Good evening
fellow Toast Masters and distinguished guests.
Today I am
standing in front of you to take you all thru my journey of life till date.
I hope you have
all tasted “Idli”, “Vada” and Masala Dosa’s on one or the other occasion. If
not I urge you to go out and find a “Udupi” restaurant which is available in
every corner of the world and taste idli, vada or Masala Dosa. My name is Uday Shetty
and I am coming from “Udupi” city of Karnataka State in India.
Just like my
hometown I am proud about my surname “Shetty”. Famous film personalities –
Aishwarya Rai, Shilpa Shetty and Suneil Shetty belong to same community.
I am born to
a Shetty family from Udupi. We are four brothers and I am the youngest. My
first two elder brothers are into business. My third elder brother has done M
Tech from IIT Powai, he is now working with TCS. All my elder brothers are happily
married and blessed with kids.
I have done
my basic education from Udupi. I have done my CA articleship training under M/s
Kamath Shetty & Co, Chartered Accountants Udupi.
My father was
a farmer and mother is a home maker. My father was a very simple man with high
ethics in the life. He has inculcated great values in us.
My mother
mentored us in each and every aspect of life. She has infused the self-confidence
especially in me to become Chartered Accountant.
As Stephen Covey puts it - “There are only two lasting
bequests we can give to our children - one is roots, the other wings”.
We are
blessed to get both these gifts in the form of good education and moral values.
We have reached a reasonable level due to the values our parents have developed
in us.
Year 2000 was
remarkable year in my life. It was both happy and sad year for me. It was a
happy year since I was qualified as Chartered Accountant in that year however unfortunately
my father expired just 10 days prior to my CA final exams.
Since we are
from agricultural background we used to work at our fields during holidays and
weekends. Apart from this I have assisted a lawyer during my article ship
period. I have done CA course without
any coaching.
I have
received scholarship from Chauthmull Kandoi Charitable Trust Cuttack and Bunts
Alias Nadavara Sangha during my CA article ship period.
I was active
in NCC and NSS during my graduation days. I have attended several camps of NCC
and NSS during that period.
I was
selected by The ACC Ltd in the Bangalore campus of ICAI held for the fresh CA’s
qualified in the exam held at November 2000.
I have worked
in different sectors varying from Cement, Telecom, Technology, MEP Contracting
and Construction sector over the period. Moved on to Saudi, UAE and now in Qatar.
I got married
in the year 2006. My wife - Smitha has done B.E. in Electronics and
Communication. She has worked as lecturer at an Engineering college at Udupi. Now
she has taken the role of home maker. Smitha is very much supportive in all my
activities.
We are
blessed with a kid. His name is Abhiman. He is now studying in KG II. Abhiman is
attending Karate classes now. I am sure he will get black belt in couple of
years’ time. Already he has started showing his martial arts at home. My wife
told me to better scold my son now as much as possible because i am not going
to get this opportunity after he gets black belt. He is a Jumba dancer as well.
He is very much interested in clicking the photos and he is our photographer
for family programs.
I like to go
on long drive, reading newspapers, writing short stories and playing cricket. I like to travel to new places along with
family.
I am thankful
to Ex-com of CA Toast Masters club for inviting me to join the TM Club for improvement
of my communication skills. Long journey starts with a small step.
Over to you the toast
master of the day.
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