Podcasts Health #72: Losing My Father at 9, and Moving From India to US, My Immigrant Story: Srihas

#72: Losing My Father at 9, and Moving From India to US, My Immigrant Story: Srihas

Published: Aug. 30, 2021, 2:08 p.m.

Srihas is currently a Senior Consultant for Data & Analytics at Slalom Consulting. After finishing his undergrad in India, Srihas moved from India to the US to do a Masters at the University of Central Missouri.

In this interview, Srihas talks about:

- Losing his father to a heart attack at the age of 9

- Advice to someone who loses a parent at a young age

- Coming to America as a grad student

- Adjusting to America coming from India and his advice to others making a similar journey

- Data analytics field and what recommendations Srihas has for anyone interested in the field

- Business lessons from his journey so far

Srihas's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/srihas-sampath

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Time Stamps:

0:00 - 0:55 Intro to Srihas

0:55 - 3:59 Srihas’ childhood

3:59 - 8:45 Srihas talks about losing his father to a heart attack

8:45 - 9:15 Srihas talks about his advice to someone whose lost a parent

9:16 -11:48 Did Srihas look for male models elsewhere?

11:48 - 13:40 The effect of the whole school knowing his dad had passed

13:40 - 15:53 What could a friend do to support another friend whose lost a a parent

15:54 - 18:37 From a parental perspective, how should surviving spouse look at it?

18:38 - 21:59 How Often you think about your father years later?

22:00 - 28:55 How did coming to America come into Srihas’ mind

28:56 - 30:38 - What advice give to Indian students trying to come to America?

30:39 - 34:09 How do you approach whether to go back to India or stay in India?

34:10 - 39:21 VISA advice

39:22 -42:37 Transitioning culturally from India to US

42:38 - 48:49 Meeting his wife in grad school

48:50 - 53:01 How did you know your wife would be the one?

53:02 - 55:27 Talking about data analytics and advice on realizing it’s the right space for you

55:28 - 59:19 Talking about how he got into data analytics

59:20 - 1:01-44 Importance of SeqLL, Excel

1:01:45 -1:10:24 Business journey lessons