Avinash Pandit
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So education, I think was was very important, at least in my household, because I think both of my parents had come out of their situations, because they had studied, right.
So I think I don't think there was like a mandate that we either had to become a doctor or engineer, I think it just happened.
My sister is a doctor.
And you're an engineer.
It just happened.
Yeah, I mean, see, growing up, I was pretty good with numbers since the beginning.
Like, so, physics, maths, chemistry.
I used to enjoy these.
My sister was more...
I mean, she'd seen my mother, she'd seen my father treat patients.
So I think that became her passion.
But it was not mandated per se.
But education, I think, was put... Education had very high importance because they themselves had come out of those situations.
So I think, see one thing which I would want to say before I give this story is, this is what I always tell the students that I think these type of exams test those students.
on one single day at one given point of time, right?
That does not define their, let's say, 30, 40 year old career.
And I'm a prime example of that.
I'm literally a prime example of that.
So I gave JEE way back in 2001, 2002.
And at that point of time, there were 3000 seats in IIT.