A video created by a team of students of the Department of Social Work, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) on confronting an increasingly urgent challenge in the fight against the Covid pandemic was selected for the first prize in the ‘Regional Level Video Competition for COVID-19 Awareness in various Regional Languages/Dialects in Uttar Pradesh’. The team comprised of students namely Kapil Sharma, Nijda Zehra, Tanvi Gautam, Ilma Parveen and Anuj Sharma.
The team had participated in the competition of the National Coordinating Institution – IIT Delhi under the Unnat Bharat Abhiyan for the region-wise celebration of the 75th Independence Day (Azadi ka Amrut Mahotsav) throughout the country which had experts from IIT Delhi and Regional Coordinating Institutions (RCIs) as judges.
“This video is our effort to spread a word of awareness. It shows the importance of vaccinations, hand sanitisation, face masks, avoidance of crowded places and close contacts with people, staying at home if you are unwell and getting information from trusted sources,” said the team members.
Congratulating the student team, Prof Naseem Ahmad Khan (Chairman, Department of Social Work and Nodal Officer, Unnat Bharat Abhiyan, AMU) said, “AMU community stands proud of these students, who are creating awareness content to reach out to the masses. I wish them more success in future endeavours”.
source: http://www.amu.ac.in / Aligarh Muslim University / Home> AMU News / by Public Relations Office, AMU / August 27th, 2021
Emani Srinija from Ranga Reddy district and T. Sai Kaushal Reddy from Hyderabad secured the second and third ranks respectively in A&M stream.
TS EAMCET 2021 Result:
Students from Andhra Pradesh have secured the first and second rank in the engineering stream of Telangana Engineering Agriculture and Medical Common Entrance Test (TS EAMCET 2021) held this year.
Sathya Karthikeya from West Godavari and G. Venkata Pranish from Kadapa in Andhra Pradesh bagged the first and second ranks respectively. Mohammed Abdul Muqeet from Hyderabad secured the third rank.
In A&M stream, M. Karthikeya from Hyderabad bagged the first rank. Emani Srinija from Ranga Reddy district and T. Sai Kaushal Reddy from Hyderabad secured the second and third ranks respectively.
Telangana Education Minister P. Sabitha Indra Reddy on Wednesday declared the results of both engineering (E) and Agriculture and Medical (A&M) streams of EAMCET along with the Merit List.
Pass percentage 85.70
The Minister said 85.70 per cent students qualified the entrance test in both the streams. In 2020, the pass percentage was 75.29 per cent.
As many as 28,000 more students took the EAMCET exams as compared to 2020, Sabitha Indra Reddy added.
A total of 1,21,480 candidates qualified the test in the engineering stream and 73,070 candidates in the agriculture and medical (pharmacy) stream.
The pass percentage in engineering stream was 82.08 per cent while in A&M stream 98.48 per cent students qualified the exam.
Nearly 2.5 lakh students had appeared for EAMCET exams conducted early in August. While the exams for engineering stream were conducted on August 4, 5 and 6, the exam for agriculture & medical stream was held on August 9 and 10. The computer-based examination was held at 99 centres.
Every year, 25 per cent weightage is given to the performance in class 12 board exam but this year the results were declared on the basis of marks obtained only in the entrance test.
Direct link to check TS EAMCET 2021 Result
1. Click here to go to the official website: eamcet.tsche.ac.in. 2. Click on TS EAMCET 2021 Result. 3. Enter User ID and Password if asked. 4. Click on submit button to check your result and rank.
Telangana State Council for Higher Education (TSCHE) had released the Answer Key (Preliminary), Question Paper and Response Sheet of the candidates on August 12, 2021.
TS EAMCET Engineering for admission in Eengineering courses was conducted on August 4, 5 and 6 whereas TS EAMCET Agriculture was held on August 9 and 10, 2021.
TS EAMCET 2021 Answer Key and Question Papers are published on the official website date-wise. Candidates who have not yet checked their OMR sheets can check now.
