This is for the info of all. While searching on MIT online directories, I managed to get the official MIT mail of Bolla which is bo...@mit.edu. Any one who wants to get in touch with him may do so.
-Kartik On 6/17/10, Kartik Sawhney <sawhney.kar...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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. 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