Velam landed a job at India Post based
on her excellent Class 10 score of 96%.
She is currently working as a Dak Sevak
(postal officer) and aspires to rise to a
higher post in the future.
Velam scored 91% in Grade 12 at Isha
Vidhya Nagercoil and studied B.Sc. Maths
at Pioneer Kumaraswamy College,
Nagercoil, but she grabbed the India Post
job for the stability a government job
provides. This means a lot to her
considering that her father runs the
house with his earnings as an auto driver.
Velam acknowledges the vital role her
Isha Vidhya teachers played both
academically as well as in preparing
her to face any challenge.
She is pleased to have this secure job
and being in a position to support her
family financially.
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Nilesh set up an optician's shop after
completing Class 10 from Isha Vidhya,
Nagercoil. Although he did well in his
studies – he scored 93%, he was more
inclined to set up his business instead
of pursuing higher studies. But before
taking the plunge, Nilesh interned with
his father, who runs a car accessories
business, and also worked at an
optician's shop where his father worked
in order to learn the ropes of the game.
Nilesh is a first-generation school-goer
who studied on a scholarship. He credits
his teachers with inspiring him to study
well and constantly motivating him to
pursue his career. He says Isha Vidhya
shaped his character and taught him
patience.
He feels content to be earning and being
independent, and aspires to set up a chain
of optician's shops across India.
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Praveenkumar works at Aaseya IT service –
a company that specializes in Digital Transformation,
after completing his Electrical & Computer Engineering
from Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Erode.
Inspired by Sundar Pichai, he wants to acquire more
knowledge in this field and be a leading IT programmer.
Praveenkumar is a first-generation school-goer who
scored 96% in Grade 10 at Isha Vidhya Salem and
an equally excellent CGPA of 8.01/10 in his final
year of college. He says that Isha Vidhya's teaching
methodology inspired him to study intently and do
well academically.
He says that the transition from studying to working
was easy because he was encouraged to interact in
English with his teachers and fellow students at Isha
Vidhya. This was very helpful later on as he didn't
feel shy to communicate and bond well with both
his college mates and his colleagues.
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Shanthan works as an afforestation supervisor
at Neyveli Lignite Corporation – a company
that generates electricity using fossil fuels.
Despite receiving a 96% on his diploma in
Mechanical Engineering from Swamy
Abedhanandha Polytechnic College,
Thiruvannamalai, he chose to take this job
because he wants to be a tool to promote
afforestation rather than relying on NGOs
alone to improve the environment.
The seeds were sown for his chosen path at
his alma mater, Isha Vidhya Cuddalore,
where Shanthan was involved in the growing
of saplings for Project GreenHands, an Isha
Outreach environment initiative.
He says, “Our school teachers were like
friends who were concerned about our
development. Our teachers are the ones
who celebrate in our triumphs. Not only}
did we have to study well, but they were
determined that we should be good human
beings for the community.”
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Here are some of the online events that
we devised to train and motivate our
staff for online teaching.
Discovery Research: From September
2020 – March 2021, we trained our
principals, vice-principals, and 40
teachers on how to organize and
research information and make a
PowerPoint presentation from it.
Communication Workshop: Swami
Ekapada, who teaches at Isha Home
School, led a month-long online
communication workshop for the
Central Academic Team (CAT) in
May 2021 which was a fun and
interactive learning experience.
The CAT is now training the principals
and vice-principals, and doing a pilot
session with students before taking it
further.
Guest sessions: Once every two
weeks, we invite speakers from all
over the world to share their knowledge
with our principals, vice-principals,
CAT, and students on topics like 3D
Printing, Teaching English with AI,
etc. Some recent guests were
Prof. Muki Haklay – Prof. Univ. of
London, Gary Bolles – Educator,
Speaker, and Entrepreneur.
As the schools had been closed for
the Covid-19 pandemic, online sessions
like these provided great support
to the staff of Isha Vidhya. We thank
everyone who made these kind of
sessions possible.
We thank you for your continued
support to Isha Vidhya, and we
look forward for your continued
support.
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