Timely aid helps teen Adivasi athlete sign up for dream course
The Hindu
Donations by Bhadradri SP, Adivasi organisations enable Joga Rao to pay fee for NSU admission
Kaka Joga Rao, the talented Adivasi athlete from Lingapuram village in the border mandal of Dummugudem, faced the risk of losing the lifetime opportunity to get into his dream course due to poverty until a few days ago. But help came from Superintendent of Police Sunil Dutt, who donated ₹20,000 to Joga Rao enabling him to pay the admission fee at the National Sports University (NSU) in Manipur online within the stipulated time-frame.
The 19-year-old secured a seat in the four-year undergraduate programme in Sports Coaching at NSU based on merit after emerging successful in the entrance test, physical fitness/sports proficiency test and interview held recently, sources said.
However, the poor financial condition of his father, a small farmer, stood as a stumbling block to his ambition of studying the course.