I am a person with total blindness. On 6/16/10, Vamshi G <gvamsh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Are you a person with low vision or total blindness? > I know a few low vision people pursuing academics in sciences. > > Regards, > Vamshi G > M: +91 9949349497 > R: +91 877 2243861 > Skype: gvamshi81 > > www.retinaindia.org > From darkness unto light > > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in > [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Kartik Sawhney > Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 6:55 PM > To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in > Subject: Re: [AI] Making it to MIT against odds > > Thank you, but I have already got in touch with both of them. I would > like to interact with as many people as possible, and hence I desire > the No. > > On 6/16/10, Vamshi G <gvamsh...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi Karthik, >> >> For taking sciences, you may contact L. Pavan, Mayank Sharma, who are on >> this very list. >> >> Regards, >> Vamshi G >> M: +91 9949349497 >> R: +91 877 2243861 >> Skype: gvamshi81 >> >> www.retinaindia.org >> From darkness unto light >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in >> [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Kartik > Sawhney >> Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 5:19 PM >> To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in >> Subject: Re: [AI] Making it to MIT against odds >> >> This is Kartik. As is quite evident from my few previous mails, I want >> to take up PCM in class XI. However, I am currently facing many such >> hurdles. Can I get the contact No. of Srikant so that I can have a >> word with him. Your earliest response will be appreciated. >> >> On 6/16/10, Swasti Mathur <swastimat...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> hi >>> hats off to The Srikant. he is a source of inspiration to hundreds and >>> thousands of future students who want to opt for PCM but step back due >>> to pulling by the society and many other circumstances acting like >>> non-avalibility of study material. really this boy is geneous. >>> may he climb the laddar of success throughout his life. waiting for a >>> chance to meet such a brilient guy! and exchange few words. >>> regards Swasti >>> >>> yogesh dubey wrote: >>>> Bolla Srikanth, a visually-challenged boy, is currently pursuing his >>>> Bachelor of Sciences at the varsity, says YOGENDRA KALAVALAPALLI >>>> >>>> - PHOTO: NAGARA GOPAL >>>> >>>> Winner: Bolla Srikanth in conversation with National Trust Chairperson >>>> Poonam Natarajan during the inaugural function of Abilities Mela 2010 >>>> in Secunderabad. >>>> >>>> >>>> Bolla Srikanth was barely few years old when many in his community >>>> counselled his parents to abandon him. The pressure was heavy on his >>>> illiterate parents, >>>> a farmer father and housewife mother, but they never yielded. Had they >>>> heeded their advice, the world would have been minus one inspiring >>>> story today. >>>> >>>> >From a small village Sitaramapuram near Machlipatnam town in Krishna >>>> district, this visually-challenged boy has made it to the portals of >>>> the prestigious >>>> Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA. The 18-year-old is >>>> currently pursuing his Bachelor of Sciences in Brain and Cognitive >>>> Science, Business Management >>>> and Computer Science at the varsity. >>>> >>>> "Though they are illiterate, both of them, they had strong will to get >>>> me educated. This inspired me," he says. Shortly after, about 13 years >>>> ago, an uncle >>>> of his enrolled him in Devnar School for the Blind in Hyderabad, and >>>> life took a different spin for Srikanth. >>>> >>>> "I didn't know anything when I joined school. I was like a rural >>>> introvert. I learned everything, I picked up English. I joined >>>> community service. Now, >>>> I have occupied a place in the society where people are respecting >>>> me," he says, "It has been a long journey." >>>> >>>> >From being a "rural introvert", Srikanth went on to secure 92 per cent >>>> in the Class 10 Board Examinations and was a two-time recipient of >>>> Pratibha Awards >>>> given by the Andhra Pradesh State government for students who excel in >>>> public examinations every year. >>>> >>>> He also received a citation for outstanding community service as Youth >>>> Leader in Lead India 2020 from former President APJ Abdul Kalam and >>>> was a national >>>> chess player playing against the likes of Koneru Humpy. >>>> >>>> Intermediate was next and he wanted to take up Maths, Physics, >>>> Chemistry (MPC) stream to be eligible to study engineering. But a >>>> disinclined officialdom >>>> was not encouraging. "When I visited the