Vijayarani hails from a village in South India and her father is a farmer. She is the first graduate and post graduate in her family.
Vijayarani has completed her M A in History from Pondicherry University.
Her vision is to "Understand the past, to understand the future" and hence explains the course she has selected. Vijayarani intends to take up research work after completing her MA in South Asian Area Studies. She is passionate about teaching and wants to share her knowledge on the subject with others. Her main objective would be to help and guide the youth in her village to live their dream of education and a bright future.
Vijayarani Kuppuswamy MA in South Asian Area studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.
2006 recorded the hottest year in Guwahati, Assam in Eastern India, the city where Jyoti hails from. This is the year, he explored different renewable power technologies as a part of his Mechanical Engineering research work and took up project work in wind power. During his research, Jyoti realised the huge potential of windpower and other renewable technologies in India and also learnt about the policy issues which were proving to be barricades in fully exploiting the potential of windpower. He is convinced that this course in Environmental Technology with an energy policy option will help him to research energy sector of a developing country like India. His future plans includes a Phd in Policy Issues of Renewable Power in India and also to start a 'technology farm' that offers 'Green Power' solutions for both urban and rural livelihoods.
Jyoti's vision is a "green world" with an uniform economic development of all nations. Jyoti Prasad Deka MSc in Environmental Technology,Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, University of London.
Studying Sociology for graduation made Madhuri realise the rich complexities of India, a nation bursting at the seams with a billion plus population, negotiating overlapping identities of caste, class and religion, trying to bring about economic and social development. Her vision is to discover ways and means to ensure that the fruits of globalization and liberalisation are not limited to the privileged alone. Madhuri believes that the marginalised must and will proactively participate in the process of development and change through local governments, NGOs and community groups. Madhuri plans to undertake a doctoral thesis after her post graduation to track one particular backward community's endeavour to cope with the challenges of economic growth. By putting to use her training in Anthropology and Ethnography, Madhuri believes that she will be able to analyse the problems of development and social change. Her keen interest in community forest management is especially relevant to the present problems of environmental degradation due to industrialisation and her working with policy making institutes, the government and think tanks would be the best way to solve the issues.
Madhuri Karak MSc in Anthropology and Development, London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London.
