Coffee With Naga Naresh Karuturi – An Inspiration for many!
Hey All,
Its time for a special episode on Coffee With Experts!! Today, We have a person, who has made it to Google inspite of all odds against him. Its my pleasure welcome Naga Naresh Karuturi from IIT Madras for a show on Coffee With Sundar!!
You might wonder, what were the odds against him.. Read this article on rediff.com
Naresh is special. His parents are illiterate. He has no legs and moves around in his powered wheel chair.
Isnt Naresh Inspiring? Here is a small chit chat with Naresh!!
Coffee With Naga Naresh Karuturi
Me: Sundar Rajan G S
NN: Naga Naresh
Me: Hi Naresh, welcome to CWS.. How do you feel when got into Google?
NN: Thank you for inviting me on your talk show …. I was very happy .. now enjoying my time working there ….
Me: How was your experience at IIT Madras. Did you face any difficulties in academics or life @ IITM.. How did you handle it.. How was ur social life.. friend circle etc.
NN: Life at IIT Madras was one of the most amazing experiences … I would term it more as a learning experience …. I did not face any difficulties in academics or life @ IITM … all the classes are arranged such that I will not have any accessibilty problems .. even if some classes are arranged at a place where I will have difficulty attending them … the faculty got them shifted as soon as possible .. I have a lot of very good friends … some of them are MTech, PhD ..
I would say the people with whom you can interact in IIT will have a lot of impact on you …whether it is academic or social life .. I learned a lot from them …
Me: At any point in time, did you feel bad about people showering too much concern on him ? Does it hurt you in any way ?
NN: of course .. too much of anything does not taste good … rather they hurt .. I would term it as discomfort … I shouldn’t get hurt (feel bad) when someone shows concern .. I try to just realise how good they are .. if possible convey them that there is no reason for concern ( which I never did 
… if my parents are there with me .. they take up this job ) ..
Me: What’s your future plans and aspirations?
NN: I prefer to have short term goals. I feel one can be more focussed then. Currently, I feel that the best course of action for me is to focus on the task at hand
Me: What are your passions? What drives you to do what you have done?
NN: I don know how to answer this.. Yet to identify one.. it is the same as for any student i think
Me: Can you talk about some significant moments in your life? Is there anything in his past life that you wish to revert ? or wish that it had not happened ?
NN: Significant moments.. lots of them.. my accident.. 10th class.. JEE exam.. 7th sem and lots more moments… Why I meant JEE, 7th sem are important because .. those are the times when major things happened .. like I cleared JEE ..so got into IIT .. in my 7th sem I decided to take up a job instead going for higher studies … these are times which moulded my future and there is no time in past which I wish to change .. Whatever has happened is happened… I look forward to future..
Me: Naresh, Do you have any thoughts to share with Specially abled children & their parents on how well they can bring them up as a usual person?
NN: May be they could look around to find out what the sharpest of their friends or seniors are doing and ask themselves if the physical challenge they have is really a deterrent for achieving the same. For intellectual pursuits, the answer is mostly ‘no’.
I feel how they come up in life depends a lot on family and friends. The people around should ensure that he is not given any special treatment unless there is a necessity for it. They should make him feel that he is not any less capable. I will give my life in school as an example. I was punished all the same as my friends were. No special sympathy showered. But I was carried to my classroom by my friends – this I needed. This is just an example Even my parents treated me on par with my sister. I am going to places where I can’t go by myself with others help. Apart from this, I feel that I am not getting special treatment in things which I don’t require any special treatment. This kind of behavior helps those children a lot. this is my perception .. it may vary from person to person .. bcoz physical challenges are not same for all
Me: How are you handling the publicity that you have got! I am sure, you would have got a lot of mails and scraps. How do find this situation?
