true professional versus professionally qualified

I recently came across this interview on the flipkart blog. An interview with Mr. Subroto Bagchi, where he puts across what he thinks is the difference between a true professional and being professionally qualified.

A highlight of the interview that I found quite interesting is given below. 

http://blog.flipkart.com/interview-subroto-bagchi-the-professional-mindtree-go-kiss-the-world

In The Professional - you highlight the difference between the true professional versus one who is professionally qualified, what exactly is the difference?
The fundamental difference is that professional qualification and professional experience can make you very competent. Let’s say you are a first rate nephrologist and you do a surgical procedure brilliantly, but you know what? You’re in the kidney racket. So, are you professionally qualified? Of course, you are. Are you being a professional? No, you’re not. The book deals with a situation where Supreme Court lawyers in the  ‘BMW Case’, a famous hit and run case in Delhi, were involved. Where the prosecution lawyer and  defense lawyers colluded. The matter went all the way to the Supreme Court of India and these lawyers, who were representing opposite sides and colluding, were crossing the basic ethical boundary which is taught as Legal 101. If I’m a prosecution lawyer, I can’t be colluding with a defense lawyer. If I’m a defense lawyer, I can’t be doing something which is against the interest of my client. These are people who have represented Prime Ministers of the country. Were they professionally qualified? Absolutely stellar professional qualifications! But were they being professional?

 

 

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