From dark watchman to IIM Asst. Professor: the incredible journey of Ranjith Ramachandran
Post on social media has gone viral, earning praise from many, including Kerala’s Finance Minister.
From a dark watchman earning a pittance to graduating from the hallowed portals of IIT and now an Assistant Professor at IIM, Ranchi, it has been a remarkable journey for 28-year-old Ranjith Ramachandran, inspiring many to fight adverse circumstances in their lives.
“An IIM professor was born here,” reads his post on Facebook, along with a picture of his dilapidated tiled hut covered with a tarpaulin sheet to prevent rainwater from seeping in.
His inspirational April 9 post in which he shared his story, went viral, garnering over 37,000 likes.
FM T.M. Thomas Isaac also took to Facebook to congratulate Ranjith, who goes by the name ‘Ranjith R. Panathoor’ in social media, saying he is a source of inspiration to everyone.
Ranjith was working as a night watchman at a BSNL telephone exchange at Panathur in Kasaragod, while he pursued his Economics degree from Pious Xth College in the district.
“I attended college during day time and worked at the telephone exchange at night,” he posted.
Extreme poverty anywhere is a threat to human security everywhere.” — Kofi Annan, Seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations. .
Graduating with honours, he got into IIT, Madras, where he found it difficult to study as he knew only Malayalam.
Despondent, he decided to quit the PhD programme but was persuaded by his guide Dr Subhash not to do so.
“I decided to fight and realise my dream,” he wrote.
Fight he did and earned his doctorate last year.
For the last two months, he was an Assistant Professor at Christ University, Bengaluru.
“I never thought the post would go viral. I posted my life story, hoping that it would inspire a few others. I want everyone to dream good and fight for their dreams. I want other people to get inspired from this and find success,” he told reporters.
Ranjith recalled in his post that he nearly gave up his school education due to financial hardships His father is a tailor and mother, a daily wage worker
The Finance Minister in his post, praised Ranjith, saying “From the moment he felt he was defeated, he turned his life and achieved success and it’s an inspiration to everyone. We have before us the life stories of great personalities, including K.R. Narayanan, who attained success with extraordinary willpower and became the first citizen of the country,” he posted and shared Ranjith’s post.
“The lives of people like Ranjith, who refuse to get discouraged due to various crisis and use education as a weapon to overcome social and financial backwardness, are an inspiration to all,” he said.
The Source of this Blog is Indian Media
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