As a close friend 0f mine stated this afternoon, “Bro, now competition for Ashoka is going to be wild ya.” Great.

Long distance relationship can survive when the persons involved in it show concern, continued love and productive sharing on all issues. There will be hard times and discouragements but ultimately the love and trust will prevail.

The best we can hope for, is this to clear out soon, so that we can go back to our normal lives.

Taking courses under award-winning researchers, working with highly talented people, but mostly, surviving on my own in a land far far away, made me who I am.

Harvard MBA Vibha Kagzi is the founder of education consultancy, ReachIvy. The Mumbai-based company, set up in 2011, helps aspiring students get accepted into Ivy League and other top-ranked universities globally. We speak to her about her entrepreneurial journey, education systems in India and abroad, what makes a candidate Ivy League material, and whether an Ivy League university really translates into a booming career.