His family’s financial position was not a deterrent for Nalla Ramu, son of a mechanic, to do well in studies and he proved it by topping the IIT-JEE examination in the OBC category recently. By bagging 362nd rank in the examination, he showed that poverty is no hindrance in education. Even before his achievement sank in, Ramu and his father Nalla Vishwanatham are worried about arranging funds to be paid during his admission into a premier institution. In the online choice of institutions held recently, Ramu has opted for mechanical engineering and computer science at IIT Mumbai, Kanpur and other places. If he gets a seat in any of these institutions, which he is sure of, he will have to ...

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