Amazing and inspiring success stories of students.

 

Successful people do not think differently but they do simple things differently. Life is full of ups and downs. A challenging life starts from the day you are born. 

The modern technology has provided many good things for students. But the competitive world also has given unwanted tension and stress to students.

My aim in writing these motivational and inspiring stories is to encourage all students to face the challenges of life fearlessly. 

Never encourage any negative thoughts about any situation and continue moving ahead with determination, willpower, and discipline.

Story Number 1.

When the elite club of India, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) closed its doors to visually challenged youth Srikanth Bolla due to his disability, it forced him to apply to the top Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). 

Now he is all set to finish his studies in Computer Science and Business Management and started a computer training center for visually impaired students.

In 2009, Bolla completed his pre-university exam from a college in Hyderabad. He wanted to get into IIT, but no coaching institute gave him admission. Due to this, he applied at MIT where he was selected among 120 foreign students. He is the only Indian blind student selected for MIT.

Last year Bolla shared his dream with the staff of MIT of creating a centre for blind students in India where they can learn computers.

First, he created curricula, then with additional grants, he bought five computers, rented a building, hired a faculty member, and began 10-week computer courses.

The center now trains 30 blind high school students each year, but with more funding, he hopes to add more computers and more students.

Bolla was quoted in the MIT journal, when he said, "I want to dedicate my life to community and social service. I want a place in society where people look up to me as a role model and great leader".

Bolla had earlier fought with the Government for his right to study Science. In a country where nearly 2.21% of the population is physically disabled, India has many barriers in place that impede the development of disabled children.

On August 28, 2006, when Dr. Apj Abdul Klam posed a question to students during a program asking them, "What do you want to become in life?" It was Bolla who raised his voice from the crowd and said, "I want to be the first visually challenged President of India".

Bolla was born blind to a family who earned their living through farming. After his birth villagers in his family advised his mother and father to let him die. In India, sadly, physically handicapped kids by birth are considered a curse and are left to die.

But his parents focused on his education and through their support he began breaking down every barrier put in his path.

Today, Srikanth is the CEO of Hyderabad-based Bollant Industries, an organization that employs uneducated and disabled employees to manufacture eco-friendly, disposable consumer packaging solutions, which is worth Rs 50 crores.

He considers himself the luckiest man alive, not because he is now a millionaire, but because his uneducated parents, who earned Rs20,000 a year, did not heed any of the 'advice' they received and raised him with love, care, and affection. 

"They are the richest people know", says Srikanth.

A lesson learned is that with determination and never-say-die attitude and positive attitude and an optimistic approach towards life nothing is impossible.

Today is the last day of the year. Let us all decide to never think of quitting and continue with our efforts to accomplish our goals. 

Story Number 2.

The word INSPIRATION perfectly pertains to this teenage boy, whose gutsy face to the noxious challenges of life makes us in awe of him.

He is brave and gallant. Yes, he is Tushar Rishi...a Ranchi boy who battled cancer yet scored 95% in the 12th Board exams. His dauntless face of life will show you how bold he is...

He had been diagnosed with cancer in his left knee in 2014 for which he couldn't appear for his 10th board exam. This turned his life topsy-turvy. He was under chemotherapy for 11 months. 

But despite this harsh life struggle, he stayed focused and gave an outstanding performance in the 12th board.

The young Tushar did all of his studies without taking any additional coaching while battling bone cancer. His father, Shashi Bhushan Agarwal, works with the state agriculture department, and his mother, RitubAgawal, is a professor at the Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra.

It's not just education where Rishi is excellent at writing and has published a book - The Patient Patient", a story that revolves around his struggle as a young dreaded disease cancer. His book is doing well on Amazon.

Despite many problems, he was not broken. He dedicatedly focused on achieving the pinnacle courageously.

Let us all decide to start this New Year 2024, with a positive attitude and an optimistic approach to life.

Here is wishing each and every one a very happy, prosperous, peaceful, and harmonious New Year.