“TS EAMCET 2021 Counselling Schedule”
The Telangana State Council For Higher Education (TSCHE) had earlier announced the EAMCET counselling schedule. TS EAMCET 2021 counselling will be conducted at eamcet.tsche.ac.in, in multiple rounds.
Registrations for the first round will begin on August 30 and the provisional allotment list, after different activities to be completed by students, will be published on September 15.
source: http://www.ummid.com / Ummid.com / Home> Education & Careers / by ummid.com with inputs from IANS / August 25th, 2021
During a conversation at home, my father Late Janab Shahid Ahmad Shoaib was telling somebody about this young dynamic person who could be the future of the community. I did not understand much about that then. As the time went by, I did my graduation, went to Mumbai to pursue my engineering and then MBA and simultaneously got involved with my corporate jobs.
At this juncture, when I recollect my memory, I find my father was always concerned about the social, economic, educational backwardness of the community. He was no doubt an intellectual who could prove that anything is possible if there is strong will and focus. A researcher, an educationist, a man with highly fertile mind, he was much ahead of time in his vision. He always believed that there has got to be a dream to serve the humanity and positively impact people, take them along and help them realize their dreams.
It wasDr Hamid Hussain who could understand the feelings of my father. He was instrumental in creating an active and dedicated team which finally culminated in the successful execution of the Biradari Conference at Itki in 1994.
The grandeur of this conference is still considered as a historic moment which provided a unique platform to the community. Dr Hamid Hussain played the most remarkable role as the Chairman of the Bihar Muslim Kalwar (Kalal/Eraqui) Millat Committee Conference so well that he is considered as the architect of the mission.
He has displayed an effective role of the community leader. A Leader with passion & compassion. As far as I know him, his focus has always been to bring in the basic changes in the community and take this to the most desired progressive level. He is actively contributing to the welfare of the community by serving as the President of ; AnjumanFalahMilli, HamdardAnjuman, Munni Masjid, Madrasa MadinatulUloom Management Committee, Qabrastan Committee,
Dr Hamid Hussain has been able to provide a direction to the community members in many ways. Today there are many success stories under his guidance. We have many people in the community who have proved their mettle in the fields of Education, Industry, Politics, Bureaucracy, Social Service and other fields. There are many members who are serving at various levels in many countries. However, there are lot of work to be done.
As an effective community leader, Dr Hamid has provided a Vision, Established Effective Organizational Structure and Communication Protocols, is an Effective Role Model, has Inspired and Motivated many, Delegated and Empowered the next generation of the community. I found him displaying the roles of a Coach, Facilitator, Strategist, Visionary, Change agent, Decision-maker, Influencer and above all a Team player.
Dr Hamid has emerged as s successful Social Leader who has devoted his life and talents to improving society regardless of social standing, wealth, or privilege. He has served and blessed the community. He has lifted the vision of community, broadened our possibilities and deepened our life experiences. He has preserved peace and ensured prosperity for as many people as possible.
As far as I know Dr Hamid, he is a man on mission. He is not going to rest till he sees his community members’ progress to the highest level. He is relentlessly working towards bringing in Unity & Co-operation among the people through the common agenda and unidirectional alignment. He is trying to set a system wherein Intellectuals, Entrepreneurs, Educationists, Politicians, Health Professionals, Government Employees of the community can come under one umbrella to work together for the welfare and upliftmentof needy & deserving members.
Leadership is the activity of persuading people to co-operate in the achievement of a common objective. This is the activity of influencing people to strive willingly for mutual objectives. Leadership always involves attempts on the part of a leader to affect the behaviour of a follower or followers in a situation. And the entire Biradari is happy to note that Dr. Hamid Hussain has proved to be an able Leader of the Community.
source: http://www.maeeshat.in / maeeshat.in / Home> Corporate> Opinions / by Ainain Shahidi for Maeeshat, Mumbai / July 29th, 2021
A total of 181 candidates have been selected as Medical Officer Grade –II (Paediatric) of them 19 are Muslims.
