Twenty-three-year-old Gokila is another beacon of hope and exemplifies the can-do spirit of TN youth today. Social marginalization and poverty did not stop this young woman from pursuing her dreams of becoming a doctor. She found encouragement not only in her parents but also in the teachers...
The world of stethoscopes and medical wards is a far cry from the rough seas and uncertain catch of a fishermen village in Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu. And yet in a success story, it is a distance bridged by hard work and determination by 23-year-old Surjith. His father Munisamy, a fisherman,...
G. Sowmiya, 23, is the first graduate in Thamarai Oorani village in Ramanathapuram district. In a village notorious for refusing to send girls outside for higher education, what Sowmiya has done is indeed a breakthrough which has rubbed off on two or three more girls who, following suit, are...
It has been a long journey from the government school in Vayalur, near Kalpakkam, to the Okinawa institute of Science and Technology in Japan for R. Govindarajan. Helping the determined and hard-working young boy, whose parents were daily wage labourers, dream and span the unthinkable distance...
Thou shall not … The Speaker of the Assembly has the right to decide whether the Members' words spoken inside the Assembly can be recorded in the Assembly proceedings. These unparliamentary words should not cause aspersions, be derogatory, not suitable to be uttered and generally slanderous....
Former Vice-Chancellor of Anna University and director of IIT Kanpur, late M Anandakrishnan who was also the Former director of IIT Kanpur (12.07.1928 – 29.05.2021) has authored a book – the Indian education system – From Greater Order To Great Disorder which was released by Tamil Nadu Chief...
Sobha Madhan (37) is the first woman post-graduate from the Betta Kurumbar tribe, hailing from the hilly hamlet of Thenampadi in Pandalur taluk in the Nilgiris district. Armed with the PG degree in social work, she has advocated the rights of the marginalized. Through the Nilgiris Particularly...
A student hailing from a below poverty line family in Vayaloor near Kalpakkam studied in a Tamil medium school and went on to complete his Phd in Physics and later joined the prestigious Bangor University in Wales, England as a Post Doctoral Research Officer. At 34 years of age, E Jayaprashath...
It is a Tamil medium school with a difference. Functioning in Kurichi village 7 km from Pattukottai, the school, run by the Indian Bank Employees Association Trust does not torture the students with homework, and neither does it terrorise them with rank cards. Even before it was prohibited by...
At the recent Madras Medical College convocation, R Selvapandi became the first doctor from Maravaikkudi village in Ramanathapuram district of Tamil Nadu. Among the Ramanathapuram Elite School students who made good is R Selvapandi. Born in a Scheduled Caste family, Selvapandi did well in...
