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02 July 2011

From an engineering student to a CEO




Merril Diniz
Two years ago, a piece of information posted on a website helped engineering student Ankur Kumar win an essay competition. Gratified by the win, he joined them as a content manager to help other students with similar information. Today, the final year student is already the CEO of the portal. Here's his story
In 2009, engineering student Ankur Kumar took part in a national level essay writing competition by the National Council of Rural Institutes. To his delight, his essay on The Dissemination of Rural Technologies won him second place, and he was awarded a certificate of merit and cash prize of Rs 7,000.
Ankur stumbled upon the competition through Letmeknow.in, a portal that features a gamut of student opportunities from internships, competitions and conferences to workshops, scholarships and jobs, spanning five domains technology, business, mathematics and sciences, arts and design and social sciences.
Inspired by his accomplishment, Ankur wanted to give back to the site that alerted him of the competition. He joined Letmeknow as a content manager while simultaneously pursuing a dual degree in BE Computer Science and Master's in Economics at BITS, Goa. "I wanted to help other students learn of such opportunities," he shares.
Now a final year student, he donned the mantle of CEO of Letmeknow in 2011.




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It all began in 2007 when Nitin Rao, a BTech student at NIT, Suratkal, first blogged (www.letmeknow.wordpress.com) about Tie-ISB's Connect forum.

Armed with more than 425 posts, 268,000+ hits and a nine-member all-student team, the blog migrated to a full-fledged website in December 2008 with a little design and tech help from Grayscale, a design studio floated by four engineering students from BITS Goa.
Now, an advisor to the core team, Nitin went on to pursue his MBA at MIT Sloan School of Management.
The opportunities posted on Letmeknow are diverse -- from the Harvard Project for Asia and International Relations and IIT Delhi's entrepreneurship initiative -- the Small Industries Management Program (SIMAP) to the Young Economist of the Year essay writing competition and interning as an Android developer. And the alerts help!
Ritesh Kumar from IIIT Bangalore stumbled upon IBM's Research lab summer internship, applied and got through.
Saket Jain from SRM University, Chennai, got a heads-up on three national and one international conferences.
This gave him enough time to prepare and present his papers. "These papers finally helped me get admitted to a US university (Western Michigan) to pursue MS in Computer Science," he shares.
What's interesting is that most of Ankur's colleagues are students who do not operate out of one city. While Ankur is currently based in Goa, CTO Karthik (middle column, second photo) is a third-year student at MIT, Manipal.
Content manager Nikita is studying computer science student at St Xavier's, Kolkata. Social media manager Shriya is from Bengal College of Engineering and Technology, Durgapur and sales and marketing manager Mani is at the Institute of Technology, BHU.

Image: Ankur Kumar




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Mahatma Gandhi
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Gujarati: મોહનદાસ કરમચંદ ગાંધી, IAST: mohandās karamcand gāndhī, IPA: /moɦənd̪as kərəmtʃənd̪ gand̪ʱi/) (October 2, 1869January 30, 1948) was a major political and spiritual leader of India and the Indian independence movement. He was the pioneer of Satyagraha—the resistance of tyranny through mass civil disobedience, firmly founded upon ahimsa or total non-violence—which led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. Gandhi is commonly known in India and across the world as Mahatma Gandhi (IPA: /mə'hɑt.mə 'gɑn.di/[1]) (Sanskrit: महात्मा mahātmā – "Great Soul") and as Bapu (Gujarati: બાપુ bāpu – "Father"). In India, he is officially accorded the honour of Father of the Nation and October 2nd, his birthday, is commemorated each year as Gandhi Jayanti, a national holiday. On 15 June 2007, the United Nations General Assembly unanimously adopted a resolution declaring October 2 to be the "International Day of Non-Violence."[2][3]
As a British-educated lawyer, Gandhi first employed his ideas of peaceful civil disobedience in the Indian community's struggle for civil rights in South Africa. Upon his return to India, he organized poor farmers and labourers to protest against oppressive taxation and widespread discrimination. Assuming leadership of the Indian National Congress, Gandhi led nationwide campaigns for the alleviation of poverty, for the liberation of women, for brotherhood amongst differing religions and ethnicities, for an end to untouchability and caste discrimination, and for the economic self-sufficiency of the nation, but above all for Swaraj—the independence of India from foreign domination. Gandhi famously led Indians in the disobedience of the salt tax on the 400 kilometre (248 miles) Dandi Salt March in 1930, and in an open call for the British to Quit India in 1942. He was imprisoned for many years on numerous occasions in both South Africa and India.
Throughout his life, Gandhi remained committed to non-violence and truth even in the most extreme situations. A student of Hindu philosophy, he lived simply, organizing an ashram that was self-sufficient in its needs. Making his own clothes—the traditional Indian dhoti and shawl woven with a charkha—he lived on a simple vegetarian diet. He used rigorous fasts, for long periods, for both self-purification and protest.

1 Early life
2 Civil rights movement in South Africa (1893–1914)
3 Struggle for Indian Independence (1916–1945)
3.1 Champaran and Kheda
4 Non-cooperation
5 Swaraj and the Salt Satyagraha
6 World War II and Quit India
7 Freedom and partition of India
8 Assassination
9 Gandhi's principles
9.1 Truth
9.2 Nonviolence
9.3 Vegetarianism
9.4 Brahmacharya
9.5 Simplicity
9.6 Faith
10 Writings
10.1 Books on Gandhi
11 Followers and influence
12 Legacy
12.1 Gandhi in film, literature, plays, and popular culture
13 Criticism and controversies
13.1 Concept of partition
13.2 Rejection of violent resistance
13.3 Early South African articles
14 On Blacks and Race Relations
15 Regarding forcible registration with the state of blacks
16 Concerning South Africa's White League fears of mass Asiatic immigration
17 Headline text
17.1 Other criticisms
18 Honors
19 See also




Jamsetji Tata
Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata (March 3, 1839 - May 19, 1904) was a pioneer in the field of modern industry. He was born in Navsari, Gujarat, India.
He founded what would later become the Tata Group of companies. Jamsetji Tata is generally accepted to be the "father of Indian industry"[citation needed].

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Early life

Jamshedji Tata was born to Nusserwanji and Jeevanbai Tata on 3 March 1839 in Navsari, a small town in South Gujarat. Nusserwanji Tata was the first businessman in a family of Parsi Zoroastrian priests. He moved to Bombay and started trading.
Jamshedji joined him in Bombay at the age of 14 and enrolled at the Elphinstone College. He was married to Hirabai Daboo[1] while he was still a student[2]. He graduated from college in 1858 and joined his father's trading firm. It was a turbulent time to step into business as the Indian Rebellion of 1857 had just been crushed by the British government.
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