Dr. Shashijant Upadhye – NPTEL STAR Not every success story begins with a strong academic foundation. Some begin with setbacks that quietly shape a person’s determination. For Dr. Shashikant Sudarshan Upadhye, one such moment came early in life when he failed his 12th standard exams – an experience that could have defined his limits, but instead …
Shrujan Karthik V – NPTEL STAR In a quiet room in Coimbatore, long after college hours, Shrujan Karthik V sits at his desk, with a single blue pen in hand, a thick notebook open in front of him. The pages are filled with tight, running notes from NPTEL lectures – just concept after concept from lectures …
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Ram Raj G – NPTEL STAR On a rain‑soaked weekend in Tamil Nadu, a commerce professor sat in a distant NPTEL exam center with an umbrella by his chair, a lunch box from home at his feet, and a mock test on his laptop. From morning till evening, he moved between the corridor and labs, revising …
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Aditi Sontakke – NPTEL STAR As every architect knows, a great structure doesn’t start with a dramatic gesture. It starts with a foundation that is quiet, planned, and often hidden from people who walk through the finished door. Aditi Sontakke, an Associate Professor at Thakur School of Architecture and Planning in Mumbai, added another layer to …
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Ravi Ram Ahuja – NPTEL STAR As the sun set on another workday and colleagues powered down their laptops to embrace work-life balance, Ravi Ram Ahuja quietly began his personal second shift of work-study harmony. A corporate manager in international business at a manufacturing firm, he had stumbled upon NPTEL during the 2020 lockdown’s anxious hush, …
Pragyan Bharadwaj – NPTEL STAR On a quiet morning in a lab at IIT Guwahati, a young researcher works on a solar dryer project, thinking about how today’s data might turn into tomorrow’s research. That researcher is Pragyan Bharadwaj, and tracing the path from this lab bench back through the years, the same signboard appears over …
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Pruthvee M – NPTEL Believer, Elite + Silver Awardee, Elite Awardee On most days, Pruthvee Mamidikuduru could easily pass for the archetypal busy technologist, managing high‑performance computing clusters at ONGC, coordinating with Geoscientists, and leading development of in‑house applications that keep a PSU running. Yet if you look a little closer, the label he chooses for …
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Dr Raveesh Agarwal – NPTEL STAR Born and raised in Bareilly, a rural district of Uttar Pradesh, Dr. Raveesh Agarwal is a faculty member at Rajshree Institute of Management and Technology. His career reflects steady ambition and a deep commitment to learning and public service. After completing a Master’s in Business Economics, he began in the …
Dr. N. C. Balaji – NPTEL STAR Dr. N. C. Balaji, Associate Professor and Head of the Civil Engineering Department at the National Institute of Engineering (NIT), Mysuru, believes that “the best teachers are also the best learners.” His academic journey began at NIE, where he completed a Diploma, B.E., and M.Sc. in Civil Engineering, and …
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ARNAB HAZRA – NPTEL STAR Curiosity often sparks the kind of growth that textbooks alone cannot deliver. For Arnab Hazra, now a software engineer at Accenture, that spark was ignited in his second year of engineering at R.N.S. Institute of Technology, Bangalore, where he was pursuing a B.Tech. in Electronics and Communication Engineering. Introduced to …