Speech that won me prize

Speech that won me “Better Speaker Award“

This speech is the most memorable one…..not only for the prize it secured me..but for the circumstances under which I was awarded the prize. The competition was between the unequals….only thing that made me compete was…………. passing the CS final exams at a very young age that made me the youngest amongst 30 CS final pass outs.

This speech has another significance ….as I secured the second prize whereas a person with almost 15 years of experience took the third prize. I felt as if I can talk and communicate better than a person working in Managerial cadre at Capital IQ.

It was the session on Enhancing Communication skills at the Training Programme and the faculty asked the participants to come and speak on “the happiest moment of life” So I started…….

“good evening friends………..at the outset, I would like to say that most of the moments in my life are happiest moments , this doesn’t mean that there were no hurdles and neither was my life a bed of roses…..well, there were horns too, but were very few I feel. Am here today to share the happiest moment of my life….for this I should go to flashback for about 3 and half years ..that is June 23, 2003….being a CS student, the date appears to be odd coz it is neither the date of results nor the date of exams. It is the day when I was declared the 23^rd ranker on National level in CS foundation exams.

The postman brought the magazine at about 5 pm in the evening and till 5.15 pm I went back for 8 months. Wherein I used to struggle and work for about 10-12 hours a day. ..wake up at 4.30 AM, take the bus at 5.30……attend coaching classes ,then degree college and then rush to tuitions and again sit and read. Coming from a Maths background, it was really tough for me to cope up with Commerce. All the words like Balance sheet, Profit & Loss Account were like Greek and Latin for me. And when I joined the coaching classes, my classmates, surpassed me and I had to work hard more than them to succeed. All these moments flashed in my mind for 15 minutes. I started shouting with joy and parents came out to see what it was. And when I showed them the page…..where my name was printed…tears rolled down their cheeks. Today, I may be holding a good position in my office and earn a fat pay packet but the spark I saw in my parents’ eyes on that day…is not visible today. This clearly shows that, its neither money nor position that matters…..its wholly the emotions.

This was in fact the first time when someone’s name appeared in a magazine in my family. The happiness of my family is really memorable. The moments of that day are still fresh in my mind and it is the happiest moment in my life. The success is not only mine but also that of my family who supported me all through the hard days of my career, and special thanks to my brother .

Finally, I would like to thank all of you for giving me this golden opportunity and special thanks to Suryanarayana Sir who gave us an opportunity to speak on the happiest moment…..Sir, we have many opportunities where we can speak on various issues, but people hardly ask us to share such emotions. Thank you once again sir, thank you one and all.”

Speech that was delivered in a combi of 3 languages-English-Hindi and Telugu

My Speech at valedictory Session of Secretarial Modular Training Programme (SMTP)

Good evening Chairman Sir, Dignitaries on the dias and off the dias, and my co-participants at the training programme.

At the outset, let me congratulate all my co-participants who have been through this long journey of CS …the stages right from Foundation, Inter, Final, Training programmes, on-job training, etc.

Let me be frank enough Chairman sir, when I was supposed to undergo this 15-day training programme, I was under the impression that it would be a traditional class room teaching that would require me to sit in a closed room from 9.30-5.30 but when I attended the classes, I realized that SMTP was a combination of eminent faculties from the industry both in practise and employment. This made me realize that the 15-days could be as short as the word SMTP (the abbreviation of the training programme).

Not to mention all the 35 and odd classes, we had in these 15 days where faculties of various fields addressed us, I would like to mention a few……Ms Deendayal taught us how to be dayalu towards co-professionals, Raghu Babu Sir told us how to be laghu (short) in speech but big in deeds …….Shyamala Madam said..with the advent of MCA21 project, the CS profession is Sasya Shyamalam (ever green) ………….Ravi Shankar Sir demonstrated how can we be Ravi (leader) in the profession………Balachandra Sir impressed by telling that one is never bala(child) in professional courses ……..Vishwanadham Sir took us through the realities of Vishwam through his talk on motivation & leadership and last but not the least, Pavan Sir taught us not to be on pavan (air) while attending the Interviews. The list goes on with many more morales in the name and advise of each faculty.

Apart from the bookish knowledge what we had acquired in the past 3-4 years, the 15-day SMTP enables us to acquire practical exposure in the big competitive world.

