An IITian who returned back from Japan to his Native city In India and followed his passion !

There might be very few on the planet who have not heard about what Steve Jobs had to say about following your passion. He said “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition”

But yet, how many of us really do that?

IndoJapanPulse (IJP) had a privilege to speak with Sandeep Jaiswal (SD), an IIT-ian, a Navoday-ian who has worked in Japan (6+ years) and decided to go back to follow his passion and started to live and work on things he felt passionate about and is currently running. Sandeep is IIT (BHU) pass out, currently Co-Founder, MD of IITian Impulse whose mission is to help students achieve their IIT dreams along with other competitive exams. What was the journey behind this? What passion did he want to follow? What was the thought process which made this possible? Let`s explore in the interview below.

–Start Of Interview.

IJP: What brought you Japan?
SD : Actually when Lehman Brothers got bankrupt, Nomura securities which is Japan-headquartered company bought their European and Asian business and at that time there was a requirement to build a stock loan business here in Japan and I was the person who built it there in India, bringing the knowledge from UK and then I was called here to set up the same in Tokyo With Japan-specific regulations. In my previous stint with Goldman Sachs in 2006 I had worked here and I really liked Japan and Tokyo a lot and When an opportunity through Nomura called me again in 2010 I readily agreed to take up the project.

IJP – What was your expectation about Japan initially?
SD : During my childhood days I have read stories of honesty and patriotism about Japanese and I found it really true. Apart from that, I was thinking Tokyo should be like our metros in India like Mumbai Delhi et al but the definition of metropolitan cities are far beyond what we have in our country. I was thinking that it would be tough in Japan looking into the language problems and the eating habits but to my surprise that was not as such a problem here because of hospitality, courteous and helping nature of Japan and presence of various Indian restaurants and stores.

IJP: What changed outside you and inside you which led to start thinking of coming back to India?
SD: Looking into the infrastructure, system, technology, cleanliness, planning, etc I think Japan is far ahead than India. What I found that in Japan they generally don’t make quick decisions but once the decision is made they follow it thoroughly with full honesty. In the view above, I thought why can’t we have such a system in India as well.

Experience in Japan made me think that instead of expecting a solution from outside, it’s time to believe in oneself and it’s better to do it on its own than depending on someone else. Since then thought of building the nation start growing with me And I found that education should be the first step to start with the young generation, who is going to be the future of India.

IJP: What was the last trigger when you said “I am going back now to India “
SD: Working really hard in corporate culture and giving a lot of times to secure some financial and personal obligations, I thought why can’t I should be starting to work for what I really wanted. Japan is such a great country it was really tough to decide between about two thought process but at the end below quote of mine was the push

अपनी ज़िंदगी जीते हुए मरो,अगर दूसरों की ज़िंदगी जीने की कोशिश कर रहे हो तो तुमने अपने आप को कब का मार दिया है ।
– संदीप जायसवाल

Die emulating your life, if you are trying to emulate someone else life then you have killed yourself long back.
-Sandeep Jaiswal

IJP: What were the apprehension of returning India and what were your hopes in India
SD: Apprehensions of returning back to India was really the system which I was leaving behind in Japan And the system in which I am going in.
Hopes in India was that I will be working on what I really wanted And being IITian And exposure to the international education system and professional culture it gives Much needed competency to work in India For the betterment of the education system what we currently have.

IJP: Did you miss anything about Japan, when you moved back to India? What was the reaction of people around you?
SD: Initial few years have been really tough to settle in India as we started missing the system, the process, the cleanliness, the orderliness, etc. Most of the persons whom I met here were kind of surprised with my decision And for them, it was a foolish decision. Initially, I used to make them understand the purpose behind and the need of the hour in the nation but they were not so convinced so I stopped explaining to all of them and started working silently on my mission. There are some persons who really appreciated my decision and with those positive thoughts, I am hopeful that we will build the nation with a positive change.

IJP: While in India, how do you see Japan from there? 
SD: I was impressed with Japan from day one once I landed in the country of the rising sun. Japan is really a great country which inspires us that there are miles to go. I really love Japan and miss as well sometimes. Hopefully, I should be in touch with Japan again because of my educational services.

IJP : Being lived in both countries now, what difference stand out for you between India and Japan?
SD: I found the only problem in language while handing the government official rules And regulations of Japan apart from that it was all good for me in Japan. As global population and exposure are increasing in metros like Tokyo day by day the language barrier is not that much there within Tokyo but outside it still might be.

Chaotic order of the system in India is the pros and cons both which is creating a lot of opportunities to do something about this in the country.

Also, system, not supporting the Individual as per system but as per network is the big biggest problem here in India. That’s why most of the citizens, who initially want to follow the system eventually end up following the network.

With Digital India concept And awareness coming to the citizens, I am hopeful that above such situations should improve.

The government education system and government schools are in really very pathetic conditions and financially weaker sections of the society who wants to give good education to their children are not having a hopeful solution as of now and that is really sad and bad in India. And this is the sector which I have chosen to take care of to build the nation.

IJP: The high point in India till now after going back
SD: I would say my high point till now in India is, when my efforts and my vision started materializing in the form of the success of my students, belonging to villages and towns, where I started producing IITians, NITians, doctors, and engineers, not only as a would be good professionals but as a good citizens of India whose seed I use to put in during my lectures throughout the course preparation.

IJP:  Your vision for coming 5 years ahead
SD: My vision is to implement more systematic, scientific, natural and customized (based on logical, creative, intelligence, biological level understanding of individual ) approach toward the education system, within India and beyond India.

As of now, we are just throwing generalized education on the kids and the students without understanding their physical and mental capabilities on an individual basis. In this way, we can’t explore the best potential what a kid can have in the future.

So in coming future let’s say in five years I am hopeful that I should be implementing my above vision to make the education sector better and to how to reach to remote locations with my educational services within India and out of India.

I am in the process of having a school system which will run on my above thoughts and vision and will create good citizen, great human and human with the best possible potential explored.

I am also thinking if I can help my Indian community in Japan with my educational services there, as now the Indian community there is old enough and they are having their kids going for various career opportunities and that is where we can really extend our helping hands. Apart from secondary education, the most important is primary education where individual should be assessed and provided customized education to get the best out of him/her in the future.

Through my NGO, FOUNDATION FOR EXPLORATION OF BEING, we are providing our services and research in the field of education, health, environment/nature in this space and time. Our research also includes beyond space and time.

–End Of Interview..

Please refer to Sandeep`s original quotes which are coming from his experiences 
1. Witness and understand your emotions. Choose them consciously to act and to speak. Through you, God is trying to become somebody he has never tried before.
2. To explore your true potential, keep stretching yourself to the limits and then stretch the limits.
3. If you care about your destination, you must care about your path.
4. Those who are hungry are not completely satisfied, so please choose your hunger in your own complete consciousness !!
5. Let’s be the power to empower.

We at IndoJapanPulse thank Sandeep Jaiswal for giving us time for the interview. Also, if you agree with his thoughts on future education, we appeal you to support him on his future endeavors by directing contacting him.

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