Visuallyimpaired CBSE topper from Chengalpattu gets seat at Ethiraj College with full scholarship

The View From India Looking at World Affairs from the Indian perspective. Karnataka Today Your daily dose of news highlights from Karnataka First Day First Show News and reviews from the world of cinema and streaming. Today's Cache Your download of the top 5 technology stories of the day. Science For All The weekly newsletter from science writers takes the jargon out of science and puts the fun in! Data Point Decoding the headlines with facts, figures, and numbers Health Matters Ramya Kannan writes to you on getting to good health, and staying there The Hindu On Books Books of the week, reviews, excerpts, new titles and features. Updated - May 20, 2025 03:43 pm IST - Chennai Harshitha V. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Harshitha V., a visually-impaired girl who had scored 486 in the Class XII CBSE Board Exam, has been offered a seat with full scholarship at Ethiraj College. In a post on X, V.M. Muralidharan, Chairman of the college, said: “Exceptionally abled! Outstanding performance! Truly inspiring! Spoke to super girl Harshitha now, and welcomed her to join Ethiraj College for Women, with a full scholarship!” He added that the girl and her parents would visit the college on Tuesday (May 20, 2025) to complete the formalities. The Hindu had reported about Ms. Harshitha’s achievement a week ago. Ms. Harshitha had scored a centum in Tamil. A student of Maharishi Vidya Mandir Avigna in Chengalpattu, she had the assistance of a scribe to write the exam. “I feel happy that I have got the course that I wanted and in a reputed college. I am grateful to my parents, school, and the Chengalpattu Collector,” Ms. Harshitha said. Ms. Harshitha suffered optic neuritis — the inflammation of the optic nerve — when she was six years old and became completely blind as a result. She used to download her textbooks, convert them into documents, and learn through the text-to-speech feature on her mobile phone. Tamil Nadu / school / education Terms & conditions  |  Institutional Subscriber Comments have to be in English, and in full sentences. They cannot be abusive or personal. Please abide by our community guidelines for posting your comments. We have migrated to a new commenting platform. If you are already a registered user of The Hindu and logged in, you may continue to engage with our articles. If you do not have an account please register and login to post comments. Users can access their older comments by logging into their accounts on Vuukle.