Because of the financial crisis in 2008 placements were poor for our batch at IIIT-Hyd. So when i was in final sem of my masters i started applying for other jobs which suit my qualification. As i am interested in teaching i was searching for top institutes in india which offer lectureship with masters degree (with out Ph.D.). So that time i found NITs ,BITS-PILANI and applied for NITW and BITS at same time. not only these, also applied for many govt jobs and few other corp jobs.
by the end of final sem of masters i got few calls, mean while i got opportunity to work for 6 months(contract) in IBM ISTEL bangalore through our campus placements. Bcz of good profile of IBM and also at that time i did not have any other opportunity in hands, i immediately joined IBM. In those 6 months i have learned many new things abt the organization and abt how different projects are carried and different teams organised etc. I was put in to a team which was working on power PC embedded processor core (4XX series). I have njoyed the work given to me in those 6 months. and i also got good feed back from my senior colleagues & my manager. still they could not offer permanent post as they freezed recruitment by that time bcz of financial crisis through out the globe. My manager tried his best for my permanent offer but we had to wait for the decision from US which did not come by the time my contract was over. Still i could have got 6 more months contract if i would have manipulated my manager earlier but i luked for permanent offer.
After returning from IBM, i went home(warangal) and was waiting for calls. At that time i also thought of doing PhD, only in IISc or IITM, so i applied. First i got call from IISc bangalore not for PhD,but for Senior Research Assistant post. I attended that but i could not clear as the research area was entirely different of my interest. Later after few days i got call for PhD but that also i could not clear. The same happened with IIT Bombay. I also attended Indian Institute of Space Sciences & Technology, an ISRO institute, trivendram, kerala for Asst Prof but i could not clear that also, as their requirement is different. In between instead of remaining idle i went to my BTech college as guest lecturer on request of our HOD (one of my fav teachers) there. But i could not stay there for long time, i stayed for 12 days.
Finally i got call from BITS-PILANI for lecturer post. Before applying itself i was confident of getting the job in BITS, but i was thinking of salary(as i can earn more even at my home town). Any way i came to BITS just to see BITS-PILANI campus. I attended the interview and cleared as i expected. I went back home and had discussed with parents(they always say 'do whatever i wish' bcz they know that i do only if i like). At the time of interview as they said they r implementing sixth pay commission (now implemented), i decided to join BITS for time being bcz by then i was still expecting few more calls.I joined BITS-PILANI on 27th July,2009. After joining here i decided to stay in BITS even though i did not like few things(Old buildings, bcz campus is established in 1960's), i liked many other things (especially name for the institute in the country, in top 10 & above even few IITs & the facilities offered for the employees). Even after joining here i have got few calls but i did not attend and still getting and expecting few more calls.
I have cleared the PhD qualifying exam and interview in BITS and registered for Ph.D. here. And parallelly enjoying the challenging teaching life over here. Really it is a great challenge to teach the students who all are all the state boards toppers. I am finding satisfaction here and till now everything going fine. Dont know what happens or where the destiny takes me tomorrow and also don't wanna think of that bcz "AAL IZ WELL".
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