How a differently-abled boy cleared the IIT entrance exam The credit goes to his brother who carried him on his shoulders to school and later to the coaching classes.
It's a tale of a 19-year-old Krishan Kumar Pandit who overcame his disability to clear the IIT entrance test, beating all odds.
The journey of polio-stricken Krishan and his younger sibling Basant -- who hail from a poor family in Bihar -- has been arduous and inspirational.
For many years, Basant Kumar Pandit (18) has been carrying his physically challenged elder brother on his shoulders to school and later to the coaching institute in Kota.
Krishan (19) suffered from polio when he was only six months old. Later, Basant took upon himself to take Krishan on his shoulders to school.
Aspiring to be engineers, the brothers reached Kota three years ago and gained admission in a coaching institute to prepare for the IIT entrance test.
Here too, Basant would take his brother on his shoulders to the coaching classes and the two would study together.
"When I left the village for coaching three years ago, people in the village suspected my abilities and whether we would be able to continue like this," Krishan said, adding "we were determined to become engineers".
After failing in their first attempt in IIT entrance exam, their father asked them to return, but their two elder brothers -- who work in a garage in Mumbai -- assured them of financial assistance.
The management of the institute exempted 75 per cent of the fees for them and also granted a scholarship, according to Krishan.
"At the institute, we have been in the same batch and same class," he added.
"Basant aspires to join civil services after completing his engineering, and I want to be a computer engineer," Krishan said.
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