The Memo.

I rarely stay mentally still. Even in my first year, I was thinking about what to build. I noticed students wanting to explore nearby tourist destinations, so I attempted a college trip-planning venture.

It failed. Poor planning, chaotic execution.

But this established a pattern that defines me: Try → Fail → Extract Lesson → Try Again. During that failed attempt, I built contacts with local bus operators and developed a rough instinct for transport pricing. I didn't know it then, but those contacts would later generate ₹25L+ in revenue.

VIT Bhopal is geographically isolated. Every vacation, thousands of students needed to reach major transit hubs. The market was broken: individual cabs were expensive, local vendors unreliable, and the student WhatsApp groups were pure chaos.

I didn't start Vacation Bus Services (VBS) with some grand startup vision. I just realized that everyone was going to the exact same stations, and nobody was organizing it properly.

When things get chaotic, I naturally become the coordinator. I start breaking the mess down: what is urgent, what can wait, who needs to do what. I floated a Google Form to measure demand. Only after I had confirmed demand density did I arrange the buses using my old contacts.

What started as a Google Form turned into a massive operation. VBS grew to handle thousands of students across multiple vacations.

The smartest part? It was a high-intensity seasonal burst with zero capital. I collected advance payments from students, arranged the buses, and paid the vendors near or after completion. It was a self-financed logistics arbitrage running purely on trust and negative working capital.

There were many nights of absolute chaos—cancellations, angry calls, last-minute vendor adjustments. But that was my practical MBA. You naturally mature faster when you're managing money, vendors, and angry users instead of just attending classes.

People often think I jump into too many things randomly. But it's pattern recognition. I am terrified of losing time and losing control. Money can be earned back, but wasted time and broken systems frustrate me deeply.

Whether it was being wrongly suspected in a campus disciplinary issue (and having to patiently clear my name while dealing with institutional pressure), or dealing with a bus breaking down at 2 AM, I've learned that resilience is just applied logic under pressure.

I build things to regain control. I experiment to not waste time.