Mysuru :
Atul Vikas Kulkarni, an engineering graduate from The National Institute of Engineering (NIE), Mysuru, has secured All-India 180th rank in Civil Services Examination-2014 conducted by UPSC recently. He belongs to Computer Science batch of 2007.
Kulkarni hails from Gokak, a small town in Belagavi. After he graduated from NIE, he served at MindTree as Senior Software Developer for three years and later joined Tata Institute of Social Sciences, School of Habitat Studies, Mumbai, to pursue M.Sc in Habitat Policy and Practice. After M.Sc., he served at CRISIL Risk and Infrastructure Solutions Limited (CRIS), Mumbai, as Consultant at Nashik Municipal Corporation and Arghyam, Bengaluru, as Project Officer.
On getting motivation to join Civil Services, Kulkarni said that during his field visits to slums and homeless, he understood the ground realities related to water issues, sanitation and poverty that shook his conscience. The sufferings of the poor people who came from other geographical area to city in search of income and harassment of women and children living on pavements motivated him to become a civil servant.
Currently an independent Research Consultant, he is also involved in making handmade paper, paper products and eco-products at ‘Divya Sparsha,’ a social enterprise based in Bengaluru.
He represented India in the first South Asia Youth Conference held in IIM, Bengaluru, in 2011. He was the finalist in International Business Summit, IIM Calcutta, Antyodaya for a concept of “Environment Museum” on sustainable development; was selected for Tata Jagriti Yatra in 2010; was national winner of Mahindra’s “Spark The Rise” competition for project titled “Smart Sanitation and Solid Waste Management: A Holistic Approach”, “Water Ambassador” by World Bank in Water Hackaton event; winner in Vodafone Mobiles for Good programme in 2012 for his project titled “Locating and Rating of Public Restrooms in Indian Cities” and many more. He did his thesis on the lakes in Bengaluru “Land, Water and Local People: A Case Study of Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor.”
NIE has, in a press release, congratulated Atul Kulkarni for his achievement.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / Sunday – August 09th, 2015