Success Story: Today’s success story is about a person who, despite losing both legs in childhood, never gave up in life. He passed the JEE Advanced exam and after studying at IIT Madras, he is now working at Google. The story of Naga Naresh Karuturi is very inspirational as he has proven that if a person has the passion and dedication to achieve something, they can accomplish anything.
Naga Naresh Karuturi was born in the small village of Teeparru located by the Godavari River in Andhra Pradesh. His father was a driver and his mother was a homemaker, and neither of them were educated. Their only wish was for the family’s expenses to be managed properly.
Amid poverty and a life full of struggles, Naga Naresh became a victim of an accident and lost both his legs. Naga Naresh recounts that he was taken to a private hospital, but they refused to treat him because his parents did not have money. The police then took him to a government hospital, where the doctors had to amputate both his legs. This incident has permanently placed Naga Naresh on a wheelchair.
Naga Naresh was very good at studies from the beginning but had to drop out of school due to poverty. Later, his family moved to Tanuku, where he was admitted to a missionary school. Despite being physically challenged, Naga Naresh continued to perform well in studies and received good support from friends.
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After completing his school education, Naga Naresh prepared vigorously for one of the toughest exams in the country, the IIT-JEE exam and passed it. He achieved the 992nd rank in this examination. He received the fourth rank in the physically challenged category. After passing the JEE Advanced, Naga Naresh got admission in B. Tech at IIT Madras. After completing his degree, Naga Naresh received job offers from many big companies in the country and abroad, and he decided to join Google as a software engineer.
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