Mike Ross Monologue
If you’ve watched the legal drama suits, one of the protagonists Mike Ross, knows the law inside out yet he’s been knocked into a different kind of life because of circumstances and he keeps wishing for a chance to get out of it and when he does, he makes it count.This goes on to show how important a chance is in life. Some wait all eternity waiting for a chance to come knock their doors but I’m the kind of guy who will relentlessly pursue and tirelessly run to get that once chance that will transform my life from what it is to what I want it to be. I feel a burning desire in me to be one among the exclusive few, whom the world knows because they dared to dream something no one did, never lost belief in themselves and finally made their dream
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a reality.
Born to parents who valued happiness and integrity more than the materialistic pleasures, my childhood was a phase where I begin to realise that I had the freedom to follow my heart and do things that made me happy .Its perhaps the independence my parents gave and the trust they had on me, that made me value the independence even more and become more conscious about my decisions and what their consequences were.
I realised that the responsibility of the decisions was mine alone and the fact that I should accept the blame when the decisions back fired with a straight face, at the end of the day maybe I was wrong but even importantly I realised it was ok to mistakes but what was unacceptable was repeating them. At some point in everybody’s life, there comes a time when they have to make a choice and its often a crisis between what they actually want to be and the expectations, peer pressure and lot of other factors .While some do despite all barriers follow what their heart says, some bow down to the pressure that the society and other factors inflict on them and eventually the passion that drove them fizzes out and they become used to a template sort of life. But that was not the sort of life I wanted , following my heart, chasing my dreams with the passion for making them come true being the major motivating factor , I dint want to ever stop trying and get sucked into the conventional life that millions live every day. After years into the future , I did not want to regret about the way I had lived my life or rue about missed chances that I could have taken and changed the course of my life. My parents completely understood about what I wanted to do with life and unconditionally supported me in all my endeavours. So after majoring in physics, computer science, mathematics and chemistry with an overall score of 82 % from KV ASC CENTRE, Bangalore, I chose to pursue
my
I chose to do my undergraduate program in Mechanical Engineering at Meenakshi Sundararajan Engineering College affiliated to the prestigious ANNA UNIVERISTY in Chennai. Initially college in a new city with entirely a new set of people seemed a tinge scary but the sheer joy of pursuing a degree of my choice overshadowed it and within a few weeks I was accustomed to the city and its warm and caring people. The excellent facilities and faculty who had the right mix of industrial exposure and teaching experience often emphasised on discipline and the need of knowing things rather than blindly learning them from a book. Our college frequently arranged for talk and seminars from various entrepreneurs and industrialists and there was a certain aura about the speakers and when they often spoke about changing trends in the industry , I realised that it was no longer just about the innovation but using it in a way that it reaches out to everybody. Also since I resided in a hostel with people from varied backgrounds and aspirations, over time we bonded like one big joint family and I began to realise that there more things to life than getting a degree! Making friends, sometimes caring for the happiness of others above mine, helping out each other in times of need , sharing both happiness and sadness equally .Being a part of the college football team from the first year , the aggressive and demanding nature of the game has kept me mentally and physically fit ,at the same time teaching me so many lessons that books never could, for instance the ability to function and cope in a team , the attitude to never give up even when the odds are against you, putting the cause of the team above individual aspirations, to compete with a spirit to win were the lessons I learnt from football. Being a right winger back meant that I had to be ready to quell the opponents attack and get possession of the ball while at the same time being alert to the slightest opening that would enable me to break into a sprint with the ball and create a scoring opportunity. Even in real life I always look out for opportunities and make the optimum use of them. Its perhaps this competitive spirit and the love for talking, that made me sign up for the various paper presentation competitions,debates, group discussions and quizzes that my college organised and won a few prizes. Additionally I further presented a paper on innovative transportation systems in a national conference, RIME-2013 at R.M.K engineering college, Chennai and another paper on virtual vehicle system modelling at Prince.K.vasudevan College of engineering, Chennai where I won the second prize .Right from school to college, I’ve always relished the opportunity to talk to an audience.
