Education has always been more than a profession for me — it is the cause I have lived for. Over the last two decades, through Career Maker, Aspiring Careers and Career Adhyayan in Hisar, I have seen one truth repeat itself again and again: talent is everywhere, but opportunity is not.
The IIT stories that inspire me
Some of my proudest moments have come from students whom society overlooks — the children of tea stall owners and of domestic workers. When we gave them free education, mentoring and full financial support for their preparation, they did the rest. Today several of them study at the IITs. Their success is proof that the child of a chai wala and the child of a professor carry the same potential — what differs is the ladder.
Guidance matters as much as money
My MA in Guidance and Counseling taught me what every parent in Hisar eventually learns the hard way — students don’t only need fees, they need direction. A young person who knows why they are studying overcomes obstacles on their own. That is why career counselling is not an add-on at our institutes; it is the foundation.
Seva before self
From 2005 to 2009, while pursuing my own higher studies, we organised a blood donation camp every second month and taught poor children free of cost. Those years shaped a simple principle that still guides my public life: pehle seva, phir swayan — service first, self later.
Education remains Haryana’s fastest route to social justice. A state that educates the children of its poorest families does not need to keep promising change — it delivers it, one graduate at a time.
— Peeyush Mehta (पीयूष मेहता), BJP District Spokesperson, Hisar