Just Say Yes: The Cost-Benefit Analysis of Listening to the Voice Within

by Sanjiv Goyal featuring DC Agarwal

In this article you will learn about:

• Staying flexible
• Accountability
• Skills for long-term success
• How to adapt to a changing job market
• Experiential learning
• The importance of giving back
• The Gandhi Award
• Following your instincts

Happenstance

DC Agarwal is a somewhat mysterious figure. Only his college buddies from IIT Bombay know what the DC stands for. Now in “retirement” after a long and successful career in the transit industry, he is not in the role of President of the IIT Bombay Heritage Foundation.

There is much more to DC Agarwal than meets the eye. As a child he met Queen Elizabeth; in college he found himself running the mess hall and growing a side-hustle, and after college he became an activist marching on the streets of Washington D.C. How did he get to New Jersey? His story will surprise you.

Agarwal positioned himself to work in India as an engineer, but life had other plans for him. Though he isn’t an entrepreneur, he was able to use an entrepreneurial mindset and the engineering skills he picked up at IIT to become a success in the transportation industry.