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Urvashi Sahni, founder of SHEF, wins social entrepreneur award

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Urvashi Sahni, founder of Study Hall Educational Foundation, was awarded the Social Entrepreneur of the Year award 2017 for her work in educating India’s most disadvantaged girls

Urvashi Sahni is an Ashoka Fellow, an honorary member of the Clinton Global Initiative and a non-resident fellow at the Centre for Universal Education at the Brookings Institution in the US.

New Delhi:

Urvashi Sahni, founder and chief executive of Study Hall Educational Foundation (SHEF), was awarded the Social Entrepreneur of the Year award 2017 for her work in educating India’s most disadvantaged girls.

She won the award, beating candidates from more prominent non-profit organizations including Akshaya Patra. Commerce and industry minister Suresh Prabhu presented the award to Sahni.

Jointly founded by Jubilant Bhartia Foundation and Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship in 2010, the award recognizes promising and high impact social entrepreneurs implementing practical and sustainable solutions.

Sahni was chosen from over 100 applicants. The other two finalists for the award were Safeena Husain of Educate Girls and Madhu Pandit Dasa of the Akshaya Patra Foundation.

SHEF has demonstrated a business model of education for inclusion, empowerment and leadership building for India’s most disadvantaged and girls at risk. It has scaled its model across 993 government schools of Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan, training 24,000 teachers in the process and impacting 501,000 girls.

To ensure that women from ultra poor communities have the resources to keep their daughters in schools, Sahni has started Didi, a catering and tailoring venture that has captured the Lucknow market for corporate meals and has doubled the incomes of its women employees.

Accepting the award, Sahni said the perfect tool for changing mindset is education. “Education should be broader, deeper and wider. Until then we cannot call ourselves a fully democratic country,” she added.

Sahni is an Ashoka Fellow, an honorary member of the Clinton Global Initiative and a non-resident fellow at the Centre for Universal Education at the Brookings Institution in the US.

In an emailed response before she won the award, Sahni said in her girls education programme, the organization uses the government curriculum but makes sure that it is infused with critical feminist pedagogy or a gender-empowering methods of education. “We have also added a separate programme called ‘critical dialogues’ in the official curriculum,” she said.

Sahni said the biggest challenge to remain sustainable is building teams that believe in the idea, the mission, the underlying philosophy, the culture of the enterprise and above all a culture of entrepreneurship. “Having a secure flow of funding is important too, but in my opinion if the social entrepreneur has invested enough in building a strong team, they will ensure the flow of funding. I work very hard at building my team in the ways described above. We are a learning organisation and that is what sustains us,” she said.

To be a successful social entrepreneur, passion is more important than expertise, Sahni said. “Expertise is sterile without passion. But passion alone can only go so far and will burn itself out if it isn’t guided by expertise. Passionate social entrepreneurs, either seek out and develop the expertise they need to execute their ideas, or then find people who have the expertise. But they are very good and fast learners themselves. In our case, we are all thinking and learning all the time and working at developing the expertise we need and reaching out to other partners who have the expertise we don’t have,” she said.

Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship is a sister organization of the World Economic Forum. The Foundation provides unique regional and global platforms to promote social entrepreneurship as a key element to advancing societies and addressing social problems innovatively and effectively. It also fosters a peer global community of social entrepreneurs.

Jubilant Bhartia Foundation, established in 2007, is the not-for-profit organization of the Jubilant Bhartia Group. It focuses on conceptualizing and implementing the Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives (CSR) for the Group. The Jubilant Bhartia Foundation’s activities include various community development works, health care programs, cultural and sports events, an environmental preservation initiative, vocational training, women empowerment and educational activities.

Seema Chowdhry contributed to the story.

The promoters of HT Media Ltd, which publishes the Hindustan Times and Mint, and Jubilant Bhartia Group are closely related. There are, however, no promoter crossholdings.

source: http://www.livemint.com / Live Mint / Home> Companies / by Asit Ranjan Mishra / Thursday – October 05th, 2017

Varanasi celebrates birth anniversary of Jhansi ki Rani Laxmi Bai

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Varanasi:

To mark the 182nd birth anniversary of the warrior queen of Jhansi Laxmi Bai, a colourful procession was taken out at her birth place in Bhadaini locality on Wednesday. A function was held at Shri Goyanka Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya by by Maharani Laxmi Bai Nyas to celebrate the occasion.

