JNU's attitude towards the differently-abled students is better: Differently-abled scholars

Rebello, who is blind since childhood and belongs to Karnataka, aspires to be a civil servant.

He, however, felt that the varsity needs to be more supportive towards students for their research work.

"If we asked for assistance, the administration would say things like, 'How can you do that?' or 'We don't have provisions for this,'" he said.

Rebello said that things aren't rosy for differently-abled candidates anywhere in the world.

"But JNU is better than any other university when it comes to its perception towards differently-abled students," he added.

Rebello, who did his research on political, economic, and cultural aspects of India's relations with Kuwait, rued about not being able to integrate Arabic into his research due to some technological constraints.

Another Ph.D. scholar, Babu Lal Meena, felt that varsities like Delhi University and JNU embrace differently-abled students.

Meena, who is wheelchair-bound and belongs to Rajasthan, completed his doctorate on Russia and India's bilateral and regional engagement.

"I think it's only DU and JNU that embrace us as equals," said Meena, who is currently teaching political science at DU's Sri Aurobindo College.

Another student, Manish Kanaujia, who belongs to Bihar, was affected by glaucoma when he was in ninth standard and was rendered totally blind.

Kanaujia said he faced many challenges before he came to Delhi and it was only while doing his graduation and Masters in Ramjas College and MPhil and Ph.D. in JNU that he was at ease.

Kanaujia is teaching at Satyawati College.