Subjects like engineering mechanics, strength of materials introduced me to the basics of beams, supports and the impact due to loading on them .While engineering graphics taught me the fundamentals of engineering drawing, dimensioning, the various views for a component while thermodynamics provided a very clear insight on heat, temperature and their relation with energy and work and other such macroscopic variables. Thermal engineering was one level up wherein it explained the applications of thermodynamics in a plethora of processes ranging from automobiles to air conditioning. Design of machine and transmission elements, a favourite of mine, interested me right from the beginning. Machine elements like bearings, springs, flywheels, couplings and also the design of shafts, keys as well as the transmission elements like pulleys,belts ,chains ,gears,gearboxes,clutches,brakes which were a part of our curriculum was not only interesting but also exposed us to the practicality and the real life application of the design without it being merely restricted to a prototype in a laboratory.
Academically, at the end of six semesters my grade point average stands at 8.6 out of a possible 10 and I constantly feature among the top six in my class of seventy students. I often felt that there was a lag between the concepts taught at college and the real time industry operations , so whenever our college organised industrial visits i made sure I got to know how much ever I could directly from the machine operators and workers as I believe they know the best about the process. Being inquisitive in nature, I made sure I fully understood something and I keep asking questions until I’m sure I fully understand what a particular concept means. It was a week long stint at Hyundai motors plant in Chennai that gave insight on the workings of an industry, the organised workforce, dedicated engineers, efficient machines interfaced with latest technology incorporated from overseas, it was an eye opener of sorts and exposed me to various ideas. I dint restrict myself to academics alone, when our student federation was formed I was the secretary of the organisation for the first year and also was the joint editor for the student federation magazine. Also a technical symposium is hosted at a national level by each department of the college annually .My class is the first batch of students who are going to graduate as mechanical engineers, so it was basically us left on our own to organise the event. Expectations were low since we were doing it for the first time, I was the joint coordinator of the overall symposium and we split each task to a particular group and we encountered a lot of problems right from finding sponsors, negotiating with vendors and organising various events and food for all the participants. But we worked together as a team and we made the event a roaring success with our department getting the largest ever turn out that year.
a reality.
Born to parents who valued happiness and integrity more than the materialistic pleasures, my childhood was a phase where I begin to realise that I had the freedom to follow my heart and do things that made me happy .Its perhaps the independence my parents gave and the trust they had on me, that made me value the independence even more and become more conscious about my decisions and what their consequences were.
I realised that the responsibility of the decisions was mine alone and the fact that I should accept the blame when the decisions back fired with a straight face, at the end of the day maybe I was wrong but even importantly I realised it was ok to mistakes but what was unacceptable was repeating them. At some point in everybody’s life, there comes a time when they have to make a choice and its often a crisis between what they actually want to be and the expectations, peer pressure and lot of other factors .While some do despite all barriers follow what their heart says, some bow down to the pressure that the society and other factors inflict on them and eventually the passion that drove them fizzes out and they become used to a template sort of life. But that was not the sort of life I wanted , following my heart, chasing my dreams with the passion for making them come true being the major motivating factor , I dint want to ever stop trying and get sucked into the conventional life that millions live every day. After years into the future , I did not want to regret about the way I had lived my life or rue about missed chances that I could have taken and changed the course of my life. My parents completely understood about what I wanted to do with life and unconditionally supported me in all my endeavours. So after majoring in physics, computer science, mathematics and chemistry with an overall score of 82 % from KV ASC CENTRE, Bangalore, I chose to pursue
my
