4. "Pushpa was a bright spark from early childhood. She was born in a rural area near Hyderabad, too far away to study in the city. Certainly, much too far to study in Canada. But Pushpa was a determined person." IS BEING BORN TALENTED ENOUGH?
12. INTERNET USAGE IN INDIA HAS GROWN From less than a million users in 1999 to 47 million users in 2009 REACHING A CRITICAL MASS AFTER A DECADE
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14. MOBILE USAGE IS MUCH HIGHER (News as on 1 st Feb 2010) The Mobile Subscriber base in India has crossed 500 million (Source : Afaqs.com reports based on survey by Cellstrat - Feb 01 2010) Mobile internet usage is a recent phenomenon with high growth.
20. CELEBRITIES GET ON TWITTER, FACEBOOK Sachin Tendulkar gets 80,000 followers In 24 hrs. Amitabh Bachan Katrina Kaif, Actor
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22. FOLLOW THESE SOCIAL MEDIA GURUS FROM INDIA Influential bloggers on social media in India: Gaurav Mishra http://www.gauravonomics.com/blog/ Rajesh Lalwani Blogworks.in Rajiv Dingra Watblog Dina Mehta Mosoci See others on Twitter - bgera
24. ALEXA RANKING OF POPULAR EDUCATION PORTALS Bharatstudent.com ranked #44 based on traffic for India
25. CANADIAN UNIVERSITIES/COLLEGES NEED A BIGGER FOOTPRINT IN INDIA International students in Canada Indian Students Opting for study abroad Country Indian Students (2009) U.S. 104,500 Australia 65000 U.K. 25900 Canada 8000 New Zealand 6040 Singapore 6500 Germany 5900 Others 22000 Source Country No. of Students China 42154 Korea 27440 USA 11317 France 8553 India 7314
