Week 1, Post 1 — About Me

Hello, My name is Abhishek! Welcome to my blog!

This blog will outline my work and growth in the class, Industrial Engineering and Operations Research 190G.

Here is a little something about me:

I was born and brought up in Calcutta, India. I first came to the United States of America in Fall '11 as an international student at the University of California, Berkeley. It's been two years, and I love it here!

I intend to major in Business Administration, with minors in Theater (Acting) and Chinese (Mandarin). 

I am interested in entrepreneurship, and the classes, clubs, and activities I'm involved in cohesively work to help strengthen and complement my entrepreneurial abilities.

I currently live in a residential incubator, Agora Startup House, and live and work with other budding student entrepreneurs. 

I mentor freshmen in areas of social entrepreneurship through this student organization, Compass Fellowship. This is one of my greatest passions as this enables a two way exchange of information, and I learn from my mentees as much, if not more than what I teach them.

I'm also very passionate about theater. I've been acting since I was 5 years old, and I'm still involved in the theater scene at Berkeley. I plan to minor in Acting.

An interesting fact about me is that I plan to finish learning proficiently the 4 most spoken languages in the world before I graduate— Mandarin, Spanish, English, and Hindi.