TOEFL Scholarships awarded to ten bright Indian students

"Shruti Mishra" 19 July, 2012,New Delhi:Asean newsline:TOEFL scholarships were awarded to ten Indian students by Educational Testing Services (ETS) Scott Nelson, Vice President of Marketing and Public Affairs in New Delhi on July 18^th 2012. The scholarship is about USD 70,000. A brief with the students :

Dhruv Chand Aggarwal has a long-term goal. He wants to take care of weaker sections of the society in our country. He will be doing a Bachelor course in Economics from Yale University, USA, followed by Doctorate in Development economics. He wants to use his experience gained abroad,  to work in India.

Deborshi Barat is a multi-talented personality. Apart from scoring 90% in his 10^th and 80% in his Higher Secondary Examinations, he has acted in a Bengali National award winning movie, loves travelling, writing and playing synthesizer. He has done his Bachelors in Law and wants to pursue Masters in Law and Diplomacy, a unique course, from the Fletcher’s school, Tufts University, Boston. He believes the border disputes and island issues can be resolved by social, political and economical will. He feels International diplomacy is all about “bargaining power”; one can get more from the country or organisation by mediation, arbitration and negotiation.

Swathi Sadagopan will pursue Masters in Electrical engineering from Mcgill University, Canada. She did her Electrical engineering from College of Engineering, Guindy. Her hobbies include writing and blogging. She wants to pursue research work.

Article By Shruti Mishra, B.Tech, Associate Journalist Technology, rimism2003@gmail.com,
 Shruti Mishra is an electronics and communications engineer. She got her B. Tech. degree from SRM University, Chennai  and worked  in Tata Consultancy Services as a software engineer for a brief period. At present, she is  working as Associate Journalist Technology. She has filed three India patent sand authors. 'Grooming India'  is her maiden book.