Work, Work and more Work!

After 8 months it's high time that I type this. The month of October 2010 marked my 4th anniversary of blogging. The number of posts and frequency doesn't justify the years but then what the heck, better late than never. By the grace of Almighty it has been a wonderful year. The move to Riyadh towards the end of 2009 made the difference. Looking back, there is much to reflect and ponder over.

It all started here with a hunt for a job early last year. After the hustling around between jobs, I finally decided that entrepreneurship is my calling. Along with 2 other wonderful friends of mine, Asim Iqbal and Nadeem Pilar, we came together to work as partners in our venture called, 'Centria Consulting &Training Services'. All 3 of us quit our regular jobs to give birth to CCTS. Our baby started slowly but surely and is now snow-balling into the right direction. It gives immense pleasure to nurture your own company and ventures and contribute towards its growth.

We launched something unique that was unheard of before in Saudi Arabia. Tuitions for all curricula (Indian/British/American) was started to cater the students in the Riyadh market. This was against the norms where the tuition industry thrived solely on private tutors and teachers taking tuitions after school hours. For the first time in the market, a professional service for students was available that provided quality coaching and assistance at affordable prices. It took time driving the nail inside but eventually the concept sunk in and Riyadh awakened up to a professional service for tutorials very similar to the ones back home in India.

Other than tuitions, CCTS primarily does Trainings (corporate level), IT Consulting and Recruitment carving it self a unique niche in the market when it came to customer driven satisfaction and quality deliverance. I sound like am marketing on my own blog! But this is exactly how life has become. An average working day has become 14-16 hours long with no difference between the weekdays or the weekends. Hectic as it is, the sweet reward comes in the feeling of triumph at the end of a project. More than the monetary benefits, the joys of seeing one's hard work bear fruits is awesome.

The Almighty has been really kind and merciful on us. Only due to His grace and blessings this was possible. Talking about blessings, all credit goes to the people who supported and believed in our venture. We were indeed blessed to be on board with people who were the industry experts in various fields and guided as well to take us till here! Today we compete against the might of MNCs and strive towards, by the kind grace of Almighty, being among the best in everything we do.


A special mention and thanks from the bottom of our hearts goes out to our parents who not only gave their consent and approval for this but also supported us whenever required in many ways.

Typing this and ranting on about something feels good! I have missed blogging. Will write regularly from now on. The feeling is fantastic and we hope from here on we can only improve, Insha Allah. Cheers!


http://www.centriaconsulting.com