Ever since i have entered second year, i have been condemning my decision of taking admission in ISM Dhanbad. Following are the names of some seniors whom i met here in this college and meeting whom makes me feel less bad about my decision of joining ISM..
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Vikas Mitruka: He was the first senior in ISM whom i developed affection for. His cool and helpful attitude has always attracted me. In my two years of knowing him, what i have liked the most about him is his commitment and enthusiasm towards everything he chooses to do. At present, i have developed tremendous amount of love and respect for him. He's one person with whom i can talk in a very free and frank way without any senior-junior obligations and yet there's total value for the few words of guidance and help that he provides me. Yes, its true that he gets a little sentimental, when it comes to girls and to the future of his dual degree branch. However, this small fact doesn't stop me from adoring him as one of my most favorite seniors. I joined FFI, an organization which i never really liked, just to increase my interaction with him. although this effort of mine didn't yield the desired fruit as our teams were different in FFI.
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Dheeraj Kumar Jha: I came close to him as a consequence of my decision to join FFI. As I mentioned, Vikas Mitruka and myself were in different teams and this guy(Dheeraj Kumar Jha) came up as the leader for my team, Blood Line. I had first seen him as the secretary of FFI, thanking the motivational speakers who had bored me to death in a blood donation awareness programme. My second encounter happened with him in my 3rd sem in a debate of Environmental Department Eco Club, for which he won the first prize. It was then when i got really impressed by his speaking skills. Finally during my work with him in the Blood Line team, I explored many things about him like his deep interest in the field of mining, his heartfelt concern towards social issues and his strong urge to contribute to the society. He is so ideal that it is difficult to believe that he actually exists. I was actually surprised to see his fun side in his photos on facebook coz in my personal experience with him, he has always been Mr. Responsible and Mr. Punctual. This person commands respect and deserves every single bit of it. I seriously am greatly inspired by this great personality, who is referred to as "Dheeraj Ji" even by his batchmates and it would be indeed am achievement for me if i am able to gain even a few of his qualities.
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Satya Prakash: I met him first as the face of Kartavya, totally dedicated and committed to the noble task. One day, while doing some Kartavya work in his room, I saw Guruji's photo kept over his CPU box. I felt good to know about one more person in ISM, who's a part of the Art of Living family. However, i didn't speak to him at all about it. Then after a year or so, when i was having great trouble booking a venue in college for its first YES!+, i was reminded of him and i gave him a call. Within no time, he figured out a solution and implemented it too all by himself, taking all the burden off my shoulder. Thus, we were able to have the memorable first YES!+ of ISM Dhanbad with Akhilesh Parmanu in February this year. This marked the beginning of our bonding. After this, whenever Parmanu bhaiya used to come, he used to show his amazing hospitality and care. He used to treat us all on outings despite being low on funds. I then developed huge amount of sincere respect for him and began acknowledging the value of his tremendous help and co-operation.
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Nikesh Murjani & Ayush Bafna: These were among the first seniors who knew me by name and whose phone numbers i had. They belonged to my KFT(Kartavya Finanance Team) phylum and i enjoyed a lot while working with them during me 2nd sem. I felt really bad when they left the team in July upon entering their third year. They were extremely hard-working and organized in their work, a perfect blend of dedication and professionalism. They were so easy-to-access and so open to suggestions that it was really comfortable to work with them. The best thing was that despite being so much work-oriented, they were really fun-to-be-around and guiding seniors for me personally. I really learnt a lot from them. Infact, whatever skills or talent that i have at present, related to KFT work, is attributed to these two people.
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Amit Joshi & Shalabh Malik: These two took over KFT after those two left. And these two were complete opposites of their previous counterparts. They seemed to have a casual and laid back attitude towards work, but still they effectively managed to get all the work done. They gave full freedom to the juniors to do whatever they wanted to do. This freedom made me grow by leaps and bounds in a very short period of time. They were also fun-to-be-around and easy-to-access. While working with them, I grew quite close to both of them individually and can now share anything and everything with them. I call Shalabh whenever i have to ask anything related to my branch and he provides me extremely good assistance each and every time. We both share common hatred for our branch and keep criticizing it openly and publicly. With Amit, i have an informal bond and sort-of-friendship which i cherish from the bottom of my heart. I had never thought that i would have such good relations with these two people when i had first met them.
P.S. The list is over... I had never thought that i would ever make such a list of seniors when i had newly joined the college. Infact, at that time i used to get extremely irritated on seeing or even hearing about seniors. I hated to even call them "sir" and it really pissed me off when my first year roomie Rohit Goyal grew so-very "seniorholic".
I am surprised to see how my thinking and attitude has changed in due course of time. Time indeed is very powerful!
Bye.
