I will miss COEP a lot

21 June – is my joining date of IIM indore. I have to report to institute latest by evening of 20 june – which is my birthday. So on my birthday of this year I will be on land of dreams – biggest ever gift for me. I will leave Pune on 19 June afternoon. I will miss Pune a lot- it is a place where I spent six years of my life which was period of zeal of youth. This period shaped my life completely here. I am really gonna miss this place so much. When word Pune comes, for me it is bounded with tag COEP – College of Engineering, Pune-5. I will not say I left COEP after completion of degree in 2008, because I had spent most of time in COEP hostel, even after degree completion. So, in reality I am leaving COEP now.

I still remember first day of joining COEP. It was rainy day. I am looking myself in front of main building of COEP – 17 years aged, completely naïve, immature boy I was, didn’t know what life actually means, what engineering signify. But COEP is alchemist who made me what I am. When I came to Pune, I didn’t know about IIT, IIM,Wharton, Harvard, it’s only COEP who told me about it. The friend circle I got here is not best in world but it is better than best in a complete galaxy. I memorize the moments I laughed, I cried, I failed, I succeed, I agonized. I remember my foolishness about fighting with friends, infatuation, bunking lectures, drinking like fish after 3rd year. All these are the moments which I will never forget in my life. Mess food was most excellent meal in the regions I visited. The parties we did with contribution of Rs. 100 each were most remarkable revelry in my life. Goa tours are also considerable elements of my souvenir. The amazing time I spent in Mashal Dance, Traditional day, gathering was outstanding for me. My placement – late in our batch & most grand party in hostel witness my golden days. COEP gym is also one where I spend on average one hour in a day. The hostel where I spent more time than in classes (in both day & night), no one can erase from my memory. Living with illegal roommates & drinking late night was thrilling experience for me. For me, the ground in front of G block where according to me I played at my best as spinner is better than any international stadium. I find myself walking through staircase of block, gossiping for hours with friends in front of I-block. I locate myself in front of food stall, juice centre outside hostel, with wandering eyes, ogling at birds. I remember my tearful eyes when I removed my luggage from hostel. I think my soul is still in corridors of hostel.

May be I am not best technocrat with bursting technical knowledge but what COEP made of mine is my approach. COEP made me to dream bigger. COEP made me to believe in myself. In extra curricular, I participated in only Mashal dance. I didn’t have more participation in other extra curricular activities & I feel very regretful for that. The period come in life when we get stalled, we find everything is saturated, bounded – for me that period was in COEP. I don’t want to articulate reasons behind that, but I want to state “Person learns from his mistakes rather than from success” & same was applied for me. Quoting dialogue from movie happy Days “I didn’t came to college to achieve medals, but I came here to achieve capacity to achieve medals” & I think I achieved it even with CGPA 6.56. I learned here from circumstances, from struggle, failure. But I enjoyed these entire things. I will always cherish all these jiffies. “Those were most happy days in my life, but Joining IIM is also beginning of most purposeful days.”

Now I will make the marvelous plan for “what to do in IIM”, I will analyze it, verify it, & it will keep on improving in a course of IIM. It will be a bible for me. It is one which will make my career distinguished.