“Tahajjud prayer brought me closer to God and I climbed the height of success”
- Bushra Mateen’s GATEWAY to SUCCESS
Bushra Mateen, a 22-year-old Karnataka girl who became the first student of Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) to win 16 gold medals, shared her success mantra during a felicitation ceremony held at Pearls Academy, Aurangabad.
“Tahajjud prayer brought me closer to God and I climbed the height of success,” said Bushra Mateen, who was the Chief Guest at the 1st Program in the Educational Series titled “Path to Excellence” where academicians and people from different walks of life voice their opinion.
Referring to the audience that included parents at AMES KIDs & Pearls Academy premises, she further quoted that parents should encourage children equally to pursue higher education without any discrimination.
“My parents are supportive and provided me the strength which was required at that moment. They encouraged me to complete my engineering and excel in it. I always focused on my goals and now I am preparing for the Civil Services Exams,” said the Hijabi girl at the podium, who eradicated the misconception in the society that a Muslim girl who wears a Hijab cannot excel in studies.
She believes that nothing is impossible. Self-confidence and determination are the keys to success.
Bushra, a civil engineering graduate of SLN College of Engineering, Raichur obtained an aggregate Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 9.73 and bagged the first rank in the civil engineering branch.
She won 16 gold medals at the 21st convocation ceremony of the VTU. She completed her schooling from St Mary’s Convent and PU from Pramana PU College in Raichur.
While Bushra’s father is a civil engineer, her mother pursued Bachelor’s in Arts.
Mr Ashfaque Motiwala, founder of Pearls Academy and secretary of Zulekha Motiwala Social Welfare Charitable Trust, said, “Bushra Mateen has proved that girls can also play a better role if given a little attention.”
Appreciating the hard work of both Bushra Mateen and Pearls Academy, Muhammed Munir Deshmukh, the School Development Head, said to this Newspaper “Diamonds and pearls are born only in difficult situations. Pearls Academy has established its identity in Aurangabad in a jiff and has inspired the students and youths from all over the country. Similarly, Bushra Mateen made the nation proud and encouraged the students. I can say with full confidence that lakhs of students have been inspired by Bushra Mateen’s success.”
