Name: Ashwin
Chithraveni Ashok
Department: Aerospace
Engineering
Course: MEng in
Aerospace Engineering with a year in Industry.
Nationality: Indian
A bit
about myself:
Hey, I am Ashwin Chithraveni Ashok from the
southernmost tip of India-Kanyakumari. I am pretty sure you are wondering about
my long name which is quite hard to pronounce. But the fact is that, guys with
long name are usually more romantic and so I am: p. Oh brain don’t be
distracted, please let me stick to these details. As mentioned earlier, I am a
first year undergraduate student of Aerospace Engineering who enjoys the
university life here in Sheffield. Do I really enjoy it? Of course I do.
What
was your favourite subject in school?
I enjoyed almost all the subjects in my school
but maths, history and computers were much close to my heart.
How
did you decide what degree course to take?
Since I was young,
I had an ambition in life which I wanted to pursue when I grew up. So it was
pretty easy for me whilst taking the degree course. But later on like every
students even I was confused about choosing the course between Aeronautical and
Aerospace Engineering. I was motivated further to choose Aerospace Engineering
when I received the Armstrong award from my school (Excel Central School). After
all, “Sky is not the limit when there are footprints on the moon”.
What
advice would you give to people about to choose a university course?
I would politely
ask you to do a lot of research of your own before choosing any university or
the course that you wanted to pursue. This is because as a student we
need to know about the structure of the course before we start studying.
After all it’s your life and you need to take extra special care, as this could
determine your upcoming future. “Today is the result of the actions you did
yesterday”.
Hobbies:
Being a foodie by
birth, I love cooking and eating new kinds of food. Since living in Sheffield, I have learned to cook myself using
the youtube videos and now I can cook some yummy Indian recipes. Apart from
eating and sleeping, I love doing volunteering activities for the Sheffield
volunteering hub and other local organisations over here. I especially, I enjoy
the volunteering activities with kids which makes me feel young and dynamic.
Apart from this, I love playing chess, volleyball,spending time at gym and
dancing tamil kuthu style.
What
are your plans for the future/dreams/goals?
My first year was awesome,
fulfilling all the plans that I pre-planned before coming to UK. My plans for
the second year are to get a paid internship which relates to my discipline and
also I want to be on the committees of my favourite societies in the Students
Union. My ultimate goal is to work for NASA and ISRO and then finally start my
own business.
Where
can you find me in the University?
Usually aerospace
lectures are held at St. George’s Church and Stephenson building. But you can
rarely find me over there. Instead just check me on any social medias you use and
if not somewhere in Students Union or Information Commons.