Students from different schools took out the procession and performed a ‘Parikrama’ of the birth place of Rani Lakshmi Bai. The students of of Panini Kanya Mahavidyalaya recited ‘mangalacharan’ followed by a series of cultural events.

Speaking on the occasion V Shanta Kumari of Rashtra Sevika Samiti highlighted the bravery of Rani Laxmi Bai who struck terror in hearts of the British during 1857 war of Independence, and called upon girls to take inspiration from the life of warrior queen. The Trustee Rajendra Pratap Pandey said that the government should arrange ‘Akhand Jyoti’ and build a grand memorial of the queen at her birth place.

The district gazetteers of Varanasi record that in the city of Varanasi in 1835 was born to Moropant Tambe (a Maratha scholar) and his wife Bhagirathi a girl whom they named Manu Bai, and who later came to be known as Lakshmi Bai.

In 1844, she was married to Ganga Dhar, the king of Jhansi and, on his death in 1853, she herself became the ruler of Jhansi. She was destined to become one of the most famous personages who took active part against the British in the struggle for freedom in 1857. She lived in Varanasi for four years and, after the death of Peshwa Chimmaji Appa, Moropant Tambe along with his daughter returned to Peshwa Balaji Bajirao at Bithoor in 1839.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News> City News> Varanasi News / by Binay Singh / October 18th, 2017

How Kanpur’s IAS officer battled power theft, introduced digitisation of power

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Ritu Maheshwari’s UDAY initiative slashed the combined financial losses states to Rs. 40,295 crore in the year to March 31.

Mumbai:

An IAS at the Kanpur Electricity Supply Co. has been making headlines for halving the company’s losses by digitising power to prevent power theft.

The tale of Ritu Maheshwari, a graduate from the Punjab Engineering College, who steered away the losses of Kanpur Electricity Supply Co., is one of courage to change the system and of embracing technology to drive that change.

According to a report in Bloomberg, upon her appointment at the company in 2011, Maheshwari installed new meters across almost a third of the company’s customer base. The devices recorded the daily power consumption and exposed leaks in the distribution system, in real-time.

The company that was incurring a distribution loss of 30 per cent when she joined, currently records 15 per cent loss now. “I managed to change 160,000 meters of 500,000 amid protests from pilfering consumers that drastically brought down the city’s distribution losses, which were at 30 percent then,” she said in an interview with Bloomberg.

However, like in every other sphere of life, corruption and protection of interests of the power thieves, led to her transfer after 11 months.

In a country where power loss due to illegal tapping is rampant, Maheshwari’s efforts re-iterate the need for digitisation of power. The woman, whose story was filed in 2014 Bollywood movie ‘Katiyabaaz’, was recently leading Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s efforts to help out loss-incurring state power departments.

Maheshwari’s UDAY initiative slashed the combined financial losses of these states to Rs. 40,295 crore in the year to March 31 — about 22 per cent lower than the previous year, according to the power ministry.

This strategy has gained popularity among retailers like Tata Power Delhi Distribution Ltd , in Delhi and Mumbai, who found their losses minimizing.

It has led to the upgradation of power grids with hi-tech meters, transformers, automation and new wiring supplied by companies such as Schneider Electric SE, Landis+Gyr Group AG, and Nokia Oyj.

Currently, the government is contemplating investing about USD 50 billion in the power transmission and distribution industries in the next five years through 2019, according to former power minister Piyush Goyal.

Digitization of power so far covers only about 10 percent of the consumption side of electricity use in India, according to Schneider Electric. In states like Uttar Pradesh, where losses amount to 35 percent for distribution companies, 29 million rural households receive electricity without meters, while 11.2 million are left without power, according to government data.

India issued its first tender to buy 5 million smart meters in Uttar Pradesh and Haryana on August 1. “This is a pilot project where 4 million smart meters will go to Uttar Pradesh and the rest to Haryana,” said Saurabh Kumar, of Energy Efficiency Services Ltd, the agency handling the energy efficient programs on the government’s behalf.

