College, teachers hail N Shiva Kumar's achievement

BANGALORE: As the success story of N Shiva Kumar, the newspaper delivery boy-turned-vendor who cracked CAT 2012, spread far and wide after TOI reported it on Wednesday, his school and college are rejoicing.
Not many in Bangalore Institute of Technology, the college where Shiva Kumar is studying computer science engineering, knew he was a TOI vendor till they read the newspaper report.The clipping was up on the college notice board and the authorities have decided to felicitate him.
"In his second or third semester he told me he's the bread winner of the family. He was running short of attendance then. But I never knew he was preparing for CAT. He is a role model for everybody. He teaches you the value of every penny and the significance of higher education. His hard work and determination is something to learn from," said Nandagopalan S, the proud head of the department of computer science and engineering department, BIT.
Shiva Kumar completed his schooling from Maruthi Vidyalaya, Horamavu Agara. "We're happy he has reached great heights. Hard work never fails; it was sheer hard work that took him up. We remember him as a silent, obedient and bright boy. As we're in a semi-urban area, we've helped many students from an under-privileged background who have done well in life," said principal Kokila PG.
Shiva Kumar has got admission to IIM-Calcutta. He worked as a newspaper delivery boy since he was in Class 6 and became a vendor in Class 10. He managed to balance his studies and part-time job and cracked the IIM entrance test.