The Millennial Mantra: Akhil Sai Konda

Q: How did your school/college prepare you for your career?
A: Monthly presentations and meetings with advisor helped in improving my confidence and the designing courses helped me a lot during my internship at Tesla Motors.

Q: One chemical compound whose formula you know by-heart?
A: Chemical formula of Chitosan, which is C56H103N9O39. I am developing films with it as part of my thesis.

Q: Where do you see yourself in five years?
A: In the next five years, I see myself managing a packaging team, having a few patents under my name.

Q: In your opinion, what’s the best film about print you have ever seen?
A: Special 26. It’s not about printing, but it tells us how powerful printing can be.

Q: Describe your dream visit to a factory?
A: Few years ago, I saw Frito-Lay’s factory in a show called How it’s Made, and I really want to visit that factory, see, smell and taste freshly fried chips.

Q: What would be your dream job?
A: In the USA, there are packaging roles in the military. My dream job is to work for the packaging team in Indian military if any.

Q: What’s the most interesting thing you’ve read or seen recently?
A: The Irishman, where three great actors - Joe Pesci, Al Pacino and Robert De Niro came back together after a long time to make an American mafia movie, refreshing the memories.

Q: If you could time travel, where would you go and why?
A: I would like to go to the time when my parents were kids, see how different their life was from ours and how much it changed within these years.