Anoop Desai who is 22 years old and rejected from TV talent show "American Idol" said on Thursday he was leaving behind his graduate school studies to pursue a career in the music industry.he was returning to college in North Carolina, where he was doing a post-graduate course in folklore before auditioning for the show, Desai told reporters."I am definitely going to pursue a music career. Singing is what I am the happiest doing. It's what I do the best," the political science and American studies graduate said in a telephone conference call.
"I want to go the pop and R&B round...I am looking forward to making that album," he said, adding he was a fan of American singer-songwriter Ne-Yo.
Desai, nicknamed "Noop Dogg" by fans, has drawn a huge army of fans in India -- where "American Idol" is broadcast -- as well as in the United States.
His computer software designer father was born in India and his biochemist mother, who is also of Indian descent, was born in South Africa.
