Palak Midha

This quote has lingered on in my mind for a very long time now, and it goes:

“The Two Most Important Days in Your Life are the Day You are Born, and the Day You Find Out Why”

It is relevant in my life because by profession I am an Engineer, but I became popular and got my recognition as a Nutritionist! From the beginning, there was this desire inside me to serve, to do something for society, give something back to society, which I could realise in the form of a nutritionist. I am happy to help people by guiding them towards a better and healthy life. But of course, this was all not as easy as it sounds.

LIFE IN GERMANY

Just like any other girl from India, I focused on my education and career, got married at the right time. We had to move to Germany when my husband landed a job there. I landed my dream job soon, but it was 300 kilometers away from where my husband and I were situated. We had only two options in front of us, either I let go of this job opportunity and stay with my husband or I take up the job and see my husband once a week, which will be a post-marriage long-distance relationship! We both made the sacrifice of staying away from each other all week long and met only for weekends. It was a huge opportunity and proved to be a really successful and satiating endeavor.

START-UP AND FAILURE

In my job, I worked as a Sales Electronic Engineer and at Managerial Positions in multinational companies in Germany while still going through a rough patch of getting to meet my spouse only during weekends. Since I was free most of the evenings on weekdays, I got this brilliant idea of starting a Startup company called “Rakhi.” In Indian tradition, Rakhi is the sacred band that a sister ties to her brother which indicates a promise that the brother will always protect the sister in her hard times or misfortunes. So the idea behind “Rakhi” was similar. It was a band that would help Indian women to move in the dark without fear. If encountered by any danger, all she had to do was push the button on the band, and it would connect to emergencies with a loud noise. Although the concept was great there was no money to fund the project, so I went ahead and contacted TATA Company for investment, which is one of the global leaders and has their tentacles spread in all aspects of business around the world. Unfortunately, the deal did not go through and we were unable to make the “Rakhi” dream of my team come true.