“There is no scope for a person who holds a professional degree in Hotel...
Rameez Wani who recently joined America based Dunkin’ Donuts as Field Supervisor at its Riyadh, Saudia Arabia unit tells Saima Rashid how Kashmir’s tourism...
“Kashmiris are the Most Impatient Professionals in the World”
Tariq Rehmani, associate Vice President in JD Group, a New Delhi based real estate company, tells Saima Rashid that students in Kashmir have almost...
Strategic Scholar
Strategy always fascinated a Sopore born scholar who rose to become Kashmir’s first doctorate in Strategic Studies. But the sad truth remains that in...
Mass Communication as a career
By Durdana Bhat
The world has witnessed a phenomenal and unprecedented explosion in communication technology and media. All boundaries have been transcended, and the entire...
Exploring Ad space
Two childhood friends, Umar and Anil, separated by circumstances for over two decades, come together to find their creative space in Kashmir’s growing advertising...
‘You are sort of an outcaste if you dare to leave a government job...
Aijaz Rashid, 30, a researcher from Arwah in Budgam who is working on a cancer drug which is 8 times more effective than the...
Rationalising Ration
Irked by corrupt ration distribution system, a group of five students innovated a biometric system that promises to eliminate black-marketing. Saima Rashid reports
It was...
Testing DNA
Love for research took a Sopore born scientist to one of the best laboratories in America where he toiled hard to unearth the genetic...
Truly Techie
Qualifying Indian Engineering Services (IES) wasn’t a cakewalk for the son of farmer hailing from a remote village. But as Riyaz Ul Khaliq finds...
Flying High
Determined in realizing her goal of flying aeroplanes, Ayesha Aziz, a teenager from Baramulla is all set to become a commercial pilot. Umer Beigh...
Piloting A Career
He was born and brought up in a labourer’s family in a Pulwama village around 73 km from Srinagar. His village lacked basic amenities...
Defusing A Cripple
A labourer’s son had lost his arm while watching a scarp dealer struggle to extract valuable metals from an abandoned explosive device. It took...
Fashionable Journey
His dream is to reinvent Kashmiri traditional attires and make them fashionable again. Aabid Hussain talks to this young fashion designer from Pulwama about...
Shining Shaima
Shaima Qureshi was one of the recipients of JK Young Scientist Award conferred upon ten scientists from Kashmir valley at the recently concluded Science...
Get Ready For KAS Interview
As the state public service commission last week declared the result of the combined civil service examination, successful candidates will now have to face...