Our Students, Our Pride!
Stories that re-affirm the importance of lifelong learning,
Stories of grit, confidence, determination, and hard work,
Stories that make our belief stronger in what we do everyday!
Every success story is special in their own way. These stories come in all shapes and sizes. For some of the stories, it is about students coming out of their comfort zone and finding a new career path. For other stories, it is about the students learning new things and getting a dream job. These stories are bound to renew your belief in learning with the sheer grit and courage that the students have shown to change their destiny and be what they always wanted to be. We are overwhelmed to be a part of their journey.
A throwback of some of the best stories we have come across this year:
Overcoming Ordeal — Ayan Shah’s Story
Ayan’s story is not something you will come across every day. It takes courage to do what he has done and become what he is today. After some unforeseen circumstances in the family, Ayan had to drop out from his school to support his family. From his little knowledge of Java programming, he started looking for courses in Android Development online. With great determination and support from his extended family, Ayan finished his Android Developer Nanodegree. He is currently working on West Bengal government’s health project and pursuing Machine Learning Engineer Nanodegree from Udacity.
Here’s what he has to say about Udacity:
“I am 17 years old now and am the one who develops and creates all Apps used by Facilitators of West Bengal Government. Udacity made this possible”. I feel proud when I think of my life as a normal school student a year ago and now am a professional Android Developer also a web developer and presently studying Machine Learning from Udacity only.”
Read his full story here
Grit, determination and hardwork— Jimit Jayswal’s Story
Jimit’s father is a mechanic with a small shop in Ahmedabad. Growing up, Jimit’s family always assumed he’d follow in his father’s footsteps. But, Jimit had other plans and always loved to code. After completing his 6-month training to become a mechanic — he asked his father if he could take some time to pursue his real dreams of becoming a developer. His father agreed to give him 12 months. The journey that Jimit undertook after that, could easily inspire a movie
With absolute no money to go for formal education, and very few opportunities to pursue his dream, Jimit found his calling through Udacity. Jimit travelled miles every day to use the free wi-fi at Kakaria lake in Ahmedabad & connect to Udacity. He sat on the footpath you see here, where the signal was the strongest, and began taking Android free courses through Udacity. After he completed this training, he began applying for jobs as a professional developer and today, Jimit supports his family with the salary he is earning as a developer.
Here’s what he has to say about his experience “I started my android development journey with Udacity. Given the resources I had, Udacity free courses was a blessing to me. What I really liked about Udacity is their industry-relevant content and hands-on project. The content is much relevant to what’s needed by the industry. We’re taught by expert instructors from Google who are working in this field since inception. I would really like to thank Udacity for everything that I have achieved till now.”
Read his full story here
Consquential out of syllabus things — Vaibhav Singh’s Story
Coming from tier — 2 engineering college, Vaibhav Singh had to face multiple difficulties skilling himself in Mobile development field. While he was looking for a course which can help build his foundations strong, he came across Udacity Nanodegree Programs. After learning the basics of Android, he took up Android Developer Nanodegree which helped him further grow his skills in Android Development. Currently, he is working on two projects — one of them is creating a Conference App for ICHSA 2018
In his own words, “I learned so much from my instructors, mentors (people you actually interact with the most) and Udacity forums (an amazing place where you can share your learning; get help from others). When you regularly interact with your peer group, reading their code and getting them to debug your code, your learning curve is bound to speed up.”
Read his full story here
Making it big — Shantanu Kumar’s story
Shantanu came across Data Analysis field, when it was introduced as an elective in his college. He was amazed with the role data plays in the important decision-making process. A research on an online course which would provide him in-depth knowledge of essential data analytics field led him to Udacity. His Nanodegree experience helped him to win hackathon which now holds a Guinness World Record of the biggest hackathon. He also published an International research paper on detecting fraud news on social media.
Here’s what he has to say about Udacity- “The Nanodegree provided the complete learning path and structure that every student would need during this AI and Data Science boom. The courses were lined up and ordered in such a way that it would help anyone who is new to the field to understand which field to explore first. The projects are tailored to industry needs so you never feel that you’re learning something that might go to waste.”
