Camera, safety pins & hair grips: Sara Tendulkar's UCL grad ceremony checklist
Sachin and Anjali Tendulkar are in London with daughter to mark the special day.
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Sachin Tendulkar (L) and Sara Tendulkar
Sara Tendulkar will reach a major academic milestone today. According to some in the know, Sachin and Anjali Tendulkar’s daughter will graduate in medicine from the prestigious University College, London (UCL). Her parents are with her to mark the special day.
Sara’s father, who played a bit of cricket for a living, was meticulous about his preparation before matches and his kit bag. It won’t be surprising if she mirrors his approach for her day in the sun. The Tendulkars And in the rare event she needs a primer, the UCL website has a comprehensive graduation ceremony checklist for students.
- UCL Student ID or another form of photo ID e.g. passport, driving licence - E-mail confirming your academic dress (robe) - Hair grips for securing mortar board - Safety pins for securing your hood on your robe - A small bottle of water
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- If you have new shoes, ensure you have worn them before the ceremony to avoid blisters (bring plasters just in case!) - Mobile phone for exchanging email addresses and phone numbers with friends (Please ensure you switch off all mobile phones during the ceremony) - Camera (no filming or flash photography is permitted during the ceremony). Congratulations and all that.
Sundar Pichai: Not Just Tech, But Loves Tendulkar & Burgers, Too!
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Sundar Pichai, born Pichai Sundararajan in 1972, grew up in Madras, now Chennai, in a two-room house. He went on to complete his graduation from IIT-Kharagpur before heading to foreign shores to pursue a Master's in Science from Stanford, and following that up with an MBA from the Wharton Business School
A household name across the globe, Pichai grew in ranks at Google - which he joined in 2004 - to become the CEO of the tech company in 2015. That wasn't the end of the ladder for this top boss, and in December 2019, Google’s founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin wrote a letter in which they announced that they were stepping down and appointed Pichai as the CEO of Alphabet in addition to his existing role of Google CEO.
As the poster boy for the tech world turns a year older, here's looking at some interesting facts about him.
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Pichai's job interview at Google was on April 1 aka April Fools' Day. It was at the time when Google had just announced Gmail. During a visit to his alma mater, Pichai also joked that he only got the job because he was not interviewed by Larry Page.
In Pic: Partha Pratim Chakraborty (director of IIT Kharagpur) felicitates Pichai at a programme during the latter's visit to his alma mater in January 2017.
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Pichai was reportedly in the race to be Microsoft's third chief executive officer in 2014, before the position went to fellow Indian Satya Nadella. In February 2014, rumours about Pichai being in active negotiations with the tech giant were doing the rounds.
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It was a college romance for Pichai and wife Anjali. The classmates met and fell in love at IIT. Pichai even recalled how hard courting was in the no-mobile phones era, when he would have to go to the girls hostel on campus and ask the front office to call her. They went on to tie the knot and now live with their 2 children, a son and daughter, and 2 dogs in Los Altos Hills.
It was a college romance for Pichai and wife Anjali. The classmates met and fell in love at IIT. Pichai even recalled how hard courting was in the no-mobile phones era, when he would have to go to ..