“The next two years will be very crucial as several states need to move from poor metering to smart metering,” said Maheshwari who was heading that program till two weeks ago.

source: http://www.deccanchronicle.com / Deccan Chronicle / Home> Business & Economy / September 12th, 2017

Two ex-IIT-BHU students develop reverse osmosis-based water purifier

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Kanpur :

Concerned over wastage of water from the RO water systems, two ex-students of IIT-BHU were successful in developing cost and energy efficient water purifier called ‘Aquvio’.

The patentable technology was developed two years ago.

In Aquvio’s cost and energy saving Reverse Osmosis-based water purifier, only 30% of water is rejected and 70% is available for drinking purposes. Recognising the potential of Aquvio, IIT-Kanpur granted a seed funding of Rs 20 lakh to the company run by these ex-IIT-BHU students.

The duo–Naveen Kumar and Rohit Kumar Mittal–who had developed Aquvio in just two years, were successful in getting 60 Aquvio water purifiers installed across schools and colleges in Varanasi. Four such water purifiers were also installed at an Army unit in the holy city. With fresh round of funding, Naveen and Rohit are hopeful that they will be able to take forward their mission of saving water. In the last one year, Aquvio managed to save one crore litre of water.

Talking to TOI over phone, Naveen, who passed out from IIT-BHU in 2014 said, “Aquvio’s water filters significantly reduce the amount of water wasted as compared to modern RO water systems. In water purifiers available in the market, 70% of the water is drained out, which is nothing but a wastage in the current scenario of water crisis in our country. In Aquvio’s cost and energy saving Reverse Osmosis-based water purifier, only 30% of the water is rejected and 70% is available for drinking purpose. Aquvio water purifiers also consume less power”.

Naveen said that while the first water purifier was developed and launched in the market in August 2015 after eight months of research, 60 products have been installed in different schools and colleges in Varanasi. “The technology used in Aquvio has already been patented. This patented technology only ensures that out of four litre of water only one litre gets drained and the remaining water is available for drinking purpose. It significantly helps in saving water”, he further said.

Aquvio has two water purifiers that can filter huge quantities of water (100 litre per hour and 50 litre per hour) and are fit for use in corporate offices or schools/colleges.

When asked about the cost of a single piece of Aquvio, Naveen replied that Aquvio, dispensing 50 litre of water per hour costs Rs 50,000. “We are in the mode of expansion. At present our company is based in Malviya centre in IIT-BHU but soon we will have a manufacturing unit out of the institute campus. We shall base ourselves somewhere in Delhi/NCR. At present 16 full time employees are working in our company”, said Naveen while talking about the expansion plans of his start-up. He said that he had accepted the job offer from a company during the campus placement drive but he did not join and after completing his BTech in 2014 he started with his water purification project.

“The fact that Aquvio purifiers are cost and energy efficient as well as helping in water conservation is what aligns the start-up with the aim of the INVENT programme, under which SIIC (SIDBI Innovation and Incubation Centre) has funded the company. IIT-Kanpur has granted a seed funding of Rs 20 lakh to a cost and energy efficient water purifier start-up called Aquvio (iMinbit Technologies Pvt. Ltd.), based in Varanasi”, said Prof Sameer Khandekar, associate dean, Innovation and Incubation, IIT-Kanpur.

“We are excited to welcome Aquvio into IIT Kanpur’s social incubation programme which has seen rapid growth over the last six months. With a majority of India’s cities and towns reeling under water crisis, Aquvio’s water-saving ROtechnology not only reduces water wastage but also provides sustainable potable water to the underprivileged communities,” said Prof Khandekar.

Aquvio has been recognised by Startup India Standup India, a Government of India initiative, Naveen said.
INVENT is a collaboration between the Technology Development Board, Government of India and the Department for International Development, Government of the United Kingdom.

