I
am Soma Roy, now doing Ph.D in Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore.
After giving 12th examination, I came to Kolkata from Siliguri, my
hometown for higher education and got admission in renowned Jadavpur
University. I am a very simple girl from a very simple family. From childhood,
I was very studious and serious. My parents were always there to support me in
all cases. They gave me all the opportunities to take education despite our financial
problem. Without their support, I couldn’t cross all the barriers and achieve
my dream. While studying in Jadavpur University I came to know about Sheela
Kanoria Foundation in B.Sc 2nd year and applied for the scholarship.
After getting selected, I received the scholarship throughout B.Sc and M.Sc.
I’m very much thankful to this foundation for their co-operation and financial
support. This helped me a lot for my education as well as to get a bright
career. They are doing very noble work by helping needy studious girls for
education. We have also the responsibility not to misuse the money, but to
utilize it properly. It is very much essential to educate the girls for the improvement
of the whole society. If anyone has strong desire for education,
then money is not a problem at all now, just we need the proper information of
appropriate scholarship that can be obtained from newspaper, friends, teachers,
internet. Today, I am successful because of many people starting from my
parents, family, teachers, friends and well-wishers. They have tried to give me
the best facility they can, whether I be a boy or girl. But, even now also
girls are meant for marriage in many villages. We have to change the mentality of
our society by informing the people about benefit of education.
I would like to share following things
with all of you about my study during last 5 years. I have studied 6-7 hours
per day during B.Sc and M.Sc for scoring better result. I am very fond of books
that may be story books or study books. I am never afraid of study. I always
try to understand the subject, to ask questions in class wherever there were
doubts. Because if I don’t clear my doubts in primary level, then it will
accumulate in higher level and I will be in trouble for further study. So,
always clear your doubts from teachers, friends, and seniors. First try to
understand the subject, not to mug up whole thing blindly. I used to follow a
lot of text and reference books that were available in our departmental
library. Then I made my own notes which I used to read during exam time for
scoring good results. Besides that, I used to practice to write answer within
expected time as I was always slow writer during exam time. To overcome that, I
had to do a lot of practice. From B.Sc to M.Sc I never had private tutors. I
only follow our university professors in class. I had all India 55 rank in GATE
exam and CSIR 48 rank in NET exam. I also have cleared the SET exam which is
organized by West Bengal College Service Commission. For these competitive
exams, I followed all the class notes of B.Sc and M.Sc and I read thoroughly
some good books which were advised by our teachers. I solved last 10 years
questions to get an idea about the question pattern. There are negative marking
in all the exams. So, I tried to avoid answering the unknown questions. Lastly
I would like to suggest all of you to love the subject, and then you can
conquer any tough exams.
“The best thermometer to the progress of a
nation is the treatment of its women.”- was said by Swami Vivekananda. Being a
girl, I can say that if we really want to take education, then no one can stop
us to go further and conquer.
