Akhil Sir

Back to my college life...
I seriously need to document my cllege life for one simple reason. I hate my college.
Well, hate is such a big word so lets change it to dislike.
Frankly, even though the dislike might soon change to hatred and the first few lines will become obsolete, sometimes something happens which actually makes me believe
that my perspective might actually change.
Meeting Akhil Sir was one such event.
There's a student organisation in our college called ISTE. I won't bother with the
full form. Anyways, in my freshman year, I was bored to death by the sheer inactivity
of the students. For starters, there were no events. If there were events, there would
be no participants.
Life was dull and consisted solely of assignments copied from my friends.
In second year, I decided that I would stand up against the sheer monotony, even bunking classes was boring, to say the least.
One fine day, I saw a notice for an ISTE meeting. The agenda of the meeting was
forming an Organizing Committee for an upcoming event. "Yeah, right", I thought "As if
anyone actually attends one of those." But then, what the heck, I thought it would be
better than wasting my time bunking classes.
There were hardly 15-16 students who turned up for the meeting. That's when I first met Akhil. He happened to be the President of ISTE. The meeting began with his introductory speech.

He is an orator beyond compare. Akhil's words were so well brought out that I finally began to believe that, 'yes. there is life in this college'. He has this amazing knack of of marketing, if there is a person who can sell a fridge to an eskimo, its can only be Akhil.
Needless to say, I was so impressed that I volunteered for the Organising Committee.

I had taken part in quite a few events but organising was something new to me. Akhil Sir was an excellent guide. It seemed that every problem we faced had already been thought of by him. He had the solutions for every emergency that cropped up in the event. An excellent manager, both of material and human resources, he helped me
understand the value of properly channeling the resources for best results.
During the planning phase, Akhil had declared himself dictator. We were supposed to consult him before making any changes to the original plan. This helped us a lot as all of our ideas got the necessary feedback.
Till the last day, Akhil Sir was always there for guiding us.

I believe i owe him a lot. Its a regret that he passed out of the college this year.
Seriously, I could do with a mentor like him.
His friendly nature, that professional approach, time management, resource utilisation,
oratory skills....I could go on about him. Even though we worked together for only 2 weeks, I've learned a lot from him.
Akhil Sir, wherever you are, my best wishes shall remain with you always.

PS. Did I mention what a success the event had been? Its been one of the best organised
that I've seen. Completely by the students and for the students. Thank you Akhil Sir!