My
Dear Student Friends,
Greetings!
This is Dr. Ravi Saripalle, Founder, Inspire to Innovate (i2i) Storytelling
Movement. Welcome to “Letter
to Student Series- Volume 4 and Issue 2”. 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.
Inspiring Story Series: Episode 12-Subhash Palekar, A "Visionary" Indian Agriculturalist,
promoter of Zero Budget
Natural Farming: Subhash Palekar, an agriculturist, is practicing and promoting Zero Budget Natural Farming. Shubhashji completed Bachelor's Degree in Agriculture
at Nagpur. He got truly inspired by Indian Vedic philosophy and practicing Gandhiji’s
principles which are based on truth & non-violence. He is an ardent promoter
of Zero Budget Farming which is based on natural farming. It brings lot of
long-term results. Today, more than 30 million farmers throughout India are
practicing Zero Budget Natural Farming. To his noble efforts, Shubhash Palekar received
India's fourth highest civilian award - Padma Shri in 2016. To more about Shubhashji, please do visit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subhash_Palekar.
You can listen to his inspiring story, at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4dK-xJVMp8
and get
inspired!
Inspiring Story Series: Episode 13- Lakshmikutti
(Popularly known as Vanamuthassi, Grandmother of Jungle), a great Poison healer
using traditional medicine: Lakshmikutti, a tribal woman from
Kallar forest Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, known for her amazing poison healing capabilities. She can prepare 500
medicines through her sheer memory. She has been practicing traditional
medicine for over 50 years. She has been invited by multiple agencies for
expert talk. She is also famous as critic writer (poems, dramas) and teacher in
the folklore academy. To know more about her, please visit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakshmikutty. To her noble efforts, Lakshmikutti got
awarded India's fourth highest civilian award - Padma Shri in 2018. Hear her amazing story at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpUKaKRTycQ
and get
inspired!
Dr P D Kameswara Rao , left
career as nuclear physicist in USA to make a difference in poor rural people
near Cheepurupalle, Vizianagagaram, AP: Dr P D Kameswara Rao, who was a researcher in Boston
University and Rutgers University in USA (spent 11 years together),
returned to his native place to understand rural issues and to uplift the lives
of poor villagers. He established Sodhana Charitable Trust (SCT), 1979 in Cheepurupalle
in Vizianagaram district of AP, and has been working towards rural
transformation programs for last 40 years. To know more about Dr Rao's work,
please visit http://sodhana.org.in/about.html and please do visit
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/66421882.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/66421882.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst
IIT Bombay Team Unearths the
Potential Maharashtra’s Hot Springs and geothermal energy
sources/opportunities: Team from IIT-Bombay led by Dr Trupti Chandrashekhar in collaboration
with IIT-Hyderabad, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology (Amethi),
and the University of Florence (Italy), studied 350-km stretch Maharashtra's
coastline where natural geysers exists. They believe that more than 60 hot
water springs exist in that region. These springs got immersed in
minerals, with temperature ranges from 40 and 72 degrees Celsius. They can be
used for medical purpose and they are holding religious credit. They can be
used as natural greenhouses, dehydration units for perishable food products,
natural health spas. They will develop tertiary industries which helps in
employment generation. Natural geysers/ geothermal energy promotes green
energy. Great research work by the team! Thank you Better India for publishing
such an inspiring news. To read more, please visit https://www.thebetterindia.com/163273/iit-maharashtra-hot-springs-india-news/
Jitendra Singh, a security guard
writes 4,000 letters to families of martyrs and still counts: Jitendra Singh, 37-year-old private
security guard from Surat, a native Bharatpur district, Rajasthan, also having
family members serving Indian Army, has been writing to families of martyrs
from last 18 years, right from 1999 Kargil war. He wants to bring confidence
and show gratitude among those families. He has database of 38,000
martyrs and would like to work towards writing to all these families. So
far, he wrote 4000 letters! Great spirit Jitendra ji. Thank you yourstory for
publishing this article. For more details, please visit https://yourstory.com/2018/10/jitendra-singh-honour-martyrs/
Have you seen "talking bananas"?:
Stacey Truman, the
cafeteria manager at Kingston Elementary School in Virginia Beach, Virginia
wanted to inspire students in the school. She started writing down little and inspiring
messages on bananas and served the students! What an idea right? What kind of
encouragement students get? Some of the messages were " Just Breathe",
"You get what you give", "Keep Trying", " Never give
up", "Make someone laugh", " You are loved" etc. Is it
not great idea to inspire someone right? It is a healthy, curious and inspiring
method to feed children. Can you implement this model in your vicinity? To read
more, please visit https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/lunch-lady-encourages-students-by-writing-messages-on-fruit/
13-year-old Indian Origin boy
topped America’s Next Top Young Scientist: Rishab Jain created an algorithm which uses an
artificial intelligence to accurately locate and target the pancreas in
real-time during a cancer patient’s MRI radiotherapy. Pancreas cancer is
third leading cause for deaths. He also received $25,000 prize. Good job
Rishab. Keep the spirit. To know more, please visit https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/13-year-old-named-americas-top-young-scientist-for-drastically-improving-pancreatic-cancer-treatment/
Green Machine to Generate Clouds in
order to generate Clean Water Wins $1.75 Million: Skysource/Skywater Alliance developed
a container which sucks hot air outside and when mixed with cold air inside, causes
condensation. The resulting droplets are collected in the water tank which is
good solution for the rural and poor segments. The necessary power is supplied
through biomass. This is also giving biochar as bi-product which helps
in nourishing the farms. To know more about this innovation, please read https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/totally-green-machine-that-uses-biowaste-to-generate-clouds-for-clean-water-wins-1-75-million-xprize/.
Karthyayini Amma, 96-year-old
woman, cracks Kerala literacy exam who is oldest among peers: A total of 43,330 students
appeared for literacy examination conducted by the Kerala government. In this, Karthyayini
Amma scored 98 out of 100, wherein she got 28/30 in
mathematics, 30 out of 30 in reading test and 30 out of 30 in writing. Inspiring
women right? This 96-year-old women never attended school in her life. She used
to work as sweeper at temples and nearby households and raised family. Inspite
of this background, she has this great
learning attitude which we all should appreciate. Thank you Indianexpress for
publishing this inspiring news. To read more, please visit https://indianexpress.com/article/india/96-year-old-woman-oldest-among-her-peers-cracks-kerala-literacy-exam-5427962/
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.
