Eureka Experience

I have finished my bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering and going to do my Masters Degree.I don't know my neighbors of my age.I grew up in hostel since i was 10. I got my set of hostel, school and college friends.My final exams got over by May 2013 and i was just enjoying with my friends by hanging out somewhere with them.It continued for a month.But how long one can hangout with friends spending time and money.Everyone has got their own work to do.None of my friends were thinking about post graduations.Some went in search for jobs and some got their call letters and left to different cities.Soon i was like a lone wolf.I really don't know how to get out from that.I want to beat the destitution.I did a small research about myself and i found about my helping nature.Then i thought of doing something to underprivileged ones.I joined eureka as a volunteer.My first assignment was to take two interns studying in Mcgill university to cuddalore for their survey.I along with other two volunteers (Sumita and Sudha) traveled from chennai to cuddalore in bus.We shared our knowledge with each other. Sudha was a sociology student and she shared about various social issues while travelling. Sumita was working in TCS and left her job to study Master of social works.They both were good in talking.Till i met them, i thought i was lucky to be in hostel where i learnt a lot and was brought up as a broad minded guy.But when i spoke to them i really understood how much life i had missed by staying in hostel.I came to know relations and neighbors do play a lot of role in friendships.Then we met interns(Carmina and Galle) in cuddalore. We helped them in their survey work by translating their queries to farmers and getting feedback from the farmers.They spoke about the cultural diversity of India and the places they had visited and the things they learnt in India.We suggested some places to visit and some songs they would like.We really had good day.I also learnt a lot from the farmers about the agricultural and financial issues they were undergoing.That trip not only gave me some knowledge about agriculture but also some good friends.

After that trip i joined in eureka math and science resource center. It is also a part of eureka child organisation which concentrates on giving practical education to the students for the better understanding of this scientific world.It has science and math models and experiments that explains the concepts in a simple way.Every day a batch of 60 students of class 9 from corporation school visit there to gain some knowledge.All corporation schools in Chennai visit the center. It will take 3 months for the same school to visit the center. again.I hope this definitely gives a rough idea about the number of students benefited through this center. I go this center to teach basic physics concepts to the students.its not a problem for me to teach physics to class 9 students but my real problem is to over come my schedule.I am a nocturnal being.I sleep at 4.00 am and wake up at 12.00 pm.For a guy like me it is really difficult to take class in morning session.I got to start class at 10.00 am in center.It will take 1.30 hrs to reach the center from my home.fortunately  Mr. Murari (project manager,eureka math and science resource center ) is staying nearby my home and he picks me up early morning. Sorry its not early morning for him because he picks me up at 8.15 am.Though i struggled with the change in my food  and sleep times, i enjoyed a lot.When i finish the teaching and ask some queries to students,they answer most of it.I ask the questions related to the practical applications and when they answer to those,its really a great feeling .I cant express those in words.The satisfaction that i get through those answers is worth sacrificing the schedule i followed.When i get the right answers from those corporation school children, one thought beeps in my mind"THERE ARE ABDUL KALAM, AMIRTYA SEN, SIR C.V.RAMAN ETC. , HERE IN THIS ROOM BUT WE DON'T SEE SO MANY OF THEM OFTEN IN THIS INDIA." It surely tells that our education system is not going in right way.I hope we all people can change it.I can sum it up like this "EUREKA! I FOUND THE MEANING OF MY LIFE."