As on June 30, IIT-Kanpur has received the highest number of incubation applications approved among the three other INVENT incubators in the country. The institute’s INVENT programme has been operational since August 2016 and has so far funded nine social enterprises.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News> City News> Kanpur News / by Abhinav Malhotra / TNN / July 14th, 2017

Praise For Paytm Boss Vijay Shekhar Sharma. All The Way From Aligarh

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Vijay Shekhar Sharma, Founder and CEO of Paytm, spent his childhood in Aligarh

New Delhi :

It’s always a nice feeling to reconnect with old friends from school. Something similar happened to Paytm Founder and CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma. From his humble beginnings in Aligarh to heading a multibillion-dollar company, Mr Sharma has come a long way. And a word of appreciation came from an old classmate of the Paytm boss. The 43-year-old shared a screenshot of a WhatsApp conversation on Twitter. In the conversation, a person informed Mr Sharma that his Uber driver belonged to the same school as the Paytm boss and was proud of his achievements.

“My Uber driver says Namaste to you. He says he was in your school. His name is Vijay Upadhyay s/o Pramod Kumar Sharma,” read the message. A delighted Mr Sharma quickly responded by recalling the school they went to. “Awww. Agrasen Inter College. Harduaganj,” he wrote. Harduaganj is a town in Aligarh district in Uttar Pradesh where Mr Sharma is from.

As the conversation went on, he was told that his former classmate was happy to admit that the two went to the same school and how proud he was of Mr Sharma’s success. “He is saying you have made everyone proud,” the message read. Vijay Shekhar Sharma shared the heartening conversation on Twitter.

Vijay Shekhar Sharma spent his childhood in Aligarh. At the age of 15, he enrolled at Delhi College of Engineering. In 2010, he founded digital wallet platform Paytm which is now valued at over $4 billion. The online payment app saw a huge surge after PM Modi’s demonetisation policy in November 2016. Now at 43, he is the second Indian on Time Magazine’s ‘100 Most Influential People list’ along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Disclosure: Paytm’s parent company One97 is an investor in NDTV’s Gadgets 360.

source: http://www.ndtv.com / NDTV / Home> Sections> Off-Beat / by Meghna Nijhawan / May 02nd, 2017

Meet Kanpur’s ‘calculator girl’

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Dilpreet Kaur

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Highlights

Bagging 13 records in a year, Dilpreet Kaur set a history in Limca Book of Records.

She follows the ancient Abacus theory to solve bigger problems.

She holds the record for solving 11 calculation in 15.83 seconds to 1.36 minutes.

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Kanpur :

A class 10th student from the industrial town has sent the records tumbling , setting 13 Limca Book of records in just a year.

Nicknamed ‘Calculator Girl’, Dilpreet Kaur set 11 national and two world records for most number of mathematical calculations in a minute, that too in a short span of one year. She received her certificates for her feat on Saturday.

In an event organized and supervised by district administration, railway officials and others in the city on August 25, 2016, she had made 11 record by doing 11 mathematical calculations in a record time, ranging from 15.83 sec to 1.36 minute. All 11 records of Dilpreet were accepted in October last year.

In total, Dilpreet, till date had set 14 records which includes two world records, Limca Book of Records authorities said.

“She has become the first person to achieve the feat of bagging a maximum of 13 records in just a span of one year, which is a rare feat in the history of Limca Book of Records.

” Anant Kasibhatla, member of the Limca Book of Records team said her father Manjeet Singh, a mathematics teacher, encouraged her by giving her bigger numbers to solve. “To improve her skill, we suggested her to follow ancient Abacus theory to perform mathematical functions like multiplication, division, addition, subtraction, square root and cube root,” Singh

The district administration has also written to ministry of child development to acknowledge her mother Simran Kaur, also a teacher, said.

The district magistrate has also made a recommendation to chief minister Aditya Nath Yogi for acknowledging her talent and rewarding her.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News> City News> Kanpur News / by Faiz Rahman Siddiqui / TNN / April 17th, 2017

For these stars, disability is not an excuse

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Lucknow :

It was a moment of pride for scores of students who, despite odds, went on to win gold, silver and bronze medals at the third convocation of Dr Shakunatala Misra National Rehabilitation University (DSMNRU) organised on Monday.

