Prerak / प्रेरक (prei-ruhk),
Inspirer, Motivational.
TL;DR version:
I work as a Cyber Security Consultant 👨🏽💻 with PwC; specializing in helping clients develop strategic programs and initiatives in Cyber Risk and Compliance 🕵🏽. Most of my professional career has been in Cyber Security Consulting, with Big Four firms. Academically 👨🏽🎓, I have a Masters in Information Management from the University of Maryland, College Park, and my undergrad is in Computer Engineering from the University of Mumbai (DJ Sanghvi College of Engineering). Like a true Engineer (NOT!), I do not let my work define me.
I have been on an interesting journey in the past couple of years obsessing over holistic health 💪🏽 and sustainable nutrition 🥗. Really, like most obese people, I was tired of boomeranging with my weight and I wanted to find a sustainable way to lose fat and stay fit. In this quest, I self-learned a bunch of stuff about the beautiful things our mind 🧠, body 🏋️, and soul 🧘♂️ can do. I made it happen, lost all that extra weight, gained a good amount of muscle, got regular with my meditations, reading habits and so much more. I don’t want to stop, EVER!
Still here? I love writing, so here is the ‘WHY’?
“Why are we here?”, “What is life all about?”, or “What is the purpose of existence?”
Prerak (प्रेरक), my name is where I find the answer. ‘Prerna’ (in Sanskrit) means inspiration and ‘Prerak’ is a derivation which means ‘Inspirer’. I am super philosophical if you didn’t realize that already. I was at a fun retreat in the Fall of ’19, after my promotion to Senior Associate at PwC, and had the privilege to get some professional counseling sessions for the first time. One of the sessions was about what is Prerak and what does Prerak want in life? This got super deep, and I shared with my counselor how I feel under-utilized with my job and how I think I have a larger purpose. I like to live what I preach or preach what I live (only if you ask!) and inspire people around me to achieve their goals. Inspirer is what my name literally translates to, and that is what I think my purpose in this world is!
I take my life as a marathon with short sprints and try to build sustainable habits. I read, watch, listen to a million things before I weave ‘that habit’ into my life. Success in doing so can truly be achieved when the Mind, the Body, and the Soul are in sync. In my time when I am not consulting my clients in Cybersecurity, here, I plan to write about what I learn. I will share the snippets of my blogs on my social handles as well.
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