“We also want a pedestrian signal at the junction as crossing the road is a nightmare,” says Rajesh. Rajesh has a good grasp of civic issues around him and relentlessly pursues them with the respective government department. His brother Srikanth, five years older than Rajesh, lost vision in both eyes after being hit by a cricket ball. With sheer determination, Rajesh went on to get a degree in economics from DB Jain College and later a post-graduate diploma in marketing and sales. They feared I would lose vision in the eye,” says Rajesh, who later went on to start his own venture, R.K. Safety Solutions in 2006.

Source: The Hindu March 09, 2018 11:48 UTC