“Self-Confidence is a superpower. Once you start to believe in yourself, the magic starts.”
Dr. Purvi Goswami
From the moment Purvi started believing this quote, she has achieved all the dreams she has ever dreamt.
Her family and childhood
Purvi was born on March 10, 1993 in an ordinary Gujarati family in Kachchh, having a land of white desert. A famous quote for this land is ” Kachchh nahi dekha toh kuch nahi dekha” by legendry actor Amitabh Bachchan.
Though her father is a very successful businessman now, but he has done many works in his entire life starting from being a Fabricator, Social Worker, and as well as Police. Her mother is a doting housewife.
She has an elder sister who is a mud work artist and a younger brother who works with Maruti Suzuki. Purvi is a replica of her father, who is on one side very calm and composed but on the other side is aggressive while doing work. her father has joined the Police Department after clearing PSI, but due to family reason he had left to his job and started his career as a businessman. he was the first dealer in kuchchh of the Royal Enfield bullet when she born.
she wanted to be a doctor in her life. When Purvi was in school it was already decided by her family that she will not continue her studies after class 12. This was because of the fact that her family has conservative mindset, and will never allow a girl to attend a co-educational college. At that time Kachchh had no girls college. But Purvi always wanted to study further. God listened to her, and before she completed her class 12 exam, a girls college was established in her area which gave her the opportunity to continue with her higher studies. She got admitted to ‘Muktajivan Swamibapa Mahila Arts and Commerce College’. After completing her B.Com., she started her M.Com. from ‘Krantiguru Shyamji Krishna Verma Kachchh University‘.
She was the first girl in her family who had completed master degree. during studies in masters, She passed the prelim exam for Commercial Tax Officer – GPSC class 2, she reached the final exam but her name didn’t appear on the interview merit list. And more exams like Forest Guard, Deputy Section officer at some level of the exams. before getting selection she got failure again and again. This had disheartened her a lot, but this failure has given more strength to cope up for the future success. after that she choose her path in way to being a professor.
She wanted to become a professor, but her father wanted her to become a government school teacher and asked her to do B.Ed. According to him getting a chance in a college as a professor is a long process. But, she didn’t listen to her father. She discussed with her logic that after class 10, she got asked to take Commerce instead of Science and she lost chance to become a doctor. now she will not loose any chance for her hard work whatever she wanted to achieve in her life.
And finally she started studying her another master degree M.Phil. with commerce subject .
Generally submitting a thesis takes around 2 years but she submitted it in 1.5 years.
Her first full-time job
Since Purvi submitted her thesis 6 months before the stipulated time, she had free time to do something before getting M.Phil. degree. She thought of teaching students during that time. She went to Ramkrishna Mission’s branch in Kachchh and appeared for the interview as a tutor, but instead, the President of the Mission offered her a job as a Project Co-Ordinator.
The President told her that a talented girl like her if becomes a tutor will be focused on only one subject, instead as a Co-Ordinator she has many avenues and can handle whole project. She went there to get a part-time job but grabbed her first full-time job. This was really another turning point in her life. She worked very hard there and was praised by all.
Continuing with her job, so many people had advised her to learn something in NGO management, because she has more power to manage projects all around her. therefore she decided to take admission in third master degree MSW. She had to manage both her job and classes. Due to her classes, they allowed Purvi to change her work shift, and the committee there readily agreed to it, since they didn’t want to lose a gem like Purvi. But, after a few months, she had to take too many leaves from her work due to her classes, and she was feeling guilty about it as the Mission never deducted her salary due to this. She thought a lot and met the President.
They mutually decided that Purvi will no longer be an employee there, but will work as an honorary member who will be there beside the Mission, whenever they need her. Till today, she is associated with the Mission and pays a regular visit.
Purvi has excelled amazingly in MSW and is a Gold Medallist. She received the Gold Medal from the Governor of Gujarat, Shri Acharya Devvrat and from the Education Minister, Shri Bhupendra Sinh Chudasama in the year of 2019.
Purvi’s present profession
Now, she is using her all master degrees by the doing with multiple profession.
She is a GST accounts instructor at Adani Skill Development Company. moreover working as a Visiting Professor at Kachchh University in MPA (Master of Public Administration) and MSW (Master of Social Work) department. She is also associated with the Civil Defence as a Fire Safety woman leader for last seven years.
This has not yet ended for her, but it does begin to accomplish her dream which she wanted for her. Yes, after her MSW she got admitted in her dream study which was a doctorate.
in the year of 2021 she finally become a Doctor in Naturopathy and Yogic Sciences and wants to open her own clinic at the age of 40 and she will treat her patients free of cost.. and her dream become true with her dedication and full power of passion.
Recently she has cleared GSET – Gujarat State Eligibility Test for the Assistant Professor with social work subject.
Purvi’s Role Model
Purvi has always looked up to her parents. Her neighbours call her ‘Bullet Girl’ since she is her papa’s apple of the eyes. She has learned from her father how to be strong, remain motivated, never be scared, grab all the opportunities, and never give up. From her mother, she has learned how to be patient, and how to make sweet conversation, her mother’s soft manner is her brownie point, she got spirituality and meditation training from her mother. All these things taught her a lot to shape her career and life.
Purvi’s Hobbies
Her hobby in life is reading books and writing. She got this habit when she was in school. Purvi was the library monitor and hence, was exposed to a lot of books. She used to travel by rickshaw to her school, and her rickshaw-puller used to come an hour after school was over. At that time, she used to spend her time in the library, and thus her habit of reading developed.
This habbit also become her passion come profession in writing field.
She is pursuing her Journalism degree as well in between and works as a freelance Journalist and Columnist with Divya Bhaskar, Gujarat. her articles has been published in national and international edition of Dainik Bhaskar, Gujarat news paper. She is a full-time writer as well and has completed two books with Gujarat Government which is in the editing stage.
Her struggles in life
By God’s grace, there were no such struggles in her life other than following her family’s values and discipline. She was never exposed to Social Media or mobile phones till she completed her first Master’s Degree. This was a bit frustrating sometimes, as she never got the chance to call her teachers also in the time of crisis, but had to wait for a visit. But, sometimes now she thinks that it was a blessing to her, because if she was exposed to Social media, then she wouldn’t have reached this height today.
Her beliefs in life
She believes that it is one’s hard work that pays. Besides getting bored with your routine try to learn something new everyday.
Because of all these, and the determination she has reached this height. If she just sat and waited for her luck, then it would have never happened. These all are the golden opportunities in her life. Sometimes she got big lose but She always believed that she failed because God has some greater plans for her and that kept her moving forward.
Parting words for readers
Be the multi-talented personality. She has advised the readers Always be confident, and never lose your self-confidence. Face every opportunity, because all opportunities are new lessons.
