Telangana: 46 students from rural areas make it to premier institutes

HYDERABAD: Students from the rural and tribal areas of the state are blazing a trail of excellence. As many as 46 students from the social and tribal welfare institutes have made it to the master’s programmes of some of the premier institutes — IITs, NITs, Tata Institute of Social Science (TISS) among others — in the country.
Students, who are waiting for their final semester undergraduate exams to be conducted, will be starting their post-graduation courses at these institutes from the academic year 2020-21.“One of the main reasons why I opted for MSc Chemistry at post-graduate level is that I intend to try my hand at civil services after PG and want to opt for Chemistry in the mains examination,” said K Girija Kumari, student of Telangana Tribal Welfare Residential Degree College in Suryapet. She secured a seat at Indian Institute of Technology, Tirupati. Kumari, who hails from a remote area in Suryapet, said that she wants to become a collector and help the less fortunate.

Another student M Vamshi Krishna, who secured a seat at the National Institute of Technology (NIT)in Suratkal, said: “The classes will most likely start in September. I am waiting for the state to conduct final exams so that I can report at the institute as soon as it reopens.”
A resident of a thanda in Sangareddy district, Krishna said that if he had failed to get a seat in the government institutions, he could have never able to complete his graduation. “Right from my schooling, I studied in government schools. After securing a job, I want to improve facilities in my village so that more students get a chance to study,” he added.
RS Praveen Kumar, secretary of tribal and social welfare institutions, took to Twitter to congratulate his students. “Congrats to Nagalaxmi who got into MSc Chemistry in NIT, Srinagar and many more students who got into PG courses in premier institutions in India like Azim Premji- 18, TISS - 13, IIT - 3, NIT - 9, HCU - 2, KIIT-1 and we’re still counting... Our best is yet to come,” reads a tweet from Kumar.