UPPSC Recruitment: As many as 27 Muslims have been selected to join as Medical Officer (Grade II Post) in Uttar Pradesh State Civil Services exam result of which was declared yesterday.
A total of 181 candidates have been selected as Medical Officer Grade –II (Paediatric) of them 19 are Muslims.
On the other hand 114 candidates will be recruited as Medical Officer Grade-Il (Anaesthetist). Of them 07 candidates are Muslims. The list of Muslims selected in the two categories is as under.
Medical Officer Grade-Il (Paediatric)
1. Fatima Afreen Ahmad 2. Mohd Abu Bakar Ansari 3. Farha Khan 4. Uzma Nadeem Siddiqui 5. Naved Akhter 6. Kamran Ahmad 7. Mohd Saleem Khan 8. Mohd Kashif Siddiqui 9. Md Naseem 10. Zakaullah
11. Abdul Quddoos 12. Mohanmad Yunus 13. Abdullah 14. Ati Ullah 15. Mohanmad Badruzzana Ansari 16. Mohanmad Aziz Khan 17. Run Siddiqui 18. Saleem Ahmad 19. Faraz Ahmad Khan
Medical Officer Grade-Il (Anaesthetist)
1. Darvish Hussain 2.Shadia Zia Usmani 3. Arif Husain 4. Mohammad Ahtesham Khan 5. Abdul Wahid 6. Zainab Parween 7. Fahad Khan 8. Nikhat Parveen
The Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) has also declared the result of Assistant Statistical Officer to work under Industries Department. Among the 38 candidates who have been selected 02 are Muslims. They are:
1. Naushad Alam 2. M Farman Ali
The Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) had conducted the personal interview to select the above candidates in two phases – Phase 1 from July 26 to 30, 2021, and Phase 2 was completed from August 2 to 4, 2021.
source: http://www.ummid.com / Ummid.com / Home> Education & Career / by ummid.com news network / August 21st, 2021
Born and brought up in New Delhi, twenty-year-old Kaif Ali is an architecture student at Faculty of Architecture & Ekistics, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. Ali was honoured with The Diana Award 2021 for his work on Covid-19 Innovation–Space era recently, which is a module for demountable and portable shelter space for Covid-19 era. This is his story.
New Delhi :
Every child has drawn their family with a house in the background and most probably made sandcastles at beaches too. However, in the grownup’s world, not everyone can have a house built like that. Twenty-year-old Kaif Ali, an undergraduate student of Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi after entering the world of architecture found out that homelessness is a major issue in the world and there are many without proper houses.
Born and brought up in New Delhi, twenty-year-old Kaif Ali told TwoCircles.net, “Just 200 meters away from my apartment is a settlement made above the sewage lines. In nights, the people there sleep on footpaths since snakes sneak out of sewage.”
Ali could not help noticing how unjustly the metropolitan city is majorly designed commercially for a few per cent of the population. After witnessing these inequalities, Ali wanted to take up architecture as a profession and develop a sustainable model.
Beyond survival Homeless people are of many types, which include urban poor, migrant labourers and refugees. However, the government made arrangements for these homeless people can barely be called a home. There is no privacy nor any sense of security as sought by a family since most facilities are gender-separated. Open cooking and sanitation, poor waste management, unavailability of electricity and potable water, the list go on.
Ali recollects that it was a documentary called “Cry for Syria” that sensitized him into the refugee crisis. As an attempt to address the issue, Ali went on to design shelter spaces for Syrian refugees, during his early college days.
When asked whether he is concerned about these temporary shelter spaces becoming the permanent settlement of refugees and others, as is the norm, Ali said that his concept of shelter is a home for living and not for mere survival. Therefore, along with houses, Ali also designs schools, gyms, and other recreational spaces using the same modular technology, which facilitates easy assembling and dismantling.
Quoting a few success stories of refugee assimilation with the host country, Ali believes that if refugees are housed holistically, they will not remain on the fringes. “Shelter is the start of all,” he said.
