This is to all girls and women out there, we hope you can live your dreams just like Sujata did, no matter how many challenges and years it took her. This Women’s Day, we hope you can find your success.
Sujata graduated in computer science more than 2 decades back from Pune and had no exposure at that time about a career path she could take. She was always a smart, multitalented personality but in Pune there were no career fields other than IT, she worked as a project manager in an IT company but after the age of 25, she did not find jobs in companies as they thought she would eventually just get married and quit the job. But, here she is still single and stronger even after 2 decades.
Sujata’s family background was very conservative where women were not allowed to work, yet she always wanted to go out in the world and do things. She was all alone with no career guidance or life guidance as no one around her had ever done what she wanted to do, yet she took risks and found her path amidst lot of challenges and time lapse. She not only got multiple degrees and worked in various industries and sectors but her passion and curiosity to see all that the world had to offer led her to do a Master degree from Kingston University, London and traveled solo to 40 plus countries when there was no social media exposure unlike today. She faced a lot of challenges while travelling solo to different countries and meeting people from all over the world yet she overcame them all and found lots of friends everywhere. Sujata learnt a lot about different cultures and personalities while living and travelling with them. It has been a hell of an experience for her. It’s never easy to get out of one’s comfort zone and do something completely different and yet Sujata did that every time with new country moves, new career moves, new qualifications etc. Life had not been easy for her, she had to work hard to save money and then pursue her dreams, unlike today where most IT people get good salary package straight out of college. Sujata never had that kind of opportunity or exposure, she had no bank balance or savings but had to work really hard for it, fortunately getting jobs abroad saved her after all. Some of the clients she worked for were – Aviva life Insurance, Thomas Cook, Kantar, Synovate, Visit Britain, SAS, Gabriel, Alfa Laval and Public sector companies in London.
Sujata always followed her dreams no matter how challenging it got and even after not have a helping hand to support her, she never gave up. She is a doer and don’t mind getting her hands dirty. She is a self-starter and self-motivated person. She never had a role model or guide and failed a few times, got her hopes shattered a few times, never got the opportunities she deserved in India, got personal setbacks in life, experienced depression, anxiety everything in between and yet today, here she is still standing strong facing life challenges. Sujata realized her dream to study abroad, live abroad, travel and see the world. She wrote a travel book – “How to plan your travels abroad” and started a travel company but the patriarchal mindset and no male support made it difficult for her to succeed in the travel sector as she feared for, so she moved on to another career field. Sujata has also worked in health and beauty sector while abroad and started a beauty clinic as a long pending passion of hers. She also worked in the education sector abroad and have taught kids of all age levels. She gradually started a marketing agency – Penguin Marketing Solutions, offering content marketing and research services. Sujata had a lot of work experience in London in research and the service sector. When she tried to bring the customer service experience from London to India, it was very challenging as most companies didn’t really have a customer centric vision.
Amidst all these challenges, Sujata is glad to have been doing all that she ever wanted to do and realize her dreams even if it meant jumping in unknown waters. Today, she not only has a lot of work experience by working in multiple companies and countries but also lot of life experiences by living and travelling with people from all over the world and she is certain that she can help people in many different areas of their personal and professional goals.
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Very inspiring story👌👌👌much appreciated….!!!