Dr Tirumala Ramashri By the time Dr. Tirumala Ramashri reaches home, it is past eight. She sets off for Sri Venkateswara University College of Engineering at seven-thirty in the morning and drives forty kilometres home. She sits down right away to revise. She had already taken eight NPTEL exams that semester, and between the commute, …
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Dr Naresh Babu For many, becoming a teacher might mark the end of formal learning. For Dr. Naresh Babu, it became the beginning of a lifelong journey. With an MBA, an MSc in Mathematics, and a PhD in Management, he also gained professional experience in Global Treasury Operations before moving into academia. Today, as a …
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Dr R. Selvakumari For Dr. R. Selvakumari, learning has never been a destination – it has always been a way of life. Armed with an MBA, M.Phil., and a Ph.D., she has spent years shaping young minds in higher education. After serving for over fourteen years in academia, she now leads the Department of Business …
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Ravi Suryadevara Can a seasoned professional with decades of experience in nuclear engineering and software project management discover new avenues for learning? For Ravi Suryadevara, an accomplished scientist and quality systems consultant, the answer is a definitive yes. His experience with NPTEL serves as a compelling testament to the idea that learning is lifelong, transcending …
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Karthik C Airani As a Senior Research Engineer and a part-time PhD scholar at NIT Calicut, Karthik C Airani already had a demanding professional and academic routine. NPTEL added four more subjects to it – and, unexpectedly, brought back the student in him. Karthik’s foray into NPTEL was initially driven by a requirement for his …
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Dr D Rosy Salomi Victoria For many, becoming a teacher marks the moment when one moves from being taught to becoming the one who teaches. For Dr. Rosy Salomi Victoria, that line has never been distinct. After 35 years in academia, she remains a student in her own right – curious, persistent and willing to …
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Dr Arunashri For Dr. Arunashri, learning is not a phase that ends with a degree, a job, or a certificate. It is a way of staying alert – to her profession, to her students, and to the world around her. An assistant professor of Anatomy at Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences in Bangalore, she has …
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Asheesh Kumar Dr Ashish Kumar’s life reads like a map of places that taught him to adapt. Born in Banda district of Uttar Pradesh, he moved often because his father was in the army – living in Hyderabad, Jammu and Kashmir, Bareilly, and finally Allahabad (Prayagraj). Those early shifts bred a practical curiosity that later …
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Bikram Pathak For Bikram Pathak, the biggest obstacle in learning was not the difficulty of the subject. Akin to us, it was the fear of starting it. A Microbiologist by training, Bikram once found Mathematics and Computational Biology intimidating. This unease began to change during his master’s dissertation at CDRI Lucknow, where a few weeks …
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Gaurav Sharan By day, Gaurav Sharan works in banking. By habit, he studies for the future. He’s a Regional Marketing Manager at Indian Overseas Bank and, as Convener of the bank’s Product Adoption Committee, he has become a product strategist in all but title: reading what stakeholders need, learning why some products take hold and …
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