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“I grew up in a very different time. We would wait for the annual examination to get done, sell our books and buy cricket balls with the money we made. That was how much value we attached to education.”

Today, at 35, the young man with 95 per cent disability in his body has not only earned a PhD in Computer Science but is also working on a start-up, with two fellow PhD scholars--K R Anandam and Prabhat Ranjan.

The man who owns Thyrocare, the $500 million healthcare giant, has an interesting way of describing his rags-to-riches journey. Read on to find out more.

Nagamani was only eight when she lost her father, Dr Shama Rao, a doctor in the British Army, to the side effects of mustard gas during World War I in Mesopotamia (modern day Iraq). He was one of the first Bengalureans to have served as a Captain in the British Army during the World War I.

Zarana Maheshwary suffers from Retinitis Pigmentosa, an incurable eye condition, but did not let it stop her in any way!

In a significant achievement, Thiruvananthapuram-native Shyama S has become the first recipient of a ₹20,000-award introduced as a part of the Kerala government’s transgender policy to encourage greater community participation in the education sector.

Cricketing legend Rahul Dravid turns down an offer of an honorary degree, proving once again that he is truly a class apart.

Dr. Chandrani Prasad Verma fought tough odds to become India’s first female mining engineer. This is the story of her struggle, passion, dedication, and success.

Sunil Yadav, a sweeper with the BMC, recently completed his MPhil from TISS. He now wants to do a PhD to understand the marginalisation of sweepers in India

Guguloth Chandrasekhar, 29, is the first police constable in Warangal, Telangana, to earn a PhD. He based his theses on the lifestyle of the Lambada and Koya tribes.