Twenty-one-year-old Edul Patel of Nagpur, who recently appeared for the fourth year of the dual degree examination in metallurgical engineering and material science at Powai’s prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Bombay, is at present in Germany working on a research project titled "Separation and Characterization of Plasma Enhanced Functional Surfaces.” He was selected to work on this project at the University of Cologne on the basis of his excellent academic performance. On his return, Patel will start work on the final year of his MTech studies.
Coming from a family of modest means and without contacts in high places,......