From housing to quarantining For the last two years, Ali has invested himself in designing shelter spaces for the homeless. As the Covid-19 pandemic broke out, Ali witnessed the dire demand for quarantining thousands in cramped up cities.
That is how he began working with his project last March and designed a portable intermediary quarantine facility of 2.5m x 6m, using PUF panels or shipping containers, which can be assembled with ease, have massive room for expansion, with natural ventilation and 6 layers of social distancing.
The facility can also be later used as refugee camps or disaster relief camps.
Kaif Ali was awarded the international Diana Award 2021 for the same. His design follows all Covid-19 protocols and is more efficient than home quarantine or mass quarantining facilities.
Ali’s quests stem from his immediate realities. Even his intermediary quarantine shelter came up observing the spread of the virus in enclosed spaces through the air, even before WHO confirmed the spread through the air. “That is the power of observation and study. I apprehended that Covid-19 would spread through the air from my study and by keeping this in mind, I have designed the quarantine facility,” Ali said.
Thinking architecture ‘out of the box’ Having varied interests, Ali is good at juggling different pursuits. The twenty-year-old has taken home several awards in architecture and photography. It is the introduction to various international competitions that expanded Ali’s network.
Upon winning Climate Innovation Lab conducted by Climate Technology Centre and Network, Ali has been receiving mentorship of Biplab Ketan Paul, IIT Kanpur incubation mentor and social entrepreneur.
Referring to Ali’s Covid-19 relief work, Paul said proudly, “Kaif Ali is a good samaritan.”
Soon, Ali’s design would shelter the people of Lagos in Nigeria. His project has received appreciation across the world from architects of Germany, Iran, South Africa, Turkey, the US, & Brazil. Ali has also featured in the United Nations top 11 emerging innovation start-ups solving climate action.
Twenty-year-old Ali has not shied away from approaching several state governments. After the Karnataka government appreciated him, organizations working with the Maharashtra government are willing to implement his project.
To make his designs financially viable, Ali said he uses his father’s counsel, who is in the construction business. “His advice comes in handy, especially when deciding the materials and other factors. It is the context that is my foremost priority,” Ali said, elaborating that climate and clients’ context guides his design.
Moreover, Ali aspires to make the language of architecture accessible to common people. His drawings are easily readable for policymakers and politicians alike. “Future architectures cannot limit themselves to space and cost crises alone. In times of rising refugees of climate, wars and poverty, expanding socially responsible entrepreneurial perspective in architecture is a must,” concludes Ali.
source: http://www.twocircles.net / TwoCircles.net / Home> Lead Story / by Arfa Backer, TwoCircles.net / July 30th, 2021
Jamia Millia Islamia has declared Class 10 (Regular) examination results, girls outshine boys.
Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) has declared the result of Class 10 (Regular) today. Out of the total students assessed approximately 48 percent were boys and 52 percent were girls. The result is available online at www.jmicoe.in.
Girls outshine boys in the exam and grabbed top positions. Sumaiya Hasan Khan with 98.85 % got the first position. There was a tie on the second position as both Sadia Aman and Arisha Majeed Zahoory secured 97.85% . Nafisa Hasan secured 3rd position with 97.71% marks.
A total of 595 students secured 1st division with distinction and 209 students secured above 90% marks.
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Jamia Millia Islamia followed the alternative assessment policy submitted by the CBSE before the Delhi High Court which was designed by a 13-member committee set up by the board.
JMI Vice-Chancellor Prof. Najma Akhtar congratulated the successful students and wished them a bright future. She hoped that they would bring laurels to the Institution and Nation.
Prof. Akhtar appreciated the efforts of the Dean Faculty of Education and Dean Faculty of Engineering &Technology who were coordinators of the exam. She also appreciated the Controller of Examination and his team for timely declaration of results.
source: http://www.indiatoday.in / India Today / Home> Education Today> News / by India Today Web Desk, New Delhi / July 16th, 2021
My journey has been very tough. However, every success story has a struggle behind it. I too had to struggle as we were financially weak, says Tanveer.
