From a very young age, I wanted to join the Forces and wanted to get into National Defence Academy(NDA)after my 12th std. Hence, I was admitted to Services Preparatory Institute, Aurangabad. There was a time when I was scared to move out of my city of Nagpur. However, in an attempt to achieve my dream, I had to move out of Nagpur to the city of Aurangabad and had to stay in military hostel.
For the first time in 15 years, I was staying away from my mother and family. As I didn’t have cell phone till my 10th Std, my father decided to buy me a new cell phone and I got my personal mobile number, provider being Idea Cellular as it had pretty fast internet speed and had network almost everywhere.
I had a very difficult time there initially, as I had to adjust with the schedule and studies.
Being a military school, we had to wake up at 5 am and had to undergo our physical training.
There was a drastic change in the level of study as I was habitual to the State Board pattern and suddenly after 10 years of schooling in State Board, I had to studyin CBSE now.
I realized that I had to be in Formal Wear now. So before shifting, my Father took me to an Allen Solly store so that I could be dressed good and be prepared for the new life. On a personal level, he also gave me his Van Huesen tie which I looked up to the most.
As time passed, with the support of my teachers, Imanaged to cope up with the physical activities as well as studies. Unfortunately, I was unable to go to NDA.However, I was able to crack AFCAT, 2 years later and Icleared the screening at my SSB interview allowing me to stay at the Air Force Selection Board for 5 days.Unfortunately, even at that time, I was unable to clear the Final round.
Looking forward to the commercial of “UltratechCement: The Engineer’s choice” that came in the year 2011, I was so influenced by the advertisemt which stated, “Not Just Structures, it Builds Dreams”, that I decided to take a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering.
I completed my BE and worked for two years and I wanted to accelerate my career growth. So, I decided to take up in MBA. I worked and studied hard for it and now I am in one of the best B-Schools in India where I am looking forward to make a name for myself and enter the corporate world on a good note.
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