NN: Good question. I am beginning to feel the pinch now. In the first interview, I enjoyed talking as I was free then. I was full of spirit in speaking to the press for the first time. But now there are other important things that are piling up. Also, telling the same story again and again is boring. In particular, it raises some doubts as to whether I have done something significant to speak so much. I feel that the newspapers interview me not because I have done something different but because I was different and have done a normal thing. So I should work now and make sure next time they talk about me is bcoz I have done something different
Me: Wow!! Thats awesome… Doing something different.. What is the msg that would like to convey to CWS readers?
NN: From my stay in IIT, I have learnt that one has to prioritize his/her jobs wisely. If this is done systematically, in course of time one can see the amazingly large quantum of work carried out by him. But I learnt it the hard way 
May be you people should learn from my mistake..
Thanks a lot Naga Naresh!! I am sure you are going to a great inspiration for many of us.. All the best for your future.. Hope you accomplish a lot of things @ Google!!Readers, Hope you enjoyed this edition of Coffee With Experts! For previous episodes of Coffee with Experts, click here.
A great and motivating post…
Hello Sundar can you please pass on Naga Naresh’s email id to me.
Regards,
Harshit
can u plz send naga suresh mail id and contact number to my mail.
Hi,
I want Naga naresh’s email id. I work for Ability Foundation and want to contact Naresh for an interview.
Regards,
Priya
Hello Sundar can you please send me Naga Naresh’s email id.
Regards,
Venkat
Hi, I want to contact Naresh because I am also disable (Left Leg effected with Polio) & want to share my views with him. He can also go through my mini site created by me. Contact me plz. Thanks Harjeet Singh, Lucknow. M: 9918102101
i wanna to make frenship with naga brother plz plz send his email and mobile number to my address
Dear sir
I am a Lecturer and I would like to invite him for a guest lecture at our college . I feel that it would be more convincing and motiviating , so Could u please mail me his id so that i could contact him
thanks & regards
lakshmi
hi,
thanks for the Interwiew….
Will carry on his words…
He is an INSPIRATION
regards,
Lohi
Dear Naga,
Thank you so very much for sharing your story. You have touched many hearts with your courage and determination. I shall share your story with my grandson, who will no doubt be as inspired as I am.
You, dear young man, have been blessed with the ability to create your own good luck, and I wish you the very best in your professional and personal life.
Brenda
Thanks Brenda. Absolutely, naga is an inspiration
dear,brother
today in school i have leaned about u. ur so great and ur very luky person in the world
ishu
“I feel that the newspapers interview me not because I have done something different but because I was different and have done a normal thing. So I should work now and make sure next time they talk about me is bcoz I have done something different”
this statement reflects ur attitude…..i have no more words to praise that suits u the best….
hii naga,
today at a workshop in my college SASTRA University i learnt abt u….u really r very bold,cheerful guy i have ever known….ur last line”From my stay in IIT, I have learnt that one has to prioritize his/her jobs wisely. If this is done systematically, in course of time one can see the amazingly large quantum of work carried out by him.”
i gt eye opening lesson of life…really a man cn do large amount of work if done systematically…
cheers for u……al d best in ur future ventures.
Hello All,
Can anyone give me the contact details of Mr Naga Naresh Karuturi.
I am an MBA student and we are organising an inspirational session
of many extraordinary persons at our college.There is lot from him we students can learn.
plz help me find his contact details.
Regards
sheetal
Hello Sundar,
Thank u so much for providing this article.I need naga’s mail id and contact details could u plz provide this.
Thanks & Regards
Deepthi.Nemalikanti
naresh’s life is really inspiring !!!! v need role models lik lik him……v all r amazed!!!!!!!!! i need to cintact him…
Hi Mr.Sunder,
Thank you very much for sharing your story,he is good man.god bless u naga naresh….i will prayer to god….
Thanks & Regards
Naresh
i wanna to make frenship with naga brother plz plz send his email
i want
to make frenship with naga brother plz plz send his email
very good
huner ko dikhya ja shata h
i wanna to make frenship with naga. plz send his email and mobile number to my address
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