My entrepreneurship journey started after a failure in 2001 from Dehradun. When the dot com burst and no jobs in the market.
During my job assignment in Kanpur. I visited my hometown in Dehradun. Then with my friend, we experienced a memorable motorbike trip from Dehradun to Chakrata Hill Station in 2000.
My Trip To Chakrata Hill Station
Chakrata is a cantonment town and also a sub-district/tehsil, in the Dehradun district in the state of Uttarakhand, India. It lies between the Tons and Yamuna rivers, at an elevation of 2118 m, 98 km from the state capital, Dehradun. Chakrata was originally a cantonment of the British Indian Army.
Now, I am moving ahead with my autobiography, as I previously said that in the year 2000, I don’t have a job and was looking for it. My struggling period was going on again, lots of stuff was happening in my life along with my studies. I have degrees but no job in my hands, during that phase of my life, a thought came into my mind that I should go out of India, I had this thought in my mind since I was pursuing a computer course.
I Was Trying Hard To Find New Job
I don’t have much confidence at that time and there was no passport, and my education was also not completed. I hold no certification, I was unable to speak English nor even hold any corporate base experience letter. So in short thinking about all this, I use to think that I won’t be able to go out of the country and the second thing was that from within I had a feeling that I don’t want to go out of India. Many people use to advise me that I should go to Delhi, Mumbai, etc. place to get a good job and there was nothing in Dehradun, as at that time I use to stay in Dehradun. I don’t know why I never get attracted to Delhi and Mumbai, all I use to think was I will stay at Dehradun or will go out of Dehradun but not Delhi/Mumbai.
Trying Hard
This is all about the year 1999 when I was pursuing my MBA along with M.com. My MBA University was far away from the city around 5-6 kilometers distance. Now, it was getting tough and time-consuming to go on a bicycle, so I decided to buy a motorbike, during that time Hero Honda was more popular. I thought to buy the bike on loan for 2-3 years of loan time and I can arrange the EMI amount of 1000 INR easily. Actually, this was also my dream to buy a motorbike, my motorbike was black in color.
Feeling Lost in Life
In 1996, at the beginning of New Year, life seems to be good and going smoothly, I was studying and working simultaneously. So, I talked to the Aptech computer center concern person that I was studying in the Saharanpur branch and now I want to give my second & third semesters from Dehradun, as I want to complete my 1.5 years of study, I want to get a Higher Diploma in System Management (HDISM) certificate course. They transfer my documents from Saharanpur to the Dehradun branch and I know that now I can arrange the amount of the fee, and pay for the second semester.
Higher Studies with Full-Time Job
Further, continuing as I previously said my BA- 2nd year (Bachelor of Arts) was cleared along my six-month computer course was also completed. I also started DTP (Desktop Publishing) Course at Graphic Era. That boosted my confidence at a different level, I started getting positive feelings towards my life that I can do something in life.
My First Job in Computer Industry
I still remember that my cousin who motivated me to do a computer course was living in Chandigarh and working as a Data Entry operator. One fine day we had a conversation and he said Ajay why don’t you come here to Chandigarh and explore the place, if you like it then you can get the job of Data entry easily over here, as you completed a six-month course it. Ajay if you want you can stay with me in Chandigarh.
So I became happier while hearing such words from my cousin. I took a leave of 2-3 days from my current job and went to Chandigarh to meet him. I like the place, it was neat and clean with a nice environment and saw his working place as well. My cousin said that if I will search for a job I will definitely get the job and that is of Data entry was fixed, which is 3 to 4 thousand rupees. So I said okay let me get back to Saharanpur and I will plan out everything and will get back to you. My cousin agreed to that.
job in Dehradun