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Life for village folks are full of miseries and it is hardly likely that they can fulfill their ambitions in life. Born in a remote village of mid-eastern Nepal, my childhood was spent grazing cattle, ploughing field, fetching water from one Km down the stream, assisting my priest father in his daily activities…but I was a regular school go-er with a determination ‘to do something big in life’.
School was around 7 Km away from my home. Two hours would go waste in going to and returning from school on foot. I had hardly few hours left for study at home. So, I decided to utilize relatively calm night hours for study burning kerosene lamp(as our village had no electricity connection). Access to computer, newspaper was a complete no-no. My hard work finally proved fruitful when I passed school leaving certificate examination with distinction in 1992.
Now it was time to move to city-Kathmandu for further study. I somehow managed to accommodate with my brother’s one-room-bachelor-accommodation. My parent’s inability to finance my study and lack of any other support almost forced me to drop from college.
Luckily I was selected for TCS Colombo Plan Scholarship from the Govt. of India for my undergraduate study in engineering in Delhi. Still it was Herculean task to manage funds for travel, adjustment prior to actually getting scholarship money from the concerned authority. Despite all such difficulties, I completed the course with distinction in 1997. I became one of the first few engineers from my village.
Now my life’s platform got changed into industrial establishments from high-land-cattle-grazing-fields in Nepal and my duties too got changed into what resource-deprived-village folks of my village can’t imagine of…working in the state-of-the-art facilities of high-caliber Indian organizations was a real fun. Really, it gives immense satisfaction to see what I am able to do today in comparison to what I used to do a decade ago.
Since last eight years, this shepherd-turned-engineer has been into auto-ancillary business providing high quality products and services to high-profile/world leader OEMs of India, thereby providing employment to more than five dozens people.
To be true, when I compare myself with my contemporaries, I find myself in a better position. But if you think this fellow must be satisfied with his career, you are wrong. This, I think, is just a beginning. Recently I’ve armed myself with MBA, albeit from DLP. Now there’s another inning for me to play in life…this time for my motherland…for my village-folks and for those resource-strived-shepherds who dream big…Only time will tell if this inning also is going to be fruitful… I take this opportunity to invite from amongst you all, suitable 'Techno-financial partner' to get ahead in this venture of mine.
School was around 7 Km away from my home. Two hours would go waste in going to and returning from school on foot. I had hardly few hours left for study at home. So, I decided to utilize relatively calm night hours for study burning kerosene lamp(as our village had no electricity connection). Access to computer, newspaper was a complete no-no. My hard work finally proved fruitful when I passed school leaving certificate examination with distinction in 1992.
Now it was time to move to city-Kathmandu for further study. I somehow managed to accommodate with my brother’s one-room-bachelor-accommodation. My parent’s inability to finance my study and lack of any other support almost forced me to drop from college.
Luckily I was selected for TCS Colombo Plan Scholarship from the Govt. of India for my undergraduate study in engineering in Delhi. Still it was Herculean task to manage funds for travel, adjustment prior to actually getting scholarship money from the concerned authority. Despite all such difficulties, I completed the course with distinction in 1997. I became one of the first few engineers from my village.
Now my life’s platform got changed into industrial establishments from high-land-cattle-grazing-fields in Nepal and my duties too got changed into what resource-deprived-village folks of my village can’t imagine of…working in the state-of-the-art facilities of high-caliber Indian organizations was a real fun. Really, it gives immense satisfaction to see what I am able to do today in comparison to what I used to do a decade ago.
Since last eight years, this shepherd-turned-engineer has been into auto-ancillary business providing high quality products and services to high-profile/world leader OEMs of India, thereby providing employment to more than five dozens people.
To be true, when I compare myself with my contemporaries, I find myself in a better position. But if you think this fellow must be satisfied with his career, you are wrong. This, I think, is just a beginning. Recently I’ve armed myself with MBA, albeit from DLP. Now there’s another inning for me to play in life…this time for my motherland…for my village-folks and for those resource-strived-shepherds who dream big…Only time will tell if this inning also is going to be fruitful… I take this opportunity to invite from amongst you all, suitable 'Techno-financial partner' to get ahead in this venture of mine.
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