Student Who Proved Doubters Wrong is Ready to “Make a Difference” as Microsoft Intern

Even as a small boy, Kartik Sawhney knew he’d have to do things differently

Even as a small boy, Kartik Sawhney knew he’d have to do things differently — blind students really can’t focus their studies on science or technical subjects, he was told while growing up in India.

He wouldn’t be able to take the exams or do lab assignments, education officials said.

But Sawhney has a way of proving people wrong when they tell him he can’t do something and, despite encountering one closed door after another, he’s pursuing his passion. He left New Delhi to study computer science at Stanford University and landed a summer internship at Microsoft, where he’ll be on a team that works on technology for accessibility.

He is eager to focus on how he can “make a difference — and not just a difference for people with disabilities, but a difference in general,” he says. “That is the primary motivation for me to go into a technical field.”

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