20-year-old Sakshi Amrutkar was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa - a rare eye and genetic disease, that affects the retina. She is the first student from the NFBM Jagriti School for Blind Girls, Alandi to get into a top B-school.
The student, who had been preparing for the exams under the ambit of the National Federation of the Blind Maharashtra (NFBM) since her schooling years, was born partially blind but lost her vision completely after she returned home during her Diwali holidays.