Adivasi girl gets help to chase IIT dream
The Hindu
KTR hands over financial aid to Srilatha, donations pour in from various quarters
The financial assistance provided by Industries and IT Minister K.T. Rama Rao and a host of other philanthropists to Karam Srilatha, the 17-year-old Adivasi girl from the interior Mamidigudem village in the border mandal of Charla, has boosted her morale giving her the much-needed momentum to chase her dream of studying engineering in the elite Indian Institute of Technology-BHU (IIT-BHU) in Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi.
The nondescript village in Bhadrachalam Agency shot into limelight after Srilatha belonging to a poor farm labourer’s family bagged a seat in the prestigious IIT-BHU by securing 919 rank in the JEE (Advanced)-2021.
She secured high marks in her Intermediate course, which she studied in the Telangana Tribal Welfare Residential Educational Institution (TS Gurukulam) in Nagarkurnool district.
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