My
Dear Student Friends,
Greetings!
This is Dr. Ravi Saripalle, Founder, Inspire to Innovate (i2i) Storytelling
Movement. Welcome to “Letter
to Student Series- Volume 3 and Issue 8”. Hope you enjoyed reading my
previous letter They are available at http://i2itm.blogspot.in/ and Video Message series is
available at https://www.youtube.com/user/Indianrichtalent. The goal of these letters and video
messages are to inspire, educate, engage, entertain and empower the students and
make them Future Ready.
The Criticality of Internship in your
Future Job Success: Request
you to listen to my appeal. It is intended
for all students of Engineering, Medicine, Accountancy and other Professional
Courses. Video message is available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-xMxw9WoBQ
Padma Awardee Story Series-Episode 1-
Damodar Bapat, A Crusader against Leprosy : Damodar Ganesh Bapat , Indian social worker,
great warrior, solider and crusader against leprosy is doing an amazing service
at Bhartiya Kushta Nivarak Sangh (BKNS) in Janjgir, Champa district, Chhattisgarh. Request you to listen to his story at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8t4XN1ZfQ7I and get inspired!
3D Printed Electric Car in 3 Days for
5 Lakjhs!- XEV (An
Italian startup) in collaboration with Polymaker, ( 3-D printing material
developer) developed a car using 3D
printing. It is now ready for mass production. It is as low as USD 7,500 (Rs
4.87 lakh)!! Amazing right! It is not just car alone. This will create trend
for multitude of objects. My Dear Students, if you are learning 3D printing
technology, continue to deep learn in this domain. This field looks bright. To
understand better, please read at https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/technology/startup-develops-electric-car-that-can-be-3d-printed-and-will-cost-rs-4-87-lakh-2531731.html
Liu Yachao, Chinese Mathematics
Teacher became Billionaire through Tutoring!- TAL Education (a leading China based
after-school tutoring company) Group Chief Operating Officer, Liu Yachao, became a billionaire! Interesting
right! True. When we are passionate and committed to one particular domain,
yes, money is by-product. He is second billionaire in this firm! 36 years old
teacher is the first mathematics teacher joined Tal Education and rose to this
level. Dr. Liu received his bachelor’s degree in mechanics from Peking
University (2003) and Ph.D from the institute of Mechanics of the Chinese
Academy of Science in 2008. Initially he joined as director of middle school
division in in 2005, became in charge of online courses in 2008, and later
became director & senior vice president and also handled teaching and
research division. If you want to read more, http://zeenews.india.com/world/this-math-teacher-became-a-billionaire-thanks-to-parents-craze-for-private-tuition-2101920.html
Hyderabad based startup, Uravu, is on
mission to produce clean water from air!- Water is scarce. To beat this problem, Uravu, a
Hyderabad based startup is working on technology to convert atmospheric
moisture into potable water. They are developing this for residential purpose. Swapnil
Shrivastav, along with other 5 co-founders, developing proprietary
water-absorbing material which absorbs vapour from the air, uses solar thermal
energy to convert it into water. This process starts in the night and by next
evening, you will have water. The current prototype is producing ~ 50 liters of
water a day. They are working to raise it to 2,000 liters a day. They are
trying to fit into Re 1 per liter cost model. To know more about Uravu and
their mission, please read at https://qz.com/1240668/indian-startup-uravu-eyes-xprize-by-producing-water-from-air-using-solar-energy/
Low
cost, voice-controlled wheelchair by NSS College of Engineering in Palakkad,
Kerala Students: Electrical
and Electronics Engineering (EEE) students of NSS College of Engineering
developed low cost (budget of ₹8,000) voice controlled wheelchair. Current
model allows 75Kg of weight. They are still improvising this model. Good job
team. Innovate or Perish is the mantra of the day. Your team qualifies for
former! Good Luck and wish to see better version with more durability and high
utility!! If you want to read more, please visit https://www.thebetterindia.com/138867/kerala-students-innovation-low-cost-voice-controlled-wheelchair/
Chennai
School’s Holiday Homework for Parents Is Going Viral for the Right Reasons: The Better India published this
wonder article at right time. Around the corner, children are busy with
vacations! Unless they are rightly engaged, 50 day vacation has no
significance. In this context, Chennai's Annai Violet Matriculation & Hr.
Sec School circular to parents is eye catching. There is lot of meaning to this
circular! It is interesting notice! Though it is internal notice, but this
notice serves larger good, hence I am publishing it below. Thank you Better India
and Annai Voilet School for giving such important assignment to parents! Please
check this below.
