People: Please give this child back to god you don't need him-Part-2

My Dearest World Pulse readers…

here comes Part 2 of Srikanth’s story.

Srikanth was born in a small village called Seetharamapuram in Andhra Pradesh, India. When he arrived, his father was overjoyed to finally have a son and wanted to name him after the legendary Indian cricketer Krishnamachari Srikkanth.

But their happiness was short-lived — because Srikanth was born blind.

People around them said the cruelest things:

“Give the child back to God.”

“You don’t need him; you can have another one.”

Their family was poor—farmers with barely ₹20,000—and in the village, education was considered a privilege reserved only for the rich.

But his parents stood against the entire village.

They chose love over fear.

They raised him, educated him, and protected his dreams.

Srikanth didn’t just study—he excelled.

He scored 98% in his 10th board exams.

Yet his dreams did not stop there.

He made a bold choice: he wanted to pursue science in higher secondary school. But at that time, across India, there were no proper facilities for blind students in science. Every college rejected him. Many mocked him.

Instead of giving up, Srikanth asked himself:

“Why shouldn’t the change start with me?”

With the support of his teacher, mentor, and godmother Swarnalatha, he approached the High Court and filed a petition. The Andhra Pradesh Board of Secondary Education initially said nothing could be done.

But with the help of his school management, they found a lawyer who fought the case pro bono, believing in Srikanth’s potential.And finally — the judgment came.

Srikanth won.

The ruling not only changed his life,

it changed the entire Andhra Pradesh education system.

From that day onward, blind students could pursue Science alongside Arts.

Srikanth enrolled in a college that welcomed him with open arms. His teachers went the extra mile — teaching him diagrams, problem-solving techniques, and every detail with clarity and patience.

Scoring 98% in his secondary education, Srikanth dreamed the same dream every science student in India carries in their heart — to study Engineering at the IITs, the most prestigious institutions in the country.

For generations, IIT has been the pride of every engineer and every parent — a place where brilliant minds are shaped, where opportunities transform into futures.

Srikanth dreamed of that too.

He wanted to walk through those gates, sit in those classrooms, and prove that disability never decides destiny.

But IIT said no.

They didn’t allow his enrollment because they had no special provisions for visually impaired students.

For a moment, the world must have felt small.

But Srikanth looked at the rejection and turned it into power.

He simply said:

“If IIT dose't want me i don't want IIT either”

So he did what very few dare to do —he looked beyond borders, beyond limitations, beyond everything the world told him he couldn’t do.

He applied to the top universities in the United States.

And in 2009, he became the first visually impaired student from India to set foot in the U.S. as part of the MIT alumni community.

Imagine that journey —

a boy once told he should be “given back to God,”

now walking the hallways of one of the greatest institutions in the world.

After completing his studies, several global tech giants offered him high-paying jobs. Any other person would have taken them.

But Srikanth felt something pulling him home.

He remembered the classrooms that denied him.

The colleges that mocked him.

The blind students who still had no facilities,

and the disabled youth who had no real jobs.

He returned to India with a purpose larger than any salary package.

In 2012, with his friend Ravi Mantha, he founded Bollant Industries — a company that manufactures areca-based eco-products and employs dozens of visually impaired people.

The world noticed.

Ratan Tata invested in his vision.

Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, former President of India, admired his mission.

Business leaders stood behind the boy who once stood alone.

Today, 36% of his company’s employees are blind,

and Bollant Industries has grown into a company with an annual turnover of ₹150 crore and a million-dollar valuation.

He even earned a place in the Forbes 30 Under 30, one of only three Indians on that global list.

From a small village in Andhra Pradesh

to the world’s biggest innovation stage,

to the heart of India’s entrepreneurship movement —

Srikanth proved one truth:

“The world may try to define your limits,but only you can define your life."

Thanks & Regards

Vineela Devi

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