1. What is work-life balance?

Ans: Work-life balance means spending or managing time between work related activities and
personal life. For example doing our professional work as well as spending time with family, hobbies,
relaxing ourself by playing or meditating and personal interest. If we achieve work-life balance it will
helpful in maintaining physical as well as mental health which improves productivity in work and also
we will get satisfaction in both personal and professional life.

2. What does a perfect day look like?

Ans: For me perfect day means Walking up early in the morning refreshed after a good night’s
sleep and getting fresh-up, planning day and going for the exercise. I personally go for playing
football after that doing some mindfulness for example meditation then breakfast and start the
professional work or any work you do taking water breaks in between.

In the afternoon having lunch with my family when I do work from home or with friends or
colleagues when I am in office again doing office work if I have any doubts connect with
colleagues discussing doubts and finishing the planned work.

After office in the evening getting fresh-up have some tea or Coffie or snacks and go out for walk
or spend time with my dear ones or friends chit-chatting, then having dinner with my family or
friends after that reading books for sometime and to upgrade myself spending time on learning
some new skills or doing projects after that I will relax for some time and sleeping.

So this is the perfect day for me.

3. What does work mean to you?

Ans: For me work means its not about the time we spend or what work we do its about engaging
in the activities that challenge us, pushing ourselves to develop new skills, solve difficult
challenges and contribute something on daily basis. We should consciously do the work which
we are doing and we should love what we are doing not doing it with pressure, we should enjoy
our work then only we will be productive at work. Work is the medium through which we can
express our ideas and creativity for the benefit of ourselves and society. It gives meaning to t he
human life and also will get rewarded by our work.

4. Give an example from your life where you defied pressure from your family or close ones
to do something that was right according to you.

Ans: I born in the middle class family I have completed my schooling in kannada medium after
that PUC. After that I have to go for degree for that my family was pressurizing me to do B.A and
try in Police or Indian Army because I had good height where I can fit easily by height and also
the family condition was not financially fit to support me for engineering, and also my friends
asked me to stay with them for and do B.A and prepare for government exam but I had dream
from my childhood to become a Software Engineer. So I talked with them, I compromised them
by making them understand my dream and finally I took admission and graduated successfully
and doing my dream job. And for me that decision was right and I still remember those days and
smile and tell myself that I was right, I took right decision and my family also told me the same
thing.

5. What is your biggest fear?

Ans: My Biggest fear are, Fear of failure, Fear of rejection, Fear of loss, Fear of public speaking.

6. What are your hobbies and interests, and to what extent have you accomplished them?

Ans: My hobbies are Playing football, Reading books and meditating, and I have interest in Web
Designing. By playing football I have accomplished good fit body, developed strong teamwork
skills and strategic planning and by reading book It has expanded my knowledge and perspective
on various topics and improved my reading skills and focus. By meditating I have became more
mindful and can focus on a particular task at one time by not distracting and also reduced my
anger and increased my sleep quality. And my interest in web designing have led me to do some
online courses which helped me improve my knowledge on web designing and also I have
creating several industry standard projects learnt multiple web development skills and deployed
on the production.

7. Provide an example of resilience from your life. Share the work you have undertaken
despite facing constant setbacks.

Ans: When I joined my first company, I got to know that I have to work as a drupal developer
but I have learnt MERN full stack and planning to work with those skills I was not interested in
woking on drupal. But I manager told me to work on that only I was challenging for me I was just
learnt those skills and entered into the company but again I have to learn different skill. Then I
tried to switch to the different project but it didn’t happened but I learned drupal I contributed
to that project for more that 1 year and along with that I was also upskilling and getting better in
the MERN stack technology and searching for the opportunity and finally I got the opportunity in
the same company and achieved my goal.

8. What movies have you seen recently? Share your learnings

Ans: Recently, I have watched Openheimer movie, it is a biographical drama about J. Robert
Oppenheimer, the physicist who played a crucial role in developing the atomic bomb during
World War II. The film shows his personal and professional life in that movie. He faces many
challenges during and after his work. I learned the responsibilities of the individuals in the
position of power, I learned the hard work have to do to complete a particular task and passion
for the work, and how to do work life balance because the Manhattan project was set in the far
away desert but he bought his family there to spend time with them and also to focus on his
work and also learned that before doing any work have to completely understand the purpose,
goal of that work and how it can impact on our surroundings.
9. Are you aware of the climate change crisis? In your view what is the fundamental reason
behind it and how can it be averted?

Ans: Yes, I'm aware of the climate change crisis. Climate change is a significant global issue which
affect changes in temperature, weather patterns, and other climate-related factors.

The fundamental reason behind climate changes are GreenHouse Gas emission, Deforestration,
Burning of fossil fuels, Industrial processes.

This is because increase in the greenhouse gases in the climate like CO2, methane and nitrous
oxide. And emission of the gases like CO2 from the petrol, desiel for the transportation and
energy and deforesting cutting the trees from the forest and burning them for the sake of
human needs and releasing the industrial toxic gases and other gases which affect our ozone
layer.

To avert it we have to build things which does not release those gases renewable energy so that
we can renew them and use , use electric things which are environment friendly and build
houses which does not require more energy install solar panels wind energy and plant the plants
put more trees and reverse deforestration so that it can absorb CO2 and use technologies which
reduces these toxic gases. minimize waste through recycling, composting, and reducing
consumption. This helps lower methane emissions from landfills and reduces the overall
environmental impact.

10. What are your views on veganism? Are you a vegan?

Ans: This is very interesting question for me, because I have tried many times leaving going for
vegan. I Like vegan diet. It is an lifestyle which avoid consumption of animal products. Because it
has many benefits. Because it can avoid causing harm to animals and cruelty. And it has many
health benefits also. I personally tried vegan diet and observed changes like I was feeling more
energetic and active throughout the day because it cannot take more time to digest food which
reduces the energy spent on the food to digest also decreases the blood pressure and the fat or
oil from the blood.

Also I have watched one documentary name The Game Changer where after switching to plant
based diet how it benifited to athelets and improved there performance and many are
converting to vegan diet. I am not a Vegan. But I am taking long breaks in between to switch as a
vegan.

11. Share your understanding of Acharya Prashant’s work. If you aren’t familiar, you can
watch a video and share your thoughts.

Ans: Acharya Prashant is a contemporary spiritual teacher and author known for his work in the
field of self-realization and spiritual teachings. His approach integrates traditional wisdom with
modern understanding, focusing on practical aspects of spiritual growth and self-awareness.

Acharya Prashant emphasizes the importance of self-realization and understanding one’s true
nature. His teachings often explore the nature of the self and the ego, aiming to help individuals
achieve clarity and inner peace.
He emphasizes the importance of mindfulness and awareness in achieving a deeper
understanding of oneself and the world. His teachings often involve practices for increasing self-
awareness and living more consciously.

Acharya Prashant’s work is centered on deepening self-awareness and understanding one’s true
nature through a blend of traditional wisdom and modern insights. His teachings encourage
individuals to question their beliefs and conditioning, aiming to achieve a more profound and
practical approach to spirituality.