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I have cycled past through many 3-or-4 storey buildings on one side and slums on
the other side of the road during my childhood, one ques=on hit my mind from inside —
“Why is there such a difference in quality of life between people who are just few feet
away ?” — and the voice grew louder and louder during many occasions as I wilfully
suppressed it to focus on my educa=on which would eventually bring my family out of huge
financial constraints. But, not un=l one of the grave problems hit my family and made me
realise some of the grave problems my country and its 80% of the 1.38 billion people are
facing.

Some of those serious problems which I aspire to make an impact are low-quality
food, expensive health care and educa=on-skill gap. These problems are so serious because
they are affec=ng hundreds of millions of people (min. 300 million) who are in an economic
strata that makes them hard to overcome these problems.

First, though the food industry has shown impressive growth sta=s=cs, the
rela=onship between quality and price is perfectly posi=ve linear i.e. most of the Indian
popula=on don’t have access to quality food. I aspire to establish an efficient produc=on-to-
consump=on food chain model which benefits both farmers and consumers. The main goal
of this model is to reduce/eliminate the intermediaries, give farmers a greater role and fair
share for their produce, make available quality and affordable farm and meat produce
through retail chains, open affordable high quality restaurant food chains serving
unadulterated food, strengthen farming through greater investment in new farming
prac=ces involving modern machinery and technologies.

The next grave problem is rising health care costs which is due to low availability of
quality medical infrastructure, insufficient medical staff and very low awareness on
preven=ve health care , etc. One of the solu=ons to this problem is indigenous manufacture
of medical devices and low-cost IoT medical wearables and consumables.

At last, in a country where 50% of the popula=on is under 25 years of age,


unemployment is a very serious concern. Even through the number of educa=onal
ins=tu=ons impar=ng diploma, graduate and undergraduate educa=on has increased
tremendously, neither the unemployment rate has decreased nor the quality of the
workforce has increased. Even more appalling is that there is a huge demand for cer=fied
electricians, plumbers, carpenters, auto mechanics and auxiliary staff in a country where
approximately 18 million are unemployed. The main reason for this is low awareness for
voca=onal courses, low number of ins=tu=ons impar=ng voca=onal skills relevant to the
market and trends, and the tools and technologies in place. I aspire to fill this skill gap by
tools and technology transfer from developed countries and making ins=tu=ons adopt high
quality voca=onal courses, thereby establishing next genera=on of quality workforce.

Although I don’t have first hand experience in fields listed above, an MBA from
Stanford and a burning desire to do turn my country into a dream land would channel my
right inten=ons to impac\ul outcomes for my country. Stanford, with its diverse and top-
notch student body and professors, will help me steer my aspira=ons and make me Elon
Musk of India. The =me has come to address the ques=ons raised my by mind.

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