In 1947, when India got Independence from the British, my great-grandmother was fighting a personal battle with cancer. In those days, medical science offered radium radiation therapy to fight the dreaded disease. When I was a child, over dinner table conversations, dad would share stories of the family’s struggle and sheer helplessness in alleviating the suffering of the aging matriarch. His narrations would be laced with exasperated ‘if only’ and ‘times have changed’, fervently wishing that medical advancements in science had come about sooner than later.

As curious as fish, I surfed the Internet, my generation’s answer to the Encyclopedia, and learned about the discoveries made by revolutionary bio-medical engineers in reducing the risk factor of terminal illnesses. The relentless efforts of these innovators have impacted me greatly and therefore, motivated by their social spirit, I have decided to join them in their quest for a cure. Planning my future consciously, I applied for a Bachelor’s of Technology in Biomedical Engineering at the prestigious Manipal Institute of Technology, Karnataka. The curriculum and practical instruction schedule of the course reassure me that I have chosen my future well. Extensive faculty interactions and …show more content…
Working beside renowned biomedical engineers, I had the opportunity to factually apply the various principles that I had learned to date. Furthermore, not only was I apprised of the relevance of engineering equipment in real-world situations, but I also realized that in order to maintain a successful Biomedical Engineering department, it was imperative to hone one’s managerial skills. As an intern in a live hospital environment, I successfully developed my intra-departmental, inter-departmental and inter-personal skills, gradually preparing myself for the demanding trials of a prospective