DA Diary
Sharmila Divatia
Cerebral Palsy
A cushy IT job wasn't enough for the Mathematics post–graduate from Baroda University. So the 43–year–old, who was detected with cerebral palsy when she was six, enrolled for an MBA course with the Indira Gandhi National Open University.
“I was six years old when I had come from school and gone to sleep. The next thing I knew I had convulsions and went into coma. I suffered from encephalitis. My life was saved but it changed forever,” she said. Sharmila recalled the harrowing experience of job hunting. “I got selected but during the personal interviews, they rejected me. I think people believe a physical disability ensured a mental one too,” she said.
Her dream is to run a dairy farm some day.
A cushy IT job wasn't enough for the Mathematics post–graduate from Baroda University. So the 43–year–old, who was detected with cerebral palsy when she was six, enrolled for an MBA course with the Indira Gandhi National Open University.
“I was six years old when I had come from school and gone to sleep. The next thing I knew I had convulsions and went into coma. I suffered from encephalitis. My life was saved but it changed forever,” she said. Sharmila recalled the harrowing experience of job hunting. “I got selected but during the personal interviews, they rejected me. I think people believe a physical disability ensured a mental one too,” she said.
Her dream is to run a dairy farm some day.