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When Google CEO Sundar Pichai Thought “Abey Saale” Was Friendly Greeting
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When Google CEO Sundar Pichai Thought “Abey Saale” Was Friendly Greeting

Abey Saale is how Googles tactful and tactical chief executive Sundar Pichai had yelled out to a friend across the mess at his alma mater, IIT- Kharagpur more than two-and-half-decades back thinking its a way of greeting people. Chennai-born Pichai, who returned to his alma mater after 23 years, said his comment led to "temporarily" shutting down of the mess. "I came from Chennai. I learnt Hindi in school but I never spoke it much. So, just listening to how people are speaking, I just thought you address people this way. So one day, there was someone in the mess and I had to call him. I called him Abey Saale," he reminisced to an audience of over 3,000 people. "In the first couple of weeks, I thought you call people that way. Next thing I know is the folks in the mess were quite u...
Indian Govt. and Linkedin Sign MoU to Create More Jobs For Students
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Indian Govt. and Linkedin Sign MoU to Create More Jobs For Students

Leading global professional network LinkedIn today said it has signed an agreement with the human resource development ministry to create more job opportunities for Indian students. As part of the MoU, LinkedIn's 'Placements' product will be adopted by all Indian colleges affiliated with All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), the company said in a release issued here. 'Placements' provides a level-playing field for all students, regardless of their location or college and allows them to take an online assessment test, which gives them direct access to thousands of openings in 35 top corporates in India, it added. "We're excited to work with the HRD ministry and AICTE to help students get greater access to the 'Placements' product. Our objective with 'Placements' is to ...
iAugmentor Labs Invests in Gurgaon Based Volunteer4India
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iAugmentor Labs Invests in Gurgaon Based Volunteer4India

Gurgaon, 26th Oct,2016: iAugmentor Labs, a technology-enabled learning platform, has invested in Volunteer4India, an online aggregator for brand sponsored Social causes, NGOs and student/ youth/ employee volunteers. Volunteer4India (V4I) harnesses the energy of new millennial volunteers through a technology (Web/Mobile App) enabled volunteering platform. It connects them to Corporates wishing to execute their cause marketing mandates, Colleges who wish to encourage their students to apply their academic knowledge on real-world challenges, and NGOs requiring operational and execution support for their projects & Government initiatives. Ranjoy Dey, CEO of Volunteer4India commented, "We see iAugmentor's strategic investment into Volunteer4India as a validation of the importance of e...
Inspiring Story of a Student From 25000 Loan To Winning 3 Lakh Facebook Bug Bounty Program
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Inspiring Story of a Student From 25000 Loan To Winning 3 Lakh Facebook Bug Bounty Program

I did my 12th on scholarship. Got 65% marks in 12th and failed to qualify IIT-JEE and AIEEE. Dropped a year to prepare on my own, was not able to afford the extra financial pressure of coaching . Next year result was better but not good enough to get admission in government colleges. My father said “we can’t afford engineering, join the local college for B.Sc”. That was tough for me, I contacted few private college and got to know I can get admission on my present rank and 12th marks. But “Where’s the money ?” dad asked. “Give me 25K , that’ll confirm the admission and then we’ll talk to banks for education loan” I replied. “I earn 8k per month, 25k is big deal but don’t worry I’ll ask my boss if he could help” dad replied. Next day he borrowed 25k from his boss, asked one of his fri...