Sh. P. K. Sharma, retires today, September 30th, 2012. A chapter of 35 yrs of dedication, perseverance, patience and tremendous amount of achievements ends today. Man who inspired, lead from front and redefined the whole perspective of leadership for more than one generation is ready to hang his boots. What more could be the achievement that after 35 yrs in service, his seniors want him to join in their firms, his juniors are already ready to work with him again and his colleagues couldn't believe that his retirement date has come. I wish i could achieve such camaraderie with colleagues, seniors and sub-ordinates all at the same time.
His ability to win hearts of one and all has been witnessed a lot of times, his ability to value relationships and capability to resolve even the most conflicting situations have made him appreciated by all. The phrase is if "no one can else can get it done, call P K Sharma, he will get it done". Needless to mention he always got the work done. Be it laying the pipeline right in front of houses on the busy Vigyan nagar road or using his absolute command over engineering in laying a pipeline where within 70 kms the vertical shift was more than 140 ft.
He has enjoyed amazing relationships all the while, be it politicians, executives or general public. Be it handling a project of over 250 cr to manage office as a TA (Technical assistant) to S.E., he was brilliant all through. Atitude is something which he carries on his sleeve, yet, talk to him, he will come across as someone very humble and ready to listen to you. No wonder, even the younger generation of J.Ens are his huge fans.
He had his simple rules, family will have dinner together,family - We had dinner together until i moved out for further studies and the tradition continues with every visit. We will have weekend evenings together - no matter whats the work pressure, Sunday evenings were with us. Its evening now water the garden - Most people in the neighborhood envied his garden, and he maintained it until he could. Lets play badminton - he is a very good badminton player and he got a badminton court with flood lights made when he was the in-charge of the colony. Enjoyed picnics - He started the weekend picnics with all the colony people going out to some good destinations in the area.... the list is just endless. To me, he appears someone who is very down to earth and yet flamboyant. His feet are firmly planted on the soil, and trust me he fears his destiny like each one of us. What differentiates him is the fact that he rules his destiny by over shadowing his inabilities by his sheer dedication.
His devotion towards almighty is unquestionable. He never forgets to perform daily prayers in the morning and eats only once he is done with his rituals. This is something that he picked up from his dad, and continues to do it every single day.
His 'mantra' in life is "work hard to achieve, if you still don't, then work harder". In the era of appraisals and hikes, people change jobs if they don't get a hike in two consecutive years. Loyalties are at their lowest and people question their organizations all the time. But here is a man who was at the same post for 17 yrs, yes, 17 long years. He still kept doing his work with same amount of dedication, nothing stopped for him. Same home, same scooter, same life for 17 long yrs. Then he got promoted to next level, and then next, but his dedication is same. I see him still being same person who gets up in the morning and goes out to same office with same amount of devotion.
Outside of the house, he was a J.En, A.En, X.En, and finally S.E. but inside the house, he is our loving father. One rare quality, he doesn't bring his office to home. He is not an officer, so a munnu or a tunnu never found any distance between them and him. We would joke around him for hours together, before he would break into impromptu sleep with his customary snores. Then would wake up suddenly to hear only half of what was being discussed and join the party again :)
His life has been amazing, one that is full of ups and down, yet, trust me, he has not changed 1 bit. He is still the very same to me, same approachable, loving, caring, willing to talk anything, anytime, willing to do anything for his kids.
He might be difficult for people around (i assume) but for us, he is our loving father, who very aptly carried his father's legacy. The same amount of rituals, same dedication to work, same neatness in everything, professional, loving, caring, humble, knowledgeable and above all, highly respected. I already feel nervous, i am next to pick that baton, long way to go for me, i just wish i could achieve whatever he has achieved for one man is up there in the blue skies watching me every minute, trying to judge who is better, his son or his grandson.
Papa, this is your legacy, and i want to prove myself in there. I want to show to the world that i belong to the legacy where Baba brought us out from that village, you gave us a perspective to fight and win and made us reach this far.
His ability to win hearts of one and all has been witnessed a lot of times, his ability to value relationships and capability to resolve even the most conflicting situations have made him appreciated by all. The phrase is if "no one can else can get it done, call P K Sharma, he will get it done". Needless to mention he always got the work done. Be it laying the pipeline right in front of houses on the busy Vigyan nagar road or using his absolute command over engineering in laying a pipeline where within 70 kms the vertical shift was more than 140 ft.
He has enjoyed amazing relationships all the while, be it politicians, executives or general public. Be it handling a project of over 250 cr to manage office as a TA (Technical assistant) to S.E., he was brilliant all through. Atitude is something which he carries on his sleeve, yet, talk to him, he will come across as someone very humble and ready to listen to you. No wonder, even the younger generation of J.Ens are his huge fans.
He had his simple rules, family will have dinner together,family - We had dinner together until i moved out for further studies and the tradition continues with every visit. We will have weekend evenings together - no matter whats the work pressure, Sunday evenings were with us. Its evening now water the garden - Most people in the neighborhood envied his garden, and he maintained it until he could. Lets play badminton - he is a very good badminton player and he got a badminton court with flood lights made when he was the in-charge of the colony. Enjoyed picnics - He started the weekend picnics with all the colony people going out to some good destinations in the area.... the list is just endless. To me, he appears someone who is very down to earth and yet flamboyant. His feet are firmly planted on the soil, and trust me he fears his destiny like each one of us. What differentiates him is the fact that he rules his destiny by over shadowing his inabilities by his sheer dedication.
His devotion towards almighty is unquestionable. He never forgets to perform daily prayers in the morning and eats only once he is done with his rituals. This is something that he picked up from his dad, and continues to do it every single day.
His 'mantra' in life is "work hard to achieve, if you still don't, then work harder". In the era of appraisals and hikes, people change jobs if they don't get a hike in two consecutive years. Loyalties are at their lowest and people question their organizations all the time. But here is a man who was at the same post for 17 yrs, yes, 17 long years. He still kept doing his work with same amount of dedication, nothing stopped for him. Same home, same scooter, same life for 17 long yrs. Then he got promoted to next level, and then next, but his dedication is same. I see him still being same person who gets up in the morning and goes out to same office with same amount of devotion.
Outside of the house, he was a J.En, A.En, X.En, and finally S.E. but inside the house, he is our loving father. One rare quality, he doesn't bring his office to home. He is not an officer, so a munnu or a tunnu never found any distance between them and him. We would joke around him for hours together, before he would break into impromptu sleep with his customary snores. Then would wake up suddenly to hear only half of what was being discussed and join the party again :)
His life has been amazing, one that is full of ups and down, yet, trust me, he has not changed 1 bit. He is still the very same to me, same approachable, loving, caring, willing to talk anything, anytime, willing to do anything for his kids.
He might be difficult for people around (i assume) but for us, he is our loving father, who very aptly carried his father's legacy. The same amount of rituals, same dedication to work, same neatness in everything, professional, loving, caring, humble, knowledgeable and above all, highly respected. I already feel nervous, i am next to pick that baton, long way to go for me, i just wish i could achieve whatever he has achieved for one man is up there in the blue skies watching me every minute, trying to judge who is better, his son or his grandson.
Papa, this is your legacy, and i want to prove myself in there. I want to show to the world that i belong to the legacy where Baba brought us out from that village, you gave us a perspective to fight and win and made us reach this far.
