Centre asks Pb govt to extend support to hearing-impaired teen

The Centre has asked the Punjab government to extend all support to city lad Yashveer Goyal who was first in the National IT Challenge for Youth with Disabilities' hearing-impaired category.
The 18-year-old is all set to represent India in the Global IT Challenge in Vietnam next month.
The Ministry of Social Justice Empowerment's Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities sent a letter on August 8 to the state government, asking it to extend all possible support to the teenager and his family, an official said.
The national IT competition was organised by the National Institute of Technology, Kurukushetra, on July 20 and 21 under the aegis of the Union ministry, and had e-designing, use of e-tools and creativity challenges.

The global challenge is slated to be held between September 18 and 22 at Hanoi in Vietnam. Four participants will represent India under different categories, the official said.
"We always wanted to make our child self-reliant and independent. He has made us proud with his achievement and interest for information and technology," the teenager's mother Nitu Goyal said.

She said that it was her dream that her child should not lead a dependent life but an independent and normal life like any other child.
Yashveer, who is pursuing his graduation from IGNOU, had scored 91 per cent marks in Class 12 examination.

Hearing-impaired from birth, he expressed his gratitude to his teachers, friends and family for the achievement and confidently added that he shall win and make India proud.