15-Year-Old Rohan Bodla from Oakridge wins ‘Student Entrepreneur of The Year’ Award

The premier digital platform for thought leaders - Asia Inc. 500 has named Rohan Bodla ‘Student Entrepreneur of the Year’ for 2019.

Rohan Bodla, a Grade 11 student of Oakridge, one of the best schools in Hyderabad, received the award by Hon. J A Chowdhary, (IT advisory to CM, A.P) for his startup idea, shortkahani.com. He pursued this idea over a couple of years; and his recent interview got published in Asia INC magazine, launched in T-Hub, Hyderabad during the recent World Quality Summit. The summit was set up to create one of the largest conference of Quality Assurance (QA) professionals worldwide.

Rohan’s ShortKahani.com is a WordPress built website. “Short Kahani is an online short story writing platform where people can read, write, and publish stories for a global audience. I began Short Kahani for my hobby of short story writing after realizing that it helps one in their self-awareness as they express their thoughts and feelings, so I wanted to spread this to everyone. Short Kahani is a forum where the younger generations can express themselves in their writings and develop their EI (emotional intelligence). As a part of Short Kahani, I started a few competitions and there was a good response from each contest. This is so far just a beginning and I hope to expand in the future” says Rohan.

Rohan is 15 and currently doing an education program called International Baccalaureate that is one of the reasons for his inspirations to start Short Kahani, which he mentioned during his interview with Asia INC magazine. He said “On Short Kahani, I have published 4 stories so far myself. I have had a reach of over 2000 people worldwide and several participants, who have registered as part of competitions I have conducted. I created Short Kahani over my 9th-grade summer vacation from scratch and built it for my hobby in short story writing.” Sharing his experience on receiving the award, he said, “By creating this website, I won the Student Entrepreneur of the year award from the Asia Inc. 500 magazine and also had my website featured there. These achievements so far have motivated me to keep working hard on my website and develop Short Kahani into what it is today and will work harder to make it flourish.”

Appreciating Rohan, Oakridge Gachibowli Principal said, “Rohan Bodla’s achievement is quite amazing. He fits into the mould of student entrepreneurs that we have seen on our campus over the last few years. His efforts at promoting education, literacy, and learning must be applauded and recognised at the highest levels. Rohan is on the path to being recognised as a true entrepreneur - one who embodies the values of care for the community, contribution to society and a legacy that will outlive him. We are all extremely proud of Rohan!”

You can also read Times of India, featured his inspirational story.

RALLY ACTION TAKEN TO SPREAD AWARENESS OF SUSTAINABILITY OF RESOURCES

The word “Sustainability” is a combination of “sustain” and “ability”. It is the property of biological systems to remain diverse and productive indefinitely. Long-lived and healthy wetlands and forests are the examples of sustainable biological systems.

Sustainability can be defined as the study of how natural systems function, remain diverse and produce everything it needs for the ecology to remain in balance. It also acknowledges that human civilization takes resources to sustain our modern way of life. Read more here

OAKRIDGER AVINASH WINS THE SPORT OF MEMORY

Breaking all the memory boundaries, a 12-year-old student of Oakridge International School, Avinash Sai Gogineni proved his impeccable skills at the 26th World Memory Championships in Shenzhen, China last December. He along with 17 other teammates represented India and made our country proud by winning the 4th position in the world. Memorizing is not just a knack but a skill that can be learned with meticulous effort and that is exactly what Avinash has done and prepared himself for the world memory championship.

“With my record-breaking scores, I was amongst the top competitors in the Indian team,” said Avinash. He has ranked 3rd position in the memory test in India and then qualified for internationals. Read more here.

Oakridge Student Speaks - Oak Champ Manasa Chitti

My name is Mana and up till 10th grade. I was a student of Oakridge Einstein campus. I joined the school when I was in sixth grade prior to which I was studying in the United States. The move from there to here was definitely a drastic one but it was made much smoother with the help of my really supportive teachers as well as my peers Oakridge International School in Hyderabad  has shaped me into the person that i am today by providing me with various different opportunities and exposures to the outside world It's helped. 

It's given me exposure to various different cultures because it's an international school, and it's also given me a taste of India and the life here although the school's primary focuses on academics it does place equal importance on extracurricular activities such as music dance and sports And I got the opportunity to pursue all of these as they were my passion and I was an avid dancer and a singer which I got and I had the opportunity to showcase my passion for these things in Oakridge although this school does place importance on academics it also places equal importance on to extracurricular activities which i feel is a very important aspect for the holistic development of the chill of the student I had the opportunity to pursue some of my passions such as music and dance while I was in Oakridge as well as Sports such as Tennis and basketball We were also taken to various inter-school competitions as well as inter school interest school competitions were also conducted and i feel like those were those gave me more confidence and gave me the ability to improve my social skills and without which I wouldn't have the social skills that I do have today 10th grade was the year of our a GCSE board exams and these were some exams that i was Determined to do my absolute best in what I learned from preparing for these exams was that if you really want to achieve something they have to put your utmost hard work Into it and that - every day because I realized that Stressing out and cramming at the last minute isn't very effective and that was what just put more put me under even more pressure If it weren't for the constant support that I received from my teachers and my friends at Oakridge And I wouldn't be with the position that i am today I just like to thank Oakridge for giving me years that I'd like that cherish forever.

Why Attend a University Fair

One of the most daunting tasks for both students and parents is to choose a right place for higher studies. Students face a lot of difficulties to make a decision of which university to attend. Whereas, attending a University Fair makes a lot of difference. It’s a great way to get your thoughts in order as well as discover some of the programs and institutions on offer. In fact university fairs are worth attending. It comes with lots of opportunities and there are many good reasons of attending a university fair such as:

●    Instead of sticking to online research, the chances of meeting institutions in person and getting immediate personalized responses to every question. The student would get an opportunity to meet a myriad of representatives from the top universities and discuss face to face the programs, funding opportunities as well as application processes involved in getting into a specific institution.

●    Secondly, students get an opportunity to understand the requirements for any university admission. They get a better idea of what university admission officers are looking for when they meet a student. There are many attributes that they would look for such as passion, determination and focus are a few to name. This is how they get a chance to start impressing the admission officers by showing you have the right qualities.

●    Thirdly, attending a university fair is a great chance for the students to understand and discover colleges that they know or might not know. It is a platform for them to compare universities according to their rankings, offerings, curriculum, approaches to learning, etc. It also might help finding the university they had in mind isn’t right for them at all and that they would be much happier at a lower ranking one.

The main aim of a university fair is to give students the opportunity to start having conversations about their next steps and to leave with a clearer picture of what their next steps should be. Above are just a few points about the benefits of attending a university fair, there are a lot more it. Oakridge International School in Hyderabad brings an incredible ‘University Fair’ to Hyderabad for the students of grade 9-12 which would showcase India’s top universities and higher education institutes. If you want to know more about the benefits of attending a university fair then this is an opportunity not-to-be-missed. Save the date and attend Oakridge’s THE GREAT INDIAN UNIVERSITY FAIR to be held on 19th Jan 2018.