It is
correctly said that if you need to climb the Everest then
you need not to be a big muscular man with a lot of power. What you need is the
determination and will power to see yourself standing at the top of the
snow-capped Everest. You must have the heart to face the toughest situations
coming on the way and still look forward to proceed. Often you see a small stone
on the way and you just push it from your foot thinking that it has no value
but sometimes life brings you in a situation that you fall down after hitting
the same small stone and then you think that this small stone also has power to
make me fall down. The motive behind this example is to state that even the
smallest things can change your view of thinking. Today we have a similar
person who made his life big just because of a light joke made by a friend.
Vaibhav Srivastava, a student of 2010 EC passout batch is an entrepreneur today
and is at the rising milestone of his career and is still working hard to add a
lot of other brightening stars to his shoulders but as its said that nothing
comes without sacrifice, he has faced a lot of challenges too and have risen as
a shining star. So let’s read this winner’s story of success in his own words:
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It all
started in 2006 when I was wondering to choose the best engineering college.
One minute, it wasn’t the dream of best college in academics but in actual was
best college in terms of Infrastructure, Ambiance and Class. After roaming
around 112 engineering colleges in almost half of India, I unwillingly joined
SIET after a lot of consultancy done by my parents. The only thing initially I
liked was the roads from Vishnu Bhagwan Public School to SIET. The lush green
sides of the road made me a little interested in the college as I am a deep
lover of nature. 17th August 2006, Thursday was my first day in
college where I was only searching for the number of beautiful girls in the
college.
I was having
a normal aim like anyone else in this country to finish engineering and join a
software company and go ahead with the normal chores of life. Following this, I
started concentrating on my job rather than academics because I knew that at
the end of the day no one will ask you your percentage if you are talented and
confident and to be honest I was never looking for a good marks but always kept
an eye on a good talent and confidence. For me good talent was about standing
different in crowd of people. Talent for me was that one different thing which
will make me being considered ahead of all. Talent for me was also about facing
all the challenge with a positive attitude. Five semesters were gone happily enjoying the
best period of college life doing all those notorious things like roaming with
friends, sitting on restaurants and going for bike rides but now it was the
time when I thought I required a little thinking about my career progress. 6th
Semester started and I started bunking my classes. I used to sit in the
computer lab sending my CV to companies across India and the world because I
knew that companies start hiring from 3rd year. 8367 is the number
of companies I posted CVs in and this is the number only in 6th
semester. I didn’t get a single response and my classmates and parents used to
tell me that I have gone mad. Their thought process said that Vaibhav doesn’t
likes to study so finding job is an excuse for skipping studies. Over all of
these one wise man came and demotivated me more by telling that after year 2008
companies have stopped hiring 3rd year students which was true. It
was a real shock for me but the only thing which still kept me in the game was
my confidence and positivity. I posted CVs in another 13407 companies across
the world in final year and that’s why if you want to search me you can find me
on any job portal of India, USA, UK, Dubai, Qatar, Singapore, Malaysia,
Philippines. My father wanted me to do M. Tech and I was denying. He said
atleast sit in GATE exams once and I was not at all interested. Finally after
his over pressure I told him “Ok, If you have so much interest in spoiling 1300
rupees then bring the form” . He brought the form and as expected I scored “-7”
marks. Yes, you read it correct it was Minus Seven. After all this drama, I was
hired for HCL BPO on 5th May 2010 as a Technical Support Executive
with a salary of Rupees 11537/- in Noida. I finished the last practical exam on
12th June and joined HCL on 14th June. Before joining I
was assisted by my friends that I am an engineer and it’s a matter of pride so
an engineer must not join the BPO industry. I was never confused about this so
I told them that I am not joining to make my career in this but my aim is to
reach Delhi to get more opportunities. This was the start of my career and it
went very well for me. In 4 months I became the Star Performer of the month and
got a chance to hire the people from my own college for HCL. After these 4
months I joined Accenture and then after another 3 months went to Vodafone as a
Zonal Technical Manager for U.P East. 3 months passed by and I was setting up
my goals for my career as I was finding Vodafone as the most suitable company
to enhance my career. But as it is said, when you are busy in planning
something then god has his own plans ready for you and likewise my life changed
too.
I was
talking to Himanshi over phone who was my closest friend and jokingly she said
that “Vaibhav, if you cannot fulfill my dreams, I will leave you and will never
be back”. I really took it very lightly but then I thought how people who are
too rich live their life. I mean they do not have to think if they want to buy
a house or a car or anything. It looks a small thing to think as most of us
think about this but it unknowingly created an impact on me and made me think
about how to be a big man. This joke of hers is responsible for me standing
today and writing about my ownself. I started building links in the companies
and collected all information regarding the operations of telecom industry.
After 2 months of vigorous meetings with vendors, technical specialists and
others after office hours I launched my first telecom company on 3rd
August 2011 with two experienced partners. I was unaware about the upcoming
challenges. Money, the major part for any business was Nil in my pockets and
this was the toughest part of my life. 6 months of the business I lent lakhs of
rupees from people and whatever money I got was made deposited into my field
employee’s accounts. I stood on biscuits and water for these 6 months. Himanshi
was the only person standing by my side giving me confidence and strength to
move ahead. And, I have second thought before saying that whatever I am and
wherever I stand today is because of her. It was the time when people used to
stand on my gate for money and I used to stay away from my own house for a lot
of days. I cried often after getting up in the morning thinking that why I got
into this business and it was good that I was getting a fixed salary but Himanshi
always told me that I have to do this and have to succeed and I did. After 6
months, I received 1st cheque from my client and it was well enough
to get rid of all burdens of loans and move on with the business in an
effective manner. After this I never turned back and in another year I launched
my second telecom company. After few months of this new company I got another
thought of entering into IT industry & for the same I joined an IT company
together with my own company and worked
for 6 months and luckily I met a client from Singapore named Shamalah
Subramanium who was into IT business. I offered a proposal for becoming an
Investor and she agreed to it after few pages of questions and this is how I
entered IT business.
Today I own
8 companies in partnership with Shamalah doing business in:
·
IT- Website Development/ SEO/ Mobile App
Development/Software Development in Singapore and India
·
Engineering: Calibration, Pressure Gauge and
Valve Service Providers in Singapore
·
Marine: Providing Nautical services to ships and
cruises in Singapore
·
Construction: Building and Renting offices an
Residences in Singapore/Malaysia/Cambodia
·
Oil & Gas: Providing services to Contractors
and Sub Contractors in India, Dubai and Singapore
·
BPO: Inbound call center services to Giants in US,
UK & Australia
·
Data Analysis – Singapore and India
·
Equipment Rentals – Providing calibration and
engineering equipment to Singapore Industry
Apart
from this, I have 2 telecom companies and one more IT company which I solely
own.
From
starting my career with 11537 rupees I have climbed to this height in last 5
years where I own a business of Rs.117,00,00,000/- (117 Crores) and I believe
that anybody reading this write up can achieve this easily if he/she aims for
it positively and confidently. If you really can face the tough situations with
positivity then you can be 100 times bigger man than Vaibhav as well.
All
thanks to Himanshi who created this dream for me and who stood at that time to
make me successful. I dedicate all my success and rise to her.
I
am still a student and a kid for my employees and I really treat them the way I
want them to treat my premium customers.
You
can connect me anytime at +91-8527577373 (Call)/ +91-9560588257 (Watsapp)/
+65-66526059 (My Singapore Number)
Presented by
Anant Anveshi