Srinagar :
Tanveer Ahmed Khan, son of a rickshaw puller and farmer, has secured second rank in the prestigious Indian Economic Services (IES) examination conducted by Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).
“My journey has been very tough,” Tanveer said. “However, every success story has a struggle behind it. I too had to struggle as we were financially weak. It was my positive side that made me want to change our poor condition by studying and making it count.”
Tanveer’s father hails from remote Nageenpora Kund in South Kashmir’s Kulgam’s district. He also works as a seasonal rickshaw puller in Amritsar, Punjab, during the winter months to earn extra money to provide quality education for his son.
He has done his schooling in government schools and got his BA from Government Degree College Anantnag in 2016. He secured third rank in the entrance test for a post-graduate course in economics at University of Kashmir.
“I worked very hard and my family fully supported me. The support from my parents, uncles and teachers has brought me to this point,” said Tanveer. Tanveer secured Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) during his last year of post-graduate programme and says the fellowship helped him a lot. He went to Institute of Development Studies, Kolkatta, for Masters in Philosophy (M.Phil) in Development Studies, which was awarded to him in April. Tanveer is in the Open Category.
Tanveer’s father said he is proud his son did not waste the parental toil and effort. “I am very happy that mine and my son’s hard work has paid off,” he added.
source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> Nation / by Fayaz Wani, Express News Service /August 02nd, 2021
Having learnt about it, senior students joined the project and the college managing director had approached Dassault Systemes in France for help in designing the ambulance.
Anantapur :
Deeply moved on seeing a report of a man carrying the body of his mother due to non-availability of ambulance during the Covid-19 pandemic, S Yashwant, a second year student of GATES Engineering College, Gooty, hit upon an idea of developing a cost-effective two-wheeler ambulance, which is easy to operate even on village roads. He immediately shared it with his friend Izaz Ahamed and both of them started giving a shape to the idea in Idea Lab of the college.
Having learnt about it, senior students joined the project and the college managing director had approached Dassault Systemes in France for help in designing the ambulance. Impressed by the idea and the objective behind it, Dassault had developed the prototype of ambulance using 3D design platform CATIA. The French company also sent its representative Suhas Preetipal to provide help to the students in the project.
Yashwant and Izaz Ahamed, under the supervision of Suhas Preetipal and college chief administrative officer V Anand, started giving a shape to their idea based on the design provided by Dassault. After 40-50 days of effort, they developed the two-wheeler ambulance, which can be attached to any 100 CC two-wheeler and it costs around Rs 50,000.
The maximum speed of the two-wheeler ambulance is limited to 35 kmph and it can be operated on any type of roads due to its sturdy structure. It is equipped with oxygen cylinder and other emergency medical equipment. It can be used not just for Covid cases, but also for any medical emergency.
Village secretariat to get first ambulance
Speaking to TNIE, Anand said the first two-wheeler ambulance designed and produced by them will be donated to the village secretariat for use in medical emergencies. “If produced in a large scale, the cost of ambulance can be brought down to Rs 25,000 to Rs 30,000.
We are not applying for a patent for it, but uploading the design of ambulance on Dassault Systemes website, so anyone can download and make it. Our objective is to ensure that it is useful to all,” he said. Expressing happiness over the success of his project, Yashwant said their efforts were made easy with the involvement of the college management and help from Dassault.
Izaz Ahamed said their objective is to make an ambulance that is immensely useful to people, especially in rural areas, during medical emergencies. “Idea Lab in our college helped us give a shape to our plans and if not for the support and encouragement from the college management, our idea might not have transformed into a reality. We designed the two-wheeler ambulance in such a manner that it is not only lightweight and economical, but also sturdy at the same time,” he said.
source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> Good News / by CP Venugopal, Express News Service / August 01st, 2021
Free online Sanskrit-speaking classes by UP is an instant hit as there is a surge in excitement about learning the ‘language of gods’.
free-of-cost online Sanskrit-speaking classes of 20-day duration (one hour daily) were planned and launched in the first week of this month.
