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 6”. Hope you enjoyed reading my
previous letter (they are available at http://i2itm.blogspot.in/). The goal of these letters is to
inspire, educate, engage, entertain and empower students across the country and
make them Future Ready.
Please listen to following important
messages to you
1. Unemployability : The 5th Biggest
Crisis on the Earth: You
can listen to my proposal which is applicable to all students and professionals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7j4W0onuSfg
2. Examinations : My Message to all students who are
appearing for Year End Examinations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyBjBH1-6z4
Yearend examinations are around the
corner. Across the
nation, students and professionals are working hard, few working smart but goal
is to become successful in their respective lives. Having said that, "Success
doesn't mean the absence of failures; it means the attainment of ultimate
objectives. It means winning the war, not every battle (Edwin C. Bliss)".
To prove this definition, you must hear the story of Abraham Lincoln, 16th
U.S. President which was published in a website called https://www.snopes.com/glurge/lincoln.asp: Abraham Lincoln embraced and engulfed
into multiple challenges & constraints till the last leg of winning!! "1831:
Failed in business; 1832: Ran for state legislature – lost;1832: Also lost his
job – wanted to go to law school but couldn’t get in;1833: Borrowed some money
from a friend to begin a business and by the end of the year he was bankrupt.
He spent the next 17 years of his life paying off this debt;1834: Ran for state
legislature again – won;1835: Was engaged to be married, sweetheart died and
his heart was broken;1836: Had a total nervous breakdown and was in bed for six
months;1838: Sought to become speaker of the state legislature – defeated;1840:
Sought to become elector – defeated;1843: Ran for Congress – lost;1846: Ran for
Congress again – this time he won – went to Washington and did a good job;1848:
Ran for re-election to Congress – lost;1849 Sought the job of land officer in
his home state – rejected;1854: Ran for Senate of the United States –
lost;1856: Sought the Vice-Presidential nomination at his party’s national
convention – got less than 100 votes;1858: Ran for U.S. Senate again – again he
lost;1860: Elected president of the United States". After reading
these facts, if someone feels nervous, pressurized and sensitive about
failures, it is mere ignorance. Success and failures are twins and share space,
time and context. Your ultimate goal is to work hard and leave results to God!
If you can practice this great art, You are already successful! Believe me.
This is the fact. Do not worry about exams, results and marks. They are sheer
bi-products. You keep going!!
Bhanjibhai Mathukiya, the innovator
who built more than 25 dams and tractors: I was reading about Bhanjibhai Mathukiya at Yourstory.com
(https://yourstory.com/2018/01/bhanjibhai-mathukiya/). Bhanjibhai is hailing from agricultural
family from a village in Gujarat. He invented 10 HP tractor for smaller
farmers who are growing groundnut and orchards using diesel engine
and the chassis of a jeep which is half priced than alternatives available
in the market. He
built a check dam on the river Dharfad for mere 10,000 rupees, with 1
mason, 4 labourers and in 4 days! He was asked to build many more later seeing the initial success!
He represented India at the Commonwealth Science Council
in South Africa. Great effort Bhanjibhai! We need many more like him
to solve our grassroots problems! Thank you yourstory for publishing such a
great mission.
Subhasini Mistry, Founder of Humanity
Hospital: A poor lady from rural Bengal, who
worked as housemaid, daily laborer for more than 20 years, singlehandedly built
humanity hospital. Currently it is running with 45 beds, 10 ICU beds, treating
thousands of poor for free of cost. Forced to marry a wage laborer at the age
of 12, widowed at the age of 23, struggles and hardship are common friends to
her. She kept her son in an orphanage and made him doctor. Amazingly, her son
is now helping in her mission in their
own hospital. Hospital started in a small hut and grown this big. Finally
Government of India announced Padma Shri
Award for her relentless effort towards this great cause. We wish many more
good services from Subhasini Mistry. Thank you betterindia.com for publishing
such an inspiring story. To read more, please do visit https://www.thebetterindia.com/129200/padma-shri-2018/?
utm_source= The+Better+India+Newsletter&utm_ campaign=e79fe352d1-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_cd579275a4-e79fe352d1-73776797
Bhajju Shyam, Gond Artist: The Gonds, are the largest Adivasi
Community, generally found in Madhya Pradesh and in neighboring states. Traditionally
used to paint on mud walls but contemporary artists from this community started
new tradition of figurative and narrative visual art. Lot of their works use
dots to create the painting. Bhajju Shyam, aged 46, hailing from Madhya
Pradesh, internationally acclaimed Gond Artist, born in poor tribal family,
worked as a night guard and electrician to support his family. He became famous
for depicting life in Europe. He illustrated this work in 8 books. One of his
books, The London Jungle book, was sold 30000 copies and published in 5 foreign
languages. Government of India
announced Padma Shri Award for his
extraordinary talent. Thank you Better India for this remarkable story
publication. To know more about Gond art, please do visit https://www.deccanfootprints.com/collections/gond-art
Arvind Gupta, Expert in Toys from
Trash, Scientist Toymaker: Born in 1953, Alumni of Indian
Institute of Technology, Kanpur, worked for two years at TELCO, resigned from the job to
revitalize the science teaching through the discovery approach. Started
developing multiple model toys to teach science. You can find hundreds of the
toys designed by Arvind Gupta at http://arvindguptatoys.com.
He used cheapest materials and
household rubbish to develop these toys. Over a period of four decades, Arvind
visited 3,000+ schools, made 6,200 short films on toy-making in 18 languages
and provided free books on his website in 12 languages. Arvind Gupta has been
conferred the Padma Shri award this year. To read more, please do visit https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/padma-shri-for-scientist-toymaker-arvind-gupta/articleshow/62657292.cms
Ingvar Kamprad: IKEA's frugal
billionaire founder: "Simplicity is the ultimate
sophistication", by Leonardo da
Vinci. Have you heard about IKEA? It is swedish-founded Dutch-based
multinational group, which designs and sells ready-to-assemble furniture,
kitchen appliances and home accessories. It has been the world's largest
furniture retailer since 2008. Ingvar Kamprad, founder of IKEA, started this
company at the age of 17 in his own family farm. He is known for his ethic, frugality and
down-to-earth style. His worth was approximately $60 billion when he died at
the age of 91. He always drove modest Volvo and dressed simple. Before this
venture, initially he used to sell matchboxes to neighbors from his bicycle.
There is lot to learn from his principles. Thank you ET for publishing this
inspiring story. To read more, please do visit https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/the-story-of-ingvar-kamprad-ikeas-frugal-billionaire-founder/starting-a-company-at-17/slideshow/62692460.cms
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)
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.
