Congradulations To Mr. Vivek!... On 7/25/15, Prashant Naik <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.. >
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