Force, he had liquor in the deserts of Rajasthan, under the night sky. And that according to him, was the most enjoyable experience man...