Personally, I have made 29 good friends whom I can always look at during my crisis and am confident that each of the other 29 co-participants here are feeling the same. I would not be exaggerating if I tell that Prabhakar Garu “thana pratibha toh, mammalni prabhavitham chesthey” Prashanthi Garu “ anni samayalallo prashanthanga vundaalani Sandeshanni ichaaru”

And I would like to thank the organizers, caterers, co-participants, faculty and all the brains behind making this programme successful. Friends, separation is a thing that makes our heart pain but friendship is a thing that makes us meet again. Finally, we always have a smiling Seshu Sir in the Administrative wing who seems to be telling…..there is still something Sesham (remaining) …..What is that???? Obtaining Associate membership of the ICSI.

Well friends, I can’t say nothing more than this, because everything is hidden in that itself. Thank You and wish you good luck for all the future endeavors.

Glorious Moments

Taking birth as a women is, in itself a big glorious moment. Making umpteen efforts and making each moment glorious is something different from what everyone else does. Here i go about praising myself and this self praising is inspired from a lecturer who said "when u do something good, and no one appreciates, don't stop doing good things, pat ur back , say sabash to urself and get going" . that is what i am doing it here, whenever i feel dejected or demotivated, i just dwell into my glorious past and take a quick tour to it and come out with more energy that keeps me going. A few snippets of my glorious moments:

1. Being the class monitor in 8^th standard. Well, it was the position that allowed me to boss over my co-students coz I was being bossed over at home (myself being youngest at home) and become the favorite student of teachers. Though it appears so silly now, the sense of responsibility of a class monitor is very memorable.

2. The accolades I got for perfect organization of farewell party to seniors at Inter-college …come next to my mind. With all the back biting of reluctant students………this farewell party gave me a sense of perfection in organizing a 4 hour programme for so many students of college. This gave me a boost, that I can do so many things apart from studies…manage funds, prepare invitations, arrange for refreshments, select dance programmes, organize game shows, host the programme, look into comfort levels to seniors, lecturers and what not….every small thing made a big difference……. All the stress I took for the programme was worth it….

3. Securing “Topper of the year” award from the Inter College………….this was like expected one, but being invited by the college for the Annual Day programme in the next year of completing intermediate, is in itself a big success. I went on the stage..received the cup and addressed the Juniors who were eager to listen to me….first time in life, I shivered on stage..still managed to speak a few words for 3 minutes.

4. Securing 23^rd rank on national level, discussed in earlier post needs no mention again. And this issue will be mentioned again and again in my posts. (cant help....self praise…..)

5. An invitation from ICSI-Hyderabad Chairman to address to their students on preparing for CS examination………..enthralled me. The gathering was of some 60 students and other members of the Institute. Can I do it was what came to my mind first………..i started off with the words..…..”don’t work hard” people raised their eyebrows and later when I said..”work smart” …they took a relief. ….and the words “Aham Brahmasmi” (meaning…………am the GOD..in the context of “I can do anything for CS”) impressed upon the students a lot.

6. Securing Gold Medal for being topper in Bcom 2^nd year is though, a happy moment…the happier one was being invited by the Degree college also to attend the Annual day programme in the next year of completing the college…same purpose… honouring me with Silver medal (Topper-runner up). I was a bit disappointed for missing the Gold medal but still, being invited is in itself a great opportunity.

7. My speech at the valedictory session of the Secretarial Modular Training Programme that secured me a “excellent” from the Chairman and the echo of claps for One whole minute in the hall…..most memorable………….can never forget it. At the end of the programme, the Chairman commented..”pitta konchem, kootha ghanam” (small in size, but can make a mark with her voice”) Will soon post the speech.

1. Being the class monitor in 8^th standard. Well, it was the position that allowed me to boss over my co-students coz I was being bossed over at home (myself being youngest at home) and become the favorite student of teachers. Though it appears so silly now, the sense of responsibility of a class monitor is very memorable.

2. The accolades I got for perfect organization of farewell party to seniors at Inter-college …come next to my mind. With all the back biting of reluctant students………gave me a sense of perfection in organizing a 4 hour programme so many students of college. This gave me a boost, that I can do so many things apart from studies…manage funds, prepare invitations, arrange for refreshments, select dance programmes, organize game shows, host the programme, look into comfort levels to seniors, lecturers and what not….every small thing made a big difference……. All the stress I took for the programme was worth it….

