However, that was something which was offered to me by other professors too. I did not accept their offers as I felt that they were doing me favor and would think less of me because of those favors.
However, Dr. Banerjee appeared to be an educationist first and a grader second, which was why I felt comfortable in attending the extra labs. I failed my B. Tech project thrice. The professor failed everybody the first time.
I wanted to do an excellent job on the B. Tech project and really put in some effort. Fortunately in the end I was able to find a topic which was interesting enough and a guide who was demanding but encouraging as well.
Ashish Garg, my project advisor, was strict but was a perfectionist. Once I got interested in the project work, I realized that I too was a perfectionist.
I enjoyed working with Prof. I did a great job on the project and got an A grade and also won best poster award in an international conference. There were so many conflicting thoughts wreaking havoc in my mind. There was a guilt that I was sucking up my family resources for an education at IITK instead of helping the family that could hardly afford to make ends meet.
I was not able to guide my younger brothers while I needed guidance myself. I knew that a degree from IIT was important to me but I was failing all these courses. I needed favors from professors but did not want to accept those favors as I was too proud. I saw that there were students at IITK who were good at sports, academics, social skills and here I was with poor grades, little social skills, and few friends.
Was I punishing myself by failing in all these courses? Failing courses at IIT was a nightmare and I barely managed to survive that. I had little communication skills. What is surprising is not that I finally graduated in 5-years instead of 4, but how I kept going. How did I manage not to take the extreme step that some in my situation would have taken? What helped me? What can help others? I got interested in Shiksha Sopan.
The experience helped me understand that there are people who are in worse shape than I am. How can I give up? I have so much more. If they can see hope, I certainly can. I deserved it! I could DO it. My conversations with Prof. Verma and my interaction with Shiksha Sopan kids kept me in touch with my roots. I never got frustrated enough to lose faith in myself.
Besides Prof. Verma, Professor Banerjee and Prof. Brahm Deo were very sympathetic and understanding. It gave me peace of mind. After our 7th semester, the whole department went for an industrial tour of 10 days to Mumbai and Pune as part of the curriculum.
I had a near death experience in Mumbai when I tried to board a running train in which my classmates had already boarded. I still remember it, train speeding up and I am trying to hold on to gate desperately trying to get in and suddenly I am thrown on the ground. Train is still running. Those few seconds, I thought I was under the train tracks and I was going to die.
Those few seconds, my life flashed in front of me, my failings, my successes and my loved ones. All the cherished dreams and I remembered my mother, my family, the girl who had broken my heart and I realized I wanted to live.
I was not ready for death. I loved my family and I wanted to see them, to go back home, to laugh with them and help them in their struggles. Who would be stupid enough to die when you have such loved ones to live for and so many dreams? The reality of it was an eye opener. Having been so near death, I was convinced for life that suicide is simply not an option for anyone and even those who do it must be terribly afraid in those last few moments of their life.
But perhaps by that time it would have been too late for them. Regardless of my failures and whether or not I got the IIT degree, it was clear to me that I would never do anything to harm myself.
I owed it to the people who brought me to this world, who trusted me and gave all they had so that I could have a better life and were counting on me to graduate and help them. I owed it to all those people who had enriched my life by just being there for me. When I went back home that year, I told my parents about the incident. Even before I told what I saw and remembered, my mother was in tears.
My father told me that my mother had dreamed about it almost at the same time I had the accident. It was about 8 pm in winters and people sleep early at my home and I realized the world is connected in more ways than you can imagine and perhaps there is a God after all. I turned to God for my answers. It gave me emotional resilience. And I was in hole often! How can it get worse? I just have to stop digging the hole. I realized that everything changes. Nothing is permanent.
I learned to keep going believing that this phase will pass too. Many who take extreme step of committing suicide remain bottled up.
They take every failure too seriously. They take every failure as a reflection of poor self-worth. I never let my failures frustrate or depress me enough to give up believing in myself. But it was a cause for my poor grades. I still cannot talk about it even to my closest family members.
