Expressing my heart filled congratulations to Prof Vivek Pachpande for his exemplary achievement. Wishing him all the very best for his future endowers.
On 7/25/15, Shyam M. Sayanekar <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Prashant, you are absolutely right. Vivek is a gem in academics. He is > from Dombivali and comes from a humble family. He is a voracious reader, and > has a mastery over English. He is an expert in access technology and taught > Philosophy in Thana College. He is doing research in the Mahabharata. > Moreover, in spite of all his virtues, he is always down to earth and is > very modest. I heartily congratulate him on getting this prestigious and > most coveted scholarship. Yours, > Professor Shyam M. Sayanekar > Telephone: 0251-2438457 > Mobile: +91 9920410788 > Skype ID- sayanekar > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Prashant Naik" <[email protected]> > To: "accessindia" <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2015 3:48 PM > Subject: [AI] Exemplary achiever – Vivek Pachpande > > >> 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. 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