Goa, Sept. 9 -- SHASHWAT GUPTA RAY

Born with good eyesight and a brilliant mind, Ankur Kankonkar from Fa torda was riding high on success when his life came to a screeching halt at the age of 21. Diagnosed with Retinitis Pigmentosa during his college years, Ankur suddenly lost his vision. Living seemed like an up hill task. But he did not give up. Instead, he mas tered assistive technologies and went on to graduate as Goa University topper.

To day, he is the founder of AnklyticX Tech nologies, a technology and strategic con sulting firm operating in India and Dubai, as well as Incluseer, an enterprise acces sibility observability platform designed to make digital software accessible to people with disabilities. Reflecting on his life, A...