Petrol pump attendant made proud by daughter as she secures admission in IIT

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<strong>Life is full of inspiring stories if one cares to check them out. Like for instance the one shared by Shrikant Madhav Vaidya, the Indian Oil Corporation Chairman.</strong></p>
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On his Twitter, Vaidya shared a post on October 6 (Wednesday), appreciating a petrol pump attendant’s daughter, who has made it to one of India’s top institutions for higher education. He was referring to Arya Rajagopalan, who is the daughter of a customer attendant at one of Indian Oil’s petrol stations in Kerala. She has secured admission to Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.</p>
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Vaidya on his Twitter wrote: "Let me share an inspiring story of Arya, daughter of #IndianOil's customer attendant Mr. Rajagopalan. Arya has made us proud by securing entry in IIT Kanpur. "All the best and way to go Arya!" the chairman of Indian Oil tweeted Wednesday.”</p>
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Let me share an inspiring story of Arya, daughter of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IndianOil?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#IndianOil</a>'s customer attendant Mr. Rajagopalan. Arya has made us proud by securing entry in IIT Kanpur.<br />
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All the best and way to go Arya! <a href="https://t.co/GySWfoXmQJ">pic.twitter.com/GySWfoXmQJ</a></p>
— ChairmanIOC (@ChairmanIOCL) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChairmanIOCL/status/1445764197271277592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 6, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Along with his post, he also shared the picture of the father and daughter standing at the very petrol pump where Rajagopalan has been working for the last 15 years.</p>
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Going viral, the post garnered likes in thousands and was also appreciated by several people, both prominent personalities and common people.</p>
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Wishing Arya well, Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri said: "Arya Rajagopal has done her father Sh Rajagopal Ji & indeed all of us associated with the country's energy sector immensely proud," he wrote.</p>
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Everyone praised Arya and congratulated her while wishing her the very best.</p>
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In a report in the Republic, it was stated that Arya had secured MTech from IIT Kanpur. On being asked what he expected from his daughter he said: "I would be wonderful if my daughter gets placed in Indian Oil Corporation, the same company I worked for since 2005.”</p>
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