IF IIT DOESN’T WANT ME,I DON’T WANT IIT EITHER

This is true story that keeps me inspiring last 1 year..

When he was born,his parents who were earning Rs 2000 per month,were advised to kill him.but somehow he survived.

Parents provided him best possible education they could afford.

Despite getting 90℅ in class 10th,he was not allowed to choose the science stream.

After which he sued the State Government. Fought for 6 months, and won the case.

He scored 98% with science in class 12th.

He wanted to do engineering,but again was not allowed to sit IIT entrance exam.

That's when he decided “ IF IIT DOESN’T WANT ME,I DON’T WANT IIT EITHER”.

He then applied Overseas and got selected in 4 of the best colleges ever created, MIT, stanford, Berkeley and Carnegie Mellon.

He choose engineering in MIT,Boston USAand received a scholarship.

In April 2017,he was named by forbes magazine in its list of 30 under 30 across all of Asia, one of the only 3 Indian in that list.

He has 450 employees company which is now worth Rs 50 crore, and Ratan Tata invested in his venture.

NOW THE BEST PART OF THE STORY…

You know why he faced so many problems

Just because he is “BLIND”

Yes!! You heard it correct..he is blind from birth.

He is “SRIKANTH BOLLA”



Image source: google

Srikanth Bolla is MIT's first international blind student.

70% of employee are poor, physically Challenged in his company.

“compassion is not about giving a point to a beggar at the traffic signal .it's showing somebody the way to live and giving them the opportunity to thrive”~Srikanth bolla

Bolla says “I was made blind by the perceptions of people.”

whom the world said “you can't do anything”,Bolla said,”I look up at the world and say I can do anything”.

Srikanth's Story Proves That For Success You Don't Need Eyes, You Need Vision.