Proud to be a.........

Take a quick quiz.

How long does one take to recover from an accident? an accident that can change one's life!

it changed mine. and am yet to recover.

well....

june 1998. the accident happened.

place of accident: counselling hall in anna university

accident: admission to chemical engg

hospital admitted : Vellore institute of technology

i had no idea what chemical engg was all abt. it really happened by chance. one last seaat in a decent college. and i took it.......rest is history.

but i realised how chemical engg has saved me all thro. inspite of the fact that i had paid scant regard for it during engg

except for chemical engg thermodynamics n chemical process calculations, i never bothered abt chemical engg. nevertheless, chemical engg has always been generous to me.

for example reliance happened. had some happy days. yeah i had my share of faliures too. but after tat , here during summer interviews, i wsa getting rejected in every gd. wat cud i do? my communicative abilities had hit all time low.

finally this xyz company had a direct interview in store. for a marketing project....i was asked why i wanted to do marketing project. despite being a chemical engineer. they wanted me to work in the operations side being a chemical engineer. sure i din hav an answer. so replied that i have no idea abt marketing. and maybe thast why i shd consider doing it. still they selected me. chemical engg did the trick. PERUMAL designed it.

so i was in. today as i was briefed abt my project, i was sinking into a feeling that i was slowly getting into rotary vane compressors, surfactants, lubricants and more of chem engg stuff.

my engg knowledge however poor it may be will be in use. that too for an mba project.

but what really opened my eyes today was the agrochemical market.

how agrochemicals can unlock agricultural productivity in india. how much grains r wasted due to pests and all every year. how decreasing land holdings will have to support bigger population in future. how chemical engineering is going to help in this process. how innovations in chemical field can do wonders. so many things.

how many kinds of foodgrains r produceed? how much role this chemical engg plays in all these things? though i din play a role myself, i m a part of such a community. and ofcourse i have diff roles to play. in other realms of chemm engg. worked for a while in polymers. things like that.

one can live without surfing but can one live without saapaadu?


chemical engg is one field that touches every walk of life. it really is.

today i have a reason to feel proud. i am a chemical engineer. amn't I ?