From facing rejections to being laid off to Country Counsel & Company Secretary at Boeing, India: Meet Dr. Akhil Prasad

• Hi! I am Dr. Akhil Prasad; Country Counsel and Company Secretary at Boeing, India.
• I grew up in Meerut (India) and by all means, I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth. However, everything started to change when our family businesses started to flounder and the family went into deep financial problems.
• From being rejected at 15 interviews to traveling in a crowded chartered bus for 10 long years to losing my dad at a young age to losing my job – God has been kind that I have come a long way.
• The support of my family and my desire to upskill myself at every given opportunity, helped my career to thrive!
• I have come to realize that – Life is full of obstacles and the one who keeps learning and walking, is one who will always succeed.
• Here is my story.

Failing medical exams multiple times

My father was a very popular medical practitioner at Meerut, UP treating over 500 patients every day for free! My mother retired as a Professor of Zoology from RG Degree College, Meerut.

My father’s profession inspired me, and I wanted to be a doctor, like him.  However, he encouraged me to pursue another profession probably realizing that it was necessary to have financial stability.

I spoke to my mother about my desire to be a medical doctor; she convinced my father and he eventually agreed that I would get one attempt to qualify for medical entrance.