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 11”. 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.
Padma Awardee Story Series-Episode 5-
E. Sreedharan, Metro Man of India : Elattuvalapil Sreedharan, popularly known as the "Metro
Man of India", is an Indian civil engineer and a retired Indian Engineering
Service (IES) officer. He has immensely contributed towards public
transportation system especially metro network across India. He has amazing
project management and leadership skills which has been exhibited in every
project he has undertaken. He was awarded with Padma Shri and Padma Vibhushan by the Government of
India and many other prestigious awards for his service to the nation and
engineering world. Request you to listen to his amazing life story at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQ55EPmmJIs
and get inspired!
Padma Awardee Story Series-Episode 6-
Jadav Payeng, Forest Man of India : Jadav Payeng, A Green Promoter from Assam, single handedly planted
saplings on a sandbar of the river Brahmaputra for almost 30 years which turned out to be a man made
forest covering 1360 acres. Today it is home for Bengal Tigers, Indian Rhinos,
Deer, Rabbits, Elephants, huge flora and fauna etc. Request you to listen to his amazing life
story at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gt-FHnVQShA and get inspired!
Inspiring Story Series: Episode 8-Dasarth
Manjhi, Mountain Man of India: Dasarath Manjhi was a labourer from Gehlaur village, Gaya
District, Bihar. He carved a path 360 ft, 30 ft wide and 25 ft deep through a
hill using 2 simple instruments (Hammer and Chisel). He did this noble effort for
almost 22 years. The new path reduced the district of Atri and Wazirganj
sectors of the Gaya district from 80 km to 3 km. Request you to
listen to his amazing life story at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEwIvYtP65c and get inspired!
Asharam, Son of Ragpicker, Secures Seat
in most Prestigious AIIMS, Jodhpur!
Asharam, son of Ranjit Choudhary, secured seat in AIIMS, Jodhpur. He got AIR 707 at overall ranking and AIR 141 in OBC category. After 10th class, Asharam was selected by Dakshina Foundation for scholarship and residential classes in Pune. This has turned his life. His father is Rag picker by profession and he is eldest of 3 siblings. His brother Sitaram is studying 12th class and sister is in 9thclass. His father worked so hard and gave whatever required to him. Asharam is from Vijayganj Mandi village, 40km from Dewas district, MP. Asharam wants to give back to his village and wants to come back to his village and do his medical practice. Best wishes to You, Asharam. Thank you Times of India for publishing an inspiring story. To read more, Please visit https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/indore/ragpickers-son-secures-seat-in-aiims-jodhpur/articleshow/65072188.cms
Asharam, son of Ranjit Choudhary, secured seat in AIIMS, Jodhpur. He got AIR 707 at overall ranking and AIR 141 in OBC category. After 10th class, Asharam was selected by Dakshina Foundation for scholarship and residential classes in Pune. This has turned his life. His father is Rag picker by profession and he is eldest of 3 siblings. His brother Sitaram is studying 12th class and sister is in 9thclass. His father worked so hard and gave whatever required to him. Asharam is from Vijayganj Mandi village, 40km from Dewas district, MP. Asharam wants to give back to his village and wants to come back to his village and do his medical practice. Best wishes to You, Asharam. Thank you Times of India for publishing an inspiring story. To read more, Please visit https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/indore/ragpickers-son-secures-seat-in-aiims-jodhpur/articleshow/65072188.cms
Pranjal Dubey, Former Associate of
SAP SE, Sold his house to educate Rural Youth, Sandalpur village , Dewas
District, MP: Pranjal Dubey, a 40-year-old techie,
gave up his lucrative software job at SAP SE, working on a mission to provide
employment opportunities and improve the life of rural villages in MP. With
this aim, he started Sant Singaji Institute of Science and Management (SSISM)
in 2010, today educating more than 1,000 students and helping to reach nearby 200
villages. With the support of his mother Kalpana Dubey and wife Amita Dubey,
Pranjal is working hard and smart to inspire rural students in terms of
confidence and skill building! Today more than 100 students are working with IT
giants like Cognizant, SAP LABs etc. Thank you Pranjal for the risk you have
taken in your life, leaving amazing software career. Thank you to your family
who are providing relentless support. Thank you Times for publishing inspiring
stories. To read more, please visithttp://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/53442710.cms?
utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium= text&utm_campaign=cppst
Moksha, a Multi-Purpose Trolley aimed
to ease the difficulty of carrying water and heavy weight items, designed by Arasavilli
Pavan Kumar
Arasavilli Pavan Kumar, a student of Gayatri
Vidya Parishad College For Degree and PG Courses, Visakhapatnam designed a
wonderful trolley to ease the difficulty of hardworking women carrying water
and workers carrying heavy items. This product is made of cane material and few
customized iron parts to improve the strength and stability of the trolley. It
is aimed to be cheap and affordable so that it becomes great productivity tool
across developing nations. He applied
for The James Dyson Award, UK. Wish you best wishes Pavan Kumar. It is great
effort! Keep ideating like this. To read more, please visit https://www.jamesdysonaward.org/2018/project/moksha/
Aadish Cheruku, 11- year old boy from
Hyderabad, Cancer Survivor, is a Chess Champion : Aadish Cheruku is one among 15
selected globally to compete in the chess category at World Children Winners Games
held at Moscow. Though he missed bronze medal by a whisker, but he is a real
hero for many children. He got Cancer at the age of 5, underwent Chemo therapy
for 9 months, isolated with whole world, revived completely through his
fighting spirit and positive will. 2 years back, he got introduced to
professional coach (Hanuman Satish) but acclaimed high in short period. Potentially
he has great future. Best wishes Aadish! Keep going with positive spirit. To
read more, please visithttp://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/53206098.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium= text&utm_campaign=cppst
Renuka Yadav, who used to sell milk,
daughter of domestic help, is First Woman Olympian: Renuka Yadav who is currently working
as train ticket examiner with Central Railway in Mumbai, got selected for
16-member women's hockey squad for the Rio Olympics which India got opportunity
after 36 years. It is not easy journey for Renuka. She used to sell milk as a
young girl in Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh and parents used to work as domestic
helps. Renuka's hardwork, determination
made her to reach this echelon and it is most happy moment to her and Nation
too. Best wishes Renuka to you and Indian team. We wish you succeed. Thank you
Times. To read more, please visit http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/53185021.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)
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.
