Cricketing God's Resume (Unofficial Resume of Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar)

Sachin Tendulkar: Curriculum Vitae

OBJECTIVE:
To seek career challenges keeping in view my past achievements and future goals. And to set new industry benchmarks in
everything I endeavour.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
International Cricketer: Indian National Cricket Team [1989 onwards]
First Class Cricketer: Mumbai, West Zone, Yorkshire [1988 onwards]
Junior Cricketer: Shardashram School, Bombay U-15, West Zone U-15 [1985-1988].


LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE:
Indian Cricket Team: 1996-1997; 1999-2000.
Others: Mumbai, West Zone, Mumbai Indians, etc. [Various Times]

KEY OPERATIONS & MISSIONS UNDERTAKEN:
1. 664* — Enough said. [Mumbai, 1988]
2. 114* — Rescue mission against Spiteful Yellow Men on Green Earth. [Perth, 1991]
3. 523 runs — Mission My World Cup. [India, 1996]
4. 155* — Operation Deflate Warne [Chennai, 1998]
5. 143 & 134 — Operation Desert Storm [Sharjah, 1998]
6. 136 — Rescue Mission against the Vile Green Warriors on Dusty Earth [Chennai, 1999]
7. 98 — Operation Tame Vile Green Warriors [Centurion, 2003]
8. 672 runs — Mission My World Cup II. [South Africa, 2003]
9. 241* and 60* — Mission Avoid Cover Drive [Sydney, 2004]
10. 117* and 93 — Operation Slay Goliath [Sydney & Brisbane, 2008]
11. 103* — Mission Heal Mumbai [Chennai, 2008]
12. 200* — Mt 200 [Gwalior 2010]

OTHER MAJOR INITIATIVES:
1. 122 — Mission Hold The Empire [Edgbaston, 1996]
2. 126 — Operation Protect Final Frontier [Chennai, 2001]
3. 117 — Operation Kings of Queens Park [Port of Spain, 2002]
4. 193 — Mission Conquer Leeds [Leeds, 2002]
5. 194* — Mission Sultan of Multan [Multan, 2004]
6. 111* — Half-centurion in Centurion [Centurion, 2010]

CRISIS MANAGEMENT EXPERTISE:
1. 119* — Operation Bat Till Bedtime [Manchester, 1990]
2. 82 — Mission Find New Opener [Christchurch, 1993]
3. 1-0-3-0 — Operation Hold South Africa [Kolkata, 1993]
4. 169 — Operation Counterattack [Cape Town, 1996]
5. 140* — Operation This Is For You, Father [Bristol, 1999]
6. 175 — Mission Save Series [Hyderabad, 2009]

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS:
1. Hundreds on Ranji Trophy, Duleep Trophy and Irani Trophy debut.
2. India‟s youngest Test and ODI cricketer at age 16 years, 207 days.
3. Most runs in Tests and ODIs (14,513 and 17,598).
4. Most hundreds in Tests and ODIs (50 and 46).
5. Most ODI appearances (442)
6. Most Tests appearances (175).
7. 20 hundreds against Australia, the best team of my era.
8. 1894 runs and 9 hundreds in ODIs in 1998, a record.
9. 7 Test hundreds and 1543 Test runs in 2010, an Indian record.
10. 1796 runs in five World Cups.
11. Only cricketer with the 150 wickets and 15,000 runs „double‟ in ODIs.
12. First cricketer to score 40 and 50 Test hundreds.
13. First cricketer to score 20, 30 and 40 ODI hundreds.

OTHER BUSINESS INTERESTS:
I have interests in the food and beverages industry. I partly own two restaurants in Mumbai:
Tendulkar‟s (Colaba, 2002).
Sachin‟s (Mulund, 2004).
Sachin Tendulkar, Bandra, Mumbai, India. On Twitter: @sachin_rt
Sachin Tendulkar: Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION:
PhD in Cricket.
Secondary School, Shardashram Vidhya Mandir, Mumbai.

PATENTS:
I‟ve mastered nearly every cricket stroke in the book, but have a special reputation for these.
1. The Thunderous Bowler-Decapitating Straight Drive
2. Back-foot Punch Through Cover
3. Acute Paddle Sweep
4. Slog Sweep Against Turning Leg-Break
5. Effortless Wristy Flick Through Square Leg
6. Point-Killing Square Cut

PASSIONS:
Cars & Racing: I love fast driving. I also own a Ferrari 360 Modena.
Food: I am a foodie with a fondness for seafood.
Music: I enjoy collecting music. Some of my favourites are Kishore Kumar, Mark Knopfler, MLTR.

