Building Families #IIM TRICHY

Challenges 

At the age of ten years, I realized that being born in a backward family I have some sense of responsibility in helping my community. Given the chance of being educated to make the most out of it, I persuaded my father to admit me into a boarding school. I believed that I needed to take myself away from the traditional social norms that my family was attached to. In the beginning, it was really difficult for me to adapt to the culture of a convent boarding school. I also had trouble communicating with people as my English was weak and I spoke with a lisp. I had a wonderful transformation during the time in my boarding school. However tough and independent I had become, I had little awareness about the outside world. I had no direction towards my career and my father had little or no knowledge of it. With the ongoing trends, I started with preparing for engineering entrance exams in Kota. The honest truth about Kota was education had become business and I wasn’t able to cope up with the practice of self-study. I had always relied on good teachers to help me study and understand. Having realized that the need to help people develop from the community I formed a long term goal which is to get into civil services. Getting into a B-school would be a great opportunity to develop myself and learn about administration. Therefore, I started to prepare for its entrance exams. During the tenure of my preparation, my elder sister passed away. This came as a shock to me and my family. It was a hard time where I had to make a balance between my preparation for the exam as well as supporting my family. Having said that I successfully got into a B-school and look forward to achieving the ultimate goal.