I discussed it with Dr. He gave me a medical reason for my problem and said it was okay. Overall counseling service staff was very helpful especially Mrs. Sharmishtha Chakraborty and Dr. Onkar Dixit. However, my academic performance continued to be lackluster. Life did not go smoothly even after graduation from IITK. I felt maladjusted in my first job. I was not getting along with my co-workers and roommates. I changed 5 houses in 4 years. It proved to be a life saver.
The course helped me to be at ease with myself no matter what the circumstances were. It gave me the power to effectively act in those areas that were important to me. It made me aware of my thinking process and guided me in my action plan. It released me from the clutches of my past and helped me look at the future. I felt like I could now move on. They conducted mock interviews and helped me improve.
A friend of mine who graduated from IIT Delhi, who himself found a job after being rejected 25 times, gave me an e-mail address of the CEO of his employer. I got hired because I demonstrated my analytical skills, logical thinking, and ability to learn fast. I could convince them that I was passionate about things that interested me and overall I am a hardworking individual. There were also several companies that did not care about grades — to them what mattered was that I had graduated from an IIT and had done well in the written test and interview.
I was good at software. In interviews I emphasized what I was good at and did not try to explain my weaknesses. Fast forward 6 years. I am currently working at a multi-national technology company. Drawing about the same salary as B. I also had a pretty satisfying stint at a startup which I joined as the 4th employee with one year of experience and stayed there for 3 years.
Find what you are good at. Do well in those courses. Do not take your failures too seriously. Even if you genuinely struggle, Remember, there is nothing permanent; this phase will pass too. Talk to people. Talk to even Mean professors. They are not as mean as they appear to be. Have faith in yourself. Connect with the community.
Look at the people who are in much worse situations than you are in. Finish the degree. Get a job, any job. Prove your worth. IITK has taught you more than you think. Switch to another job if you are not happy. You have to find your passion; you have to find what you are good at and go after it. A few pages into the book however, it became evident to me that despite my easy-going nature, I had much to learn about communication.
Rosenberg identifies learned communication that disconnects us from each other and is at the very root of violence. He then offers a simple yet powerful 4 step model that leads to respectful and compassionate communication. He has still not resolved many issues in his life and therefore prefers to remain anonymous. Is Dr. Banerjee referred here is Dr. Banerjee is one of two most amazing people I have came across in my life so far.
He is truly an educator first, most importantly, by example. His choice of words, expression and action have an everlasting impact. It is Dr. Banerjee from Mechanical Department. And he is truly an educator. He was instructor for Engineering Graphics in both 9th and 10th Semester. He earned my respect and trust in my final semester despite the fact that he followed institute rules in 9th semester and made me drop Engineering Graphics because of time table clash and left it to be sole course to be completed in my final semester.
I had taken a Science elective for 9th semester. I failed Engineering graphics yet again in 8th semester and had to register it in 9th semester. Unfortunately, it clashed with Science elective. It was discovered some weeks into the semester. I could have dropped the science elective and continued with Engineering Graphics. But I really loved the science elective and hated Engineering graphics, so I did other way round.
Dr Banerjee followed the rules but I still resented him whole of 9th semester for that. During my 10th semester, Dr. Banerjee again was instructor and I was really uncomfortable around him initially. Gradually, I told him about my problem with Engineering Graphics, my history with the course and to my surprise he was very understanding. He explained that human brain works in two different ways.
Some people think in terms of equations and some can visualize better. I may have issues around visualizing objects and it is fine. It would not make me less of an Engineer. He emphasized on my need to pass the course, spent extra time explaining things. It was his educationist approach that won me over and I passed the course. The line you said. He similarly emphasized on my need to pass my courses and work hard upon them.
He is such a gentleman. I am really glad that i am still in touch with him. I was never a regular student but i rarely missed him class. Today I really feel that I am one of the most luckiest person on earth because i met him!. This is a wonderful contribution. Thanks to the author for writing it out. Such articles should be emphasized in the orientation program. New students should be made aware that things can and will go wrong in their academics at IITK.
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