Vision no barrier for true achievers Staff Reporter
Visually-challenged makes it big as personality development counsellor Differently able:Syed Mohammad Noor Shakir conducting a personality development session at Dr. AER MBA College in Tirupati on Monday. TIRUPATI: He ignores people who blame corrupt politicians for backwardness and lays stress on empowering the human resources to propel India towards becoming a developed nation. Despite possessing a great vision for the country, the world says that he is ‘lacking vision'. Yes, the MBA-turned-personality development trainer is visually-challenged. After blindness totally engulfed his eyes when glaucoma struck him at the age of five, Syed Mohammad Noor Shakir dared to overcome his disability to see the world through his ‘mind's eye'. Shakir, a native of Tirupati, completed his graduation at SV Arts College before going on to do business management at SV University in 2001. He became the first visually-challenged to finish MBA in Andhra Pradesh. After working in a private firm and as a college teacher for a couple of years, he decided to be on his own and saw ‘personality development' as an option to quench his thirst for entrepreneurship and as well contribute on a large scale to the nation. While seasoned trainers rake in the moolah by lacing their passionate speech with witty one-liners and gingering up the show with practical tips, this Hyderabad-based Guru is reckoned as the youngest achiever. He has conducted several sessions in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore and Kochi. Shakir got into the Limca Book of Records in 2002 for transcribing the holy Qur-an in English Braille. “I presented the first copy to the then President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, who asked me to read out the first few lines,” Shakir told The Hindu. Well, does blindness make him the preferred choice? “No. The self-confidence that grew as a result of my blindness is my Unique Selling Proposition (USP)”, he clarifies. Even after a hectic day-long session for Dr. AER MBA College, he did not appear exhausted. As Shakir believes, the world respects only achievers. http://www.hindu.com/2011/03/15/stories/2011031556110300.htm -- G. Vamshi PH Res : +91 877-2243861 Mobile: +91 9949349497 E-mail ID: [email protected] Skype: gvamshi81 www.retinaindia.org >From darkness unto light To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
