Amongst the people whose advice I hold in high regard, is an uncle of mine who motivated me to pursue MBA. I was extremely close to my mother ever since my childhood. She was a fierce and strong woman and an employee of the central government. She was by my side for every single decision that I made. Close to the end of 3rd year in college, my mother passed away. Even the day before she was admitted to the hospital, I went and picked her up from the office and everything seemed normal. It was only after her death did times become very tough. Losing the single most influential person in my life made me lose whatever hopes I had from my life.
My mother had always said that duty is the most important thing in life and we all must perform our own. Dreams aren’t something we can just give up on and it should be pursued no matter what. The transition of having my mother’s guiding hand at every step to her no longer being there was a very trying phase. My father advised me to sit for the GRE exam. I passed it with flying colours and even got a full scholarship for an MS-PhD. But the decision of not pursuing it was a huge decision in itself. The reason behind the decision rested on the fact that if I went abroad for studies, even for a few years, it would be very difficult to look after the affairs of my football club. Despite my mother’s absence, I let her words guide me and renewed my efforts at cracking CAT and getting through a good B-School, keeping the football dreams alive.
It is very important to dream and I am a true believer of this. I dream of elevating India’s rank in the world of football from the current 170 to around 30, to see India play the 2060 world cup. I also want to see members of my club representing India in the finals while I sit in the dug-out. I dream to build my club into a full-fledged football academy, where kids from the age of 8-9 can come and start training. It is the power of these dreams that don’t allow me to stray even when times were most trying. Kolkata is seeing some initiatives in the field of football and football clubs, more and more people working towards making football an organised sport in India. Even while pursuing his MBA, I scout for new opportunities and sponsors for my club.
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About the Author:
Debankur Chatterjee is a second year MBA student at T. A. Pai Management Institute, Manipal. A marketing major, he hails from Kolkata and is crazy about football. He completed his Chemical Engineering from Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata, before working for a brief period of time as a Junior Environmental Engineer at J. B. Enviro Consultants Pvt. Ltd. He was also a Project Lead in BrandScan – the annual market research event of TAPMI. He has faced the challenges that have come along his way bravely to become the founder and manager of United Kolkata Football Club.
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Comments
Rashmi Biswas
Great job Debankur da :)
19 Dec 2016, 11.14 PM
Siddhani Satya Sriram
Felt good after reading your story. Leading dreams into actions , actions into purpose, ....keep it up bhai
20 Dec 2016, 09.46 AM