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 7”. 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.
Please listen to following important
messages to you
The Role of Art in Future Job Success
and Market: Request
you to listen to my appeal intended for all students of Engineering, Medicine, Accountancy
and other Professional Courses as well as High school going students. Video
Message Available at www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZeKyaf8bRQ
Ramdas Mane, Man building toilets
using Thermocol: I
was reading an inspiring story at Times (https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/pune-man-build-toilets-out-of-thermocol/articleshow/63053518.cms). Ramdas Mane, belongs to poor
family, hailing from Satara district of Maharashtra, slept on the footpath for months, did part time jobs to complete
his education, night shift at bus canteen to support his education. However,
today Ramdas has become source of inspiration and instrumental in Open
Defection Free (ODF) campaign. He is building toilets out of thermocol with
cement coating in two hours. So far, he supplied 22,000+ toilets across the country for no profit, no loss basis. Received CSR's
with Sanitation leadership award 2016, Limca Book of records in 2007 etc. He is
also giving it as wedding gift to few girls (till date 25 toilets) who cannot
afford to build toilets. His main company (Mane group of Companies) started in
1993, builds thermocol machines and exports them to more than 45 countries. 80%
of the thermocol in India has been manufactured by Ramdas's machines!! Amazing
innovation right? He got patent for this machine as well. Once sleeping on
footpath, today Ramdas company's annual turnover is ~ Rs 40 crores and 70
employees working for them. Result of perseverance and determination.
Debris to Building Blocks-Engineering
Innovation by Engineering Students: Chennai alone generates about 1,200 tones
of Construction and Demolition (C&D) waste every day. Imagine how much
debris generated from whole India? Kongu Engineering College, Erode, Tamilnadu
students are trying to develop solution to this pollution menace. Recently they
got an award in the Carbon Zero Challenge, organized by IIT Chennai for developing blocks from Concrete debris. They developed patented
technology to recycle debris into hollow or paver blocks which can be used in
construction. They tested the blocks and found more durable with better
strength than conventional bricks and concrete blocks. Team developed
economical process to segregate concrete waste from C&D debris, crushed to
produce recycled aggregates of different particle sizes, mixed with sodium
silicate (reduces porosity, increase durability, binds better), put through
carbonation process (carbon dioxide is injected at various pressures which
improves density), mixed with cement and water, moulded into blocks. This
process cuts down CO2 emissions. To read more, please do visit https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/engg-students-convert-debris-into-building-blocks/articleshow/
63152925.cms?utm_source=email&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=TOIMobile
A Tea seller monthly earnings : Rs 12
lakh! Amazing Story!
Yewle Tea House, a famous tea stall based out of Pune, has set a new benchmark,
earning 12 lakhs per month, selling 3000-4000 cups per day. Navnath Yewle, Co-founder
of the famous tea stall made it as international brand. Running 3 centers with
12 employees each, developing a business plan to open 100 more!! Simple secret!
He did study tea for 4 years, created best quality taste and made it as brand!!
Do you similar ideas? Do you want to start something like this with another
different theme and taste!! Think Big. Act Big! To read more, please do visit https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/this-tea-seller-earns-rs-12-lakh-a-month/setting-benchmark/slideshow/63157232.cms
The Ice Man of India , An engineer is solving
Ladakh's water crisis: Chewang
Norphel, 80-year-old, Retd. Civil Engineer from Ladakh in the northernmost
Himalayas, India named as The Ice Man of India due to his
contribution towards solving Ladakh's water crisis and fighting against climate
change. Inspired by the nature's principle (An artificial glacier is formed
when water is coming out of a semi-frozen pipe and when we collect in a small
crater on the ground and freezing, forms like a glacier), today Norphel could develop
17 artificial glaciers across Ladakh and providing water. Ladakh is having
extreme climatic conditions- both frost bite and heat stroke at the same time.
80% are farmers and major issue is unavailability of water during sowing period
during Apr-June timeframe. During this time, glacial streams are frozen and
rivers flow way too low to fetch water!! Chewang Norphel came as rescue and
building artificial glaciers using his childhood learnt scientific principle
and inspiration. Natural glaciers located around 5,000 feet above and 20-25 km
away from the villages. They melt only after June time frame. He got an
idea of building artificial glaciers at lower altitudes which would melt sooner
due to relatively higher temperature. Construction work starts in October when
the villagers divert the glacier streams and create embankments in the form of
steps to slow down the velocity of water, depth is kept very low to freeze
quickly. Amazing technique right? Each glacier costs upto 15 lakhs depending on
size and width. He created one at Phukte valley which is supplying water to
five villages and just costed 90,000 rupees. Retired from his government post in 1994 after 34 years of
service, now Norphel spends time in developing these solutions, meditation,
kitchen garden, with students all over world, assisting NGOs to take up this
concept outside. He is pouring tons of inspiration and helping Ladakh region! Thank
you ET for publishing such an amazing story. To read more, please do visit
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A teacher from Ghana using blackboard to teach
students how Microsoft Word works!:
Another
interesting story! Richard Appiah Akoto (33 years old), An ICT Teacher from
Ghana, Africa became great example on how a pedagogy should be in adverse
conditions! He became viral when he posted his blackboard covered with drawing
of a the features of a Microsoft Word processing window using multi-colored
chalk. The school has no computers. His facebook posting got 9.5K likes.
Finally this message reached to Microsoft & other computer giants.
Microsoft promptly responded and providing necessary equipment to the school.
Sometimes a committed teacher can shake the world and get necessary resources. Great
job Richard Appiah Akoto. Wish you all the best. Read
more at: https://qz.com/1217879/a-ghana-teacher-shows-microsoft-windows-on-a-blackboard-is-a-viral-sensation/or//economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/63345180.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst
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
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.