Source: https://www.thebetterindia.com/138922/chennai-school-holiday-homework-parents-viral-post-heartwarming/
Facial recognition system helped to
trace 3,000 missing children in 4 days in Delhi!- Delhi police used facial recognition
system (FRS) software to identify 3000 missing children in 4 days! Thanks to
image processing technology, these children are potential to reunite with their
families. So happy moment right! Sometimes technology brings back love and
affection. The Ministry of Women and Child Development ran this software on
45,000 children and 2,930 children could be recognized! This software matches
with photographs and database available with the Track Child portal, resulting
identity of the child established. To know more about this, Please visit http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/facial-recognition-system-helps-trace-3-000-missing-children-in-4-days/577899.html
Dear Students, Hope you completed Future readiness
assessment. This is to help you to plan your life better and make you relevant
in the context of 4th Industrial revolution. Please take this assessment every
month without fail. It acts like reminder to 5 important activities- Inspire
yourself through positive stories, get mentored from your role model, develop
your natural intelligence, manage academics and do physical activity. Request
you to answer the following five questions and calculate your Future
Readiness.
1.
I read / hear stories
of amazing people
(A) weekly once (10 marks) (B) monthly once (5
marks) (C) Irregular
reading (2 marks) (D)Not Interested
(0 marks)
2.
I write letter
/ mail to my mentor (other than parents) for guidance (professional /
personal)
(A) every 6 months (10 marks) (B) yearly
once (5 marks) (C) Irregular writing (2 marks) (D)Not Interested
(0 marks)
3. I practice my passion
or natural intelligence (to know your
intelligence https://goo.gl/vgyD54)
(A) weekly 4 hours (10 marks) (B) weekly
2 hours (5 marks) (C) Irregular practice (2 marks) (D)Not Interested
(0 marks)
4.
I manage my academics
with consistent percentage or grade
(A) A Grade and above (10
marks) (B) B Grade and
above (5 marks)(C) C
Grade or below (2 marks) (D)Consistent
Failure (0 marks)
5.
I do physical
activity and maintain good health
(A) weekly 4 hours (10 marks) (B)
weekly 2 hours (5 marks) (C) Irregular practice (2 marks) (D)Not
Interested (0 marks)
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Check
Your Score and Title
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I wish you should be either
Performer (your score should be between 40-50) or Challenger
(your score should be between 25-40). You should not give any scope to be Lounger (relaxed) with 10-25 score or Laggard
(slower than desired) with score less than 10.
My Dear Friends, Appreciate your valuable time. See you
in my next letter. Thank you for giving me this wonderful opportunity. You can also
reach to me at sdindia2020@gmail.com. I am happy to respond to your
letter.
With Best Wishes,
Dr.
Ravi Saripalle
About Author: Dr. Ravi Saripalle is Founder of Inspire
to Innovate (i2i) Storytelling Movement and Director, Center for
Innovation, GVP College of Engineering (A), Vizag, AP, India. As part of Inspire
to Innovate (i2i) Storytelling Movement, Dr.Ravi is trying to instill
inspiration through spreading positive stories of amazing people in the form of
short stories, embedding them in the form of letters (epistolary form) and
sending them to thousands of schools, colleges, universities districts
administration across India. Also conducting Storytelling Workshops in select institutions.
Providing customized mentoring to inspired students. Dr. Ravi is having 18
years of experience in Industry, Consultancy, Training, Mentoring and Research.
Prior to this current mission, Ravi worked with Wipro Technologies for more
than a decade. Ravi can be reached at sdindia2020@gmail,com or http://i2itm.blogspot.in/ or https://www.facebook.com/RaviSaripalle
Previous letters are available at http://i2itm.blogspot.in/
Videos https://www.youtube.com/user/Indianrichtalent
Disclaimer: The goal of this i2iSM letter series
campaign is to inspire students / youth through storytelling and develop
innovative leaders to build strong nation. In this process, I have taken
several data points from various websites, NEWS articles, books, videos etc. I
sincerely thank all the editors for providing such an insightful stories and
information. To the best of my knowledge, I tried to acknowledge all the
sources. I sincerely apologize for any omissions, grammatical mistakes and
hurting any reader’s sentiments. I request all the readers to understand the spirit
behind this effort. This effort doesn’t involve any commercials. Letter series
is for free distribution.