Uttar Pradesh :
Around 25 years back, Class V student Hasan Khan would spend hours with his friends at the local Hanuman temple in his Mahoba village in UP’s Bundelkhand region, listening to the Ramayan verses. He recited the ‘chaupais’ and ‘shlokas’.
Now 35, Khan is currently on a mission to popularise Dev Bhasha (the language of gods, as Sanskrit is known) as Jan Bhasha (the language of commoners). Pursuing PhD in Sanskrit, he isn’t alone in his mission but is joined by 40 other trainers working on a dedicated project of the Uttar Pradesh Sanskrit Sansthan to break the myth of Sanskrit being a difficult, primitive and elitist language.
“Four years back, UP embarked on a dedicated mission to popularise Sanskrit, starting with government school teachers and students. Till two years back, special camps were organised across the state which enabled not only 12,000 primary teachers, but their students also to learn how to speak in Sanskrit on a daily basis. Our next plan was to establish centres in all development blocks and train at least 1,000 people in each block to speak fluently in the language,” UP Sanskrit Sansthan president Vachaspati Mishra.
The Covid pandemic came as a big obstacle. As the pandemic shows no signs of ending, the Sansthan has taken to the online medium. Free-of-cost online Sanskrit-speaking classes of 20-day duration (one hour daily) were planned and launched in the first week of this month. Aspirants were asked to give a missed call on cell-phone number 9522340003.
“We received 45,000 missed calls. All those who made the calls automatically received forms to get enrolled for our free online course being conducted in one-hour slots from morning till evening. Over 8,500 have already enrolled,” said Mishra. While 60% of those enrolled are students (from Class V students to PhD scholars), the rest are professionals, including doctors, engineers, journalists, software engineers, lawyers, teachers and even sportspersons. Among the non-students, around 30% are women, many of them housewives.
While the maximum (over 25%) of these 8,500-plus students are from UP, participants from Maharashtra are second only to UP. Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Punjab, Bihar, Delhi, Uttarakhand and Telangana too are in large numbers. Though the present duration is for only 20 days, the Sansthan is planning to follow it with virtual Sanskrit Vyakaran (Grammar) classes for those eager to delve deeper into the language. Also, the success has prompted the Sansthan to plan such courses in Pali and Prakrit languages as well.
The participants are already excited. “Since childhood, Sanskrit and not Bengali has been my third language after English and Hindi. With my father being in a transferable job, I did my schooling in Chennai where I learnt Sanskrit in Devanagiri script,” says Shantanu Ganguly, associate professor of English language at a leading college in Kolkata. “The course has given me an opportunity to refurbish my Sanskrit knowledge attained during school days. I’m eagerly waiting to pursue further courses in the Dev Bhasha and would be happy if my services are used to run similar courses in West Bengal,” he says.
Ganguly’s batchmates in the virtual classroom include Anup Singh, a national-level rifle shooter from UP. “Meditation holds the key to concentration and success in target sports such as shooting and archery. I’ve been meditating with Hindi words, but mediation with Sanskrit shlokas generates different vibes,” Singh said. “I’ve never studied Sanskrit before. The free online platform attracted me,” said Nagpur-based software engineer S R Mungatiwar.
source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> The Sunday Standard / by Express News Service / August 01st, 2021
Zareen Khan scored 461 out of 700 marks and topped the Chartered Accountancy intermediate exam conducted by The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India in the results announced February 8, 2021. Photographs: Kind courtesy Zareen Khan
Until February 8, 2021, no one knew who Zareen Khan was, where she lived or what her dreams were.
All that changed a few hours after the results of the Chartered Accountancy intermediate results were announced online this year.
Zareen, the eldest among four siblings, who had appeared for the exam in November 2020 for the first time after pleading her case with her parents, had secured an All India Rank of 1 and topped the exam scoring 461 marks out of 700.
