Successful Indian Entrepreneurs Like Srikanth Bolla

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SRIKANTH BOLLA THE BLIND CEO
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• Srikanth is the first international blind student
  in Brain and Cognitive Science and Business.
• He was born visually impaired in Seetharamapuram
  of Machillipatnam, Andhra Pradesh in 1992.

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• Neighbours in the village suggested his parents
  to smother him as according to them this pain was
  better than the life time pain.
• His parents decided to upbring him with all the
  love, affection and care. When he started going
  to school, various schools didnt allow him
  because of being disabled child.

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• Luckily his parents found a school for
  differently-abled children. He got a chance to
  learn and grow and this is what he needed.
• He was studious child and used to be among
  toppers always.
• Once again difficulties were waiting for him at
  the doorstep of his college life.

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• He was not getting admission in any school as
  they were concerned how srikanth was going to
  handle all of it.
• Srikanth decided to fight against it and filed a
  case against the government and he got a go ahead
  to choose his stream for higher studies.

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• He was willing to study further and hence decided
  to apply to the colleges abroad. He got admission
  in one of the prestigious colleges, Massachusetts
  Institute of Technology (MIT).
• The college wanted him to be part of it. They
  proudly recognized him as the first-ever
  international blind student. 

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• He completed his graduation in 2012, and now he
  wanted to do something for people like him.
• He came back to India and started his venture
  named Bollant Industries. His idea was to give
  employment to differently-abled people.

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• He gave hope to many people out there who had
  missed so much in the life.
• His company of manufacturing Areca based
  products, producing eco-friendly recycled Kraft
  Paper from municipal waste or soiled paper.

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• Bollant Industries has shown exceptional growth
  averaging 20 a month since inception and a
  turnover of ? 150 cr in 2018.
• In April 2017, Bolla was named by Forbes magazine
  in its list of 30 under 30 across all of Asia,
  one of only three Indians in that list.

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• Srikanth is the director of Surge Impact
  Foundation, founded in September 2016. This
  organization aims to achieve the Sustainable
  development goals by 2030.
• He was a youth leader since 2005 and went onto
  become a member of Lead India 2020 The Second
  National Youth Movement.

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• He has received many awards, Youth Excellence
  Award by Telugu Fine Arts Society, Entrepreneur
  of the Year in 2015 and 2016.
• He inspires others by his story who want to
  accomplish something, because nothing can hold
  you back if you are determined to succeed.

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