The women after her own Heart : Sangeeta Awasthi

"Ma'am ekdum impromptu plan hai, urgently jana padega please application le lo!", 

"Ma'am mask

 pocket me hi hai bas abhi lga rhi,

"Ma'am ye, Ma'am wo". The two years that I've been working here have been part of a ride that seems comfortable yet exciting at the same time. There's a saying that

goes like, "Your attachment is not defined by the amount of time you spent but the way you spent it."

Okay, maybe this is not a saying by some famous author but it still sounds like it, doesn't it? People

would think that I have had such a short time with this college so I would not have anything to

share, but the irony is that I have been a part of this college forever as my father, Kashiram Awasthi,  was a government-assigned lab assistant in the Mechanical Department here. So most of my

life, I have spent here only. After I was married and my father retired, I lost contact but again as

the saying goes, "When you desire something from the heart and soul, all the universe

conspires to help you achieve it."(laughs) Filmy, ain't I? 

So the circumstances somehow unfolded such that here I am working in the very place where I made my childhood memories. It has changed a lot

from when I was a kid in terms of infrastructure but the people and their spirit is still the

same. Seeing the students here made me want to live as free as a hosteller too. Never thought of

pursuing engineering though (Snickering). Before Maitreyi, I worked in Apala too. Life here with

these beautiful, strong yet mischievous minds has been great. Some even thought that after the

birth of my daughter, Inaya, I would not continue working but my family has been my support system and

are way more broad-minded than anyone could have thought. For instance, I didn't change my

surname after my wedding and they never pressured me or made me feel like they were doing

me a favor. And when this Covid could not stop me, so how could a daughter? Here, the girls

have played the role of a helping hand in raising my daughter. Particularly, they never created

a ruckus, making my job easier. But these girls are still young and naive, away from

their homes, so caging and imposing something on them will only persuade them to revolt and I

understand it. There are several stories of them showing their prankish sides such as lighting up

fire on the tiles, cooking something even after being forbidden to, changing their allotted room

without permission, drawing on walls, etc. But even after their pranks and tricks, they have always

been respectful towards me. This college has given me nothing but good vibes. Ever. The world

is still fighting against this pandemic, but these young minds are also fighting for their golden

years so it would not hurt me to go easy on them every once in a while. Every year, the batches

change but there's always this familiar, hopeful light in their eyes that always inspires me to

protect and provide my hard-working engineers with the warmth of 'HOME'.