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Unwilling to give up on his dreams and hoping that circumstances do not drive him to shelve his plans, Avijit is not going to be seen in a 9 to 5 office anytime soon. He says “I think for a personal level it is the satisfaction of continuous learning and absence of stagnation which drives me towards entrepreneurship. As an organization it would be to add value to fellow lives. We also look forward to entrepreneurship as a tool to create enormous institutional change.”

His vision for 2010 largely remains to encourage both entities, MENTEES and MENTORS towards the mutual benefits of mentoring and sharing knowledge. In the long term, their mission is to break barriers of education, increase accessibility of desired knowledge and guidance and thus enable every individual to make an informed decision about his life's goals

He has not received any awards as of yet and he explains why saying “Because it is been really short that we have started this, it will be a while before we start getting awards, so we would love to answer this question after some time. But I think our team has been achievers (with numerous awards) throughout our school and IIT days and has learnt quite a few things from those experiences.

Moreover our awards would be the success of our mentees in reaching their career goals. We recently had our first success with one of the mentees making it to the Yale School of Management for the class of 2011.”

Acting as a temporary Mentor to our readers at Yourstory, Avijit advises “I would limit my advice to all young people staring at entrepreneurship as an option. I see lots of people around talking, ideating about entrepreneurship, which is a very encouraging sign. But I think most students in India treat entrepreneurship as a step to their MBAs or their future careers, which I think is unfair to some extent. Do it because you love it, you love the way entrepreneurs work, you love the feeling of creating something of your own, you love creating value for others.”

“And don’t be afraid to try, even if you fail. The biggest advantage of online entrepreneurships is that they don’t require a fortune to start with, so it perfectly fits young entrepreneurs.”

Yourstory thanks Avijit and Mentorpolis who we wish to see guiding more minds and careers in the coming years.