06/03/2021
by IIT, this blind man went to MIT and is now a CEO of a 50 crore company.
Twenty-three-year old Shrikanth Bolla has already achieved what most people of his age will take atleast years to achieve. That too, despite being blind.
He faced discrimination due to his disability early on in life. After he was born blind, his parents were advised by the villagers in Sitaramapuram in Andhra Pradesh to let him die.
At school too, he was excluded from sports and pushed to sit in the last bench away from the whole class. That however did little to deter Shrikanth to excel in studies and topping in Class 10 Board exams in his cool.
At the intermediate level, Shrikanth wanted to study science but he got a rude shock when the Andhra Pradesh Education Board refused to grant him permission, stating that Arts was the only stream the blind could opt for.
Not one to give up, he filed a case and after a six-month long wait, the Board agreed to let him pursue Science. At the end of two years, Shrikanth topped Class 12, securing 98%.
