Opportunities Today :- September 2005 Issue

Swapnil Gadekar

     

The dream boy Swapnil - the success dreamer has lot more to his credit than his name. His birth date has significance - the ushering of Republic - for he is born on 26th January! Swapnil's family is from a hilly region of Mahableshwar -Panchgani, however he was born and brought up in Dombivli, Mumbai. After his early schooling and securing first class in S.S.C he opted for science and graduated with statistics. 

The brainy boy has lot of rhythm in life and love for music. So he actively associated himself with a well-known dance troupe that gave him an opportunity to go around India for live performances with well-known bollywood stars. His family owns a Pharma and general store-run by his dad while mom works for a telecom company. His sister is M.Sc in Microbiology and DMLT and she is working with a pathological lab. Inspite of a secure ready family business, the dreamboy's dreams were to work with an airline. He chose Cargo as a sure fire career on advice of a friend working with Air India. So after graduation, he immediately enrolled for cargo and courier management course at IHCTM- an RBCS associate.

To be fully qualified he continued for IATA/FIATA-Dangerous Goods qualification which he passed with distinction. This was followed by a 3 months internship with National Carrier “Air India”. Thus he was ready, steady and set for a great opening which he got with Eva Air - a Taiwan based company that operates “freighters” (all cargo Aircrafts) all over the world. He dedicatedly worked for 2 years and learnt ins and outs of reservations along with operations knowledge too! In this job he got a chance to go to Taipei and do the DGR Refresher course with the airline there. This helped him to check DG shipments going Ex - Mumbai.

A better chance came in the form of a job with European Carrier “BMI” (British Midland) - based in U.K. This is a great opportunity to further his career in aviation industry and he is whole-heartedly involved with his duties. Swapnil gives great importance to hard work. He gives credit to the great guidance at his institute IHCTM.

Swapnil is a young man simple at heart, smart in his work and artistic in his temperament. He is totally dedicated to his career advancement and “dreams” of reaching to the “top”. OT wishes him all the best for he works to merit the best. Let our younger generation too get inspired to perspire to pursue and achieve great heights like Swapnil.

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