Introduction

Interviewee’s Background
Name: Aman Kushwaha
Current Organization and Designation: President (Commercial)–Sintex Industries
Contact Details – Mobile :9998974095
Email: amankushwaha@rediffmail.com
Age and Experience profile: 48 years
Presently he is working in Sintex Industries as
President
(Commercial). He as an experience of more than 25
years in
Consulting, textile industry and cement industry.
I chose Mr. Aman Kushwaha for the interview because of his 25 years of experience
in the industry and also vast knowledge about the same. Pre
`sentry he is successfully heading a team of over 130 employees under his
department (commercial-textile) in his organisation. As per my point of view he is a
great leader who motivates his teams and also supports them to achieve the
organisational goals.

Transcript
1) We live in a global world in which we interact with people from different
nationalities and cultures.
a) What have been your experiences of interacting with foreign cultures?
- It is always exciting to interact with unknown people belongs to foreign
culture.
- It gives an opportunity to us to learn about their culture, as well as their
opinion about ours.
- Its challenging to understanding essence and soul from their
communication, being belonging altogether to a different culture and
society.
- Same challenge facing while trying to convey our points to them.
b) How did your experiences lead to forming your ideas on what makes
Indian culture unique and different?
- As an Indian, being learned from the childhood, that, KOS KOS PE PANI
BADLE, KOS KOS PE VAANI. So, as such, we are already prepared to face
the challenge that world there outside is of-course difference than that of
within your boundaries.
 - Ours is a mix culture, where, our traditions and practices are being followed
in one or the other form in almost every part of India.
- What we practices are one or the other way are linked with the beliefs that
the same are being monitored by our Gods, and are ultimate course of our
Karma.
- We may have different opinion on different points, but, still enjoy to follow
the culture inculcate to us by our elders.
- Even we enjoys to celebrate cross culture and adapts them very
comfortably.
c) How have these Indian cultural ideas impacted your professional life?
- It helped in ethical earning.
- It helped to worship the work.
- It helped to align comfortably with the colleagues and peers of within
department, as well as in cross function.
- It helped in developing team spirit.
- It helped to be prepared for the known / unknown challenges and vast
variances .
2) Please rate on a scale of 1 to 10 (low to high) the following ideas on uniquely
Indian cultural ideas in terms of how they resonate with you personally
Ideas that recur in Indian Culture and 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Spirituality
Unity in Diversity: There is One Essence x
behind the diversity of humanity
Divine in everyone: This One Essence is a x
divine presence within every human being
Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam in Sanskrit which x
means that the whole world is my family
Nishkam Karma in Sanskrit which means: x
To act in an unselfish manner guided by
one’s svadharma by renouncing one’s ego
and the fruits of action leads to perfection in
action and liberation
India as the spiritual Guru of the World x
a) Why did you give the ratings above? Have we missed any ideas? If yes
which ones?
- Because we keep Karma on the top. We all know that we reap what we sow.
- We should always keep our ego aside while doing anything.

- Whole world is our family we learn new things from diverse culture within as
well as outside India. World teaches us new things throughout our lives.