(From L to R) Bikray Upadhyay, Deepamala Gautam and Mohammad Akram being felicitated

Mohd Akram, who is blind, won four gold and two bronze medals, highest in the university. Among the medals that landed in Akram’s kitty are Gold medal for overall performance; Chancellor’s Gold medal, awarded to the highest scorer in all faculties; Vice-Chancellor’s Gold medal, which is awarded to the highest scorer in MA and Mulayam Singh Yadav Gold medal, awarded to the highest scorer in political science in post graduation. Akram also bagged two bronze medals for scoring highest in the respective faculty.

Akram, who is inspired from French educator Louis Braille, said, “I want to be a professor and introduce a new system of learning for differently-abled students. Braille is my best friend as it has helped me achieve academic excellence.”

Bikray Upadhyay, who is also physically handicapped, bagged a silver medal in MA Hindi. “Students like me should get an equal opportunity for pursuing higher education.

I want to become a professor so that I can spread the light of learning.” Another disabled student Janardhan, who won gold in BA, dreams of becoming a teacher. “I want to pursue PhD and teach at Shakuntala Misra University so that I can help students achieve their dreams,” said Janardhan.

Yasmeen Bano, daughter of a tailor, had to work day in and day out to meet her expenses. Apart from regular studies, Bano would teach students to support her father. ” I often felt the need to drop out of college due to financial constraints but by God’s grace I successfully completed graduation,” added Bano, who won silver medal in MA.

Son of a farmer, Yashpal Singh, who was awarded a bronze medal for MA Hindi, said, “In my village in Sitapur, there is a dearth of colleges. It’s my dream to set up a degree college some day.”

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News> City News> Lucknow News / by Mohita Tewari / TNN / April 25th, 2017

Fight like a Girl: Faizabad goes Dhaakad after Dangal!

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The smell of the mitti and some “purje-tight-kar-degi” Phogat-vibe channelling wrestlers. Khabar Lahariya in the front row at the Gosaiganj Nagar Mahadangal.

In its supreme takeover of box office record history, the movie Dangal has been an inspiration not just to those in Haryana, but to girls interested in wrestling elsewhere as well. It’s brought in excitement and a new wave of energy amongst the girls – and we witnessed it up close in Faizabad, in the pit and off it, in our chat with local contestants Shivangi and Anjali.

It’s the annual wrestling contest, with the no-nonsense title of ‘Mahadangal’, which is organised in Gosaiganj Nagar, Faizabad usually in the months of January and February. And it’s little wonder that this time, it’s open for girls who’d like to contest. Such as Shivangi from Gorakhpur and Anjali from Lucknow. We first see them somersaulting through the air and managing seemingly impossible manoeuvres, as we catch in on the vibe around that’s buzzing on about who’s got a better chance at winning the title, who’s going to get better at her game.

Shivangi. Photo Courtesy: Khabar Lahariya.

Shivangi, a national level player from Gorakhpur, oozes confidence. A wrestling pro, she tells us that she’s got some 70-odd medals lying around her house. Very matter-of-fact. “I have never lost a state level match”, she smiles, and adds, “Every contest I take part in, I win.” Shivangi spent years practicing in her village, which has nothing in the name of a proper wrestling ground, she tells us, but “there are always mats”. She got chosen for trials and is today undergoing more formal training. Her family, not a picture-perfect postcard in terms of initial support, has today come around what with having to make space for those 70-odd medals. She also trains younger girls now and not just in wrestling. Athletics, she tells us, is her other love.

Anjali. Photo Courtesy: Khabar Lahariya.

Anjali is the big city girl, and speaks of encouragement at home in a slightly better vein, but confesses that rewards can only be appreciated when they are seen. Like Shivangi, she is extremely confident about her wrestling career and its future. “I am doing quite well now. I am positive that if I continue like this, there will be bigger and better opportunities that will come my way.”

