'Will live my IIT dream finally',says Dalit youth Atul Kumar after SC asked IIT-Dhanbad to admit him

Atul Kumar, an 18-year-old Dalit student from the village of Titora in Muzaffarnagar district, Uttar Pradesh, successfully passed the challenging JEE Advanced exam and earned a spot at IIT Dhanbad. Unfortunately, he missed the fee payment deadline of Rs 17,500 by just a few minutes, resulting in the loss of his admission. His father, a daily wage laborer earning Rs 450 a day, faced a difficult situation. However, on Monday, the Supreme Court intervened, using its extraordinary powers to direct IIT Dhanbad to admit Kumar. He will now pursue a BTech in Electrical Engineering at the institute.
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[@SatyajithGundu]

Thanks for covering this inspiring story. Hope he continues to get academic support in IIT as well as not all students have the privilege of a good secondary school education. His success will be a success of our society. Wish the best for Atul 🥲.

[@milind4664]

Good luck to atul and This scenario shows that backward ,low classes also has high potential to do anything but they are restricted by upper classes in past..

[@CHARVAKA.]

Bhai.....IIT placement mein reservation nhi hai 😢 So pressure handle krne k liye ready rhna

[@ranjithkumar.m9692]

Actual reason for the reservation and his financial instability is u r great great ancestors Who denied education for these people and made their lives hell. People are always thankful for that great contribution.

[@RaviChaudhary-ys2re]

Go and see the official document of Britishers in which they described the education system of India and especially the participation of so-called 'these people' or Shudra or lower caste people.@@ranjithkumar.m9692

[@ranjithkumar.m9692]

​@@RaviChaudhary-ys2reSir kindly read WRITINGS AND SPEECHS OF DR B R AMBEDKAR Vol 4 U will get clear picture of how so called and self declared higher caste people treated marginalized classes They should be awarded Nobel prize 🏆 for their Brutality Inhumanity

[@ARX689]

​@@ranjithkumar.m9692bruh what does this have to do with reservation and plus how is reservation gonn stop what those self declared high class people did in the past. Plus we want people coz of their talent and intellegence getting jobs, not their sad backstory of persecution.

[@ranjithkumar.m9692]

​@@ARX689Who are responsible for that sad story please tell that first...? Who treated certain class of people worse than animals...? Who denied education for certain classes...? Who did harassment on these classes...?

[@cool3884]

all the best. just dont think that knowledge will come easier to you than others just bcoz you are dalit. I hope you Earn your place in the world rather than beg your place. i hope best future for you n your family.

[@adv.ajithprabhav5339]

Around 780 MPs, thousands of State legislators, no one has come forward to pay his future fee and expenses. I am ready to give financial assistance him, though not so affulent. Print may try to get his account number

[@vikramnimma]

*i want to see him as IAS officer*

[@Mk-ko6ot]

Bhai your real struggles are only starting from now after clearing JEE. You gotta work hard now in college to get a good job. Good luck🤞

[@SouvikDas-s2h]

All the best

[@Seamansi]

All the best Atul Kumar.

[@prateekmandal1983]

Great job SC .. best of luck to him

[@Jaikarondimata]

main online fees nahi jama ki

[@Jaikarondimata]

यह सरकार और प्रशासन को सोचना चाहिए ऑफलाइन के लिये गुजाइश क्यों नही रखी गयी है। तकनीकी हमें समय बचाने और सुविधा के लिये सही है। यह भौतिक की जगह नही ले पायेगी क्या हम ऑनलाइन खाना खा लेंगें। हमारे प्रधानमंत्री जब समय के अभाव में यदि हमारे शहर में वर्चयुल उद्घाटन करेगें तो वह मुझे अच्छा नही लगेगा क्योंकि हम उन्हे वर्चयुल (काल्पनिक) देखगें । वास्तविक नही और वह हमारे की भूमि पर अपने पद चिन्ह नही बना पायेगें। आज बहुत से एक्सपर्ड भी यही कह रहे है कि हमें पूरी तरह तकनीकी पर निर्भर नही नही होना चाहिए। तकनीकी फेल हो जायेगी तब हम क्या करेंगे। मैन्युल और ऑफलाइन की गुंजाइश रखना चाहिए। बेसिक में ऑफलाइन सी.एल या विशेष आकस्मिक अवकाश क्यों मान्य नही है?

[@Jaikarondimata]

offline fees kyun nahi jati

[@Shivanga8368]

Don t worry bro companies don t have reservation they hire only skilled professionals,bcoz ur base is weak(11th+12th maths physics chem)it'svery very unlikely that u will Excell in coding etc

[@Yuvi-i5b]

isn't it not "Reserved" IIT Dream?

[@vbpayil7465]

Still baravasa hi kanun ke upar, sabi ko isha hona Hi

[@Help_journey]

This is the real story of Dalit

[@kevindsz]

Imagine having Reservations, lower fees, scholarships, etc. and you still are so incompetent that you can’t even submit your application in time. What a joke.

[@nobody4u77]

Exactly I think general caste needs to revolt like muslims do in protests to stop such an unjust system . 😢

[@IndianJewishLibertarian]

@@nobody4u77 I unironically agree with you.

[@himanshusoni528]

All the best