Daughter of farm labour gets admission in IIT Khadagpur

It’s tough to get admission in country’s one of the most honored higher education institute – IIT Khadagpur.

But one girl Sharmila Chaudhary, a resident of Kevadia village of Surat has got it.

The remarkable part of the story is that She is a daughter of a farm-labour and despite of poor background and difficult circumstances she has carved her path which is now passing through one of the most honored engineering college of India.

Sharmila’s father Dhansukhbhai Chaudhary, is a farm labour in Kevadiya village of Mandvi Taluka in Surat. The population of the village is only around 300 tribal natives.

Dhansukhbhai earned his livelihood by generating money from doing labor in local farms but was unable to make ends meet. Despite of such hindrances he was head strong in educating his daughter. Sharmila took her primary and secondary education in a school in Erath village and pursued her Higher education in Shri M D Desai High School in Mangrol.

According to the Principal Sanjay Desai, Sharmila was a bright student since the very beginning. Because of her capability in education she was admired by all the teachers.

For admission in IIT, Sharmila accessed school computer and software of self-learning to pass the competitive exam. The school has a special provision of fund committed to girl child education through which Sharmila was financed for education. The principal always encouraging and boosting her accompanied her when she filled the form of IIT Khadagpur.

It was a joyous atmosphere in the school when the news of confirming her admission in IIT arrived. The girl who belongs to a small village will now embark on her destiny from Kevadiya to Khadagpur.