24/06/2017
He's Srikanth Bolla, a 24-year-old blind entrepreneur from Hyderabad.
When he was born, his parents, who were earning a meagre Rs 20,000/- a year, were advised to do away with him, but somehow he survived.
Despite scoring 90% in class 10, he was'nt allowed to choose the Science stream.He sued the State Govt., fought for 6 months, and won the case.
He scored 98% with Science in class 12.
When the IITs and NITs didnt give him a hall ticket for writing the competitive exams, he applied overseas, and got selected in 4 of the best colleges in the world: MIT, Stanford, Berkeley, and Carnegie Mellon. He chose MIT, received a scholarship, and was their first International blind student.
After returning from US in 2012, he launched Bollant Industries, where 60% of employees are poor, physically challenged.
This 450 employee company is now worth Rs 50 crore, and recently, *Ratan Tata* invested in his venture.
He says, “I was made blind by the perception of people.."
When the world told him he couldn't do anything, Bolla said, "But I look up at the world and say I can do anything."
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Courtesy- From the wall of Parveen Malhotra.