For the love of Blockchain! Srinivas Mahankali on continually stepping outside his comfort zone and mastering Blockchain

In this episode of the Perseverance Overrated show, Deepthi Rajan chats with Srinivas Mahankali, one of the foremost authorities on Blockchain in India and the Principal Consultant - Blockchain at NISG, about his journey so far.

Srini talks about his many roles, from being a Sales and Marketing Manager, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Strategy Officer, Chief Information Officer to heading the Blockchain CoE.

Srinivas is now leading the Blockchain efforts at the National Institute for Smart Government (NISG).

Srini has also donned the entrepreneurial hat.

Besides managing his professional responsibilities, Srini has also authored two books. His book, “Blockchain - The Untold Story” has got highly positive reviews on Amazon – check it out if you are interested to know more about Blockchain. His book, in fact, is the first book in the world to be translated into Chinese using AI bots in 30 seconds.

Now Srini has a ton of insight to share not just on his blockchain journey so far, but also about overcoming many personal and professional obstacles as he consciously kept taking up new challenges.

Srini is an alum of IIT Madras and IIM Bangalore

Key Points From The Episode

Srini elaborates about newest role, working at the intersection of public and private sector collaboration to promote emerging technologies such as Blockchain, IoT and AI. [00:03:49]

Interesting Blockchain use cases that are will be experienced by India's citizenry in the near future. [00:05:15]

The most pressing challenges when it comes hiring in, building awareness on and educating about Blockchain. [00:06:56]

Skills for mid- and senior-level managers keen to work in Blockchain. [00:09:36]

Srini shares his experience transitioning to Blockchain after more than a decade working in various other roles, unrelated to Blockchain. [00:12:38]

Speaking from experience on being an entrepreneur and pitfalls that entrepreneurs should watch out for. [00:17:01]

Srini shares a bleak, dark time in his life when he felt broken by circumstances and how he emerged from that phase, reinventing himself in the process. [00:22:07]

Srini on how he took his fascination for Blockchain to the next level, facing setbacks and eventually finding success [00:24:18]

Key takeaways from Srini's latest book, "Blockchain - The Untold Story. [00:27:30]

Links Mentioned In The Episode

Perseverance Overrated - https://www.perseveranceoverrated.com/

Amity University Post Graduate Program in Blockchain - http://bit.ly/2P7FzSH

Simon Sinek's book Start With Why - https://amzn.to/2E04JMA

Srini's book Blockchain - The Untold Story - https://amzn.to/2qCOpOR

How Srini's 300 page book was translated into Chinese in 30 secs - http://bit.ly/2P60CoF

Stanford Ignite Program - http://bit.ly/2LGsKfR