Teachers' Day

Akshra Naruka is a Class III student at Oswal Public School, Alwar, Rajasthan.

Tapas Sarkar, born 1955, attended New Barackpore Boy's High School, Kolkata and graduated from Acharya Prafulla Chandra College, Kolkata in 1974. He joined the Customs & Central Excise Department in 1976 as Inspector at Agartala, Tripura. He has been posted at Tezpur, Shillong, Guawahti, and Kolkata up to 2001. In 2002, on promotion as Assistant Commissioner, he joined at Ahmedabad. He further served at Pune, Mumbai, Sangli and Kolhapur until voluntary retirement in 2011.

Homer Mathew was born in Kerala and brought up in Gujarat. He studied in a Hindi medium school run by Rajasthan Seva Samiti, Ahmedabad. He graduated from Gujarat University in 1982 in the Commerce stream. He joined the Department of Customs and Central Excise in 1985. At present he is a Superintendent of Central Excise and Customs. He knows six languages including Hindi and Gujarati.

Jiyan Roytalukdar is a Class VII student at Maharaja Sawai Man Singh Vidyalaya, Jaipur.

Chander Sabharwal, born 1949, attended Delhi Public School, New Delhi. Subsequently he was a student of Economics at Rajasthan University, He studied Law and Management at Delhi University. An expert in agrochemicals, he successfully manages Crop Health Products Ltd., a family business of five decades. Since 1987 he has taught MBA programs at the Institute of Management Technology (IMT) and I.T.S Management &; IT Institute. He is a Director at ISK Biosciences India Pvt.

Shree Kamlesh Tiwari joined the Indian Revenue Service in 1971 and superannuated in 2007. At an early age Kamlesh to play the flute under the tutelage of Pandit Bholanath ji of Allahabad and his famous disciple Pandit Hari Prasad Chaurasia. Kamlesh was accepted as Pandit Hari Prasad Chaurasia's disciple after a stern test in 1972. During his service years Kamlesh got several opportunities to perform at official and informal functions.

Sangeeta Prajapat is a Class V student at Saloni International Academy, village Chak Charanwas, district Jaipur, Rajasthan. This is a rural, Hindi-medium school about 45 km from Jaipur city.

Komal Gurjar, age 12, is a Class VII student at Saloni International Academy, village Chak Charanwas, district Jaipur, Rajasthan. This is a rural, Hindi-medium school about 45 km from Jaipur city.

Anand Dewal is a Class XI student at Saloni International Academy, village Chak Charanwas, district Jaipur, Rajasthan. This is a rural, Hindi-medium school about 45 km from Jaipur city.

Tilak Mathur is a PhD in English Literature with specialisation in the British poet and playwright T. S. Eliot. Tilak is very actively engaged with social and charitable work in and around Jaipur. Basically a homemaker, she came into her own as a natural leader when she got an opportunity to lead. She lives in Jaipur with her husband Subhash. She often travels to Ahmedabad and USA where her two sons, daughters-in-law and grandchildren live.