Academics and me  dont  get along well, i  remember a  time when i 
wanted to be a professional high jumper and a  long distance runner
and a javelien thrower and also a train  driver  and quite  a few other 
colourfull vocations.
Initially i thought of  skipping  this  page totally (cause i havent done
anything spectacular) but  then it  struck  me that i dont have much to
write anyways so why not put it up.
Well it all started out with me going to junior KG at St. Marys' School
Santacruz(E). I remember my mother telling others about my howling
skills on the first day of school (i must have hated it!!!!!).
I continued in the same  school  till the sixth standard then our family 
shifted to Vasai. At that point of time the sports man inside me began 
to  bloom  as there  was lots  of open space  around to play around. I 
finished SSC from Vidya Vikasini with 67% (summer 89).
I scrapped through high school admission and got into science stream
of  Annasaheb Vartak College, Vasai (W). Now  that i  was  in science i  
had to study a little bit(given  my  pathetic  score  in SSC) to  show
people  that i  was  not completely useless. 
This enlightment stuck on to  me for exactly  one week cause during 
the second week i laid my eyes on the sports room and spied a couple 
of javeliens which i used merrily for the next two years. 
All this sports did not help me much in HSC (summer 91) and i got 66%
(77% PCM) which as you guessed is "pathetic".
After  searching  high  and low  throughout  maharashtra  for a  good 
engineering college, i finally landed in SSGMCE Shegaon. This was 
another  turning  point in my  life  as i came  across a subject  called 
"Microprocessors".  This  was the first  time  where i felt like  studying
as i  could  make sense of  what  was written  in  the  book. I  finished 
engineering in four years (luckily) with 70% in final year (summer 95).
If you are also from ssgmce (91-95 or any batch)  do mail mail me at 
 [email protected] i would be good to know you.
After engineering i stuck  on to my decision of  getting into MBA  and
in my first attempt could manage only SIES Mumbai through the CWT 
exams. But with some support  from  my family and some  slogging for 
about  six months i  reapperred  the  entrance next  year (called CET).
Second time i got into Somaiya and majored in finance. I passed out 
in (Summer 98) with 68%. I was placed in Forward Financial Services.


samit