Yellappa, now 35, had dropped out of school in Grade 7, but his time in prison gave him the chance to reflect and reevaluate the decisions he had made. It was at the time that he decided to get back to studying.
The system discouraged Praveen as there were no concessions made for a person with Cerebral Palsy, but he did not get deterred and emerged as a topper in his MS communications course.