statement of purpose
PERSONAL STATEMENT
Making posters on Tobacco Day, writing essays on topics like ‘Scope of public development’, presenting a seminar on ‘ART—A Traumatic Restorative Treatment’, debating issues like the setbacks that women physicians in Indian society face even today—and the difficulties they face in making them acceptable vis-à-vis their male counterparts—getting to see and know first hand the challenges that little children face in slums, the problems that the adolescents grapple with and the shattered dreams that the youth pick up and move on with such nonchalance. This, and much more, does one get to see, know and do when you grow up as an Indian keen to study and understand your society. The scope increases manifold when you are also a woman. As I am: A woman clinician. Not satisfied with that tag alone I have dared to move beyond … with the hope that some day I shall also move ahead.
I may have got plenty of opportunities sharpening and proving my communication skills, I may have worked hard developing my abilities to explain ideas clearly and prepare my presentations meticulously. But nothing has been more satisfying than knowing the promises that one can make—and then work towards keeping them—to the deprived, to the underprivileged lot. And ultimately, all that matters is that I do not allow my motivation level to go down ever. And that I have the flexibility and the daring to change tracks at will and have the confidence to carry it off as well. But never forgetting that sincere effort, commitment to the cause I believe in and clear head on the shoulders is something I should never lose my grip on.
I graduated as a dental surgeon in 2009 from a reputed institute affiliated to Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences in Belgaum, India, after having completed my 1st year of rotatory internship. My four-year stint there was packed with my sojourns into the fields of oral and general pathology, physiology, biochemistry, anatomy and pharmacology.
Making posters on Tobacco Day, writing essays on topics like ‘Scope of public development’, presenting a seminar on ‘ART—A Traumatic Restorative Treatment’, debating issues like the setbacks that women physicians in Indian society face even today—and the difficulties they face in making them acceptable vis-à-vis their male counterparts—getting to see and know first hand the challenges that little children face in slums, the problems that the adolescents grapple with and the shattered dreams that the youth pick up and move on with such nonchalance. This, and much more, does one get to see, know and do when you grow up as an Indian keen to study and understand your society. The scope increases manifold when you are also a woman. As I am: A woman clinician. Not satisfied with that tag alone I have dared to move beyond … with the hope that some day I shall also move ahead.
I may have got plenty of opportunities sharpening and proving my communication skills, I may have worked hard developing my abilities to explain ideas clearly and prepare my presentations meticulously. But nothing has been more satisfying than knowing the promises that one can make—and then work towards keeping them—to the deprived, to the underprivileged lot. And ultimately, all that matters is that I do not allow my motivation level to go down ever. And that I have the flexibility and the daring to change tracks at will and have the confidence to carry it off as well. But never forgetting that sincere effort, commitment to the cause I believe in and clear head on the shoulders is something I should never lose my grip on.
I graduated as a dental surgeon in 2009 from a reputed institute affiliated to Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences in Belgaum, India, after having completed my 1st year of rotatory internship. My four-year stint there was packed with my sojourns into the fields of oral and general pathology, physiology, biochemistry, anatomy and pharmacology.