commendable!! indeed. dear list members can some 1 give me her personal contact details? thanking you in advance. regards, nikita vaid. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dinesh Kaushal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 8:37 AM Subject: [AI] The girl who made IIMs go public
> > > Vicky Nanjappa > September 18, 2007 > > Vaishnavi Kasthuri has the 'never say die' attitude. It was this attitude > that helped this 21-year-old visually-impaired girl from Bangalore in her > fight > for transparency in the prestigious Indian Institute of > Management-Bangalore. > > Vaishnavi, who is currently pursuing a Masters in Business Administration > degree from a reputed college in Bangalore, thought she was on course to > fulfill > her dreams after having scored 89.29 per cent in the CAT examination. It > had > been her ambition to join the IIMB. > > IIMB had a prescribed cut-off of 86.42 per cent for students with > disability. Vaishnavi waited for a call to the next round, but it never > came. Not losing > hope, she decided to approach the management institute to find out why she > was not among the list of candidates. From here began the battle royal. > > Vaishnavi sought information about the credentials of other candidates > with > physical disabilities who had made it to the final list. However, her > request > was denied outright. She was forced to the seek recourse under the Right > to > Information Act. > > R K Kasthuri, Vaishnavi's father, told rediff.com that IIMB had called him > for a meeting. However, he did not get any information regarding his > daughter. > Thereafter, he decided it was time to fight it out. In fact, he was told > that the selection process at the IIM was a trade secret. > > The Karnataka State Information Commission, headed by K K Mishra, ruled > that > the matter fell under the purview of the Centre, as the IIMB did not come > under > the jurisdiction of the state government. > > The matter was then heard by the Central Information Commission, which > directed that the criteria for selection ought to be made public. > Following > this, > the IIM did convey to Vaishnavi that her candidature had not been > considered > as she had not have the requisite marks in her Standard 10th and 12th > examinations. > > Though Vaishnavi did not make it to the top management institute, but she > did win her battle. The question that Vaishnavi poses is: "Why do they > insist > on CAT when they do not attach too much importance to it?" > > However, she is glad her case will be a benchmark for all students who > apply > in IIM in the time to come. > > "Even if a student is rejected, he or she has the right to know why the > candidature did > not come through," says Vaishnavi. > > Her family is beaming with pride. They are proud to have a daughter like > Vaishnavi. A visit to the family clearly shows how they stand together in > Vaishnavi's > fight. Her mother, Sujatha Kasthuri, decided to remain a housewife for her > daughter's sake. > > A proud mother says that her daughter is disciplined and unlike other > mothers, she does not have to worry too much about her since she does not > have to > be told what to do. My daughter converts all the negative energy into > positive energy, she adds. > > Vaishnavi considers her brother, Vishwak, as her best friend. He takes her > to the gym in the morning and is with her when he gets time of his studies > and > cricket. Does it bother Vishwak that his sister is walking away with all > the > adulation? "No, her battle is like my own," says Vishwak, while proudly > showing > a photograph of his sister, him and ace Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar > together. > > This is not the first time that Vaishnavi has hit the headlines. She made > her family proud when Karnataka Governor T N Chaurvedi presented her an > award > for her achievements during the Independence Day celebrations in the > state. > > At present, she wants to complete her MBA and join some top company. Every > day she records her lectures at college and comes back home and listens to > it > over and over again She has a specially-designed computer for her studies. > She says girls in her college are nice and helpful too. > > But will she join IIMB, if they were to call her? The answer from > Vaishnavi: > "NO." > > http://www.rediff.com/news/2007/sep/18spec.htm > > > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
