Vadodara: Mason workers at construction sites in Ahmedabad pick up bricks one after the other to help their parents. Sukram Baberia Sapna was building a better future for herself and her family.
Taking an important step in this direction, a youth of a tribal village of Dahod has secured a seat. Indian Institute of Technology, (IIT) Kharagpur.
21 year old already has BTech in Biotechnology Navsari Agricultural University under his belt. He appeared for the Graduate Aptitude Test (GATE) in Engineering and got into the premier institute where he would proceed mtech in agricultural biotechnology.
Like many tribal boys from a modest background, Baberia studied up to class 8 in a government school and then joined a grant-in-aid school in his village. After passing the tenth examination from this school, he took admission in Government Adarsh Niwas School in Dahod.
After class XI examination in 2017, he got admission in Espi Shakeelam Institute of Biotechnology in Surat, which is affiliated to Navsari Agricultural University.
“My older brother and some peers inspired me to study science,” he says. His elder brother Nitesh is pursuing a diploma in Medical Laboratory Technology. Baberia also has three sisters.
His parents used to go to Ahmedabad to work as masons and earn a living. “When I entered class XI, I started helping them whenever I could. I continued this for the first three years of my undergraduate course so that I could help contribute to the family income,” he said.
Babaria said that he stopped going to work in the fourth year itself so that he could concentrate on his studies and prepare for GATE. “I did not take any classes or coaching for the exam and prepared myself,” he said.
After completing IIT, Babaria plans to get a job through campus placement. “I may also explore the possibility of doing a doctorate and focusing on research,” he says.
Taking an important step in this direction, a youth of a tribal village of Dahod has secured a seat. Indian Institute of Technology, (IIT) Kharagpur.
21 year old already has BTech in Biotechnology Navsari Agricultural University under his belt. He appeared for the Graduate Aptitude Test (GATE) in Engineering and got into the premier institute where he would proceed mtech in agricultural biotechnology.
Like many tribal boys from a modest background, Baberia studied up to class 8 in a government school and then joined a grant-in-aid school in his village. After passing the tenth examination from this school, he took admission in Government Adarsh Niwas School in Dahod.
After class XI examination in 2017, he got admission in Espi Shakeelam Institute of Biotechnology in Surat, which is affiliated to Navsari Agricultural University.
“My older brother and some peers inspired me to study science,” he says. His elder brother Nitesh is pursuing a diploma in Medical Laboratory Technology. Baberia also has three sisters.
His parents used to go to Ahmedabad to work as masons and earn a living. “When I entered class XI, I started helping them whenever I could. I continued this for the first three years of my undergraduate course so that I could help contribute to the family income,” he said.
Babaria said that he stopped going to work in the fourth year itself so that he could concentrate on his studies and prepare for GATE. “I did not take any classes or coaching for the exam and prepared myself,” he said.
After completing IIT, Babaria plans to get a job through campus placement. “I may also explore the possibility of doing a doctorate and focusing on research,” he says.
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