Patna. In America’s famous Harvard University, an Indian student has played. Post-graduation student Sharad Sagar has been elected as the next president of the student union at Harvard Graduate School of Education. More than 1,200 students from 50 countries studying at the Harvard Graduate School of Education have selected Bihar resident Sharad Sagar for the highest post of students’ union president. Apart from Sharad Sagar, eight other candidates had contested for the post of President, defeating whom they have achieved this historic victory.
Harvard University officially announced the election results on September 21. Voting for Harvard students began on September 14 and ended on September 19. As president, Sharad Sagar will head the student union, which will consist of a vice-president, an administrator and other elected senators. Sagar will represent more than 1,200 graduate students from more than 50 countries at Harvard as the student union president. He will remain in this post till May 2022 i.e. his convocation at Harvard. Sharad Sagar has received the highest scholarship at Harvard and is also a prestigious KC Mahindra Scholar.
Sharad Sagar is an internationally respected social entrepreneur and Indian youth icon
How Sharad Sagar became an Indian youth icon
Sharad Sagar is an internationally respected social entrepreneur and Indian youth icon whose work in the field of education and leadership has been recognized globally. Growing up in small villages and towns of Bihar, Sharad Sagar went to school for the first time at the age of 12. At the age of 16 he founded the national organization Dexterity Global, and at the age of 24 he was named by Forbes as one of the 30 most influential entrepreneurs under the age of 30. In the year 2016, Sharad Sagar came into the national and global headlines when the then US President Barack Obama invited him for a special meeting to be held at the White House as the only Indian. In the same year, the Nobel Peace Center invited Sagar as a special guest at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Norway. Sharad Sagar is also an expert on the famous television game show Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) hosted by Amitabh Bachchan.
What is Sharad Sagar
On being elected president of the student union at Harvard, Sharad Sagar said that more than 1200 students come from more than 50 countries, of which nine were exceptional candidates, and today I am very grateful to be elected the next president of the student union at Harvard Graduate School of Education Am. I know I was born far away from Harvard, and I was an unlikely candidate, but I’m really grateful to have been given this responsibility by the students of Harvard. Growing up in small towns and villages in India, I went to school for the first time at the age of 12. Harvard seemed like a distant impossible dream back then, but the journey from ‘home-school to Harvard’ is unbelievable. As President, I want to lay the foundation for a leadership at Harvard that can make a real difference in the lives of Harvard students in the days to come.
Sharad Sagar to represent more than 1,200 graduate students from over 50 countries at Harvard as student union president
Background and achievements of Sharad Sagar
After his illustrious high school career, Sharad Sagar has won over 200 local, national and international quiz and debate competitions and represented India in more than six different countries on inter-governmental and United Nations platforms. He received a full scholarship of Rs 4 crore from Tufts University in the US to pursue his bachelor’s degree, where he broke major university records. In May 2016, Sagar was the first Indian to deliver a speech at the convocation in the history of the university. Within months of graduation, Sagar became the youngest person to receive the ‘Alumni Achievement Award’ in the university’s 160-year history. In 2017-18, Sagar was included in the list of ‘Queen’s Young Leaders’ by Queen Elizabeth of England.
What does Sharad Sagar’s organization do?
Dedicated to building local leadership and inspiration in every district of India, Sharad Sagar’s organization Dexterity Global connects and trains 6.5 million adolescents and youth with educational opportunities. The children of the organization have received more than 72 crore scholarships from the world’s top universities.
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Apart from organizational leadership, Sharad Sagar is also known as a firebrand speaker of English and Hindi. In an average year, Sharad Sagar has given more than 250 major public speeches in more than 20 states. He is often invited by reputed institutes like IITs and IIMs to deliver guest lectures on leadership, nation building and management. In the year 2017, a leading Indian newspaper named Sharad Sagar as the ‘Vivekananda of the 21st century’.
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