Researching the gap
Exploring the Identity–Action Gap: why self-understanding and meaningful action don't always move together. An evolving independent research framework, not a validated theory.
An independent alumnus reflection · Mumbai · Class of 2021
JBIMS
& beyond.
What happens when a management education becomes less about managing organisations—and more about understanding the humans inside them?
EXPLORE THE STORY ↓01 / THE BEGINNING
A school of management.
A lifelong question.
I studied Human Resource Development at the Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS), Mumbai, graduating in 2021.
My interest in management was always inseparable from an interest in psychology: why people behave as they do, what makes institutions humane, and why knowing the right thing doesn't always lead to doing it.
The classroom was one chapter. The more interesting questions followed me into workplaces, a family-run retail business, independent research, and creative experiments.
An institution can give you a vocabulary. What you do with it is a longer story.
This page is a personal account of that longer story—not a statement on behalf of JBIMS, its faculty, or its alumni community.
02 / PUTTING IDEAS TO WORK
Beyond the classroom.
The shop floor as a lens
Family retail in Mehrauli offers a different vantage point on trust, informal institutions, negotiation, incentives, and human relationships.
Writing, craft, technology
Essays, small digital projects, and perfumery experiments extend the same curiosity into public-facing creative work.
03 / SELECTED PUBLICATION
A case study.
A phoenix.
One thread from the management-school years appears in a co-authored business case on BookMyShow, included in Case Studies in Business Management: Indian Perspective.
The title is a coincidence worth smiling at: years later, the phoenix remains a personal metaphor for rebuilding and renewal.
Will the Phoenix Rise Once Again? — BookMyShow Case
Co-authored by Dr. Ashish Ambasta, Sahil Tayal and Dr. Prashant Salwan. Listed in Case Studies in Business Management: Indian Perspective.
View the book listing ↗04 / WHAT REMAINS
The credential matters.
So does the curiosity.
JBIMS is part of my education and my story. It is not the whole story, nor does every subsequent project need to be attributed to the institute.
My ongoing interest is simple to describe, even if difficult to practise: how might we build environments where people can develop their capacities, exercise agency, and live more fully?
Sometimes that question belongs in an academic paper. Sometimes it belongs behind a shop counter. Sometimes it becomes a website or a bottle of perfume.
The work continues.
STILL BECOMING
Education doesn't end at graduation.
A personal record of learning, questioning, building, and occasionally starting again.
Explore my main site ↗The Phoenix Project ↗