Vishwanath Patil is probably one of the few people in the city who chose not to take up a well-paying job despite having the qualifications for it, in order to follow his dream. Patil, an MCom graduate, works as a waiter in the canteen at MHADA’s Kalanagar office, while pursuing his dream of becoming an Indian Administrative Services officer.

The 23-year-old came to the city from Gadhinglaj, Kolhapur district, nearly seven years ago, when he had just passed Std XII. He started working at the ground-floor canteen at MHADA building in Bandra (East).