Born to a mother who is a homemaker and father who works as a plumber, Chandana is the younger of two siblings. She studied in a government school in Khairtabad mandal and came in contact with ILP when she was in the 9th std.
ILP had just started the library classes and career counseling sessions with the support of Aqriti* in her mandal when Chandana realized she wanted to pursue engineering in the future. ILP’s career counseling sessions for classes 9th and 10th made her aware about the subjects she needed to choose in 11th std., the entrance exams to be taken and the preparation required to clear the exams.
She scored 9.7 GPA in class 10th and then went on to choose MPC for 11th std. ILP provided her scholarship to cover the expenses of her studies in class 11, 12 and coaching required for the entrance tests. Due to her dedication, immense hard work and ILP’s support, she scored 96% in 12th class and secured a seat in IIT Madras.
* Aqriti is a Qualcomm CSR project and Chandana was granted a scholarship by ILP under the Aqriti project.