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Teamwork works. Always.

May 25, 2020November 22, 2016 by V G Krishnan

We met Dr Ramesh Kumar, Director of SVPISTM, Coimbatore, sometime in July this year for the first time. Dr Ramesh Kumar was introduced to us by Mr Venkatesh Narasimhan, MD of Cooptex. We spoke over phone, got ourselves introduced and exchanged notes about how ShikshaDaan and the Institute could collaborate. We drove to the Institute … Read more

Do your homework, every time!

May 25, 2020October 16, 2016 by V G Krishnan

Most of our friends know that in the month of September every year we travel. We invest lots of time not only in identifying the potential place of travel but also research extensively about the places of travel from multiple perspectives. Places of interest, budget for the entire tour, ease of travel to and within … Read more

Delhi Police, with you, for you…always…

May 25, 2020August 12, 2016 by V G Krishnan

Not only do they claim but also did it! In our case. On the 25th of April, while we were returning from our meeting with the founding team at buddy4syudy, we were stopped by the Delhi Traffic Police near Arjangarh metro station close to Delhi’s border with Gurgaon, for overspeeding. The traffic police officer not … Read more

The Surprising Trait That Can Predict How Successful You’ll Be

July 1, 2020July 23, 2016 by V G Krishnan

Over the last few days I had asked a number of my friends to identify THE trait that can predict how successful one could be.

Well, they came up with answers, spontaneously. Some of the answers were persistence, smartness, ability to relate with people, emotional intelligence, hard work, failure, focus, spouse and more.

But the article that I had read, the link to which is given below, came up with a completely different and surprising trait. While it’s not an unknown trait, the correlation of this trait as a predictor of success was definitely new and news to me.

Appreciate if you would read the article by clicking on the link below:

The Surprising Trait That Can Predict How Successful You’ll Be

Latif, what if…

May 25, 2020July 5, 2016 by V G Krishnan

One of the extraordinary benefits of travelling is that you get to meet people across different sections of the society. From the Principal of a college to a Paanwala. From a teacher to a Taxiwala. From a father, a hand loom weaver who is keen to get his son educated to a Fruitwala. And you … Read more

Did you know…

May 25, 2020June 28, 2016 by V G Krishnan

That there are more than 700,000 scholarships valued at ₹ 19000 crores available every year in India? Of the 19000 crores, 9000 crores are from government sources and the rest are from non government sources. If your answer is YES, welcome to the club. We also did not know until we met Ashutosh and Manasvi, … Read more

Thomas….you made it..

May 25, 2020June 28, 2016 by V G Krishnan

We first met Thomas when we did the local sightseeing tour in Munnar, Kerala. Manoj, our navigator, took us to the Green Hotel in Chinnakanal owned and run by Thomas, at a distance of about two kms from Club Mahindra where we stayed. We wanted to eat our favorite Kerala food items such as Puttu, … Read more

The mango people

May 25, 2020June 17, 2016 by V G Krishnan

I recall that a couple of years back there was a lot of noise on social media and television about the use of the word ‘mango people’ by certain quarters. I searched on Google for the words and one meaning that I got was that it refers to ‘common people’. But the mango people that … Read more

Dharani, you got us back to Club Mahindra…

May 25, 2020June 17, 2016 by V G Krishnan

We have been members of Club Mahindra for almost a decade now. We have stayed in more than 7 of their resorts across India. With the exception of a few occasions, one item that has been common to all our stay is that we always came away with a list of service issues, and hence … Read more

A teacher can make a huge difference!

May 25, 2020June 15, 2016 by V G Krishnan

A lot of us keep going back to when we were young and recall how our teachers were role models, and have played a very important role in what we are today. About a fortnight back, we were driving from Gurgaon to Hyderabad, passing through a village by the name of Partapur that falls on … Read more