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While most professionals rely on management mantras or past work experience to tackle everyday tasks, Sanjiv Goomer relies on reiki, a spiritual healing practice. ?My family and I are all reiki masters,” he says. ?It has changed our outlook to life and regular practice has made us very optimistic people who do not get affected easily. We have been practising reiki since 1998 and often help people who cannot afford expensive treatment.”
Goomer’s first brush with reiki was entirely coincidental. ?I am a trained astrologer. Once, a lady came to consult me while I was ill with spondolytis. She cured me through reiki and since then the problem has not recurred. That is when I became a believer,” Goomer remarks.
In fact, after retirement, Goomer plans to devote his entire time to practising reiki. That would be 10 years from now. Meanwhile, as director of Hughes Communications India Limited’s (HCIL) IT and IS functions, his responsibilities include mapping out the company’s business requirements, automating workflows and ac-counting, and ensuring that the company’s technical processes are ISO: 27001 certified.
To achieve this, he likes to “delegate responsibility, but keep a close check” on his team. Before starting a new project, I believe in strategising with the team, reaching a consensus and then assigning tasks.”?
Goomer’s career profile spans several industries. Prior to Hughes, he worked with the Caparo group of companies as director of its IT and purchase functions. He also worked with MothersonSumi Infotech & Design for a year and before that, with Maruti Udyog for over two decades.
Goomer’s childhood dream was to become a mathematician. ?I was greatly inspired by my maths teacher in school and by my grandfather. Thanks to my teacher, I wanted to become a mathematician and my grandfather taught me to work hard and settle for nothing but the best. I guess fate had other plans for me and I became a mechanical engineer instead. A part of me still wishes to be a mathematician though,” he admits.
According to him, the toughest challenge today is the optimisation of resources, especially in the face of budget crunches. The other important challenge is to keep pace with the constantly evolving technologies. ?Technology changes every day, so prolonging the life of the technology without affecting operations growth is the challenge,” he says.
At the end of the day, Goomer likes to unwind by reading all kinds of books “from fiction to comics”. He also enjoys spending time with his family, and practising reiki, of course.
