I was discouraged by some of my friends when I decided to join the ICRI. I felt this subject is really interesting and I decided to do my post-graduation in it. I did not heed to anyone’s advice in this and in the process I lost a few friends. However, joining this program gave me new friends and also made my career options a notch higher. My friends who were against me came back to my fold once I was a successful research scholar from a reputed institute like ICRI.