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Dr Ganesh Natarajan is the chairman and co-founder of 5F World, GTT Data and Lighthouse Communities. He chairs the board at Honeywell Automation India and has been a successful business and social entrepreneur for over 30 years.
Dr Natarajan had two stellar CEO tenures over 25 years, taking APTECH and Zensar Technologies to global prominence.
He is a distinguished alumnus and gold medallist from BIT-Ranchi and IIM-Mumbai and a distinguished alumnus of IIT-Bombay.
Dr Natarajan has authored 14 books and served as chairman of NASSCOM and the Harvard Business School Club of India.
Two cases about his work at Zensar have been taught at Harvard Business School.... more
Asked by Anonymous - May 31, 2025
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Dear Dr. Natarajan, I am a software engineer working at a mid-sized IT services company in Bengaluru. I graduated two years ago and have been primarily working on legacy systems, maintaining existing codebases. While I've learned a lot about debugging and understanding complex systems, I feel my skills might be becoming outdated. I'm keen to move into cutting-edge areas like Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, but I'm unsure how to bridge this gap. The job market here is highly competitive, and most AI/ML roles seem to require significant project experience or advanced degrees, which I don't have. I'm thinking about pursuing a Master's degree, but I'm also worried about the financial burden and the time commitment. My main concern is, how can someone like me, with a solid foundational engineering background but limited exposure to advanced technologies, effectively reskill or upskill to leverage the immense opportunities in AI? What specific learning paths, online courses, or personal projects would you recommend to make myself attractive to companies hiring for AI roles, without necessarily going back to university full-time? I want to ensure my career growth aligns with future industry demands.

Ans: You dont have to do a Masters to acquire Skills. Coursera Skillsoft and even the Government's Future Skills Prime can give you good learning options.
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