The organisers of the Mahadangal, Hanuman Prasad Soni and Surajbhan Singh, have no doubt factored in The Aamir Khan effect with this year’s contest. We hear about lucrative ticket prices – the sound of kaching! is blissful to everyone, after all – and hear them talk about positive channelling of youthful energy. Singh speaks of social bonding that comes alive during dangal time and adds the message, “There is such rampant alcoholism amongst the youth today. We sincerely hope that this inculcates in them, a healthy outlook to life.” Soni wants to do more for the sport and looks to the people of Faizabad and beyond to “take it to greater heights”. “This is our traditional sport, and we have it in us to do more for it.” We ask Singh about women participating and he nods, “Women are representing our country internationally in sports. They are protecting the nation’s borders. So why not here? That’s why we thought we should have them participate and fight. Women, they should be everywhere.” Amen.

This article was first published on Khabar Lahariya

source: http://www.theladiesfinger.com / The Ladies Finger / Home> Sports / by Khabar Lahariya / February 08th, 2017

‘Stove watcher’ developed by Meerut lads selected in CBSE’s national exhibition

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Meerut :

Gone are days when you have to keep a tab on your gas stove to save your foods from over cooking or burning. Now, just like a microwave, not only you will be able to set time of your gas stove, but can also keep the temperature under check — thanks to a ‘stove watcher’ developed by Class XI students Yash Bansal and Abiraam T.S of Dewan Public School here.

Their stove watcher is among 18 models chosen from nearly 500 models displayed by 450 schools at a national-level CBSE Science Exhibition in Delhi. Their model is also only one from Meerut to have made it to the list.

Taking about their feat, Yash, 17, said, “One day, my mother told me to keep a tab on the milk boiling on the gas stove, but I forgot and the vessel burnt. The idea to make a device to keep a check on the gas stove came to me from this incident. It took one month to complete the model, which is affordable and compatible with all gas stoves.”

The students have fitted a timer in the gas stove, which can be fixed to switch on the gas, thereafter it will be switched off automatically. Besides, a temperature sensor, which has been designed by them, can be fixed at the tip of the vessel to ensure that the food does not spill out or burnt in the process of cooking.

Geetika Gupta, science teacher and mentor of the project, said, “In the regional round, out of 300 schools, 18 were selected for the national level. At the national level, 18 schools were selected and awarded by CBSE. While the students received certificates, the school has been awarded Rs 3,000 cash prize. This is the second time in the past 10 years when our school has been selected in the national level CBSE science exhibition.”

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Meerut / by Ishita Bhatia / TNN / February 15th, 2017

Gold medal winners show heart of gold that beats for poor

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King George’s Medical University

Lucknow :

A number of graduates who received gold medal at the 12th convocation of King George’s Medical University on Sunday would prefer to work in government sector-academics or practice to help the under privileged.

“Millions die every year for lack of proper treatment of neurological disorders, so I look forward to help those in need,” said Imran Rizvi, who bagged the Dr A M Kar centenary Gold Medal for best performance in DM (Neurology).

Recipient of the highest honour, Mohammad Tabish too wants to work in his home district comprising villages of Muzaffarnagar. Resident of Basti, BDS topper Abhishek Kumar Gupta said he ultimately wanted to open a clinic in Basti and serve in his home town. Similarly, Chancellor’s gold and university honours medal winner Avinash D Gautam too wants to serve the poor.

Sharing the dream of going abroad, Harsha A H and Shiva Rajan wish to work for the welfare of the society. “I wish to make discoveries and invent technologies that would help treat patients,” said Harsha, who received the ‘Sursari Dayal Memorial Gold Medal’.

The gold medal in the name of Vice Chancellor Prof Ravi Kant was conferred on Himanshu Yadav who believes in healing patients, rather than treating them. “I want to put in whatever I have learnt till date in serving impecunious,” added Yadav.

One of the gold medallists said she took up medical studies only to relieve the poverty-stricken. Vikram Holla, who will soon be joining as an assistant professor in a government medical college, said, “I am ready to work with any organisation that works ethically, and prioritises needs of the under- privileged.”

There was a good number of passouts who wanted to work in the government sector but Madhusudan Patodia, recipient of Prof T C Goel Gold medal said he would like to work in a private hospital since they are technologically more advanced. Patodia’s field of specialisation is kidney transplant.

source: http://www.timesofindia.inditimes.com / The Times of India / News> City News> Lucknow News / TNN / January 30th, 2017