“It was my younger sister who encouraged me to appear for the exam once. Earlier, I’d taken a break for two years to work before I could complete my post-graduation. I knew this might be the first and maybe the last time I could become a CA. So I told my parents to give me one chance to prepare and appear for this one, Zareen, who thinks she is a “little old at 25 years” tells Rediff.com‘s Divya Nair in a late night conversation over the telephone.
When the results were announced, Zareen who didn’t even have the courage to check her marks online, had to further explain to her bewildered parents what her success in the exam meant.
“My parents had no idea what CA is or how difficult it is to crack the exam,” she says while talking about how the entire neighbourhood came together to congratulate her for her achievement.
What makes Zareen’s story so inspiring is the fact that she is the first post graduate in the family and perhaps one of the few highly educated young women in Mumbra, a township on the outskirts of Mumbai, where she grew up and currently lives with her family of six.
Zareen is congratulated by her family. She lives in Mumbra with her parents, a younger sister and two younger brothers.
Growing up, Zareen, an academically bright student, was often subjected to criticism from neighbours over pursuing higher education.
“I used to score over 85 per cent and even stood second through my graduation and post graduation. Yet people would often say ‘kya kar logi itna padhai karke? Aage jake shaadi hi to karna hai,’ she recalls.
“I am sure everyone knows now that I stay in a 300 square foot one room kitchen which is shared by my parents, a younger sister and two brothers,” she says while explaining that her educational journey wasn’t a cakewalk for her.
Zareen’s father works as an auto mechanic and all her siblings equally contribute towards running the home, she informs us.
Although Zareen was aware of her family’s financial and social standing, she firmly believed that the “place, conditions or challenges you are born with doesn’t define how your future will turn out to be.”
Studying for a competitive exam like Chartered Accountancy, where the overall pass percentage is less than 25%, requires more than just academic brilliance or good coaching, she agrees.
Zareen pursued online coaching through an institute in Faridabad which provided her study material and other resources.
“In the morning, the kids would be playing outside. My mother would be cooking at home; anyone would walk in to chat or for some work. So I would wait till evening to begin my studies,” she says.
“10 pm to 6 am was perfect for me. I started in November 2019 and studied minimum 10-12 hours in the months leading to the exam and up to 16 hours a month before the exam.”
Soon after the results were out, wishes started pouring in from all over. Their humble 300 sq ft home has been bustling with well wishers, including local politicians.
For Zareen, the biggest hurdle was fighting her fears. “Like everyone else, I feared failure. I know the best of people crumble under pressure. I had only one chance. I didn’t want to fail.”
Looking back, she feels that the lockdown was a blessing in disguise for students like her.
“When the exam kept delaying from May to November, I used all the time to revise over and over again. I think this constant link between studies and revision helped me prepare better and finish the exam on time. My aim was to attempt all the questions in 3 hours, which was possible. I must have barely left out 3-4 marks.”
Zareen’s new found fame may have turned her into a mini celebrity of sorts in Mumbra. But she is unperturbed by all the attention around her.
“I am happy that people want to support me. I feel more responsible now. I want to be a positive example for compulsory higher education among girls,” she tells us.
Zareen feels that this success is an eye opener for her to chase her dreams and support her family.
“I will not lie — I wasn’t too confident of my abilities, yet I could reach so far purely because of my consistent dedication. Also, my family supported me. I really hope my story gives more women the power to dream big and fulfill them too.”
Currently, Zareen spends her time applying for articleships and wants to focus on preparing for the CA final exam scheduled for November 2021.
“Agar aap me dedication aurvishwas hai, aap kuch bhi kar sakte hai. At least ab to koi nahi bolega itna padh likhke kya karoge?” she says.
“I am the first post graduate in my family. I want to be the first CA too.”
source: http://www.rediff.com / Rediff.com / Home> Getahead / by Divya Nair / February 19th, 2021
