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21641. This startup offers deep tech courses from institutes like IITs; is eying Rs 100 Cr turnover in FY21
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- Hyderabad-based TalentSprint offers deep tech courses from institutions like IISc Bangalore, IIIT Hyderabad, IIM Calcutta, IIT Kanpur, and has tied up with companies like Google and Pegasystems as well.
- The Hyderabad-based edtech startup now offering training and certifications in deep tech programs like artificial intelligence (AI), Blockchain, and machine learning (ML) among others.
- “The challenge was that the offline model was not scalable and that made us build a tech platform,” he says. This resulted in a pivot in 2018 with edtech platform TalentSprint.
- According to the startup, its platform is built in a way that students can learn deep technical skills in the virtual environment in a hassle-free manner. Santanu says, this is the reason premium institutions have partnered with the startup to offer some of their select courses.
21642. ट्रक से रॉकेट तक का सफर:ट्रक के इंजन को सही करते-करते ISRO में रॉकेट डिजाइनिंग तक पहुंच गया चूरू का बलकेश
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- चूरू के रहने वाले बलकेश इसरो में अब रॉकेट डिजाइन करेंगे। बलकेश ने इंडियन स्पेस रिसर्च आर्गनाइजेशन (ISRO) में साइंटिस्ट के लिए एग्जाम दिया था। वे देशभर में 44वीं रैंक पर रहे। बलकेश आने वाले कुछ दिनों में ISRO के साथ रॉकेट डिजाइनिंग प्रोजेक्ट पर काम करेंगे।
- बलकेश के पिताजी ट्रक ड्राइवर थे। इस दौरान जब भी ट्रक के इंजन में छोटी-मोटी खराबी को पिताजी सही करते तो वे उसे देखते।
- इंजन को समझने का प्रयास करते थे। बलकेश बताते हैं कि धीरे-धीरे समझा कि छोटे से इंजन के दम पर इतना बड़ा ट्रक कैसे चलता है। बलकेश ने गेट एग्जाम भी 5 बार प्रयास करने के बाद क्लियर किया है। 98 परसेंटाइल तक बने।
21643. कमजोरी को ही बना लिया हथियार, अब साइकिल पर सैकड़ों किलोमीटर का सफर तय कर रहे हैं दिव्यांग गोविंद
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- उदयपुर के एक सामान्य से घर में जन्मे गोविंद जन्म के समय से ही दिव्यांग हैं। दिव्यांग होने के चलते गोविंद को अपने शुरुआती जीवन में काफी कठिनाइयों का सामना भी करना पड़ा है। शुरू में उनके स्कूल में दाखिला मिलने में भी परेशानी भी हुई लेकिन यह कठिन समय भी उनके मनोबल को जरा सा भी हिला नहीं सका। `
- साल 2017 में गोविंद तब चर्चा में आए जब उन्होने 17 सौ किलोमीटर की दूरी साइकिल पर तय की थी। साइकिल पर गोविंद का यह सफर उदयपुर से बैंगलोर के बीच का था।
- गोविंद कहते हैं कि ‘अगर वे डर गए तो फिर वे अपने जीवन में और कुछ भी नहीं कर पाएंगे।’ यही सकारात्मक सोच गोविंद के भीतर लगातार आगे बढ़ने का जज़्बा भर देती है
21644. This 26-year-old gave up cricket to start a fantasy sports platform that has gained 3 lakh users
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- Delhi-based fantasy sports platform Playing11 is just over a year old, and has already held more than 6,000 leagues. Now, it is riding on IPL 2020 for growth.
- Founded in early 2019 by 26-year-old Saurabh Jha, who gave up his cricket dreams due to a crippling leg injury, Playing11 has garnered 300,000 users in a year. These users played 6,000+ leagues and earned over Rs 30 lakh in prizes.
- Now, riding on IPL, the bootstrapped startup is looking to record its next phase of growth. It expects two key outcomes from the 50-day league: one lakh daily active users and 50 percent revenue growth.
21645. Just 25, This Brave Soul Has Rescued 300+ People From Devastating Maharashtra Floods
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- An IT employee by profession, Pune-based Harsh Gawali is a trained rescue operator during natural disasters. He shares his rescue missions during the Maharashtra floods in 2021
- Harsh, a trained cadet of Maharashtra Civil force, always wanted to join the Indian Army but couldn’t due to personal reasons. So the 25-year-old joined the rescue operation missions in 2019 as a volunteer to save lives.
