Visually impaired girl from Bhubaneswar fights all odds to clear Odisha Civil Service Commission exam

Bhubaneswar: Braving all odds, visually impaired student Tapaswini Das has cleared the Odisha Civil Service Examination 2018 conducted by the Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC).

With sheer determination to realise her goals, she secured the 161st position in the exam for which over five lakh candidates had appeared and only 218 have qualified. A native of Bhubaneswar, Tapaswini lost her vision due to alleged negligence of a doctor during an eye surgery when she was a student of second standard.

"When I was a seven-year-old I started experiencing headaches and my eyesight started decreasing gradually. My family took me to the doctor who told us that I have lost vision in the left eye and partial vision in the right. The operation was done for the right eye after which I lost full vision", she said, according to an ANI report.

Speaking on her achievement, Das said, "I don't see this as a success, I see this as my victory. I consider this my first step in the path to success."