ME AND MY JOURNEYS

  The Dubai Episode Niranjan Vedantam                As mentioned in the previous episode (The Abu Dhabi Episode), I had to meet the expenses of my family which was growing. In order to tackle such situations, I once again decided to go for a job abroad, especially Dubai. Before coming back from Abu Dhabi, I just went to a company by name NeemTech-Dubai, based in Karama, Dubai. This office was exactly opposite to the Emirates Post-Main office. That day, during the interview, I was asked many questions by Mr. Dwarapudi Satyanarayana. I confidently answered all the questions and he was also impressed with the way I was responding. He then scribbled something in his dairy and said I am selected and will be sending me the offer letter soon through email and If I accept the same, then he would further process my work permit and visa. I reached Hyderabad as mentioned in the previous episode.       ...

  The Abu Dhabi Episode Niranjan Vedantam                On the 31 st of December 2014, I was excited to reach Abu Dhabi (UAE). After reaching Abu Dhabi airport, I completed the formalities and came out and was waiting for some one from Engineering and Research International LLC. To my surprise, I was received by Dr. Sagareswar Gummaneni, who was my senior in the JNTU University, Hyderabad. He was happy to see me after a long time and welcomed me to Abu Dhabi in a very grand way. We both sat in the vehicle and the driver (Pakistani National) was very nice and greeted me as well. On the way to ERI LLC, Dr. Sagar stopped the vehicle at a Restaurant by name Bombay House in Mussafah, ICAD area. We both had sandwich and coffee. I quickly gulped the coffee and was excited to reach the new office. Within 10 minutes from Bombay House, we reached ERI LLC, based in Musaffah 40, ICAD.      ...

  M. Tech: My Journey to Reality Niranjan Vedantam   These days, everyone look forward for higher education abroad, especially for pursuing Masters. Looking at this trend, even I had decided to go for it. Having said this, I had to prepare for GRE (Graduates Record Exam) and TOEFL (Test of English as Foreign Language). The GRE included three sections namely Verbal, Quantitative and Analytical with a score of max 800 for each section. TOEFL computer based was for a max score of 300 in those days. It was year 2001, when I joined the Promac Training center based in Tarnaka for a three-month coaching for GRE and TOEFL. After the preparation, I appeared in the ETS testing center based in Banjara Hills during the mid of 2001. The results were out in few days which I received through post. I scored about 1700 / 2400 in GRE and 200 plus / 300 in TOEFL. Started applying for many universities in USA. I still remember, I got admission in Texas A&M University, Kingsville in En...

  Gold Medal: What is real gold in life? Niranjan Vedantam On the 5 th of April 2005, people in the Auditorium started clapping as then Governor of Andhra Pradesh Shri. Susheel Kumar Shinde was presenting the Gold Medals to the meritorious students of JNTU during the convocation ceremony. All of a sudden, some one called from the dais, “Niranjan Vedantam”. That was when I stood and marched towards the Governor and he congratulated me and presented me the gold medal (Prof. Anjaneyulu Endowment Gold Medal) under the category “Best Outgoing Student in M. Tech Environment Management” for the batch, 2002-2004. I thought, receiving gold medal is a great achievement and things will be easy for me in life from then. However, things were not easy from that day onwards as people started questioning me “What Next?” and I was not at all comfortable with this. I was feeling restless and started applying for jobs everywhere. It was then, on 23 rd April 2005, I got a job as an Environment...