Dear Access Indians,
I am extremely happy to share an extremely commendable achievement of my good friend which has set a great milestone for our visually impaired community. Vivek Pachpande, a philosophy lecturer from Mumbai has achieved entirely on his merit but not on reservation basis, one of the most prestigious and highly competitive in nature scholarships in the world called “Commonwealth Scholarship” which is awarded by the British government and the Association of Commonwealth universities in the United Kingdom. The awards are offered in various subject areas of studies, but securing it for humanity and particularly in Philosophy is highly tough which Vivek has accomplished. There were approximately 2,000 applications from all over India, approximately 250 were shortlisted for the interview at the Ministry of Human Resource Development, 75 were nominated and approximately 30 were awarded the scholarship by the U.K. government. Friends, above figures give us idea on the level of competition Vivek had with the sighted scholars. For his PhD, he will go to University of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom. Edinburgh University ranks 17th in the world university rankings, QCS and stands 4th in the United Kingdom. Vivek Pachpande has 100% blindness by birth. He has done Masters in Philosophy from Mumbai University and published number of papers in national and international conferences. Despite all odds he pursued his subject of liking i.e. Philosophy. He is currently doing his M.Phil while teaching at Mumbai University as a visiting faculty. He is equally good with technologies for the blind and an expert macbook user. I am extremely happy for Vivek for his great accomplishment which will give many of us lot of motivation in pursuing diverse areas of academics and careers. Heartiest congratulations to Vivek Pachpande. His mail id is [email protected] Regards, PRASHANT NAIK Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ 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 Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
