Hi, I met two of my students from Jaipur School here in Washington DC this Saturday evening, and thanks to my roommate Parag, we also saw White House, Capitol building , Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial etc etc -after a dinner at our place -- food courtesy our other roommate, who had celebrated at our place, his graduation from www.gmu.edu MS in Software Engg the night before. Parag also gave them guidance about jobs and dos and don'ts.
(see pics http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaipurschool/sets/72157605172811671/ ) Suprisingly, Jaipur School's founder director also called in from India, when we were in the car opposite the White House so the alums were able to talk to him and also to the Nigeria born Vice Principal. All were equally surprised. I had talked to the founder director ( a week previously) after a gap of nearly two years ( he happens to be my father). On the way home I learned how they have planned their career and how advanced their info is -- even about MBA programs at Stanford (where some of their seniors are studying and where Reliance group offers upto 50 fully paid schols Dhiru Bhai Ambani schols), etc. Their program is also unique - so much so that I though - earlier- that it was a fly-by-night operation. They spend 2 years in India completing 3 years' coursework in 2 and then flying to the US for one more academic year and then one year on CPT - on-the-job training and then a 4 year US BBA degree -- all costing less than 10,000 US dollars (Rs 400,000) . http://www.aitgurgaon.org/Admissions/BussAdmin.html They got schol for high GPA as well - both in India and here in the US. Ofcourse, my MBA degree from Hindu Institute of Management (HIM) , Sonipat (taught by Delhi Univ professors including a permanent faculty who was Stanford Business School degree holder) cost me only Rs25,000 or $750 only for the two year full time program. My bachelors Economics degree (1994) from the prestigious Delhi Univ cost me only Rs 2500 for tuition ($60) for the three years. However, they told me that at Stanford anyone who is admitted and has a family income of less than $24,000 per year would get free entry - fully paid. Harvard, Wharton etc provide financial support (student loans etc) even for international students - mostly requiring no credit check or security/collateral. Its is not so in other departments at these univs , though. That may be a new thing, since a HIM junior of mine who had got admission to Harvard MBA program did not join becos of the huge financial outlay he could not afford. Now on his HIM, Sonipat MBA degree he is a senior director in a top investment bank in the US - I don;t know how he came here. He funded his brother's education at Wharton MBA program (graduating in 2008) after his MS in electronics engg from Carnegie Mellon. The two alums (also twins) had lots of trouble in getting the visa but were able to come up with logical answers. One of them had also launched a website which had earned thousands of US dollars while in India - that helped convince the Visa Officer (VO) who right during the interview looked up the website - and checked out the owner's name!! That made the VO a fan too. They showed a large check from Google to prove the income. The other one had already secured the visa otherwise it might have been difficult for that sibling. I was surprised to meet their Sikh classmate/housemate whose family is in Iran and he speaks and writes 4 languages - Farsi, Punjabi , Hindi and English. He had trouble getting visa despite his Indian passport due to his Iran birth. He went to India for college. His family had gone to Iran in the in 1970s. He told me there are about 150 Sikh families in Iran. Many of their seniors have secured high paying jobs in DC area hence they are here too. As per reports the number of IITians seeking careers abroad has dropped drastically . It seems now you need perseverance and creativity well beyond the realms of traditional academia . Its a globalizing world!! Any comments? Umesh Umesh Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ --------------------------------- Sent from Yahoo! Mail. A Smarter Email. _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