3. Securing “Topper of the year” award from the Inter College………….this was like expected one, but being invited by the college for the Annual Day programme in the next year of completing intermediate, is in itself a big success. I went on the stage..received the cup and addressed the Juniors who were eager to listen to me….first time in life, I shivered on stage..still managed to speak a few words for 3 minutes.

4. Securing 23^rd rank on national level, discussed in earlier post needs no mention again

5. An invitation from ICSI-Hyderabad Chairman to address to their students on preparing for CS examination………..enthralled me. The gathering was of some 60 students and other members of the Institute. Can I do it was what came to my mind first………..i started off with the words..…..”don’t work hard” people raised their eyebrows and later when I said..”work smart” …they took a relief. ….and the words “Aham Brahmasmi” (meaning…………am the GOD..in the context of “I can do anything for CS”) impressed upon the students a lot.

6. Securing Gold Medal for being topper in Bcom 2^nd year is though a happy moment…the happier one was being invited by the Degree college also to attend the Annual day programme in the next year of completing the college…same purpose… honouring me with Silver medal (Topper-runner up). I was a bit disappointed for missing the Gold medal but still, being invited is in itself a great opportunity.

7. My speech at the valedictory session of the Secretarial Modular Training Programme that secured me a “excellent” from the Chairman and the echo of claps for One whole minute in the hall..most memorable………….can never forget it. At the end of the programme, the Chairman commented..”pitta konchem, kootha ghanam” (small in size, but can make a mark with her voice”)

Friends

Friends! the word itself has so many definitions, so many meanings..friends make a marked difference in each one's life. Sometimes, we tend to take friendship as Love and later contend ourself, it is just crush, attraction or whatever..........and when we find a life time friend in the relation of Husband/wife..we call them spouse.

When we make friends, we expect to be with them forever, but Alas!!! we loose their touch in the hunt for studies, career, relocation, no enough time on hand to pen down a letter or mail. Still, we make friends. Here, i would like to mention a few friends of mine , some r in touch, some r seniors, some r e-friends(whom i have never seen)

Gayathri: My classmate in Intermediate, sitting very next to me everyday. Intelligent girl, now with Wipro. Though our fields are different, we find time once in a way to have a chit chat

Sheetal: My classmate in graduation not in touch now

Deepthi: My schoolmate but as our seats were far off, literally didn’t get closer to her. Hard working and a good girl

Hima Bindu: My senior at my first work place. Besides being a good guide, is also my saviour in tuf times. Now working as Company Secretary in a leading company

Rithika: A Bitter experience…… Not in touch now

Praneeth: My senior at work place, good guide and a good emotional support when I had tuf times. Currently preparing for CA, CWA and MBA..patient guy to pursue so many courses

Deepa: My collegue / junior at work place…now married but finds time to say a occasional hi

Madhavilatha: Latha madam as I call her..very friendly irrespective of the age gap..prefers to call me “pilla”

Santosh: My schoolmate ..silent and short..but now seems to be vibrant and tall..haven’t met after school but thanks to orkut..we r in touch

Rufus: my buddy since KG classes, should give me some chocolates yet…for winning a silly bet in class 6….he forgot it long back..well, working for Railways now

Jeevith: My sweet buddy in school. Can recollect many incidents when I write about him. Not in touch now

Srinath J: hmmn…takes some time to write about him.My co-monitor in school days….considered as a head strong guy. Working currently, thanks to orkut, we r in touch.

Srinath P: My Online buddy.....always busy with and the usual question i ask him is...when r u planning to come to Hyd and when shall we meet???

Srinivas K: My First online friend, hard working guy...and career oriented.

Deepak: The e-friend from hyderabad who argues with me for no reason and says that i argue with him!!!!

Raghu: the e-friend from Bangalore who finds fun in puzzling me with his puzzles

Sunil: the e-friend from bangalore again, who taught me to write these blogs

Krishnakanth: Still in love with a lovely lady....wish to meet him once to see how he looks like

Vasu: The person who married his long-time love ..very confident and good at heart

ESOP

Buzz word of the corporate world today….what is it all about ?? Why this hue and cry??

