Visually Impaired Student From Mangalore Secures First Rank in BA: Receives Certificate From Governor Thaawar Chand Gehlot

Adhish Uchil, a visually impaired student of SDM College, Mangalore secured the first rank in the BA (HRD) examination conducted by Mangalore University in 2023. He achieved a cumulative grade point average (CGPA) of 8.74. Adhish’s name was announced during the 42nd Convocation of Mangalore University to receive the first rank from governor Thaawar Chand Gehlot for his extraordinary achievement. Adhish is the son of Sudhir Uchil, an employee at MRPL, and Gunashree Uchil from Mangalore.

He said “My teachers were very supportive and helped me with study materials and guided me on writing the exams. The non-visual desktop access (NVDA) kit on my laptop helped me a lot by reading out all the study materials to me whenever I needed,” he said. Meanwhile, it was Enable India, an NGO in Bengaluru, that taught Adhish to use the software. “As an attentive student in the class I prepared my notes diligently using the laptop. The teachers also shared with me the PPTs of the subjects they taught in classrooms,” he said.

Initially, his parents dropped him off to college. However, after undergoing training at the National Association for the Blind (NAB) in Bengaluru to move around with a cane, he started walking to his college from his house, which was situated nearby. A lecturer also had taught him to use the cane inside the college campus.

Adhish said he aims to pursue an MBA, and is preparing for the Common Admission Test (CAT) which is likely to be held in the last week of November to get into IIM.