Home: Janakpur, Dhanusha, Janakpur

Education: B.Tech, NIT, Jalandhar

I was born in Sonigama VDC of Dhanusha district, and grew up in the same village. I also attended primary school in Sonigama, and later moved to Janakpur to complete my secondary and higher secondary education. I moved to India for my higher studies, where I completed my B.Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering from NIT Jalandhar.

If I have to describe my school life in one word, I would say it was “prodigious”. Sometimes I feel it passed by too quickly. Academically, I was one of the brightest students in my class, and I was involved in almost every activity that took place in school. This made my school days very memorable. I came to know about Teach For Nepal through Facebook. I was curious about what this really was and how it would work. Would there be enough people interested in teaching in villages? This was my biggest doubt when I first came to know about TFN.

I left my job in India and came to Nepal thinking I would do something for Nepal. That was when I came across the Fellowship announcement. I thought – what else would be better than working to eradicate the education inequality in Nepal? So I applied. After coming to know about the current Teach For Nepal Fellows, and the number of people applying for the Fellowship this year, I realized I was proven wrong about my first reaction.

I didn’t tell anyone about my application until I was selected for the final interview. I was really very happy when I got an e-mail from TFN about my selection. My family wasn’t that excited with the idea of me going to a village to be a teacher, but somehow I convinced them.

Now they are happy. I’m realizing that I have a lot more potential than I initially thought as a young student, and I want to share what I know.

When I think of students and the school where I would be teaching, the chance to provide a better education, along with repeating aspects of my own school life, are what excite me the most. I do also wonder about people’s reactions in the community and school where we will be teaching. Will they be happy to have us there, helping provide better education? How can I most effectively work together with teachers in the school, and get their help, as well? These arethe questions that I know will make this Fellowship a strong learning experience for me as well.