ESOPS stands for Employee Stock Option Purchase Scheme..this is a scheme instituted by the Company management to retain the technical staff for certain period of time called the vesting period. With the software industry in a boom, the ESOP is highly popular in that industry.

ESOP is an option granted to an employee to buy the underlying shares or opt out of it. The employee is requested to sign an options agreement, which, interalia, states the vesting period, criteria to opt for the shares and number of options granted, time period within which the options should be availed, etc.

Example: If Company X has 5 Crore options in the Scheme. It recognizes certain hierarchy of employees who are eligible for that and get an option agreement signed by them. By and large, the vesting period is 3-4 years (in Indian context). The agreement terms may be like this:

Mr A can opt for 5 Lakhs of shares over a period of 4 years. He can opt to purchase 1 lakh upon completion of one year subject to performance levels set by the company. Upon completion of second year, A would be eligible for another 2 Lakhs of shares and so on and so forth. At the end of year one, if A wishes to leave the company, he can opt to purchase only 1 lakh shares and he would stand to loose the balance options for 4 lakhs shares.

The ESOP is granted to employees at a much lower price than the prevailing market prices. In Indian context again, the usual trend is to offer the shares to employees at a price that is reduced by 50% than the prevailing rate on the Stock Exchange on the previous day. Example: if the market price on 4^th March 2008 is Rs 200, and Mr A opts for 1 Lakh shares on 5^th March 2008, then he should pay the company Rs 100 lakhs (Rs 100 X One lakh shares) and he would become the owner for One lakh shares in the company.

Turning Point in my life

it is all greenary in my life..loads of fun..good old school days..homework, play and friends...this is what everyone does till the enigma called career takes a more important step in one's life.

this Career probably takes away all the childishness and brings in seriousness and a kind of desire to excel in life. Settle down like elders at home, feel like not end up like the romeo at the end of the street or the housewife in the neighbourhood.

After Intermediate..what next was the biggest problem which even i faced like many. Not lucky enough to write EAMCET and pursue engineering, my future seemed to be dark. Many advices from elders..go into Chartered Accountancy like ur brother....give an attempt to EAMCET.join Bcom, join BSC.....and many more. Well, it was my life and i had a desire to explore maximum opportunities within my reach that would give me a secure future.

At that point of time, BSc filed was in downtrend and there appeared to be very less opportunities . So option left was shift from Maths, Physics and Chemistry to Commerce.

A very tough and hard decision. this required loads of hard work. And only Bcom???not my cuppa tea..wanted to touch the skies..took up Company Secretaryship to find out how much can i achieve.

it was not a easy task, it required every bit of my brains , complete attention, no fun, no movies, no friends. Life was almost routine.go to coaching classes, attend Bcom classes, come home and read. where am I heading to????

my friends on the other hand made fun with what is known as Crushes, boy friends, movies and masti .........and what not!!!!!!!!

when i was in a dilemma to give up this tough days and end up in Bcom alone....there came a monthly test at Coaching. Baapre.here am thinking of quitting the course and it was a test in Accountancy. i appeared for the test and as expected, i scored very less..just border marks. first time in life......i was happy for the feeling that i could get through Accountacy paper.

A sort of energy run through my veins and i gave in more of hard work and resulted in topping the coaching classes in business Law test..great Achievement padma..go ahead is what people told.

and a tough period of 8 months passed by....the final exams for Foundation in December seemed to approach fast. the night lamps burned a lot...a reading of about 10 hours a day for 5 papers started. health started deteriorating..still, a strong desire to excel didnt let me stop. Amidst fever coupled with fear..i gave the exams.

In the exam hall when all appeared to take bundles of additional answer sheets for economics..i left the hall with only the answer sheet given in the beginning.......will i fail .will my hard work go in drainage???fear encircled me. And the day of result was inevitable. I passed and to my surprise scored well in Economics. .my joy knew no bounds.

then bcom appeared to be the easiest part in life. passed Bcom first year with unexpcted results...topped the class with 99 marks in Accountancy and 94 in Quantitative techniques. My hard work for CS paid off.....My success didnt stop here........

My happiest day in life. June 23, 2003...when i was declared to have ranked 23rd on National Level (4th in State) in the Foundation Course. wowwwww! unexpected.....Tears rolled down the eyes of my parents .i cannot forget the spark in their eyes when they showed me the magazine wherein my name was printed!!!!!!!

hard Work pays offf