VES Society is well-versed with its values and culture that offers right knowledge to students:Makarand Konaskar

I always had thing in my mind to pursue my career in technical field and wanted to move in the same direction to achieve my dreams. This helped me in choosing the Science stream where I could be a step ahead in the progression of my achievement of the target.  I took admission in Dr Antonio Da silva technical high school, Dadar which helped me unravel the technical aspects of the studies in brief. After completing my junior college from there, I pursued my graduation in Bachelor's of Computer Application from IBSAR CBD, Belapur. The graduation years taught me how Information Technology could help further in my career.

After that, I thought to learn the basic aspects of management to become a manager who could manage the technical process. I thought of going for a PGDM degree.  I appeared for entrance examinations and after passing the interview process, I chose to select VESIM as my stepping stone towards the next important aspect of my journey. As I live nearby, I have known this college since my childhood. The VES Society is well-versed with its values and culture which help the students get the right knowledge to succeed ahead. This made me go for VESIM.

I started with my preparations right from my graduation days and started looking after the entrance examinations all over. However, I could not attend many of the entrance exams due to my final year exams but then I heard of  ATMA exam which was to be held right after my exams in April.  I prepared for the exams and started studying the exam patterns which helped me study the type of questions and examine my strengths and weaknesses. This helped me understand where I could invest time and thus I started solving questions in a time period to check whether I could do my best in that time slot. After the entrance exams, I attended the interview process which was scheduled in the later days. I was quite nervous as this was entirely new for me I groomed myself physically and mentally to help answer the questions asked by the interviewer. First, I tried for ITM, Kharghar, but it didn't please me, and did not excel my expectations. Then I got to know about Vivekanand Education Society Institute of Management Studies and Research interview process scheduled in the day ahead so I contacted the concerned person and got registered for the interview process. But before the interview, I had some doubts which got cleared by the admission department there. This helped me gain my trust and helped me choose this institution for the journey ahead.

I spend most of my time attending lectures because the lectures are not only just someone taking what's written in the books but our institution is well versed with faculties who not only share their personal experiences but blend them with the topic they want to teach. This helps us understand the topic much better. Also, we spend time doing a lot of extracurricular activities in our college as we have many dedicated cells which are student-driven to help the society in a much better way. I am part of the Editorial cell which helps me write about the events happening in our college and help publish it with my name. If given a chance, I would like to lead a new event related to the new things happening around. This would help me showcase my leadership skills and enhance the manager in me. The college experience has helped me boost my confidence and showcase the hidden talents which I was shy to embrace earlier. This has helped to explore myself and learn new things which would help me in my future ahead.

I want to stay in the technical aspects of life and complete my PGDM degree with a specialisation in the operations sector. Furthermore, I would like to continue in the operations sector and work in project management where I think I would contribute my best to the organization because I feel I have the appropriate skill set for the position and help the organization achieve more excellence in the future.

About Author

Makarand Konaskar is pursuing  PGDM degree from VESIM, Chembur. He has done graduation in Bachelor's of Computer Application with a distinction. His hobbies are writing short write-ups and playing football.

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