Ketan Deshpande, a third year engineering student at a city college in India, has become the youngest Indian to join the ranks of the Paragon 100 Fellowship awarded by the Hong Kong-based Foundation for Youth Social Entrepreneurship (FYSE) this year. Ketan got the award for starting a voluntary organisation – Friends’ Union for Energising Lives (FUEL) which works towards creating awareness of entrance tests and centralised admission procedures to colleges for students. The organisation also runs a helpline and conducts workshops giving details of the exam dates, tips on filling forms, preparing for the tests and so on. (Read full article on The Punekar here)

As per the FUEL website:

The organization has been founded with the core principle of making a difference in the lives of many students across the country who need a definite and concrete support to plan their career.

To learn more about the Paragon 100 fellowship – Asia’s most inspiring entrepreneurs and social changemakers – click here.

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