How I Got My Bachelor’s Degree
After becoming a para athlete, I wanted to pursue sports education. In 2015, I joined a one-year sports management course in South Korea where I learned about Sports Management, Sports Physiology and Sports Psychology along with various other subjects related to sports. Then in 2016, I joined a two-week sports management seminar in Kagoshima, Japan.
I then decided to get a bachelor’s degree in sports and came back to India. I started to apply in multiple colleges to pursue my bachelor’s degree but many universities’ prospects stated that a physically challenged student cannot pursue degree in sports. It came as a shock to me because what does being physically challenged has to do with studying sports?
I decided that I need to break this barrier and finish my education.
In 2017, Manipal Univeristy in Jaipur offered me a seat and I enrolled myself in a three-year programme. In November 2020, I graduated with a…