I chose to do my undergraduate program in Mechanical Engineering at Meenakshi Sundararajan Engineering College affiliated to the prestigious ANNA UNIVERISTY in Chennai. Initially college in a new city with entirely a new set of people seemed a tinge scary but the sheer joy of pursuing a degree of my choice overshadowed it and within a few weeks I was accustomed to the city and its warm and caring people. The excellent facilities and faculty who had the right mix of industrial exposure and teaching experience often emphasised on discipline and the need of knowing things rather than blindly learning them from a book. Our college frequently arranged for talk and seminars from various entrepreneurs and industrialists and there was a certain aura about the speakers and when they often spoke about changing trends in the industry , I realised that it was no longer just about the innovation but using it in a way that it reaches out to everybody. Also since I resided in a hostel with people from varied backgrounds and aspirations, over time we bonded like one big joint family and I began to realise that there more things to life than getting a degree! Making friends, sometimes caring for the happiness of others above mine, helping out each other in times of need , sharing both happiness and sadness equally .Being a part of the college football team from the first year , the aggressive and demanding nature of the game has kept me mentally and physically fit ,at the same time teaching me so many lessons that books never could, for instance the ability to function and cope in a team , the attitude to never give up even when the odds are against you, putting the cause of the team above individual aspirations, to compete with a spirit to win were the lessons I learnt from football. Being a right winger back meant that I had to be ready to quell the opponents attack and get possession of the ball while at the same time being alert to the slightest opening that would enable me to break into a sprint with the ball and create a scoring opportunity. Even in real life I always look out for opportunities and make the optimum use of them. Its perhaps this competitive spirit and the love for talking, that made me sign up for the various paper presentation competitions,debates, group discussions and quizzes that my college organised and won a few prizes. Additionally I further presented a paper on innovative transportation systems in a national conference, RIME-2013 at R.M.K engineering college, Chennai and another paper on virtual vehicle system modelling at Prince.K.vasudevan College of engineering, Chennai where I won the second prize .Right from school to college, I’ve always relished the opportunity to talk to an audience.
Subjects like engineering mechanics, strength of materials introduced me to the basics of beams, supports and the impact due to loading on them .While engineering graphics taught me the fundamentals of engineering drawing, dimensioning, the various views for a component while thermodynamics provided a very clear insight on heat, temperature and their relation with energy and work and other such macroscopic variables. Thermal engineering was one level up wherein it explained the applications of thermodynamics in a plethora of processes ranging from automobiles to air conditioning. Design of machine and transmission elements, a favourite of mine, interested me right from the beginning. Machine elements like bearings, springs, flywheels, couplings and also the design of shafts, keys as well as the transmission elements like pulleys,belts ,chains ,gears,gearboxes,clutches,brakes which were a part of our curriculum was not only interesting but also exposed us to the practicality and the real life application of the design without it being merely restricted to a prototype in a laboratory.
Academically, at the end of six semesters my grade point average stands at 8.6 out of a possible 10 and I constantly feature among the top six in my class of seventy students. I often felt that there was a lag between the concepts taught at college and the real time industry operations , so whenever our college organised industrial visits i made sure I got to know how much ever I could directly from the machine operators and workers as I believe they know the best about the process. Being inquisitive in nature, I made sure I fully understood something and I keep asking questions until I’m sure I fully understand what a particular concept means. It was a week long stint at Hyundai motors plant in Chennai that gave insight on the workings of an industry, the organised workforce, dedicated engineers, efficient machines interfaced with latest technology incorporated from overseas, it was an eye opener of sorts and exposed me to various ideas. I dint restrict myself to academics alone, when our student federation was formed I was the secretary of the organisation for the first year and also was the joint editor for the student federation magazine. Also a technical symposium is hosted at a national level by each department of the college annually .My class is the first batch of students who are going to graduate as mechanical engineers, so it was basically us left on our own to organise the event. Expectations were low since we were doing it for the first time, I was the joint coordinator of the overall symposium and we split each task to a particular group and we encountered a lot of problems right from finding sponsors, negotiating with vendors and organising various events and food for all the participants. But we worked together as a team and we made the event a roaring success with our department getting the largest ever turn out that year.