India, April 8 -- Neelam Shinde, the Satara-born 35-year-old engineering graduate from Sinhgad Technical Education Society in Pune, who went to the United States in 2024 to pursue MS in engineering, died on March 28, after fighting for her life in a hospital in California for 14 months.

Her dream to study in an American university - California State University -- to build a better future was cut short on February 14 last year when a bike hit her e-cycle. She suffered multiple fractures from the collision in both legs, her left arm and skull, while a serious brain injury left her comatose. She was admitted to UC Davis Medical Centre in Sacramento, where doctors tried their best to save her, and continued to treat her till the end.

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