Amid career shifts and plunges, Prateek feels that one is not bound to any particular field and life gives one infinite chances and an ocean of opportunities to pursue whatever one wants.

Prateek Kumawat is an Academic Counsellor at Alok Senior Secondary School. He is responsible for bridging the communication gap between teachers and students by discussing with the students any issues, confusions, emotions they might face in terms of their career, skills and overall growth and development.

Born and brought up in Udaipur, Prateek has experienced career transitions from Science to Mass Communication (which he dropped after two years of pursuing it) to Law and finally completed his Bachelor in Legislative Law from Mumbai University. Parteek had a fear of crowds and experienced difficult days having to travel in Mumbai locals and managing things all by himself.

Parteek was more of an introvert in his childhood. However, he learnt the art of interacting with people and motivated himself in the process. Discussing COVID, Prateek shares that on one hand people suffered financially and on the other hand we all got time to spend with our family and friends. Prateek who himself contracted COVID, feels that the older generation was more at risk, however, now things have started to get back on track since the vaccine has been deployed.

Prateek’s role model is his grandfather who laid the foundation of Alok School and he has learnt many practical lessons from him to evolve much better in life as an individual.

Talking of leadership, Prateek feels that he wasn’t a born leader since he was always an introvert. However, he has imbibed some leadership qualities from his father. His father has always taught him to be motivated by oneself and not pay heed to people spreading negativity.

Prateek considers playing cricket and indulging in play station as a recreational activity to detox and freshen up. His favourite bands are Cold Play, Imagine Dragons, Linkin Park and is motivated by the American rapper, Eminem.

Parteek, who used to be obese, feels that no motivational quote can have a long-lasting imprint on one’s life and he has transformed himself through his self-motivation and self-introspection.