Voyaging Towards Excellence 7

 Extract No. 07

Page No. 83   [Lines, “ I passed ………  began..”]

Read the first activity, read the extract and do all the activities that follow.

A1. Choose : (02)

Choose the correct option and rewrite the sentences.

a) After passing out from IIT,the writer joined a non-violent movement for tribal called……

1.Non –co operation.      2. Azad andolan

3. Quit India 4.Sarvodya.

b) The writer settled his career on………………………………………………..

1.Information Technology

2. Scientist

3. Professor 4. Businessman.

c) The writer believes that Nothing is impossible without  ………………………

1. Ego 2. Arrogance

3. Team work 4.Attitude

d) The writer’s first love was…………….

1. His wife.      2.To read and write.

3. His lucrative job. 4. Money

I passed from IIT, joined a non-violent social movement for tribals with Sarvodaya, participated in a peaceful satyagraha, went to jail for 10 days, came back to Mumbai, was jobless for a while, worked for Rs. 125/- month to supervise workers at the night shift in a mechanical workshop, changed 13 houses in Mumbai, and finally settled on Information Technology as my career. I spent 32 years in Information Technology out of which I was a Chief Executive Officer or MD or the software head for 23 years for large global multinational software companies with thousands of software professionals worldwide and 6 offices in the US, 3 in Europe, 1 in Japan and 1 in Australia. I had to travel all over the globe around 150 times for business. During this period, I had also written 4 books with 500-700 pages each on Information Technology published by Tata McGraw-Hill and then translated into Chinese for global distribution.

I learnt a lot of things when I was running these large companies. The first one was the importance of team work. In today’s world, nothing is possible without team work. You cannot be successful if you are a loner and an egoistic person. Secondly, you need to lead from the front by setting a good example in front of your staff. Third was that you need to treat your subordinates and your colleagues as friends. In my career, I made a few mistakes, but learnt a lot about motivation, being a good listener, target setting and the art of delegation which forms such an important part of today’s management.

After working for all these software companies for so many years, I wanted to return to my first love i.e. to read and write on various subjects concerning human life and existence. Therefore, I gave up two offers of around 3 crore rupees per annum to become a writer. This is how my second innings as a writer in Marathi began.

A2. Find out : (02)

Find out the statements that shows the struggles faced by the writer to  become a famous person.

a) After passing IIT, I participated an agitation and went to jail for 10 days.

b) I was  jobless for a while.

c) I worked for Rs. 125/- Month to supervise workers at night shift in a mechanical shop.

d) Changed 13 houses in Mumbai.

A3. Compare : (02)

Complete the table comparing two different phases of life of the writer as an MD Or chief Executive officer and an activist of Sarvodaya Movement.

MD Or Chief Executive Officer.

Activist of  Sarvodaya Movement.

Head of the company for 23 years.

Participated in a peaceful satygraha.

Thousands of software professionals worked under him.

He went to jail for 10 days

6 offices in the 3 in Europe 1 in japan and 1 in Australia.

He came to Mumbai, jobless for a while.

A4. Personal Response : (02)

Do you think that Team work, Listening ability, Target setting, True leadership qualities are essential to become a successful businessman.

A5. Language study : (02)

a) I spent 32 years in Information Technology. (Rewrite using past perfect tense)

I had spent 32 years in information Technology.

b) Nothing is impossible.  (Make it Affirmative)

Everything is possible.

c) I made a few mistakes, but learnt a lot about motivation. 

(Rewrite the sentence beginning with, “Though/Although…..”)

Though/ Although I made a few mistakes I learnt a lot about motivation.

A6. Vocabulary : (02)

Find out words from the extract which mean the following.

a) World = globe 

b) Per year = per Annum

c) Having branches in many nations = multinational

d) Unemployed = jobless

Activities with expected answers by

TUSHAR J BAGWE

K J SOMAIYA COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND COMMERCE VIDYAVIHAR EAST MUMBAI 77

Mobile :9820928141

E Mail ID : tushar@somaiya.edu