Hi everyone and Hi Shefali
Welcome on board
Hi hi thank you so much
Shefali and me were chit-chatting past couple of minutes I thought let's switch on the
camera and start talking. Shefali is a
student from IIM Shillong. Shefali again,
Welcome to the real humans of b-school. We're gonna have some hard core discussions with
you and your life story so how are you
doing what's up, and what are you doing these days
I'm good I'm actually at home like
everybody else's and I'm just working on
my internship and and also I'm doing a
lot of hobby side by side what I like to
do and what not because I think it's
very important to keep a very sane
healthy state of mind. What's with the IIT. You prepared for IIT then ended up doing
economics and then statistics for masters
and then then a big four then IIM
Shillong. What are you doing?? 
So when I was in school actually
so in 11th, I took up non-medical I
thought I wanted to be an engineer but
and I obviously like every aspiring
engineer I prepared for IIT I
prepared for AIEEE and then I ended
up giving those exams also but I don't
know what happened like while I was
giving those exams
amidst that, somewhere I realized just
not what I want to do and I still
remember the day when my BITS Pilani
entrance my Center was in Noida and
right before leaving like half an hour
before leaving I told my father I don't
want to give this exam so he was like
what???
and again I said I don't want to take it.
He was like are you sure beta?
I'm like yeah Papa, it is that I want
to do it. It's the whole tree idiots scene came up of becoming bad engineer
I just told him I'm thankful he was so so
so supportive he said okay that's fine
you don't want to do it let's not take the exam and chill. go inside and chill
That is the day I realized.
It has all changed, I remember my IIT exam
I'm from NIT Surathkal. For my IIT exam, i reached minutes late because they were the
road block in between. I told my dad, I told you I don't want to
go on a car I told him we'll go by scooter, we'll reach sooner, it was typical Punjabi Bajaj Chetak.
He took me in the car and we had a very
big car, not sure if Safari or sierra
A big car which cannot be sneak out, I was ten minutes late. 
And my mind was filled  with
studying engineering only just like my elder brother.
Times have changed. Your dad said, go and chill inside.
Yes, and thankfully I had a decent score in class XIIth
And economic honours is a very committed
course in DU so thankfully I just
managed to get in even without having
economics in plus two so when I went to
the for the admission the teachers were
also shocked they looked at my profile
and they were like you do not have
economics and all like the top five
subjects and I said but I have maths and I
think I can manage
so they were like okay then let's give
you this chance and I was very lucky
like time I'm very thankful to some of
the professors that was attending that
day on the registration desk they were
really kind and they gave me this chance
It was a proper negotiation.
Your life has been no less than bollywood, I must say that
After Master in Stats...
Let's jump to the IIM Shillong part
How is this journey at IIM Shillong.
You did so many things and reached there
I think that's the destination
where you you know we have to reach and
you've reached there and how's life
there, Is it all chill? You don't feel like doing anything anymore?
So how is it?
No, i don't think so. 
So it's like I'm happy I'm very
happy there like I've met the best
kind of people it's the best kind of
place we get amazing food and so
everything is nice about Shillong. I mean
so ok so that here's another twist I
have never been to Northeast before and
before getting admitted there I just
went there and in Meghalaya
and I visited Shillong the city just
looked around full touristy things I did
and just after some months I got to know
I'm in IIM Shillong which also meant that I
already knew the city I was going to and
I was so excited so ever since about it
and even now I'm just wanting to go back
as soon as possible to continue my quest
I know your campus is so beautiful Shillong and in our times, Kozhikode was the most
beautiful and Kozhikode and SP Jain were 
both like my dream. I never thought of IIM A,B,C
Never thought much because of the campus
beauty I think now you guys compete with
Kozhikode which is more beautiful? Shillong or Kozhikode
I'll be biased here, IIM Shillong
Kozhikode people say, theirs' is the best
I'm sure I'm sure
it's just beautiful but Shillong is
very close to my heart now for obvious reasons
I have to come there I keep on giving Ted TAlks here and there so the last one of the time IIM calcutta
That's lovely any any
thoughts which you have for all these
people in life who are confused Shefali.
Students are confused and you are really strong
the interaction
what do you have how much I know you
You always do what you want to do
What are your thoughts to all
these people who are these confused
people who are just like you and me
I just feel see it's very instructive to
just get in the rat race and you know
feel that you
have to do this but I believe that if
you really if you do not have your
heart there, all yours efforts will go in waste
and its vice vice versa it
works as vice versa as well I mean if
you, if people tell you that you won't be able to do it but you really want to do
it you will be able to do it and if
people tell you should do this
but your heart is not there
then there is no point in pursuing it so
it just depends on what you want so you
should ask yourself first before you
know jumping on to the train which
everybody is catching.
Very very wisely said
But who supoorts you?
Like god can't support you to take such decisions
How do you get the support from
I think, i think my family is just fabulous
so that way I'm lucky. So even my sister for that
matter my mother my father all these
three people at least they have always
told me you know you can do whatever you
want to do like I wouldn't complete that
but they were like they have
been so supportive of me and they still
treat me like a kid and even my sister
by when I was giving cat preparing for
cat, So I prepared at home and that was
very very stressful sometimes I just
broke down thinking, i can't do it
that is when my sister told me if you
don't want to do it, just give it up you
don't have to do it you know this mental
pressure is not worth it but then I was
like no this is something I will do I'm
not a quitter and I just gave it my all
because I really wanted to. So honestly
since the time I really I have known of
a career the word career I've always
thought I will end up doing an MBA so I
always work towards it so stress is there, and ups  and downs too but then you should
never give up like that. That's also one
thing I've struggled on my own.
You're a true inspiration for many I was reading more
about you you're a metal freak and you
like I was a metal freak.
I used to love Metallica is it after
going northeast you picked this up or it was from before
No no thankfully no
So I have been a rock and roll fan
since long blues jazz all that but metal
is something which calms me down.
I'm, yes yes surprisingly yes.
so it's like when I'm work when I'm
stressed and I need a break from work so
it's just I play two three songs on top
of my head and it just calms me down you
know it's so so peaceful for me. What 's your goto song, Is it from metallica or is it from
I think my goto will be I'm
needing, I'm needing
We'll keep talking about Metallica and Iron Maiden stuff I mean this is how I grew up my life now I'm
out of it a little bit here and there
but yeah that's all
most of the IIT and NIT kids, we grew up
with that culture in 2005 onwards when
Metallica and all these were like very
big brands in India
I lived that life.
That's so amazing shefali, 
you've got a true story and this is what
we need at real humans.Thank you so
for a time you are awesome thank you so much
Thank you thank you thank you
 
