Adivasi girl from remote village bags IIT seat
The Hindu
Relatives running from pillar to post for financial help
Hailing from a poor Adivasi family, Karam Srilatha of the remote Mamidigudem village in Charla mandal of Bhadrachalam Agency, secured a seat in the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology-BHU, Varanasi, by excelling in JEE (Advanced)-2021, against all odds.
However, her ambitious plan to join the prestigious IIT appears to have struck a stumbling block due to abject poverty.
Srilatha completed her Intermediate course at the State-run residential college in Kalwakurthy of Nagarkurnool district and got a seat in B. Tech (Ceramic Engineering) at IIT-BHU in Varanasi based on her 919 rank in the JEE (Advanced)-2021, sources said.
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