Twenty-eight-year-old Dr. Gauri Vivekanand Swami, born to government teacher parents in Latur, Maharashtra, faced her first vision challenge at age six with Amblyopia and myopia in her left eye. Despite early treatments at L.V. Prasad Eye Institute in Hyderabad, complete recovery remained elusive. Inspired by her grandfather, a science teacher, she pursued medicine at Vilasrao Deshmukh Government Medical College.
 

Twenty-five-year-old Vidyasagar hails from Satna district in Madhya Pradesh. He was born with a degenerating eye condition call Retinitis Pigmentosa, which results in gradual sight loss. He belongs to a low income family, where his father works as a daily wage labourer to support the wife and their three children. 

Twenty-seven-year-old Shrikant Pandey resides with his family in Bastar, Chhattisgarh. His father runs a cosmetics shop and his brother operates a mobile store, both small businesses taking care of the family’s needs. 
Born blind, Shrikant studied in a mainstream school up till Class 5. But like any other blind student, the lack of accessible teaching method and study material made it very hard for Shrikant to acquire any knowledge studying alongside sighted kids. He couldn’t make it to Class 6 and was asked to shift to a special school in Jagdalpur. 

Twenty-eight-year-old Parvesh Alam lives with his mother, sister and brother in Shravasti, Uttar Pradesh. He lost his father a few years ago. Parvesh started to lose his eyesight at the age of 14, due to an eye problem called Glaucoma. This brought an unexpected halt to his studies in the mainstream mode. Neither Parvesh nor his family were aware of possibilities of education and employment, or tools and technology available for someone with vision impairment. This left him confined to his home.