Jodhpur, November 2020.

Champa Ram, an alumnus of Satya Bharti School, Jatibhandu, Jodhpur secured an admission in IIT Madras - Civil Engineering department recently. He hails from a remote village in Rajasthan where education was not the norm until Bharti Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Bharti Enterprises, opened a school in the area. 

His story of succeeding against all odds is both inspiring as well as heartening. Champa Ram graduated from Satya Bharti School in class VIII and joined Navodaya Vidyalaya. He scored a perfect CGPA of 10 in Class X Board Exams in 2017. Unfortunately, in the same year, he lost his father. Despite the irreplaceable loss he went on to score 93.6% in his Class XII Board Exams. Adversity didn’t leave him yet as his ailing mother passed away during his preparations for IIT JEE entrance exams, leaving the responsibility of running the family on the shoulders of his eldest brother.

Despite all these difficulties he worked hard and passed the entrance exam, scoring AIR 11,036 and Category Rank 2180. He secured a seat to pursue Civil Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. He is now looking forward to start his online classes from 23rd November, 2020, with a basic smartphone, gifted by his brother.

Champa’s dedicated efforts show that every child has the potential to excel, and with access to quality education, proper guidance and encouragement all play a crucial role in helping overcome challenges and turning dreams into reality.

Congratulating Champa Ram, MamtaSaikia, CEO, Bharti Foundation, said, “We are working to improve the accessibility and quality of education across rural India. At Bharti Foundation, we believe all children are capable of excelling. Our focus is all round development which plays a vital role in overcoming challenges and thus transform them into good human beings and role models for society ".

“We are extremely proud of Champa Ram for getting one step closer to his dream of becoming an engineer. This is a testimony of the inherent strength of young people of our country in realising their potential, no matter what”.​