Saurav Kumar’s story did not begin in a swimming pool. It began on the IIT Roorkee campus in 2024, when the Engineering Physics student with a lower limb disability helped organise a para sports event that brought Paralympians like Md. Shams Aalam and Pramod Bhagat to the institute.
Listening to their journeys sparked a question that would change his life: Why not try?
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At the time, Saurav was also navigating profound personal loss, h
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