Few days back I shared this exemplury achievement. Please find pasted text from Asian Age newspaper coverage of the same which is very inspiring.
Source: http://dc.asianage.com/mumbai/scholarship-brightens-blind-prof-s-phd-dreams-uk-976 *Scholarship brightens up blind prof’s PhD dreams in UK* Aug 23, 2015, Asian Age Correspondent, Mumbai Being visually impaired has not stopped this vivacious man from beating the odds and bagging the prestigious Commonwealth Scholarship enabling him to pursue a three-year PhD degree in Philosophy from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. Unlike last year, Vivek Pachpande (31) from Mumbai has secured the scholarship this year leaving behind few hundreds of students from India. Last year too, Mr Pachpande had secured admission to the University of Edinburgh, but due to his middle class background, the Dombivali (east) resident could not afford the expenses to stay and study in the UK for three long years, which would have cost him around `70 lakh. However, now after securing the scholarship he doesn’t have to think much about the expenses. They will be taken care of by the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission and the Association of Commonwealth Universities. Mr Pachpande said, “My parents are proud of me. My mentor Dr Priyedarshi Jaitley (retired reader from Delhi University) guided me for the scholarship and my dear friends Mahesh Ursekar and Manasee Karnalkar helped me a lot throughout the process. I wish to return to India after my PHD to continue my teaching career.” Mr Pachpande was one of the few hundreds who applied for the Commonwealth Scholarship and less than a 100 were nominated from India after a personal interview by the department of higher education in the ministry of human resource development. Among these 100, only around a quarter got selected by the Commission for the scholarship. Mr Pachpande, Happy home for the Blind, Worli student cleared his SSC examination with a distinction in 1999 and went on to complete his M.A. (Philosophy) with a first class. From 2006, he started his teaching career and has been a visiting faculty at G. Bedekar College, SIES College, SK Somaiya College, Ruparel College and Thakur College. For over two years from 2010, he was a visiting faculty at the Mumbai University teaching Philosophy. His teacher Dr Meenal Katarnikar, associate professor at Mumbai University said, “Vivek is a brilliant student. He is very well read and sharp. This achievement is an inspiration for all students.” End of article. Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
