Virendra Singh: Farm To School
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4.4 • 824 Ratings
🗓️ 12 June 2015
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
Virendra Singh is responsible for carrying on his family's farm, but he begs his parents to be allowed to go to school. Virendra was born in a farmer's family in northern India. He experienced and learned engineering challenges while growing up on the agriculture farms. After receiving his PhD in Chemistry in 2007, he joined The Georgia Institute of Technology where he is currently working as a Material Scientist. His research focuses in the area of macromolecular nanoengineering. His latest research efforts are directed towards developing nanostructured materials with enhanced electrical and thermal transport for better performance of devices and engineering components. In his spare time, he enjoys developing new recipes (chemistry) in kitchen.
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| 0:28.2 | A science story, huh? |
| 0:31.4 | Is NYU scientist the... |
| 0:33.2 | I felt... |
| 0:34.0 | And I just thought, well... |
| 0:36.2 | It was that golden moment. |
| 0:39.4 | Because science was on my side. |
| 0:49.4 | Hey, everyone. |
| 0:50.2 | I'm Ben Lilly, and welcome to the Story Collider, |
| 0:52.4 | where we bring you true personal stories about science. |
| 0:55.0 | This week's story is from Verrendra Singh. It was recorded in March 2015 at the New American Shakespeare Tavern in Atlanta, Georgia as part of the Atlanta Science Festival. |
| 1:09.0 | I grew up at a farming family back in India, and I'm the youngest among my siblings. |
| 1:18.6 | We went to middle school in the neighboring village, and right after the middle school, |
| 1:24.6 | my big brothers went to high school in the neighboring town. |
| 1:29.3 | And there were different plans for me. |
| 1:32.3 | So there was a family tradition, one of us, one of the boy, need to stay back and continue the farming. |
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