Hyderabad, Feb. 8 -- As many as 132 students with visual disabilities from Hyderabad's Devnar Foundation for the Blind will appear for the Intermediate examinations this year, an achievement the institution says is a world record of sorts.

According to a press note released by the NGO, as many as 76 students from the second year and 56 from the first year Intermediate are enrolled to take the exams this year. "Nowhere in the world such huge number of visually challenged students are taking Intermediate 1st and 2nd year exams from a single college," Devnar said.

Another highlight for the institute this year has been the selection of its second-year Intermediate student, Ganapathi from Nagar Kurnool, to represent India in Southeast Asian ...