offices for the first time, >>>> they said get away from here. Even an IAS officer was not able to >>>> realise the potential >>>> of blind persons," he recollects. >>>> >>>> "After a lot of trouble," Srikanth finally managed to enrol himself >>>> for MPC stream at a private college, a good three months after the >>>> classes began. He >>>> went on to secure an aggregate percentage of 93 at the end of two years. >>>> >>>> Challenges persisted still. "When I wanted to prepare for IIT, one >>>> coaching centre told me straightaway I was not fit to join them." >>>> Another top institute >>>> in the country did not even bother to respond to his application. "I >>>> didn't even get my hall ticket. I was not even allowed to write AIEEE. >>>> But, I was >>>> not disturbed because I was focussed on my goal and I wanted to study >>>> Sciences." >>>> >>>> Guided by his mentors Swarnalatha, teacher at Devnar School for the >>>> Blind and G. Ravishankar, a software consultant in the US, Srikanth >>>> realised his ambition >>>> of studying at MIT. "Only 120 seats are open for international >>>> students for which students from 70 countries in the world fight," he >>>> says proudly of his >>>> admission that came with a US $49,000 scholarship. >>>> >>>> "My mentor Swarnalatha was like a backbone to me in whatever I did so >>>> far. She has worked harder than me." She was by his side throughout: >>>> fighting for >>>> him, managing his study expenses, recording material for him to study >>>> easily and even lodging him in her house during initial days of his >>>> Intermediate. >>>> >>>> Mr. Ravishankar, whom Srikanth met during an international conference >>>> at Indian School of Business, helped him apply to different >>>> universities abroad. "Because >>>> I was a special student, we had to fill up some special forms. He also >>>> worked really hard with me for six months. Even now he is in contact >>>> and helps me >>>> with whatever I want." >>>> >>>> Persons with disabilities, he says, suffer from lack of exposure and >>>> lack of opportunities. "You have to see where you stand in the >>>> society, not as a visually-challenged >>>> person but as a human being." He sings paeans about U.S. "The >>>> University is very helpful. They have so many resources. People don't >>>> show sympathy there. >>>> In fact they provide you opportunities." He has already finished two >>>> semesters at the university (scoring 5/5 GPA) and currently is >>>> interning with GE in >>>> Hyderabad. >>>> >>>> Srikanth is keen on entrepreneurship and plans to launch a software >>>> firm after his course where he wants to give opportunities to rural >>>> youth. "My life >>>> ambition is to become the president of India," he declares. Given the >>>> flak he has received so far and the grit with which he has overcome >>>> them all, don't >>>> dismiss him. Not yet, not so fast! >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> Voice your thoughts in the blog to discuss the Rights of persons with >>> disability bill at: >>> http://www.accessindia.org.in/harish/blog.htm >>> >>> To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in >> with >>> the subject unsubscribe. >>> >>> To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, >> please >>> visit the list home page at >>> >> http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in >>> >> >> Voice your thoughts in the blog to discuss the Rights of persons with >> disability bill at: >> http://www.accessindia.org.in/harish/blog.htm >> >> To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in > with >> the subject unsubscribe. >> >> To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please >> visit the list home page at >> > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in >> >> >> Voice your thoughts in the blog to discuss the Rights of persons with >> disability bill at: >> http://www.accessindia.org.in/harish/blog.htm >> >> To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in > with >> the subject unsubscribe. >> >> To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please >> visit the list home page at >> > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in >> > > Voice your thoughts in the blog to discuss the Rights of persons with > disability bill at: > http://www.accessindia.org.in/harish/blog.htm > > To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with > the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Voice your thoughts in the blog to discuss the Rights of persons with > disability bill at: > http://www.accessindia.org.in/harish/blog.htm > > To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with > the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in >
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