Sunday 14 June 2015

The Scholar

Jun12
'Bahut senior hai sahab par lagte nahin hain'; was the response to the query as to who was Prof Paramita Dasgupta. Among other things she was the dean of ASCI for sometime. 'Kyon nahin lagte' was evident from the sheer enthusiasm and knowledge with which Economics (Macro) was dealt with, by her. She looked like a person who got her way. The impeccable delivery of the lecture was what held our attention right from the beginning. And what we thought would be a drab subject was brought alive for us by her. We were in no doubt that she was the Scholar. Inane doubts were dealt with aplomb and patience and it was evident that notwithstanding her vast experience in dealing with the top rung of economists she could also deal with novices like us in a competent fashion. During the course of the lecture we started dealing with GDP, its calculation, real and nominal GDP and inflation with ease and as if we were doing it all our life. Our desire to understand the methods of improving GDP and consequently our own lifestyle increased manifold. The class of three hours finished in no time with most amongst us desiring to learn more and more... Hopefully this shall be the case in times to come.
The highlight during the tea-break was meeting with Mr. M. Narasimham. We could understand why he is held in awe by the faculty. In the short time that he interacted with us he floored us with his razor sharp brain.When I mentioned that I was from the Parachute Regiment his immediate reaction was that whether I was from 21PARA.(It is in news for all the right reasons). It was evident that even at his age he kept abreast of all the happenings in the country. Himanshu had a befuddled
 look on his face when Navy was dealt with in an equally competent fashion....The upshot was that he decided to lecture us on Macroeconomics of the country in the near future. We will keep pestering Prof.  Nirmalya till this happens...
The afternoon was devoted to the process of marketing ourselves to the firms who will have the fortune of employing us post the course. May not be an easy task considering that all our activities have little or no connection with the civil world.A brief resume of the course would read as follows:-

Executive Summary 
       Functioned in dynamic, unpredictable and continuously evolving environment; Adept at completing multiple simultaneous projects within stipulated deadlines. Defied conventions to complete the task at hand. Multi-Tasked to the maximum . Worked at unholy hours. Stayed away from near and dear for protracted periods to accomplish task at hand. 

Awards and Commendations
              Earned boquets for tasks well done and brickbats for percieved mistakes and omissions and commissions. Behaved responsibly towards all concerned.

Choice Career Accomplishments
                Many and multifarious.

Leadership & Positions Held
                Leading men and held positions of responsibilities at various installations. Spoon fed laggards and commended people with achievements with rewards and ensured that all went well.....
       Were Jack of all trades and did reasonably well on land , in air and at sea. 

Previous Work History
     With an average work history of  about 22 years survived professionally, socially and in reasonable physical shape in conducive, unconducive and adverse conditions to proceed on superannuation from the 'FAUJ'.

Education.
      Graduation, Post Graduation and Specialised studies...

Professional Development
      Did Professional courses to keep abreast of various updates in weaponry, man management, 
      logistics and other courses as applicable to keep the head above water.

 Aspirations
           Continue to perform as situation demands in a commendable fashion (conducive to change).
       
           Jaat na poocho sadhu ki; Pooch leejiye' Gyan!!
           Mol karo talwaar ki; Padaa rehne do Myaan!! 


           Thank You Padmashree Radhaswamy jee for educating us well.

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