Lucknow, UTTAR PRADESH:
Lucknow:
It was the time of Covid peak when vendors had to sell their stocks at throwaway prices and many lost jobs. A vegetable vendor and a spray painter, who saw their earnings plunge and struggled financially as the pandemic raged, were on cloud nine on Saturday, as their children have bagged Lucknow University’s prestigious Chancellor’s Bronze medal.
LU declared names of the 15 students who will be conferred medals at its convocation ceremony on November 26.
Mohd Aiyub Ahmad, son of a vegetable vendor, has bagged the bronze medal for being the best student in BSc final year while a spray painter’s daughter Iqra Rizwan Warsi of Karamat Husain Muslim Girls PG College bagged it for being the best student in BA final year.
The families of both Aiyub and Iqra went through deep financial struggles during the pandemic.
“My father Rasheed Ahmad is my biggest source of inspiration . Even after facing financial challenges during the two Covid waves, he made sure that I was never short of study material or internet pack. There was a time when no one was turning up at Chowk Mandi and he sold vegetables at throwaway price,” said Aiyub.
“The tough times we went through will continue to motivate me forever. I aim to pursue research in the field of electronics and make my parents proud one day,” he added.
Sharing details of similar hardships, Iqra said, “My father Rizwan Warsi lost his work as a spray painter during the pandemic, but he didn’t give up. He started selling masks while my mother Tarannum began stitching masks and clothes to make sure the education of their four children continues.I aim to become an Urdu professor and will make my parents proud one day,” she said.
Meanwhile, the two chancellors’ silver medals awarded in diferent categories were bagged by MSc student Labvi Shukla. “I want to work for financially weak students who are forced to drop out due to poverty.
source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> News> City News> Lucknow News / by TNN / November 21st, 2021