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The story of Shri Thanedar could well be a story of a Bollywood movie. His rise from poverty in Belgaum to become an entrepreneur in Michigan and then becoming a Congressman in US is nothing short of a fairytale. Shri was born in 1955 in a village called Chikodi near Belgaum (Karnataka). Like any other lower middle-class child, he did some odd jobs to manage his family expenses. He managed to score only  55% marks in his std-10 . After getting a bachelor's degree in chemistry, he went on to do his Masters in the subject from the University of Bombay. He then had a brief stint as a scientist at Mumbai's Bhabha Atomic Research Centre. In 1979, Thanedar left for the US when he was 24. He studied for his PhD from the University of Akron in US. He got a doctorate in polymer chemistry. Additionally, he completed his Masters in Business Administration from Fontbonne University.  After working as a scientist and a scholar for some days, Thanedar decided to pursue entrepreneurship. In 1

Liberal Arts has turned out to be one of the popular and emergent option among Indian Students when it comes to higher education. Apart from being a flexible curriculum, it also offers students a chance to study subjects that one would normally not get a chance to study together. Liberal Arts study sounds like an answer to many problems students face with respect to their subject choices and career.  Some universities in India offering undergraduate programs in Liberal Arts. Following five universities in India offer undergraduate programs in Liberal Arts: 1) Symbiosis School of Liberal Arts, Pune. Admission Procedure:  Admission is done in two ways Option A – candidates have to appear for the  Symbiosis Entrance Test  (SET) or Option B – Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT). Candidates need to first meet the eligibility criteria as set by SSLA. Eligible candidates will have to register and apply. Once the application process is completed, candidates will have to appear for the SET exam. T

Price: Rs. 399 Page count:320 Published:13 November 2014 Language: English Author: Malala Yousafzai, Christina Lamb The book depicts the story of a young Pakistani girl who courageously stands up against the Taliban in order to fight for the cause of girls’ education. She has been awarded 2014 Nobel Peace Prize for her work in this field. The book is a “must-read” for those interested in promoting the educational rights of women globally. Also, it is must-read for all the girls out there who take education for granted. Malala was a bright student. She was groomed by her father who provided her with an opportunity to study in an English-medium school. Her father himself ran the school against the decree of Taliban. When she was a 15 year old, she was shot at by the Taliban terrorists. That was for speaking up regarding women’s rights to education. Before she was shot at, she was unknown outside Pakistan but a well-known public figure in Pakistan, having done a radio interview series whe

Vinod Khosla was born to an army officer on 28 January 1955 in New Delhi. He studied at the famous Mount St. Mary’s School in Delhi. Later, he completed electrical engineering from IIT Delhi and had started the first computer club in any IIT to do computer programming. Afterwards, he did his MS in Biomedical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University followed by MBA from Stanford University. In 1980, Khosla co-founded Daisy Systems, which created (computer-aided design) CAD system for electrical engineers. In 1982, he co-founded Sun Microsystems. Sun microsystems created Java programming language and within first five years, made $1 billion in annual sales. Satya Nadella was an employee in Sun before he joined Microsoft. In 2004, Khosla founded Khosla Ventures which today manages approximately $1 billion of investor capital. In 2010, Sun was acquired by Oracle for $7.4 billion. Vinod Khosla also challenged Intel's monopoly by developing Nexgen/AMD. He also conceptualized the idea

                                It all began in Stanford University where Larry Page and Sergey Brin were the PhD students. They were working on their PhD project based on PageRank algorithm. An Indian-American Rajeev Motwani was one of the co-authors of their paper on PageRank   algorithm . When Page and Brin decided to float their own company, they badly needed funds. It was then that they approached Kavitark Ram Shriram, an Indo-American Venture Capitalist. Ram signed the first cheque to fund Google. It was of about five -lakh dollars . And thus was born Google with Ram as the founding director and board member. Kavitark Ram was born in Bangalore and raised in Chennai. His father passed away when he was three. Shriram holds a bachelor's degree in Mathematics from Loyola College in Madras University. Ram is also an MBA from University of Michigan's Ross School of Business. After moving to the U.S. he joined Netscape in 1994. Later he became the president of Junglee, an onli

Indians are one of the largest international student communities in the United Kingdom. The UK has a global reputation for academic excellence. The students can also visit StudyUK section of the British Council Website to search for courses, institutions and scholarships. If you aspire to study in UK and cannot afford full tuition and living expenses, here are a few scholarships offered to Indian Students for undergraduate and postgraduate studies in the UK.  1) Chevening: All Chevening applicants must submit their education documents, references, and one unconditional UK university offer. The deadlines for these required documents are in the  Chevening application timeline . If you are conditionally selected for a Chevening Scholarship, it is essential that you submit these documents in order to remain in the process .   2) University of Dundee:   The university provides Vice Chancellor’s South Asia Scholarship of   £4,000 per year to Indian students. The university also offers Global

  The Merchant Navy is a perfect career for brave-hearts who yearn for adventure and money. The private and public sectors shipping companies offer the most lucrative careers in merchant navy with handsome salaries. Today, over 90 per cent of cargo is transported across the world through ships. With the spread of globalization,  Merchant Navy  will create some of the most promising jobs in days to come. The big plus of this profession is that you are working and travelling simultaneously; exploring new ports and countries around the globe. You get long vacations after your long assignments. And you can retire at the age of 30 with your pockets full. The starting salary of 50K per month can reach up to 15 lakh per month depending upon your job profile. An estimated 7% of the world’s mariners come from India. The top recruiters in Merchant Navy are  Maersk Line,  Essar Shipping Ltd, ABG Shipyard, Mercator Ltd, and the Shipping Corporation of India. You can aspire to join Merchant N

A man who returned from a world 🌎 tour was asked to name the most difficult part of his journey. "Stepping out from the house, he said." Beginning is the most difficult thing. Journey of thousand miles begins with a single step. Well begun is half done. Do not hesitate to step out from your house and begin your adventure. Do not wait for all the signals to become green 🍏. You are paid for your actions and not for your words. So stop talking and swing into action to make it happen. Every successful journey started with that single bold step. Once you start, it gets easier all the time. The way to succeed is to start sooner and work harder than your competitors. There is no day like today and today is the best time to start. And never forget what Robert Frost said. "The woods are lovely dark and deep, But I have promises to keep and miles to go before I sleep." Ravindra Zinjurke 

Nothing is impossible. You can achieve anything that your mind believes. Many battles are lost outside the battlefield because there is lack of conviction, lack of self belief. Belief, that one can do it. Belief in ones capabilities is ones strength; tried and tested for generations.  Just imagine that you are walking on the road. It's evening time. And you see a snake on which you are about to step in. What happens. It scares a hell out of you. Your heartbeats increase. Your eyes widen. All your energy goes to your leg to prevent you from stepping on the snake. So many changes in a fraction of second. Afterwards you realise it was not a snake; just a piece of rope. Everything jumps back to normal. Simply because you believed it was a snake, so many changes took place in your body. That too in such a short time. That's the power of belief. So believe you can, and you will win. Let's take another example. A baby elephant which is tied with a huge chain. It tries to free