User:Nikhil Khandekar

Nikhil Khandekar is a professional website content writer, editor, translator, and teacher. He provides premium content writing, editing, and translation services through his business, Webwrit.

Always a voracious reader and a keen student of Literature, he has translated a good number of literary and non-literary works and individual articles from and into English, Marathi, Hindi, and Gujarati. He acquired an early taste for the works of T.S. Eliot, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Franz Kafka, Jerome K. Jerome, and Sir Tom Stoppard as a student of Literature.

Khandekar translated four of T.S. Eliot's critical essays into Marathi, poems by Vinda Karandikar and Narayan Surve, stories by Vilas Sarang, Mahashweta Devi, Himanshi Shelat, Mona Patrawala, and several other authors. He has also worked on a research publication on Dalit poetry.

His translation of Kanji Patel's 'Dahelu' as 'Rear Verandah' was published by Macmillan India. This is a novella that treats life in a rural setting from the perspective of three generations. He has also translated several Gujarati, Marathi, and English short stories. Of these, his translation of 'Bhuthar' by Nazir Mansuri, as 'The Whale', was nominated for and awarded the Katha Prize for Translation for the year 1997.

Khandekar has worked with some of the finest minds in India, including the late Shri Vijay Tendulkar and his daughter, the late Priya Tendulkar, Mini Krishnan of Macmillan India, Kanji Patel of Lunawada, Gujarat, Nazir Mansuri of Navsari, Gujarat, and his guru, Dr. G.N. Devy, Vadodara, Gujarat.

Khandekar started out as a student of Literature but transitioned into the world of information technology. He discovered website content writing and editing over the course of this transition, following which he worked at IDC, Bangalore, the noted market research multinational. He also served as an associate editor and a senior content writer at Ahmedabad, Gujarat, before opting to start out on his own with his two dream projects - Webwrit and Khandekar's Academy.

Nikhil Khandekar's passion for education, the English language, Literature, and what he calls "applied Literature", viz. modern writing, editing and translation, has led him to found and nurture two institutions. Within the scope of one, he offers top-notch writing, editing and translation services (Webwrit) whereas with the other, he wishes to share his own and others' proficiency in those and other skills (Khandekar's Academy). His conviction regarding the dire need of education in modern societies the world over and the unerring efficacy of education in resolving most of the world's gravest problems fuels his efforts in promoting these institutions and their people.

Khandekar possesses a keen eye for literary value and a way with words all his own in forging short stories, poems, essays and website content.

WEBWRIT - Scripting Authority
Webwrit offers premium writing, editing, and translation services for individuals, businesses, and organizations. Nikhil Khandekar and Webwrit together offer translation and editing services for high-end clients such as writers, doctors, and technocrats as well as doctorate aspirants who wish to achieve squeaky-clean copy that reads beautifully and communicates readily. Khandekar's passion for and command of the English language help him take up every task, big or small, with equal enthusiasm and an eagerness to contribute.

Webwrit is already on its way to fame with several projects under its belt in its first few months as a professional services provider. Webwrit provides sterling services that involve writing, editing or translation between English, Marathi, Hindi and Gujarati.

KHANDEKAR'S ACADEMY - Mentoring the Future
Khandekar's Academy is a coaching institute for students in grades 8, 9, and 10. While it started out with only two students in the year 2000, it has now grown to accommodate a minimum of 80 students every year. However, the focus here is not on the number of students but the quality of education they are given at Khandekar's Academy.

The students are groomed in essential subjects such as Mathematics, English, Science, and Social Studies as well as the regional languages, Hindi and Gujarati. The idea is to provide a strong base in each of these subjects that will:

1. provide the skills required to enable the students to do better in these and related subjects

2. equip them for the school/board exams, ensuring that they score well naturally

Khandekar's Academy is, in the opinion of its many students and their parents, one of the finest educational institutes in Vadodara, Gujarat. It is, however, meant only to provide a wholesome and useful education to its students.