AWARDS:
1. Arjuna Award [1994]
2. Wisden Cricketer of the Year: [1997]
3. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna [1997-98]
4. Padma Shri [1999]
5. Player of the Tournament, World Cup [2003]
6. ICC Gary Sobers Trophy for Cricketer of The Year [2010]
7. ICC World ODI XI: 2004, 2007, 2008
8. ICC World Test XI: 2009, 2010
9. Rajiv Gandhi Award for Sports [2005]
10. Padma Vibhushan [2008]
11. Man of Match Awards: 74
       ODIs: 61 times
       Tests: 14 times
12. Man of the Series Awards: 19
      a. ODIs: 15
      b. Tests: 5

MAJOR CITATIONS:
1. “AB, this little prick will make more runs than you.” — Merv Hughes to Allan Border. [1991]
2. “This kid bats just like I did.” — Donald Bradman, World Greatest Batsman. Ever. [1998]
3. “I'll be going to bed having nightmares of Sachin just running down the wicket and belting me back over the head for six.
He is the best batsman I‟ve ever bowled to.” — Shane Warne, World‟s Greatest Leg Spinner. [1998]
4.“Shit, I‟m sick of this *$#%!” — Michael Kasprowicz, Australia‟s Fast Bowler. [1998]
5. “He will end up with 50 tons in each form of the game.” — Wasim Akram, World‟s Greatest Left-arm Pacer. [2002]
6. “Jaanta hai tooney kiska catch chhoda hai?” — Wasim Akram to Abdul Razzaq. [2003]
7. “All we need is 11 Sachins.” — Paul Strang, Zimbabwe Leg Spinner. [1996]
8. “Cricket is our religion, Sachin is our god.” — [Repeated ad nauseum by millions of fans].
9. “Nothing bad can happen to us if we‟re on a plane in India with Sachin Tendulkar on it.” — Hashim Amla, South Africa
Batsman. [2004]
10. “The archives recall not one single incriminating incident, not one drunken escapade, not one reported affair, not one spat
with a team-mate or reporter. As Matthew Parris wondered of Barack Obama in these pages recently, is he human?” —
Michael Atherton, Former England Captain. [2008]
11. “I have seen God; he bats at No. 4 for India.” — Matthew Hayden, Australia Opener. [2008]
12. “There will never be another Sachin.” — Muttiah Muralitharan, World‟s Most Successful Bowler. [2009]
13. “If I‟ve to bowl to Sachin, I‟ll bowl with my helmet on. He hits the ball so hard.” Dennis Lille, Cricket‟s McEnroe & Fast
Bowling Legend. [Undated]
14. “Tendulkar is the best batsmen in the world ahead of Steve Waugh and Lara.” — Glenn McGrath, Australia‟s Most
Successful Pace Bowler. [Undated]
15. “Sachin is a genius. I‟m a mere mortal.” — Brian Lara, Tendulkar‟s Greatest Frenemy. [Undated]
16. “I haven‟t seen Bradman playing, but I have seen Sachin. To me, he himself is a milestone, and the best cricketer in the
world.” — Sourav Ganguly, India‟s most successful captain
17. “Sachin Tendulkar has been the most complete batsman of his time, and arguably the biggest cricket icon as well.” —
Sambit Bal, Editor, Cricinfo
Sachin Tendulkar, Bandra, Mumbai, India. On Twitter: @sachin_rt
Sachin Tendulkar: Curriculum Vitae

MAJOR BIOGRAPHIES:
1. Sachin: The Story of the World's Greatest Batsman [by Gulu Ezekiel]
2. The A to Z of Sachin Tendulkar [by Gulu Ezekiel]
3. Sachin Tendulkar — A Definitive Biography [by Vaibhav Purandare]
4. Sachin Tendulkar — Masterful [by Peter Murray, Ashish Shukla]
5. Tendulkar Opus [by Opus Media Group]

MEDIA COVERAGE:
Are you kidding me?

LANGUAGE SKILLS:
Fluent in English, Hindi and Marathi.

PERSONAL DETAILS:
Date of birth: April 24, 1973
Hometown: Mumbai
Family: Wife Anjali, daughter Sara, son Arjun.

EARNINGS:
Approximately Rs 60 crore annually (That‟s Rs 600,000,000 or USD 13 million or GBP 7.8 million or Euro 8.7 million).
Sachin Tendulkar
Mumbai, December 21, 2010

Note: This CV hasn’t been authorised by Sachin Tendulkar or his representatives. It was compiled with help from various
cricket news sources by AR Hemant, a journalist with Yahoo! Cricket. [Last updated: December 21, 2010].
Sachin Tendulkar, Bandra, Mumbai, India. On Twitter: @sachin_rt
You can also download pdf format resume of sachin from here bit.ly/sachin_resume

What all this IIMA grad learnt after his degree(story about Siddharth and Nidhi)

The last thing you know Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad for, is its love stories. But there was this love story that made news in 2004-2005, about Siddharth Choudhary, from IIMA (then an undergrad) and Nidhi from a college near-by. Then, people said their love story was  sweet and that it would weather all storms. 

Months later, the couple did weather a huge storm when Nidhi was diagnosed with cancer. The duo came out strong and unscathed from it and this journey is now encompassed in a book titled ‘Eagle Spotted, Message Decoded.’ The book is written by Siddharth and has just about hit the stands.

Siddharth told Pagalguy that much of his learning in life happened after his graduation from IIMA.  “There are lots of things you don’t learn at a management school. Life tests you and you have to learn quickly  without any prior training. But yes, my MBA degree gave me the confidence to bounce back in life,” he said.