Read his full story here
The first line of code — Mariam Fatima’s Story
Mariam Fatima holds a Masters degree in Geography and Bachelors in Education. In her previous avatar, she was a middle school Social Science teacher. Her interest in web development bloomed when she shifted to the ‘Silicon Valley of India’. She wanted to build websites on her own. After a few initial research on a full-fledged online course, she came across Udacity’s Front-End Developer Nanodegree. As a Nanodegree student, she got a chance to participate in Propel and she did it — Her first internship as a Front-end Developer :)
Here’s how she describes her journey, “For someone like me, who is changing career paths, Udacity was quite helpful. It seems to have a passion to provide support and encouragement to people from varied backgrounds.”
Read the full story here
The magic of binary numbers — Amen Tyagi’ story
Coming from a commerce background, the magic binary numbers were always fascinating to Amen. The idea of being able to build something from scratch that could help or entertain millions & billions of people around the world was an ultimate motivation. He started his Udacity journey with a couple of free courses in Android development and then turned to Android Developer Nanodegree. Currently, he is further working on enhancing his skills as a developer and has an android application published on Google Play Store with around 18K downloads.
Here’s what he said “A few weeks ago, I would have never imagined that I’ll ever be able to design or create something of my own by coding, but I did that, and did it well. Thanks to Udacity!”
Read his story here
The childhood passion— Rohan Taneja’s story
Rohan’s passion for software development started back in childhood days. Watching his father work on laptops and coding, he always aspired to become one. As a member of Google Developers Group, he received an invitation to join Google Udacity Scholarship. And, life took a turn! The Android Developer Nanodegree helped him polish his skills as an Android Developer. The best part — He received 4 job offers in Udacity Propel early this year.
In his own words, “Udacity’s courses are laid out brilliantly. Their video content has actual people talking to you, and not just screencasts of an IDE is what made me trust Udacity. The lectures are so interactive that it feels like a connection just like that of an actual classroom. The Android course creators at Udacity are developer advocates from Google itself and their content certainly shows the amount of research they have put into 2 things:
1. What a student wants when he’s learning
2. What the IT industry wants from developers”
Read his full story here
Preparing for the future — Sarvaswa Tandon’s story
Building automated and smart solutions to solve day-to-day problems was always a passion for Sarvaswa. He started his journey in automation back in college days with courses in robotics and embedded systems. He turned to Udacity to develop his skills in computer vision and Artificial Intelligence. After building up the foundation in advanced Machine learning concepts & Deep learning algorithms, he enrolled into Self-Driving Car Engineer Nanodegree. A strong background and Self-Driving Car Engineer Nanodegree made him a spotlight at Propel. Currently, he is working as AI and Machine Learning Ninja at Engineer.ai.
Here’s what he has to say about Udacity “Coming from a non-Computer Science background it is difficult to become a part of a fast-growing and highly competitive industry such as AI. Learning the core concepts of a new industry and implementing them helps a lot in building a good resume for that industry. All the interviews that I was able to qualify were because of my work and the projects that I have done.”
Read his full story here
Upskilling for the greater good — Abhishek Pandit’s Story
Abhishek is a researcher, published novelist, linguist, and social sciences enthusiast. While talking to Machine Learning expert, Abhishek was fascinated with the fact how technologies could be applied creatively and in designing applications. And, that’s when he decided to learn more about data analytics. He started with Udacity’s beginner courses to build his basic knowledge in data analytics and then turned to Data Analyst Nanodegree Program. He transitioned from being a ‘Technical Administrator’ to a ‘Data Specialist’ within the same NGO and is helping middle schools in Bihar to generate actionable insights on students’ engagement with the school.
In his words “Back in 2014, when I first stumbled on Udacity, there weren’t as many players in the data science education field as you see today. While many courses were teaching programming languages through game design, I liked how grounded Udacity’s courses and exercises were in real-world data. ”
Read his full story here
Entrepreneurship and business intelligence — Shivanand Thangalapalli’s story
Shivanand is an electrical engineering graduate from IIT Roorkee and an MBA graduate from Essex Business School. After working in Oracle for about two years, he decided to become an entrepreneur. It was during his entrepreneurship that he felt a strong need of top level understanding of data driven approach, and enrolled in Business Analyst Nanodegree Program. He then moved to advanced technologies with Machine Learning Engineer Nanodegree. Currently, he is working in Wipro Digital as a software architect.
Here’s what he has to say about Udacity “The theoretical concepts could be entirely different from real life applications, the Nanodegrees at Udacity mainly in focus with the industry perspective and the real life application of technologies. In other words, it’s tailored for the acquiring the skill sets you might need every day.”
Read his full story here
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