Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 16 (ANI): The book on Prime Minister Narendra Modi titled 'Modi@20: Dreams Meet Delivery' can be used as a management textbook, said Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman while speaking at a BJP party event on Thursday in Mumbai.

Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], August 8 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi has worked to usher in politics of performance in a scenario where politics of nepotism used to be the dominant practice, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Sunday at a book launch event here.

Guwahati (Assam) [India], June 25 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday launched a book titled 'Modi@20: Dreams Meeting Delivery' at Sankardev International Auditorium in Srimanta Sankardev Kalakshetra in Guwahati.

Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], March 22 (ANI/NewsVoir): Nandan Nilekani, Co-founder and Non-executive chairman of Infosys was conferred with the IET India Lifetime Achievement award 2021 by The Institution of Engineering and Technology.

Mumbai Nov 30 PTI Elated over their pupils elevation as the CEO of microblogging giant Twitter Parag Agrawals former teachers on Tuesday said he had all it takes to excel adding that focus and innovation made him stand out He was a typical topper type material He was extremely well-organised and very well-behaved He had all the qualities in him to excel in academics in IIT-Bombay said Prof Supratim Biswas of the department of Computer Science and Engineering of the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay We get toppers from all over the country But to top among all of them requires a special calibre Biswas said noting that Agrawal winner of a silver medal at the IIT was awarded the Young Alumni Achiever Award in 2019 Subhasis Chaudhuri Director of IIT Bombay said the significance of a university is often judged by the collective achievements of its alumni and the glory that they bring to their alma mater Parag Agrawal is one such alumnus that IIT Bombay is proud of The education and the ambiance that IIT Bombay provided to Parag not too long ago helped in bringing out the best in him Building on top of it with hard work and dedication Parag has reached the top he said Anand Kumar the principal of the Atomic Energy Junior College Mumbai where Agrawal did his Class XI and XII in 1999-2001 said he was always aiming for the IIT He had opted for science along with Vocational Education with electronics in junior college In the projects he undertook Agrawal displayed a lot of innovation Kumar said The findings during the projects may not have been noble but they were definitely innovative He was very focused and his answers were to the point without any kind of deviation Kumar told PTI Agrawal 37 then fulfilled his dream by gaining admission to IIT Bombay which boasts of alumni like Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani and late Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar Son of an employee of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre BARC Agarwal did his initial schooling at the Atomic Energy Central School no 4 Mumbai School principal Jitendra Kumar said Agrawal was an exceptionally good student We take pride in his achievement he added After completing B Tech Agrawal did his PhD in Computer Science from Stanford University in 2011 On the alumni page Agrawal has written about his special memories associated with IIT Bombay Working with friends to build shared storage and streaming services over the Hostel intranet and spending time near Vihar Lake behind Hostel 4 with close friends He also wrote down his mantra for success The whole can be much greater than the sum of parts Indian Institute of Technology Bombay congratulated him on his elevation Congratulations to our alumnus Dr Parag Agrawal for being appointed the new CEO of Twitter Dr Agrawal obtained his BTech degree in Computer Science and Engineering from IIT Bombay in 2005 the institute tweeted Mumbai-born Parags mother is a retired school teacher His father was employed in the atomic energy sector and held senior positions there Parag moved to the United States in 2005 In 2011 he joined Twitter while still pursuing his PhD at Stanford University Twitters outgoing CEO Dorsey announced on Monday that Parag Agrawal will be the companys new chief executive as he stepped down after 16 years at the company that he co-founded and helmed PTI PR ND KRK VT VT VT