> He has PhD. He was not naive about what the company "wanted" from him when he joined.

Those two thoughts do not follow. Being academically accomplished has nothing to do with one’s naivety or general and social intelligence. In fact it isn’t rare for those people to especially suck at it.

I’m not saying that’s not what Mrinank did (I have no idea, I don’t know them), but having a PhD does not prove it one way or the other.