E12 - Career growth is not always upwards, with Bhuvan Unhelkar, Professor of IT, Author & Consultant

I will have no regret in life if I fall dead right now...

It was 2012 and I had just acquired my Personal Trainer certification.
I needed someone as a guinea pig to hone up my newly learned skills.

That's when Dr. Bhuvan Unhelkar trusted me and took the risk.😄

We were friends for a couple of years by now.

We started to meet at 5 am every morning in the field to jog and perform a series of exercises.

During one of those huffing and puffing moments, 
I vividly recall Bhuvan saying 
"you know what Ehsan, I will have no regret in life if I fall dead right now...."

Seriously? 
I had not known anybody who could say that. 
I still don't know anybody other than him.

Coming to the topic, 
Bhuvan has had an incredible professional life as well.

He started just like most IT professionals way back in 1982 
The last IT job he had was that of the Product Development Manager at Dow Jones in Sydney.

Today he is a professor of Information Technology in Florida, USA. 

He is a thought leader and a prolific author with 24 books in his name. 

He is the founder of 2 companies.

He is an engaging keynote speaker and trainer.

Currently, his areas of focus are Big Data, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence, and more...
[I am afraid I can't contain his all interests in one sentence]

He ran his first full marathon at the age of 61 this year 

In this episode of the EmpoweringIndianExpats podcast, he talks about
- Value of education
- Career growth strategies - it's not always vertical upward, horizontal growth could be equally rewarding
- Current industry trends
- Learnings from his journey
- Power of Community and Volunteering
- Mindfulness and power of living in the moment
- Importance of doing nothing in this modern busy lifestyle 
- Mentorship
- People and books that influenced his thoughts and decisions 
- Beautiful discovery of zero - no starting point 

It surprises me to this day how he is so productive and still finds time for friends.

I am honored and privileged to bring his wisdom out to the world.
Listen to the whole conversation ...

Get Inspired | Learnt a thing or two | Do Something great 
It's only one life and more than 90% of us is still unused potential😞

Dr. Bhuvan Unhelkar's coordinates 
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/unhelkar/
Email - Bhuvan.unhelkar@gmail.com 
Personal website - http://www.unhelkar.com/

Books mentioned by him 
Games people play by Eric Berne 
Freedom from the Known by Jiddu Krishnamurti 
A search in  secret India by Paul Brunton 
India my love: Fragments of a golden past by Osho
Illusions: The adventures of a reluctant messiah by Richard Bach 

People/ Mentors mentioned by him 
Prof. Anurag Agarwal
Dr. SD Pradhan 
Brian Henderson-Sellers

Communities mentioned by him 
Australian Computer Society - https://www.acs.org.au/
Australian institute of business analyst - https://australia.iiba.org/
Rotary International - https://www.rotary.org/en
IEEE Society - https://www.ieee.org/
Computer Society of India - http://csi-india.org.in/

Host Ehsan’s coordinates: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alimohammadehsan/