Guatemala brought me the adventure and excitement I was looking for in my career and life. I joined Genpact in 2003, was handling 800-1,000-people team, mostly based out of Hyderabad. So last year, when the opportunity in Guatemala opened up I was excited. It was like setting up a new business from scratch in a country that I didn’t know anything about. It sounded like a great adventure. The only hitch — if my wife would buy in without compromising too much. Thankfully, things fell in place.
(This story appears in the 28 August, 2009 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)
Good informative article by Mr. Bhat. He has brought out in vivid deail about this small and beautiful country. Having visited more than 25 countries for the pure thrill of globe trotting, Guatemala is on my radar screen...thanks to this article. One correction however...all the google search reveals that Indians still do need a visa to visit Guatemala...there is no mention of a visa on arrival in all these searches...
on Jul 23, 2010Mr Nitin Bhat is to be appreciated.. To go to unknown countries and to to do business in particular requires a lot of sociable nature, communicative skills.The mental horizon widens a lot. I worked in a place called Karimgunj in Assam which is the border of Bangladesh..as a Bank Manger of a public sector bank. For some time I faced the language difficulty because there people colloquial Bengali. Even Muslims there can not speak Urdu or Hindi. Many educated people are also not good with the <br /> communication in English. But after sometime I found that the place is comfortable. I got good name as Branch Manager and am happy when even illiterate customers wanted me to stay there for more time when they came to know about my transfer back to Andhra Pradesh.<br /> Mere studies and grades are not sufficient, youth must be adventurous to go to new places and conquer unknown and unexplored fields. In those days we had no opportunities. Now they are in abundance. Mr Nitin Bhat should be thanked for enlightening us with information on relatively an unknown place and its culture.
on Aug 20, 2009