Born blind in Bagalkot city of Karnataka, 23-year-old Vinayak Neelanayak dreams of becoming a Biotechnology Engineer. Like most students with vision impairment, he has braved many odds to pursue his interest in Science.

Our ill-equipped education system makes it difficult for blind students to follow subjects like Maths and Science, often encouraging them to opt out. Vinayak’s school refused to let him sit through Class 12 and he struggled for three years until he found admission elsewhere. His persistence paid off and he scored 75% in the finals.

So far Vinayak relied on friends and neighbours to read out study material to him. Eyeway advised him to reduce that dependency and learn to operate computers using screen reading software. With his ambition in sight, Vinayak enrolled for an overall life skills training to develop his technology, communication and mobility skills at Enable India, Bangalore.

But the coronavirus outbreak had an adverse impact on his plans. Amid the new social distancing norms, all training activities moved online. Unable to afford a laptop, Vinayak is sitting helpless at home at a time when he has to prepare for the Common Entrance Test (CET).

Simple things like a smartphone or a computer which we take for granted in this increasingly ‘digital’ world, can be out of bounds for some. The lack of sight or resources hasn’t deterred Vinayak from working hard to achieve his goal. He merely needs a device to access online sessions and study material.

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