Gist of Chief Guest’s speech
Mr Mahesh Shahdadpuri, Founder and CEO, TASC
The three day 27th Convocation of Manipal
Academy of Higher Education came to a close
on Sunday at KMC Greens with chief guest
Mr Mahesh Shahdadpuri, Founder and CEO
of TASC Outsourcing, UAE, impressing upon
the graduating students never to give up.
“Setbacks are only temporary. It’s never over.
Setback always has seeds of a comeback,”
he said.
On the last day, when 1387 students and
their parents and well-wishers were present,
the successful entrepreneur, an alumnus of
the University, spoke of his own failures and
successes to inspire the students who will take
their next step in life.
here nor in Dubai where his father was.
“Nobody even called me for an interview,” he
said. My struggle looking for a job continued
for a long time. I was a good student, but
couldn’t get a job. What was wrong?”
“Rejections made me stronger. Finally, I
landed a job in Dubai and all I did there
was cleaning up computers. I left the job in
three months, got another job and quit that
as well. Then, I went to Boston to do my MBA.
Two years passed and I was hunting for a job
again”.
“I searched and searched and after 12
interviews I hit jackpot. I got a job in Intel
because I never gave up. But then, I always
He recalled the difficult days when he struggled wanted to do my own business. I started my
to get a job after completing his graduation first company in 1999. I wanted to build a
from Manipal Institute of Technology, neither million dollar company. I put in all the money
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