ME: Alumni Interaction with Mr Allen Joel Fernandes

 

Mr Allen Joel Feandes passed out during 2017, presently serving as sub-lieutenant in Indian Navy gave presentation on “Opportunities and Life in Indian Navy”. Mr Allen briefed about procedures in SSB interview and he shared his experience in qualifying different rounds during the interview process. He also shared about his stage 1 flying training in Air Force Academy, Hyderabad from June 2018-Dec 2018. Currently Mr Allen is undergoing Stage 2 flying training in Air Force Station, Yelahanka and is expected to complete by June 2019.

During interactions, Mr Allen shared few interesting points like, he applied though online applications to SSB interview, with no family background in defense he could get selected purely based on merit and performance in selection process. He gave tips to students not to miss a single class and keep their teachers as role models in their life. Mr Allen also shared that the discipline and the attitude towards studies has helped him to achieve his position and he is happy with this  and his family also got lot of respect and recognition after he joined Indian Navy.