Really inspiring. ----- Original Message ----- From: "nikitavaid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 9:45 AM Subject: Re: [AI] The girl who made IIMs go public
> 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 > 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
