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Shiv Nadkarni Shiv is a Public Figure and an entrepreneur. His website www.shivnadkarni.com has received more than 100,000. He is also recognized as a young author. He has written book ok human psychology. He has been part of many Model United Nations Conferences. He is born in a family who puts highest value on quality education. His father is a CEO and Chairman of a global multinational company of South Asia region and his mother is a housewife. His father is a Mechanical Engineering graduate with a Master’s degree in Management and his Mother is a post graduate in Commerce. Both his maternal uncle and his grandfather hold a Ph.D. As such, the seed of quality education and challenging the mind to attain highest professional qualification was sown in Shiv’s mind right from the childhood. Shiv believes that besides quality education, it is extremely important to constantly challenge one’s mind with new things. He truly believes that the “only constant in life is Change!” He has also studied International Baccalaureate Diploma, one of the highly ranked high school Diploma programmes around the world designed by the Cambridge university. He also think that sports is a very important part in developing oneself challenging both body and mind. He plays very good golf and basketball. He loves to be with nature and likes trekking and loves animals. In school Shiv has participated in many speech contests and his speech on the importance of teacher (Guru) was very much appreciated by the teachers and the Head mistress of the school. He was also asked to give a farewell speech to more than 200 students in the school emphasising how he transformed himself to become an outstanding student for the School and it was greatly appreciated by everyone due to his remarkable public speaking skills. Shiv has also completed 4th level in ABACUS and was awarded 2nd runner up at the regional SIP Abacus, Brain Gym and Mental Arithmetic competition. Through his passion in these said activities he believes that he constantly challenged himself to become better day by day, acquiring new skills. A tremendous willpower, an 'I can do it' attitude and relentless efforts to achieve an objective distinguishes him from the rest of the students of his age. The best example is how he transformed himself from an easy going student in class 8 nd 9 to rank first in the class in Grade 10. The proof of this is also a merit certificate received at the hands of school headmistress indicating most remarkable progress in Grade 10th.