Girl met boy

Siddharth first spotted Nidhi at  a small time tea stall just along side the IIM-A campus boundary wall. Ram-bhai’s ketli, (Gujarati name for a tea-stall)  has always been life line for students of the institute for sutta and chaiany time of the day or night. Nidhi was visiting the ketli with some of here college friends. There started the little college romance between the two, Nidhi being a localite and studying in a city college.
After graduation in 2005, Siddharth and Nidhi got married and started living in Mumbai. As part of final placements, Siddharth got placed with Monsanto India Limited in Mumbai in a marketing role. Later he moved to Johnson and Johnson, Mumbai, also in the marketing line.

Life took a U-turn

Life seemed perfect.An IIMA degree to boast about, a plush job and home and a loving wife. But about a year or so after marriage, Nidhi was diagnosed with a rare brain  tumour called  Medulloblastoma. “We were also told it was an aggressive tumour for which there was no cure in allopathy,” said Siddharth.
Nidhi’s case got further complicated because the tumour had spread from origin to spine, making her case even more rare. This was the beginning of a rather tumultuous journey for the couple, where they realised that no degree prepares you for these situations.

Nidhi went through agonising pain and constant black-outs. She was finally operated in Mumbai. Post the operation however, Nidhi was moved to Ahmedabad for chemotherapy and post-operative treatment as her parents were there.  “I travelled every weekend to see her and made it for every doctor’s appointment.  But I realised, she needed me more than just these visits. The doctors were giving up on her  and I decided to take that one big step,” recalls Siddharth.

Good-bye job

The IIMA grad just chucked away his well-paying job and went to Ahmedabad to be with his wife. “Everyone told me I was doing the wrong thing. My parents,  colleagues and all our friends. But I was adamant. My wife needed me more. When and if things turn out well, my degree will get me another job, I justified to myself,” Siddharth told Pagalguy.

In Ahmedabad, Siddharth spent many sleepless nights with Nidhi since the chemotherapy sessions were painful. That was when Siddharth told her stories about IIMA days and the days before IIMA when he was a marine engineer. “After a few such sessions Nidhi told me to pen down my little stories in a book. Since I used to wait for Nidhi to sleep first and then sleep myself, I used that time to jot down my stories in my diary. I thought then that my stories were too simple and only meant for Nidhi to cheer-up,” said Siddharth.

The coming days turned out to be worse. “One after another, the doctors began giving up on Nidhi and at that time I wanted to throw the diary out,” recalls Siddharth.

Hope returned

But hope came again. A doctor in Kolkata took up Nidhi’s case and slowly and surely life came back into her body. Regular doctor visits,  a strict control on diet and proper medicine intake made Nidhi come back on track.  Today after many months, Nidhi is off medicines too.  “Somewhere during Nidhi’s recovery, I came back to Mumbai and almost immediately got a job again. I guess I owe that to my management degree. Today Nidhi is also in Mumbai and our life has started again,” said Siddharth.

MBA degree

“There were many lessons from IIM-A that might have helped me during my crisis. It teaches you to deal and live in pressure, race against time and win most times. But one thing that come to my mind when I look back at my years at IIM-A, I feel my course would have been complete if I was also taught life skills. How to deal with people and their inflated egos, how to lead and make people see the bigger picture as you see it. Education needs to  go beyond careers, placements and packages”.

(Siddharth’s book, ‘Eagle Spotted, Message Decoded’, is the story of a marine engineer who on his  first job on the ship lacks confidence to face life at sea. The book is on how he learns to gather his strengths and overpower his fears – exactly what he did when he learnt  of his wife’s cancer.  Siddharth himself is a trained marine engineer who sailed for over three years before joining IIM-A. The book is dedicated to his wife.)

GOD - General Operations Director (NS 2 Wireless Networks Simulation)

GOD is general operations director who is aware of whole network topology.
Here god sets the dist (# hops) between node 0 and node 4 to be 1.
( but why/where is this information used??-answer awaited from CMU. )

The General Operations Director (GOD) object is used to store global 

information about the state of the environment, network, or nodes that an
omniscent observer would have, but that should not be made known to any 
participant in the simulation. 

Currently, the god object is used only to store an array of the shortest 
number of hops required to reach from one node to an other. The god object 
does not calculate this on the fly during simulation runs, since it can be 
quite time consuming. The information is loaded into the god object from the 
movement pattern file where lines of the form.

$ns_ at 899.642 "$god_ set-dist 23 46 2
 
are used to load the god object with the knowledge that the shortest path 
between node 23 and node 46 changed to 2 hops at time 899.642. 

The generator for creating node movement files are to be found under "~ns/indep-utils/cmu-scen-gen/setdest/" directory local ns2 installation. Compile the files under setdest to create an executable. run setdest with arguments in the following way:



./setdest -n num_of_nodes -p pausetime -s maxspeed -t simtime -x maxx -y maxy outdir/scenario-file



Note that the index used for nodes now start from 0 instead of 1 as was in the original CMU version, to match with ns’s tradition of assigning node indices from 0.

For details, refer: http://www.isi.edu/nsnam/ns/tutorial/nsscript7.html