- Many cultures are headed by Indian gurus throughout the world. Like
Buddhism which teaches peace and harmony and it is followed by lot many
countries like China, South east Asia, Sri Lanka etc.
 b) Could you please give examples from your organizational experience on
how these ideas have influenced you and your organization?
- Helped to hire different cultured people from different fields.
- To consider everyone a human being.
- Being spending most of the time at workplace, considering team as an
extended family.
- Supported to develop thought process to take care grooming individuals to
achieve corporate goals, considering individual goals.
- Every professional act is believed to be somewhat being monitored by the
God individually believes on.
3) Please rate on a scale of 1 to 10 (low to high) the following Leadership traits
which spring from Indian culture in terms of how they resonate with you
personally
Traits that recur in Indian Culture & 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Spirituality
Traits of Visionary Leadership: A visionary x
leader has a selfless Aspiration and the
Courage to face all fears. The leader directs to
ensure Progress with Receptivity (while being
open and receptive)
Traits of Servant Leadership: A servant x
Leader has the Perseverance to go to the end
with Gratitude, Humility and Sincerity
Traits of Wisdom Leadership: A wise Leader x
has a focus on an attitude of Peace and
calmness which comes from Equanimity in all
circumstances and an innate Generosity,
Goodness and large-heartedness
a) Why did you give the ratings above? Have we missed any ideas? If yes
which ones?
- Believing to have these qualities in a leader, to become a leader.
- Visionary leader lead from front they motivate there teams. For example,
we can take Mr. Narendra Modi who always leads from the front and he
ensures the progress of his team/people with deceptiveness.
- Wisdom leaders are mostly found not in political setup but in industrial as
well as manufacturing field they wisely work in a tough situation and try to
workout and get things done with calmness in order to target there focus on
the goals to be achieved and in turn motivate there team so that the team
does not panic during any situation.
b) Could you please give examples from your organizational experience on
how these Leadership traits have influenced you and your organization?
- My CEO Sir Mr. BB Sharma can be a great example for a visionary leader
who always leads from front.
 - No goal is simple or easy to achieve. You have to have courage to face the
challenges and hurdles, to influence your team, to align with your goals,
ultimately of professional goal, and to taste the success, ultimately.
- Being humble while on high, and calm while on low, which helps to
concentrate to make path to overcome from the hurdles, as an individual as
well as team, to achieve the ultimate goals.
- Accepting that every member is equally important, with their active
participation, to execute the job, individually, which ultimately add ups to
achieve team goals.
- These skills support to define SOPs to work within the defined Dos and
Don’ts, to the best utilization of the systems and infrastructure, and in
identifying capabilities of individuals in the team, and, as a whole, to get the
optimum consolidated outputs to achieve the corporate goals.

Validation
The interview taken by me was validated by my friend Abhinav. He heard the audio
and also read the transcript. He also agreed that it is very exciting to interact with
foreign culture as we get learn new things about different cultures.
Even he believes that Karma is a real thing. The law of Karma states that for every
action there is a corresponding reaction and even Newton’s 3rd law of motion says
something similar that for every action there exists an equal and opposite reaction.

Comparison
The interview taken by me was of Mr. Aman Kushwaha who works as a President in
Sintex Industry which is a textile manufacturing company whereas my friend
interviewed Mr. Ranjit Singh Rana who is a Commanding Officer in Indo-Tibetan
Border Police .The first difference that we can see is that of the work environment as
both of them work in different sector that is one works in the textile industry and on the
other hand the other works in Armed forces.
As both of them head their teams in their organisation both of them feel that its very
important to keep the subordinates/team members motivated always for the smooth
working of the organisation.
Both the leaders feel that Karma plays a really very important role in one’s life.
Because what we do is what we get in return always and that is the reason why we
are always told to do good to others.
Interacting with the foreign culture is always exciting as we get to learn new things
which may help us in future both personally as well as professionally.
Analysis
After hearing both of these interviews and reading the transcripts we can say that most
of the answers and their thought about cultural diversity and its effects on leadership
skills were similar. Indian culture has helped both of them in their careers. They both
have used unique Indian cultural skills which have helped them throughout their
professional life. They also feel that all the 3 different types of leaders namely Visionary
leader, Wisdom Leader and Servant leader work differs and uniquely. All 3 of them
are important for an organization.

Conclusion
In the end we would like to conclude that even though both the leaders are from
different fields but still the leadership qualities in them remains similar to each other.
They both consider cultural difference important for their organization and believe that
it will help in growth of their organization.

Reflection
It is very evident from these 2 interviews that cultural diversity is very important for the
growth of any organization still we can see that people are discriminated. We should
always respect others culture and also try to accept it. The practice of favoritism still
exists in work places which is not at all acceptable. A great leader is the one who treats
everyone equally and motivate, supports his coworkers/team.