Young Managers and their Expectations. Dinesh K Kapila , CGM (Retd) NABARD (Published by The Business Sandesh on 4th July 2026) The relationship between entry-level professionals and executive leadership within Indian organizations is undergoing a profound structural shift. As a rapidly expanding economy, India exhibits a unique workplace dynamic where traditional cultural values , ch aracterized by deep-rooted hierarchy, collectivism, and paternalism , exist alongside modern, agile, and technology-driven corporate philosophies. This structural convergence has generated significant dialogue within organizational development circles regarding the nature of the gap between young managers and top management. Is it a major operational reality that impact s institutional growth and competitiveness is moot . Perceptive observors do opine that the distinct generational cohorts do not posses...
The Insurgency in J&K - Recollecting with Col Raman Kapila by Dinesh K Kapila , CGM NABARD (Retd) (Updated Version Appeared in The Vayu Magazine of March 2026) - Thank you to The Editor ) What I describe here is what many young officers in infantry battalions and the Rashtriya Rifles would have undergone in the 1990s and 2000 to 2010 period and maybe 2015, the sheer depth of the insurgency and shrill propaganda. And the vicious cruelty often exhibited by the well trained radicalised terrorists. Most were trained in Pakistan. Raman is my first cousin, we are close. He joined the Army in the Infantry (Rajput Regiment) and when the terrorism cum insurgency arose in the early 1990s, he was in the thick of it with multiple stints in the Mountainous regions of the Jammu Region and in Kashmir. He had his fair share of successes and at times failures or rather what military m...