Sure Sir. Thank you so much. On 6/17/10, Subramani L <lsubram...@deccanherald.co.in> wrote: > If you can wait I may be able to provide it to you in a day or two. I > have asked a contact in GE to source it out. > > Subramani > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in > [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Kartik > Sawhney > Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 10:52 PM > To: mrmukeshsha...@gmail.com; accessindia@accessindia.org.in > Subject: Re: [AI] Making it to MIT against odds > > Once again, kindly provide contact details of Srikanth if available. > > On 6/16/10, Mukesh Sharma <mrmukeshsha...@gmail.com> wrote: >> A sweet boy with 100% blindness! >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in >> [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Vamshi G >> Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 7:21 PM >> To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in >> Subject: Re: [AI] Making it to MIT against odds >> >> 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.i > n >>> >>> >>> 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.i > n >>> >> >> 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.i > n >> >> >> 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.i > n >> >> >> 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.i > n >> > > 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.i > n > > 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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