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Alpesh Adesara It was a Sunday morning in Ahmedabad, and while most of the city eased into the weekend, Alpesh Adesara walked into an exam centre with a freshly printed hall ticket in hand. He had arrived fifteen minutes before the reporting time, just in time to take one of his two NPTEL exams that …
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Ansh Kansagra The importance of inspiration in one’s life can hardly be overemphasised. For Ansh Kansagra, a third-year B.Tech student at Charotar University of Science and Technology in Gujarat, this inspiration came in the form of two figures he’d known very closely throughout the years: his father and his teacher. Currently studying Electronics and Communication …
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Pallavi Pendse For more than fourteen years now, Pallavi Pendse has stood in front of classrooms teaching people how to communicate. She could deliver a session on professional excellence without batting an eye and could coach a room full of engineering students through difficult conversations, body language, and first impressions. What she couldn’t do, for …
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Aradhya Joshi In Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, continuous learning is essential to keeping pace with a rapidly changing field.For Aradhya Joshi, a recent Computer Science graduate, specializing in AI and ML, from Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya (RGPV), the quest for continuous learning led him to a transformative experience with NPTEL. Recently transitioning into a …
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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 …
S.Lakshmana Kumar – NPTEL STAR In 2003, S. Lakshmana Kumar began his journey as an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering at Sona College of Technology, Salem, Tamil Nadu. For him, teaching was never just a profession—it was a calling, one that allowed him to shape young minds while nurturing his own curiosity. Over the years, his …
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