- Harsh Gawali broke down on the devastating night of 30 July as he safely deported a new mother to a Chiplun hospital in Maharashtra. The woman had just delivered a baby on the terrace so Harsh had to carry her for nearly 200 metres in neck-deep water, amid power cuts and heavy rainfall.
21646. [Startup Bharat] How this 25-year-old roped in Gauri Khan to make quality home decor accessible in small towns
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- Kota-based Hèrmosa Design Studio caters to the luxury and modular furniture market in Tier II markets of India.
- “Given the furniture ecosystem in Tier II cities, I believe consumers often find themselves compromising on one of the three important pillars when purchasing furniture -- price, durability, and design. We plan to address this gap,” says Pranjal,
- Hèrmosa offers quality standardised and customisable furniture, made to measure from 100 percent solid wood. “Our pieces are not only functional, but also cognisant of space constraints,” Pranjal explains
21647. Exclusive: How Sanjeev Kapoor Went From ‘Simple Ambala Boy’ to ‘Accidental Chef’
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- Born in Ambala, Haryana, Sanjeev says he consciously stayed away from engaging in the rat race. Conventional career routes bored him, and he was always looking to take new risks. He joined the Pusa Institute of Hotel Management in Delhi, graduated in 1984, and joined ITDC as a management trainee. Two years later, he rose to the position of executive chef in a posting in Varanasi, and then joined ITDC Hotel Samrat in Delhi and later moved to Mumbai to work for Centaur group for five years.
- Did you know that the popular 90s cooking show Khana Khazana, was originally named Shriman Bawarchi? It was on Sanjeev Kapoor’s insistence that director Hansal Mehta and his Australian partner changed the title to something that sounded “a bit more appealing”
- In the 90s and 2000s, almost every Indian household had a ritual of sitting before their television sets with bated breath, armed with a pen and paper, waiting for the ever-smiling chef to appear on their screens to spill his recipe for the day.
21648. Pune Startup’s Partnership Model Fits Air Filters in Public Spaces For Free
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- Fitting large-capacity air filters across nine cities, this Pune startup is operating under a ‘free’ model where sponsorship pays for clean air
- India is one of the worst affected countries due to air pollution. Unfortunately, it ranks among the top polluted counties in the globe,” says Amol Chaphekar.While this is a common enough complaint, the worsening situation urgently demands a solution that helps reduce the toxicity in the air we breathe. More specifically, solutions have to go beyond a filter in your own home. We have to look to filtering large public spaces in a cost-effective manner.
- Amol founded Strata Enviro in 2016 to find sustainable solutions to clean the air. His air purifiers today are used in Bengaluru, Pune, Jaipur, Hyderabad and Nashik, among other cities.
21649. Work From Home के साथ शुरू की किसानी, अब सालाना कमा लेते हैं चार से पांच लाख रुपये
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- उत्तर प्रदेश के अयोध्या के एक छोटे से गांव में रहनेवाले कुलदीप शर्मा ने लॉकडाउन में केले की खेती (Banana Farming) शुरू की। अब कुलदीप इससे सालाना चार से पांच लाख रुपये कमाते हैं।
- कुलदीप, दिल्ली में एक पीआर एजेंसी में असिस्टेंट मैनेजर के पद पर तैनात हैं। कोराना महामारी की वजह से प्राइवेट कंपनियों में काम करने वाले लोगों को घर से काम करने के लिए कहा गया। ऐसे में, अपने गांव लौट आए।
- उन्होंने केले के पौधे खरीदे और कुल 45 हजार रुपए की लागत से केले की खेती (banana farming) शुरु की। खाद और कीटनाशक दवाओं में उनका खर्च ज्यादा हुआ, लोकिन मुनाफा भी काफी हुआ। केले की खेती (Banana Farming) के दौरान कोई चीज़ समझ न आने पर कुलदीप, कृषि विशेषज्ञों से सलाह लेते थे
21650. Man Uses Lockdown to Grow 150+ Veggies & Fruits in Terrace, Saves Rs 1500/Month
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- Vijay Sharma, a swimming coach in SP college of Bikaner, Rajasthan, expanded his home garden during the COVID-19 lockdown. Today he grows carrots, radish, coriander and cauliflower
- During the COVID-19 lockdown, he spent more time expanding his home garden, which today has over 150 varieties of vegetable and medicinal plants spread across a 1,500 square feet area
- When the lockdown imposed more limitations on accessing resources, Vijay then started using drums, discarded tyres and broken plastic containers to grow plants. When those fell short, he created moulds using cement and towel to build pots. Eventually, he managed to source environmentally-friendly pots made from Pokhran red soil.