Jay Kishore Pradhan wasn’t an ordinary student, though. He took the NEET in 2020, after retiring from a long stint in banking.
The National Eligibility and Entrance Test, commonly known as NEET, is seen as a substantial exam in the career of a person who is willing to pursue his or her career in medical profession . Only a handful of students can conquer it. Yet, Jay Kishore Pradhan’s journey proves that age doesn’t define success. At 64, he crossed this significant milestone and secured a place in one of the state’s top universities to study medicine. Pradhan’s accomplishment truly resonates with the saying, “age is just a number.”
Jay Kishore Pradhan wasn’t an ordinary student, though. He took the NEET in 2020, after retiring from a long stint in banking. The dedication he lent to his job as a deputy manager at the State Bank of India was redirected towards the medical dream he had held for so long. His retirement in 2016 was a turning point and he decided to chase his unfulfilled dream of becoming a doctor. The strength of his desire hadn’t faded with time, but only grown stronger.
Earlier in his career, Pradhan retired as a deputy manager from the State Bank of India (SBI) that he finally decided to revisit his dream of pursuing a career in the medical field.
“I had appeared in the medical entrance examination after I completed my I.Sc (Intermediate in Science) but I failed to crack it then. Later, I pursued a BSc in physics and joined as a teacher at Attabita M.E School for a year. Subsequently, I joined Indian Bank and then the State Bank of India in 1983. However, I never gave up on my dream to pursue medicine,” Pradhan was quoted saying in an interview with TOI.
“I had even planned to quit my job and take admission in MBBS. But we were five brothers and my family responsibilities didn’t allow me to quit the job at that time”, he added. Following this great deal of suffering, Pradhan passed the 2020 exam and got admissions into the esteemed Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (VIMSAR).