Brilliant, Go on. Wouldn’t have been easy for sure.
We few guys found it extremely difficult to crack entrances because we're not tought maths in the school after 7th standard. Pritesh and likes can really help VIs to overcome learning math difficulties. Would like if i can contact him for it. Cheers On 9/16/12, pavan kumar lingam <l.pavan....@gmail.com> wrote: > dear accessindians warm greetings inspiring please read on > > Kharagpur, Sept. 15: > She hugged her 23-year old visually impaired son, Pratish, oblivious > to the 2,000-strong audience that included President Pranab Mukherjee, > attending the IIT-Kharagpur convocation. Ranjana Dutta’s son Pratish > had made her a proud mother > > Born without vision, Pratish, who has completed his M.Sc. in > Mathematics, won the Jagdish Chandra Bose Memorial Gold Medal for his > excellent academic performance. > > Suffering from retinoschisis — an eye disease characterised by the > abnormal splitting of the retina's neuro-sensory layers resulting in a > loss of vision — he does all his mathematical calculations mentally > and then dictates them to a scribe during examinations. > > “The credit for my success goes to my parents. If I studied for 10 > hours, it was my mom who worked 15 hours to ensure that I successfully > memorised my lessons. And, dad was always there to encourage me > whenever I was low on confidence,” Pratish told Business Line. > > Born at Batanagar (20 km south west of Kolkata) to Prabir, a civil > engineer with a government undertaking, and Ranjana, a home-maker, > Pratish has depended on his mother for studies. She would read out his > lessons and he would memorise them. > > “My mother has been instrumental in helping me out. If I found some > calculation interesting, I would ask her to jot it down and read out,” > he said. > > After clearing his graduation (Bachelor of Science in Mathematics) > from Kolkata’s St. Xavier’s with 88 per cent marks, he joined > IIT-Kharagpur. With a score of 9.87, he topped his Master’s batch. > > “My professors and friends have helped me in whatever way they can,” > he recalled his days at the IIT. > > Dreaming big, Pratish now wants to complete his Ph.D. in Cryptology > and Network Security from IIT-Kharagpur itself. > > “My aim in life is to serve the nation by inventing tools that will > help society,” he added. > > abhishek.l > source: > http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/todays-paper/tp-others/tp-variety/article3901914.ece > thanks and regards, > -- > l.pavan("help ever & hurt never") > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ > > 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 > > -- “The waves breaking on the surface draw all the attention, but it is the current beneath the water that determines your direction.” Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ 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
