No dream is too big! #IIMTrichy
NAME: Jitesh Sivakumar Nair
One of the biggest challenges I have faced in my life is when I took the decision to resign from my previous company to engage myself fully in a startup of my own. I wanted to create an E-commerce platform for the sales of apparels. I do not know when I started dreaming about this. I didn't have any previous experience either in the apparel industry or the E-commerce industry. All I had was the trust in myself, in my capabilities. After a year of struggles and indefinite wanderings, I realized I was failing miserably. I was left in no man's land. I didn't know what to do and how to proceed. To put it simply, I was doomed. There were people who laughed at the time when I quit my previous job. I gave them yet another chance to laugh. But like a wise man once said, whatever doesn't kill you, makes you stronger. I learned a lesson from my experience. I learned the importance of education and got to know how much education in the field of management would have made my path easier. When the CAT results were out, it was life, giving me a second chance to prove myself that I'm not done yet. I got admission in one of the best management institutes in the country, IIM-Trichy. I have not fulfilled my dreams yet. I have just begun my journey. When I look back one thing life taught me is that there is nothing that matches the combination of education and experience. Life always gives a second chance to the people who are not ready to give up. I won't give up. And I will achieve my dream. If not today, someday.